Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

Here are your assignments for today.  Click on the underlined links to open each assignment.

Specials:

1. Today’s special is P.E.  Check out Coach Sadie’s blog for some ideas to help you stay physically active: https://leverettpe.edublogs.org/category/second-grade/.

Reading:

1. Compare and contrast The Three Little Pigs and The Three Little Pigs: The Wolf’s Story: RazPlus–Three Little Pigs The Wolfs Story–Compare and Contrast.  Check out last Tuesday’s post (April 24) for a copy of the Three Little Pigs to reread, if needed.
2. Go on Lexia for 20 minutes.

Writing:

1. Finish writing your fairy tale.  Be sure to include vivid adjectives to describe the characters, places, and things in your story.  Examples: the blue, cloudless sky / the mischievous, little kitten / the large, red barn.  Remember, the longest part of your story should be the middle–the part when your main character tries unsuccessfully in three different ways to solve the problem.  Take your time to make your story interesting and well-written.  Here’s some paper to use, if you’d like: Fundations Paper with Drawing Space.

Math:

1. People talk about time in a variety of ways.  Often, people use the words like past, after, and to when talking about time. For example, someone might say half past two instead of 2:30.  Someone might say ten minutes to one instead of 12:50.  Someone mights say quarter after three instead of 3:15.  Complete this assignment to match times with written expressions someone might use to express that time of day: Super Teacher Worksheets–Time Match.  Check in with an adult if you need help.
2. Play a math game of your choice for 20 minutes.  Addition Top-It is a fun choice and can be played with a regular deck of cards with the aces used for ones and the other number cards 2-10.

Social Studies and Science:

1. For the next two days, your assignment is to interview an adult family member to learn more about the paid and unpaid work they’ve done in their life.  Here is an interview sheet with suggested questions and spaces to write your family member’s answers: Family Member Interview–All About Work.  You may think of other questions to ask during the interview too.  Spend some time learning about a family member while also learning about ways people participate in the economy by working outside of the home and the kinds of unpaid work people do to help themselves, their families, and their society.  At the top of the interview sheet, you’ll also get a chance to read about the many jobs Ms. Gray has had in her life.

Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

Here are your assignments for today.  Click on the underlined links to open each assignment.

Specials:

1. Today’s special is library.  Ms. River’s recommends that you spend some extra time today curled up reading a good book.  I recently discovered a new author I enjoy, and I am eagerly reading all of their books.

Reading:

1. Respond to multiple-choice and short answer questions about The Three Little Pigs: The Wolf’s Story: RazPlus–Three Little Pigs The Wolfs Story–Comprehension Quiz.  
2. Read a good fit book for 20 minutes.

Writing:

1. Continue writing your fairy tale.  Be sure to include vivid adjectives to describe the characters, places, and things in your story.  Examples: the blue, cloudless sky / the mischievous, little kitten / the large, red barn.  Remember, the longest part of your story should be the middle–the part when your main character tries unsuccessfully in three different ways to solve the problem.  Take your time to make your story interesting and well-written.  Here’s some paper to use, if you’d like: Fundations Paper with Drawing Space.

Math:

1. Make a “cootie catcher” to help you practice telling time to the nearest 5 minutes: Super Teacher Worksheets–Cootie Catcher Time (Nearest 5 Minutes).
2. Go on Symphony Math for 20 minutes.

Social Studies and Science:

1. Complete this activity (Services My Family Uses and Provides) to answer questions about services your family uses and provides.  Remember, things you pay for are either products or services.  Products are things you can touch.  Services are jobs someone is paid to do for you.

Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

I can’t wait to see all of the amazing second graders at 3:00!  Check your email around 2:30 for the link to our virtual class meeting.

Here are your assignments for today.  Click on the underlined links to open each assignment.

Specials:

1. Today’s special is art.  Be sure to check out Ms. Neal’s blog to find great ideas for art activities you can do at home.  Here’s the link: https://lesartroom.edublogs.org/.

Reading:

1. Discuss The Three Little Pigs: The Wolf’s Story with an adult or older sibling using these discussion prompts: RazPlus–Three Little Pigs The Wolfs Story–Discussion Questions.  We will talk about some of the questions during our virtual meeting later today.
2. Go on Lexia for 20 minutes.

