1. Ms. Taylor’s Sailors Mark Your Calendar WEEKLY HOMEWORK
2nd Grade
Ms. Taylor’s Sailors
Week of December 4, 2017
A Peek at Our Week
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
Reading: Poetry
We will learn how words and phrases (regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
Writing
Choose a writing prompt from the December writing calendar
Spend time editing/ revising once you have finished your piece
Math: Problem Solving
We will learn how to use addition and subtraction strategies to solve one and two step word problems within 20.
Math
IXL
Word problem practice – class blog/ links page (
Writing: Informational Writing
In our informational unit, we will learn how to edit and revise our informational writing pieces. Then we will color our pictures, add a cover page, publish, and bind the books.
Spelling
Choose an activity from the December Speller’s Choice activity sheet
Choose an activity off of the Challenge Calendar
Reading
Read a nonfiction book for 20 minutes
Raz Kids
Science: Force and Motion
We will learn about how forces are pushes or pulls on an object and how they can make an object move, slow down, or stop.
S.S./ Science
Use the Force and Motion Flip Book to review for the test and answer the review questions on the back of the book.
Class Blog:
Spelling & Word Study
Spelling/ Reading
Rule
Language Skill
Mark Your
Calendar
Rabbit Words
(Syllable Division)
Root Words
We will learn how to use a known root word as a clue to find the meaning of an unknown word with the same root.
Ex: addition – additional
December 6 – Grade Level STEM Day
December 7 – Adventures in Art
December 14 – High Touch High Tech – In House Field Trip (wear class t-shirts)
December 19 – Wear your warmest pajamas!
December 20 – Winter Party (8:15 – 10:00) – All parents are invited.
Divide VCCV words in between the two consonants.
Ex: rab bit
nap kin
Weekly Words
very, most, our