Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

I really love reading, but when I finish a book, I don’t always know what to read next.  That’s when I turn to friends to see what books or authors they recommend.  During our meeting today, you’ll get the chance to introduce your classmates to a book you enjoy.  Come to the meeting ready to make a book recommendation.  If you have a copy of the book handy, bring that too.  Be ready to tell the title of the book and why you’d recommend it to your 2nd grade classmates.  I look forward to seeing many of you at 3:00.  As always, I will send out an email with the link around 2:40 this afternoon.

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. Yesterday, you read the fable The Ant and the Grasshopper (RazPlus–The Ant and the Grasshopper) twice and answered some questions about main idea, text details, and text organization.  Today, your job is to read the story a third time.  If you are able to, read it aloud to someone you live with.  Then respond to questions 6, 7, and 8 and the extension activity in writing on a sheet of paper (RazPlus–The Ant and the Grasshopper–Questions).  Remember, the moral of a story is the lesson the story is trying to teach.  Here’s some paper, if you’d like to use it (Fundations Writing Paper).
2. Go on Lexia for 20 minutes.

Writing:

1. Adverbs are words that describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.  Adverbs tell when, where, how, or how often.  Some adverbs end in -ly.  Here is a sheet that shows examples of adverbs (Adverb Anchor Chart).  Complete this assignment to practice choosing appropriate adverbs to complete sentences (STW–Adverbs–3).
2. Continue to use the website you used in technology class to practice your keyboarding skills (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr).  Work on levels 3 or 4 today.  Remember what Mr. Mwangi always says–fingers on the home keys!
3. OPTIONAL: Continue to write your story based on the setting, character, and event you chose on Monday.  If you want, draw pictures that help to tell your story (Fundations Writing Paper or Fundations Paper with Drawing Space).

Math:

1. Skip count by 5s.  Start at 0, 20, 35, and 85.
2. Complete multi-step word problems with a variety of single and multi-digit numbers (STW–Multistep Word Problems–2).  Be sure to read each problem carefully in order to figure out the steps needed to find the final answer.
3. Play a familiar math game for 20 minutes.  Salute is always a good choice if you have two additional people to play with you (Salute! Rules).
4. Don’t forget to complete your problem of the day from your May calendar.

Social Studies and Science:

1. Continue to explore a habitat near year home and take pictures or make drawings of the plants and animals you see.  Examples of habitats you might find near your home include: a pond habitat, a river/stream habitat, a forest habitat, or a meadow habitat.  You will write about this habitat tomorrow.  I will try to share some pictures during our meeting today of some plants and animals I’ve found in habitats near my house.