Writing:

1. Begin to write another fairy tale using the plan you made yesterday.  Be sure to include vivid adjectives to describe the characters, places, and things in your story.  Examples: the blue, cloudless sky / the mischievous, little kitten / the large, red barn.  Remember, the longest part of your story should be the middle–the part when your main character tries unsuccessfully in three different ways to solve the problem.  This will be your assignment for today, Wednesday, and Thursday.  Take your time to make your story interesting and well-written.  Here’s some paper to use, if you’d like: Fundations Paper with Drawing Space.

Math:

1. Practice telling time to the nearest five minutes: Super Teacher Worksheets–Telling Time (Nearest 5 Minutes).
2. Play a favorite math game or do something else math related.  For example, you could make a menu with different food items and their prices.  Then you could have a family member order food at your pretend restaurant and write a receipt with the total cost of the food they ordered.  If you have any games with pretend money, you could use the pretend money to pay for items and to make change.  This was a favorite activity for my kids when they were your age.

Social Studies and Science:

1. Complete this activity (Products My Family Uses) to answer questions about products you and your family buy and use.

Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

Happy belated birthday to Shelby!  I’m sorry I missed your big day.  I hope it was a special one!

I hope you all enjoyed the weekend!  Here are your assignments for today.  Click on the underlined links to open each assignment.  In addition, here is a copy of the LES Get Moving Challenge to log your movement this week: LES GMC Log.  I know Coach Sadie would love to hear from each of you about the kinds of things you’re doing to stay active.

Specials:

1. Today’s special is music.  Be sure to check out Ms. Renauld’s blog to find great ideas for musical activities you can do at home.  Here’s the link: https://hrenauld.edublogs.org/.

Reading:

1. Read The Three Little Pigs: The Wolf’s Story (RazPlus–Three Little Pigs The Wolfs Story–O).  Ask an adult or older sibling to help you read any challenging words.  Also, notice that bold print words are defined in the glossary at the end of the book.  
2. Search for and circle adjectives in a passage from the story (RazPlus–Finding Adjectives).  Remember, adjectives are words that describe nouns.  Adjectives tell about the size, shape, color, number, texture, smell, sound, or taste of the noun they’re describing.  Adjectives can also describe a character’s personality or feelings.  Here is an example in which I’ve used bold print to mark the adjectives in the text.

Sally felt happy.  Her birthday had finally arrived.  She received a soft, brown bunny from Aunt Linda.  She also received a purple backpack, two warm sweaters, and a shiny cage to keep her bunny in at night.  Sally spent the day cuddling with her fluffy bunny and enjoying the sunny weather with her two older cousins. 

Writing:

1. Plan another fairy tale in which the main character tries to solve a problem and eventually succeeds.  Use this Fairy Tale Planning Sheet to plan your story.  Notice that there is space to describe your main character, space to plan the problem, space to plan 3 unsuccessful attempts to solve the problem, and space to plan your ending that shows how the problem gets solved.  If you’re still busily writing your fairy tale from last week, keep working on that instead.  
2. OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: Last week, you read a version of the three little pigs story told from the perspective of the pigs. This week, you are reading a version of the three little pigs story told from the perspective of the wolf.  Try to retell the story you wrote last week from the perspective of a different character in the story.  Think about how a different perspective would change the problem and the solution.

Math:

1. Practice telling time to the nearest hour and half hour: Super Teacher Worksheets–Telling Time (Hour and Half Hour).  This time poster might help you this week, since our focus all week will be telling time: Time Poster.
2. Go on Symphony Math for 20 minutes.

Social Studies and Science:

1. Here’s a suggestion if you are looking for engaging science activities to do at home.  Copy and paste this URL to visit the “Science at Home” page on the Connecticut Science Center website: https://ctsciencecenter.org/scienceathome/.  There are several fun activities to do.  “Lunch Bunch” is my favorite.  You can watch videos with live animal presentations to learn more about the critters at the science center.
2. Today’s assignment is to watch this video to learn about the difference between products and service.

Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

Happy Friday!  I hope you enjoy a restful weekend.

Here are your assignments for today.  Click on the underlined links to open each assignment.

