Friday, May 29, 2020

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:

  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. 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.  
  2. Read a good fit book for 20 minutes.

Writing:

  1. 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.
  2. 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:

  1. Practice fact families using fact triangles (STW–Fact Family Flash Cards).  
  2. 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:

  1. 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?

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

I look forward to seeing many of you at 3:00 for our virtual class meeting.  As always, I will send out an email with the link around 2:40 this afternoon.  For our share, come prepared to tell about any migrations your family has made.  You might share the story of a move during your lifetime, but you might also share the story of family members in the past who’ve made an even bigger move–perhaps from a different country to the United States.  After we share, I will continue reading the story of David, who moved to the United States from a refugee camp in Zimbabwe after his family fled war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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. Choose 4-5 pages of Keb Needs a Home to read aloud to someone else.  Then complete the comprehension quiz (RazPlus–Keb Needs a Home–comprehension quiz).
  2. Go on Lexia for 20 minutes.

Writing:

  1. Finish writing your informational book about the animal you researched last week.  Use this template to make sure you include all of the important information (Information Animal Book Template).  Add drawings of the information you write about in each section of your book.
  2. 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.  Can’t is a contraction.  It is the shortened version of the word cannot.  In the word can’t, the n and o are removed and replaced with an apostrophe.  You’ll is another contraction.  It is the shorted version of the words you will.  Do you notice which letters were omitted and replaced with an apostrophe?  Write the words that given contractions stand for OR write the contraction that can be made by combining two given words (STW–Contractions 1).

Math:

  1. Practice fact families using fact triangles (STW–Fact Family Flash Cards).  
  2. 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 Name the Shapes (page 8), Shape Identification (page 9), and Shape Animal (page 13).

Social Studies and Science:

  1. Begin reading a story about a girl whose family moved to the United States from Haiti (RazPlus–Haiti Is My Home).  Read chapters 1, 2, and 3 today.  Think about the answers to some questions as you read.  Why did Marie and her family move to Boston from Haiti?  What does Marie hate about Boston?  Why is Marie glad that Johanne is coming to live in Boston?  How does Johanne feel about Boston?

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

This week in social studies, we’re thinking about human migration–the movement of people from place to place.  People move for a lot of different reasons.  Some move within the country where they were born.  For example, I moved from Raleigh to Asheville, North Carolina to go to college.  Then I moved to Austin, Texas with a friend.  Then I moved from Austin to Provincetown, Massachusetts…Provincetown to San Francisco, California…San Francisco to Olympia, Washington…and finally back to Provincetown–all for the sake of adventure.  My last big move was from Provincetown to the Pioneer Valley to continue my education.  I dream of someday moving to another country, but it hasn’t happened yet.  Have you moved in your lifetime?  Have your parents moved?  What about your grandparents?  Why did your family move from place to place?

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. Reread the text Keb Needs a Home (RazPlus–Keb Needs a Home–book).  Then think about and share your answers to some discussion questions with an adult (RazPlus–Keb Needs a Home–discussion questions).
  2. Read a good fit book for 20 minutes.

Writing:

  1. Continue to work on writing your informational book about the animal you researched last week.  Use this template to make sure you include all of the important information (Information Animal Book Template).  Add drawings of the information you write about in each section of your book.
  2. An adjective is a word that describes a noun.  An adverb is a word that describes a verb (or sometimes an adjective or other adverb).  Determine whether a given word is an adjective describing a noun OR an adverb describing a verb (STW–Adjective or Adverb?). 

Math:

  1. Practice fact families using fact triangles (STW–Fact Family Flash Cards).  If you have been printing each day’s assignments, you have likely already printed and cut these out.  You will be using them for the rest of the week.  
  2. 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 Counting Sides (page 6) and Drawing Sides (page 7).  There are many names for shapes that have four sides.  All shapes with four sides are quadrilaterals.  Some examples of quadrilaterals are squares, rectangles, parallelograms, rhombuses, and trapezoids.  
  3. Go on Symphony Math for 20 minutes.

