Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,
Happy Friday! Our week AND our school year are both winding to a close. Enjoy the weekend, and start thinking about what you’ve learned this year in 2nd grade and what you hope to learn more about next year in 3rd grade.
Specials:
- 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:
- Determine and write about the problem and the possible solutions in the story Keb Needs a Home (RazPlus–Keb Needs a Home–Problem:Solution). As in many stories, Keb tries different things before he solves the problem he’s facing. First, you’ll identify the problem. Then you’ll write about three things he tries in the story to solve the problem and the pros and cons of each of those attempts. Finally, you’ll write about what he does to solve the problem in the end.
- Read a good fit book for 20 minutes.
Writing:
- Edit the informational book you wrote this week. Find and fix spelling, punctuation, and capitalization errors. Make sure what you wrote is clear and easy for your reader to understand.
- A contraction is a shortened version of a word or group of words that omits (or leaves out) certain letters and uses an apostrophe in place of those omitted letters. Identify contractions in sentences AND write what the contractions stand for. (STW–Contraction Sentences).
Math:
- Practice fact families using fact triangles (STW–Fact Family Flash Cards).
- This week, your assignments will all come from the same packet (https://www.tptschoolaccess.com/student-view/Njg5MTA4NDg2NTEyOTIwMjAtMDUtMTlUMTY6Mjc6NDAuMDY5Wg==). Across the week, you will use pages 3-9 and 13-15. Today, do the pages Quadrilateral Hunt (page 14) and Drawing Shapes (page 15).
Social Studies and Science:
- Finish reading a story about a girl whose family moved to the United States from Haiti (RazPlus–Haiti Is My Home). Read chapters 4 and 5 today. Think about the answers to some questions as you read. Why was Johanne so glad to leave Haiti? What does Johanne like about Boston? What do the children plan to do when they grow up? If you were forced to leave your home because of a natural disaster (like an earthquake), how do you think you would feel? What would you miss about your home?