Reading:

1. Read the fairy tale that you wrote to at least 2 other people.  Listen to and use their feedback to improve your story.
2. Go on Lexia for 20-30 minutes.

Writing:

1. Finish writing your fairy tale.  Then read your story carefully and edit to find and fix errors with spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.  Here are some checklists to use to make sure you’ve done your best work: Revision_Editing Checklists–Fairy Tale.

Math:

1. Complete the Math Challenge–April 24.
2. Do the Place Value Challenge 3-digits.

Social Studies and Science:

1. Finish this assignment from yesterday: Use your notes (Country Research Notes–Pebble Go) to make a poster about the country you researched.  Include the name of the country, the capital, the continent where it’s located, the population, the main languages spoken there, and one or more facts about each of the following: climate, landforms, and history.  Also, include any other fun facts you learned.  If you are able to, find and label a map of your country, pictures of your country, or other things you think would make your poster interesting and informative.  Get creative with the materials you use to make your poster.  Recycled cardboard can make a good poster base.  

Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

Here are your assignments for today.  Click on the underlined links to open each assignment.

Reading:

1. Retell the story of The Three Little Pigs in your own words.  Use this retelling sheet to write, in order, the five most important things that happen in the text: RazPlus–The Three Little Pigs–RETELL.  Use transition words like first, then, next, after that, and finally.
2. Read a good fit book for 20-30 minutes.

Writing:

1. Continue to write your own fairy tale.  Use the Fairy Tale Planning Sheet from Tuesday to help you.  You will finish and edit your story tomorrow.  Remember to start your story with once upon a time and to end your story with a happily ever after.  Also, keep in mind that, when your characters talk in your story, you should use dialogue tags (quotation marks) to set off what they’re saying.  For example.  Ms. Gray said, “Please remember to use dialogue tags to show your characters speaking in your story.”  Here are two kinds of paper to choose from: Fundations Paper with Drawing Space or Fundations Writing Paper. 

Math:

1. Complete the Math Challenge–April 23.
2. Go on Symphony Math for 20-30 minutes.

Social Studies and Science:

1. Use your notes (Country Research Notes–Pebble Go) to make a poster about the country you researched.  Include the name of the country, the capital, the continent where it’s located, the population, the main languages spoken there, and one or more facts about each of the following: climate, landforms, and history.  Also, include any other fun facts you learned.  If you are able to, find and label a map of your country, pictures of your country, or other things you think would make your poster interesting and informative.  Get creative with the materials you use to make your poster.  Recycled cardboard can make a good poster base.  This is your assignment for today and tomorrow. 

Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

Here are your assignments for today.  Click on the underlined links to open each assignment.

Reading:

1. Respond to questions about The Three Little Pigs.  There are 3 versions of the questions that correspond with the 3 versions of the book I shared yesterday: RazPlus–The Three Little Pigs–M–QUESTIONS or RazPlus–The Three Little Pigs–I–QUESTIONS or RazPlus–The Three Little Pigs–F–QUESTIONS.  Caregivers, if you print the questions, please do not print the page with the answers.  
2. Go on Lexia for 2o minutes.

Writing:

1. Begin to write your own fairy tale.  Use the Fairy Tale Planning Sheet from yesterday to help you get started.  You will continue to work on your story tomorrow and Friday.  Remember to start your story with once upon a time and to end your story with a happily ever after.  Also, keep in mind that, when your characters talk in your story, you should use dialogue tags (quotation marks) to set off what they’re saying.  For example.  Ms. Gray said, “Please remember to use dialogue tags to show your characters speaking in your story.”  Here are two kinds of paper to choose from: Fundations Paper with Drawing Space or Fundations Writing Paper. 

Math:

1. Complete the Math Challenge–April 22.
2. Play Addition Top-It (Addition Top-It Rules).

Social Studies and Science:

1. Take notes on the country you read about on Tuesday using this sheet: Country Research Notes–Pebble Go.

Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

I hope you enjoyed the long weekend!

Here are your assignments for today.  Click on the underlined links to open each assignment.  In addition, here is a copy of the LES Get Moving Challenge to log your movement this week: LES GMC Log.