Social Studies and Science:

  1. Read a story about a boy whose family moved to the United States from Mexico (RazPlus–Welcome Carlos).  Think about the answers to some questions as you read.  Why did Carlos’s family move to the United States?  How does Carlos feel about the move?  What will he miss about Mexico?  What is he excited about in his new home?

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

I hope you enjoyed the long weekend!  I look forward to seeing all of you today during our 3:00 meeting.  I will send an email with our Google Meet link at 2:40.  Here is a picture of my sweet kitty Pfogg.  He hasn’t joined our class meeting yet, but maybe he will soon.

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. Read the text Keb Needs a Home (RazPlus–Keb Needs a Home–book).  
  2. Go on Lexia for 20 minutes.

Writing:

  1. Last week, you researched an animal using PebbleGo and DK FindOut.  This week, you will write an informational book about that animal.  Your book will include information about the animal’s appearance, movement, habitat, food, and life cycle.  You will also identify whether the animal is a mammal, bird, fish, reptile, amphibian, or a kind of invertebrate.  Get a start on your book today.  Use this template to make sure you include all of the important information (Information Animal Book Template).  Add drawings of the information you write about in each section of your book.
  2. A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea (e.g., teacher, school, pencil, friendship).  An action verb describes an action–something you do (e.g., listen, share, play, learn).  Your job today is to determine whether a given word is being used as a noun or an action verb (STW–Nouns vs. Verbs). 

Math:

  1. Practice identifying all of the 10 friends.
  2. This week, your assignments will all come from the same packet (https://www.tptschoolaccess.com/student-view/Njg5MTA4NDg2NTEyOTIwMjAtMDUtMTlUMTY6Mjc6NDAuMDY5Wg==).  Across the week, you will only need to print pages 3-9 and 13-15. The packet is about 2-D and 3-D shapes.  This week, we’ll focus on polygons–2-dimensional closed shapes made up of straight lines that meet at vertices.  A vertex (the plural form is vertices) is the point where two sides of a polygon meet–or the corner of the polygon.  As you’ll notice, circles and ovals have no vertices.  Triangles have 3, squares have 4, pentagons have 5, and so on.  Today, start by reviewing page 3 (2-D Shape Sheet).  Then complete pages 4 and 5 (Color by Vertices AND Draw the Vertices).

Social Studies and Science:

  1. Migration is movement from place to place.  People have been migrating for a very long time.  People migrate for different reasons.  Some migrate because wars or natural disasters (like earthquakes or hurricanes) have made where they live unsafe.  Others migrate because of poor treatment in their homelands due to their religion or ethnicity or for other reasons.  Some migrate for job opportunities or to continue their education.  Others migrate because of the appeal of a place–like its weather.  Some people choose to migrate.  Others do not.  For example, in the past, many people were forcefully brought to the United States from Africa and enslaved.  This week and next week, we will think about human migration.  We will read stories to learn more about different reasons why people migrate.  If you have time, this 15-minute video read-aloud tells a story of immigration to the United States.

Friday, May 22, 2020

Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

I hope you enjoy the long weekend!  Remember, Monday is Memorial Day, so I will not be posting any assignments.  I’ll see you next Tuesday for our regularly scheduled class meeting.

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. Use the nonfiction book you read yesterday (Science A-Z–Animals of the Rivers–K or Science A-Z–Animals of the Deep Ocean–J).  Respond to the Focus Question prompt you find on page 10 in a paragraph of at least 5 sentences (Fundations Paper with Drawing Space).
  2. Read a good fit book for 20 minutes.

Writing:

  1. Finish your animal research notes using the DK Find Out! source you began using yesterday (Animal Research Notes).
  2. OPTIONAL : Continue practicing proper keyboarding skills using the website you used in technology (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr).

Math:

  1. Practice identifying all of the “ten friends.”  
  2. This week, your assignments will all come from the same packet (https://www.tptschoolaccess.com/student-view/Njg5MTA4NDA2ODc0NDIwMjAtMDUtMTRUMjA6NTc6NDYuMjc5Wg==).  The focus of the packet is arrays–arrangements of objects into rows and columns.  Rows go across, and columns go down.  TODAY: Do Draw an Array to Match the Equation and Story Problems.
  3. Go on Symphony Math for 20 minutes.

