Ex: bold, child, host, find Ms. Taylor 2nd Grade 770-578-7200 jessica.taylor2@cobbk12.org Ms. Taylor’s Sailors Week of October 1, 2018 A Peek at Our Week WEEKLY HOMEWORK Reading: Beginning, Middle, End We will describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the characters and setting, the middle provides major events and challenges, and ending concludes the action or solution. We will also use information gained from the illustrations and words in print or digital text to understand its characters, setting, or plot. Writing Choose a writing prompt from the October writing calendar Math: Money Word Problems We will learn how to solve word problems using dimes, nickels, and pennies using the cent symbol within 20. Math IXL Practice – money or math facts Writing: Personal Narratives We will learn how to write a narrative that recounts a well elaborated short sequence of events, includes details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, uses transition words, and provides a sense of closure. Spelling Complete S.O.S. for the weekly words – even, know, more Choose a spelling activity from the October Speller’s Choice Social Studies: Civic and Government Understandings We will define the concept of government and the need for rules and laws. We will also identify elected officials of the executive branch (President, Governor, Mayor, and where they work (White House, State Capitol, City Hall). Reading Read for 20 minutes – practice retelling your story in sequential order (include characters, setting, major events, problem, solution, and how the story was wrapped up) S.S./ Science Make a list of rules you have to follow at home and the consequence you get if you don’t follow that rule Class Blog: http://www.cobblearning.net/taylor2/ Spelling & Word Study Spelling/ Reading Rule Language Skill Mark Your Calendar “wild old” words The vowels i, and o in one-syllable words ending in ld, nd, and st may have a long vowel sound. Ex: bold, child, host, find Proper Nouns As we finish up our personal narratives and begin editing and revising, we will review proper nouns and be sure that we are capitalizing them in our writing piece as well as capitalizing the beginning of sentences. October 5 – No lunch visitors on this day please. We are changing our lunch location and time due to a 5th grade event. October 8 – High Touch High Tech In House Field Trip October 11 – Early Release Weekly Words even, know, more