Reading:

1. Read The Three Little Pigs.  This version will be a good fit for many 2nd grade readers: RazPlus–The Three Little Pigs–M.  If it is not a good fit for you, try one of these versions: RazPlus–The Three Little Pigs–I or RazPlus–The Three Little Pigs–F.
2. Read another good fit book for 20-30 minutes.

Writing:

1. Plan your own fairy tale in which the main character tries to solve a problem and eventually succeeds.  Here is the planning sheet: Fairy Tale Planning Sheet.  Notice that there is space to describe your main character, space to plan the problem, space to plan 3 UNSUCCESSFUL attempts to solve the problem, and space to plan your ending that shows how the problem gets solved.

Math:

1. Complete the Math Challenge–April 21.
2. Go on Symphony Math for 20 minutes.

Social Studies and Science:

1. Go on PebbleGo.  Start at the LES homepage.  Click on For Students.  Then scroll down and click on PebbleGo.  Click on Social Studies.  Then click on Countries.  Choose and read about a country you HAVE NOT learned about yet.  Remember, you can click on the speaker icon to listen to the text being read aloud.
2. Work on your plant observation project (if you are not yet done).

Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

Happy early birthday to Ezra!  I hope it’s a wonderful day filled with fun, family, and plenty of time with your furry friends.

In case you haven’t received this yet, here’s a copy of the LES Get Moving Challenge: LES GMC Log.

Here are your assignments for today.  Click on the underlined links to open each assignment.  Remember, Monday is a state holiday, so I will not be posting any assignments.  Enjoy the three-day weekend.

Reading:

1. Read a good fit book for at least 20 minutes.
2. Go on Lexia for 20 minutes.

Writing:

1.  If you did not do this yesterday: Use the FOCUS BOOK Graphic Organizer  you completed yesterday to write a paragraph that responds to the focus question.  In your paragraph, try to include a topic sentence, at least three specific supporting details from the text (in your own words), and a concluding sentence.  You already wrote the topic sentence and the supporting details on yesterday’s graphic organizer.  Your job today is to connect those ideas into a paragraph with transition words and correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.  You may use this paper for your paragraph: Fundations Writing Paper.

Math:

1. Complete the Math Challenge–April 17.
2. Play a familiar math game -OR- go on Symphony Math or Prodigy for 20 minutes.

Social Studies and Science:

1. Continue working on the My Observation Notebook assignment to track the changes in a plant you found near your house.
2. Finish any other science work from the week.

Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

Today would be a P.E. day if we were at school.  That makes it a great day to check out the ideas Coach Sadie posts on her blog.  Here’s the link: https://leverettpe.edublogs.org/category/second-grade/.

Here are your assignments for today.  Click on the underlined links to open each assignment.

Reading:

1. Yesterday, you read a Focus Book.  Today, use that same Focus Book to answer the questions at the back of the book (on page 10).  You do not need to write down your answers, but I would like for you to go back to the text to support your answers and to share your thoughts with an adult.  More challenging text: Science A-Z–Amazing Cells.  Medium challenge: Science A-Z–Baobab Trees.  Less challenging text: Science A-Z–Babies and Parents.
2. Read a good fit book for at least 20 minutes.

Writing:

1.  Use the FOCUS BOOK Graphic Organizer  you completed yesterday to write a paragraph that responds to the focus question.  In your paragraph, try to include a topic sentence, at least three specific supporting details from the text (in your own words), and a concluding sentence.  You already wrote the topic sentence and the supporting details on yesterday’s graphic organizer.  Your job today is to connect those ideas into a paragraph with transition words and correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.  You may use this paper for your paragraph: Fundations Writing Paper.

Math:

1. Complete the Math Challenge Worksheet–April 16.  Today’s assignment is more math riddles to get you thinking!
2. Play a familiar math game -OR- go on Symphony Math or Prodigy for 20 minutes.

Social Studies and Science:

1. Yesterday, you found 4 living things near your house.  Today, your assignment is to research ONE of those living things.  Try to find out at least 4 facts about the living thing you’re researching.  Remember, a fact is information that is true.  Use your research to make a poster to share what you learn.  Here’s a poster template you can use: Living Thing Poster Template.
2. Continue working on the My Observation Notebook assignment to track the changes in a plant you found near your house.