Social Studies and Science:

  1. Finish making the animal trading cards you started making yesterday (Science A-Z–Animal Trading Cards).  Include information about each animal’s habitat, food, movement, and body covering.  Also, include the name of the animal, a picture of the animal, and whether the animal is a mammal, amphibian, reptile, bird, fish, or invertebrate of some kind.

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

I look forward to seeing many of you at 3:00 for our virtual class meeting.  As always, I will send out an email with the link around 2:40 this afternoon.  We will share, and I will read aloud a book about animals to fit with our learning focus for the week.

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. Read another book about animals–either animals in river habitats or animals in deep ocean habitats (Science A-Z–Animals of the Rivers–K or Science A-Z–Animals of the Deep Ocean–J).
  2. Go on Lexia for 20 minutes.

Writing:

  1. Today, you’ll use a new online resource to learn more about the animal you’re researching.  To use this resource, click on the following link (https://sites.google.com/leverettschool.org/leslibrary/home-learning-resources/science-social-studies?authuser=0).  Then choose DK FindOut!  In the upper, left corner, type in the name of your animal in the box “search this site.”  Take notes on the back of the sheet you’ve used all week (Animal Research Notes).
  2. This week, our grammar focus is verbs.  Yesterday, you practiced identifying irregular past tense verbs.  TODAY: Choose the irregular past tense verb to complete each sentence (STW–Irregular Verbs–Fill in the Blank).
  3. OPTIONAL : Continue practicing proper keyboarding skills using the website you used in technology (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr).

Math:

  1. Skip count by 2.  Start at 0, 10, 46, and 1.
  2. This week, your assignments will all come from the same packet (https://www.tptschoolaccess.com/student-view/Njg5MTA4NDA2ODc0NDIwMjAtMDUtMTRUMjA6NTc6NDYuMjc5Wg==).  The focus of the packet is arrays–arrangements of objects into rows and columns.  Rows go across, and columns go down.  TODAY: Do the pages Repeated Addition and Repeated Addition–Both Ways.  Repeated addition is adding the same number again and again.  In the array below, you could add the columns like this: 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12.  You could also add the rows like this: 4 + 4 + 4 = 12.
  3. Play a familiar math game for 20 minutes.

Social Studies and Science:

  1. This week, you’ve been learning about how scientists classify animals.  TODAY: Make animal trading cards either using these printable ones or by making ones of your own (Science A-Z–Animal Trading Cards).  If you’re using the printable cards, you only need to print pages with cards you’re interested in printing. Include information about each animal’s habitat, food, movement, and body covering.  Also, include the name of the animal, a picture of the animal, and whether the animal is a mammal, amphibian, reptile, bird, fish, or invertebrate of some kind.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

I really enjoy making food with and for my family.  Here’s a picture of a recent meal.  I made the tofu scramble, and Otto made the blueberry pancakes.  It all tasted delicious!  What’s a meal you enjoy?  Is there anything that you are able to cook on your own yet?

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. Use the text Animals, Animals (Science A-Z–Animals, Animals–L).  Respond to these multiple choice and short answer questions to show your comprehension (Science A-Z–Animals, Animals–L Book Quiz).  If you read the less challenging version of the text, respond to these questions instead (Science A-Z–Animals, Animals–H Book Quiz).
  2. Read a good fit book for 20 minutes.

Writing:

  1. Use PebbleGo to learn more about the animal you’ve chosen to research.  TODAY: Take notes about the animal’s life cycle and any fun facts (Animal Research Notes).
  2. This week, our grammar focus is verbs.  So far, you’ve practiced with regular past tense verbs–verbs that you make past tense by adding the -ed ending.  Some verbs are irregular verbs.  Instead of adding -ed, you change the spelling of the verb to make it past tense.  Here are some examples: know–knew/think–thought/go–went/teach–taught.  Practice identifying irregular past tense verbs by matching the present tense of each verb with its past tense form (STW–Irregular Verbs–Past Tense Verb Match).
  3. OPTIONAL : Continue practicing proper keyboarding skills using the website you used in technology (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr).

Math:

  1. Skip count by 5.  Start at 0, 10, 25, 100, and 125.
  2. This week, your assignments will all come from the same packet (https://www.tptschoolaccess.com/student-view/Njg5MTA4NDA2ODc0NDIwMjAtMDUtMTRUMjA6NTc6NDYuMjc5Wg==).  The focus of the packet is arrays–arrangements of objects into rows and columns.  Rows go across, and columns go down.  TODAY: Do both pages of Making Arrays.
  3. Go on Symphony Math for 20 minutes.

Social Studies and Science:

  1. On Monday and Tuesday, you watched some introductory videos, answered some discussion questions, and practiced grouping, or classifying, animals based on certain similarities (https://mysteryscience.com/biodiversity/mystery-1/biodiversity-classification/174?code=NDEwMDY3MDQ&t=student).  TODAY: Click on the clink above.  Then click on “Hands-on Activity.”  Click the arrow until you get to step 9 of 15.  Finish the activity.  Use these Challenge Cards for today’s work (Mystery Science–Challenge Cards).

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

I can’t wait to see all of you today during our 3:00 meeting!  I will send an email with our Google Meet link at 2:40.  Be prepared to tell your peers which animal you will be researching this week and ONE thing you’ve already learned about that animal.  We will start by sharing about our animal research.  Then Ms. Renauld will lead you in a song.  After that, Marla will lead an art activity.  We will end by discussing one thing you feel you’ve gotten better at this year in 2nd grade.

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. Reread the text Animals, Animals (Science A-Z–Animals, Animals–L).  Then discuss your answers to these questions with an adult (Science A-Z–Animals, Animals–Discussion Questions).  Go back to the text to find specific evidence to support your answers.  If you would prefer, you may write down your answers on a separate sheet of paper instead of discussing your ideas with an adult. 
  2. Go on Lexia for 20 minutes.

Writing:

  1. Use PebbleGo to learn more about the animal you’ve chosen to research.  TODAY: Take notes about the animal’s body, habitat, and food (Animal Research Notes).
  2. This week, our grammar focus is verbs.  As you’ve learned this year, regular action verbs can be made past tense by adding on the ending -ed.  If an action verb ends in a consonant-y (like the word carry), you changed the y to an i before adding -ed.  TODAY: Practice adding -ed to verbs ending in y (STW–Adding -ed to Verbs Ending in y).
  3. OPTIONAL : Continue practicing proper keyboarding skills using the website you used in technology (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr).

Math:

  1. Skip count by 100.  Start at 0, 30, 146, 200, and 450.
  2. This week, your assignments will all come from the same packet (https://www.tptschoolaccess.com/student-view/Njg5MTA4NDA2ODc0NDIwMjAtMDUtMTRUMjA6NTc6NDYuMjc5Wg==).  The focus of the packet is arrays–arrangements of objects into rows and columns.  Rows go across, and columns go down.  TODAY: Do the Describe Arrays–Row by Column and Matching Arrays pages.
  3. Play a familiar math game for 20 minutes.  For example, you might play Addition Top-It (Addition Top-It Rules).

Social Studies and Science:

  1. Yesterday, you watched some introductory videos and answered some discussion questions to begin thinking about animal classification (https://mysteryscience.com/biodiversity/mystery-1/biodiversity-classification/174?code=NDEwMDY3MDQ&t=student).  TODAY: Click on the clink above.  Then click on “Hands-on Activity.”  Follow along with the activity until you have sorted and resorted the animal cards into the 4 groups Doug discusses.  Use these Animal Cards for today’s work (Mystery Science–Animal Cards).  STOP when you get to activity step 9 of 15–the Challenge Cards.

Monday, May 18, 2020

Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

Did you all enjoyed a fun and relaxing weekend?  What did you do?  I had a video chat with a dear friend, took several walks, cleaned my house, and did some work in my yard.

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 Animals, Animals (Science A-Z–Animals, Animals–L).  If you try to read that text and it is too challenging, try this one (Science A-Z–Animals, Animals–H).
  2. Read another good fit book for 20 minutes.

Writing:

  1. This week, you’ll research an animal.  Your first step is to go on PebbleGo to find an animal you would like to learn more about (LES Homepage–For Students–PebbleGo–Animals).  Click on either Amphibians, Birds, Fish, Insects & Spiders, Invertebrates, Mammals, OR Reptiles. Keep clicking until you’ve found ONE animal that you want to learn about.  TODAY: Read about the animal you’ve chosen.  Write the name of the animal on this sheet (Animal Research Notes).  You will use this sheet to take notes for the rest of the week.
  2. This week, our grammar focus is verbs.  A verb is a part of speech that tells about an action or a state of being.  Present tense verbs name an action happening now, like walk, laugh, jump, and listen.  Past tense verbs name an action that already happened, like walked, laughed, jumped, and listened.  Often, to make a present tense verb into a past tense verb, you add the ending -ed.  TODAY: Practice identifying present and past tense regular verbs (STW–Regular Verbs–Present and Past Tense).
  3. OPTIONAL : Continue practicing proper keyboarding skills using the website you used in technology (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr).

Math:

  1. Skip count by 10.  Start at 0, 30, 36, 75, and 140.  
  2. This week, your assignments will all come from the same packet (https://www.tptschoolaccess.com/student-view/Njg5MTA4NDA2ODc0NDIwMjAtMDUtMTRUMjA6NTc6NDYuMjc5Wg==), and they will all focus on preparing you to thinking about multiplication next year.  The focus of the packet is arrays–arrangements of objects into rows and columns.  Rows go across, and columns go down.  TODAY: Do the Columns and Rows and Describe Arrays pages.
  3. Go on Symphony Math for 20 minutes.

Social Studies and Science:

  1. This week, you’re reading about and researching animals.  In order to understand animals (and other living things) better, scientists organize, or classify, animals based on their similarities.  Here is an activity to help you start thinking about how animals are organized, or classified, based on their traits (https://mysteryscience.com/biodiversity/mystery-1/biodiversity-classification/174?code=NDEwMDY3MDQ&t=student).  Your job today is to watch several videos and pause to think about some discussion questions.  Try to discuss the questions with an adult if you are able to.  STOP when you get to the video that says “Activity.”

Friday, May 15, 2020

Dear 2nd Grade Students and Families,

It’s Friday!  My son, Otto, only has one more week of high school.  We signed up for his college housing last night.  I’m feeling excited and nervous and amazed at how fast time flies.  How are you feeling today?  Do you have fun weekend plans you’re excited about?  Are you envious that Otto only has one more week of school when we have four?  Are you eager to share the amazing story you wrote this week?  Are you ready for a nap even though you just ate breakfast?  Sometimes, we’re bursting with feelings.  Which feelings are filling you up right now?  Are any feelings weighing you down?

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. Today, you’ll read another piece of traditional literature.  It’s a fairy tale you might be familiar with called A Frog Prince (RazPlus–A Frog Prince).  Like you’ve done all week, you will read the story several times.  On each reading, you will look for different kinds of information in the text that helps you respond to these questions (RazPlus–A Frog Prince–Questions).  After the first read, respond to questions 1-3.  After the second read, respond to questions 4-5.  After the third read, respond to questions 6-8.  Also, aim to read the story aloud to someone in your house on the 2nd or 3rd read.  You may respond to the questions orally (to an adult) or in writing.
  2. Read a good fit book of your choice 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).  Today, you’ll use adverbs to write a poem (STW–Adverb Poem).  The first line of my poem might be Laugh gleefully!  If you’re feeling very poetic, you might add more to each line than just an adverb.  For example, my first line could be Laugh gleefully with your friends!
  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 4 today.  Remember what Mr. Mwangi always says–fingers on the home keys!
  3. OPTIONAL: Finish writing 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).  As always, please share your finished writing with Ms. Gray.

Math:

  1. Skip count by 2s.  Start at 0, 10, 22, 1, and 5.
  2. Complete several multi-step word problems (STW–Multistep Word Problems–3).  Be sure to read each problem carefully in order to figure out the steps needed to find the final answer.
  3. Go on Symphony Math for 20 minutes.
  4. Don’t forget to complete your problem of the day from your May calendar.

Social Studies and Science:

  1. Write a paragraph or make a poster to show what you’ve learned about a habitat near your house.