1. Ms. Taylor’s Sailors Mark Your Calendar WEEKLY HOMEWORK
2nd Grade
Ms. Taylor’s Sailors
Week of April 9, 2018
A Peek at Our Week
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
Reading: Main Topic
We will learn how to identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
Writing
Choose a writing prompt from the April writing calendar
Spend time editing/ revising once you have finished your piece
Math: Partitioning Shapes
We will learn how to identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes. We will also recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as the given number of angles or given number of equal faces. Lastly, we will learn how to partition circles and rectangles into two, three, and four equal shares.
Math
IXL
Practice partitioning the following shapes in halves, thirds, and fourths – circles and rectangles
Writing: Informational Writing
We will review how to write an informational writing piece by writing our All About 2nd Grade books that will be shared at the end of the year party. These books will include a table of contents, informational pages, all about the author page, and favorite memory page.
Spelling
Choose an activity from the April Speller’s Choice activity sheet
S.O.S. for the weekly words – friend, there, usually
Reading
Read (nonfiction) aloud for 20 minutes and practice determining the main topic of the book
Raz Kids
Science: Life Cycles
We will determine the sequence of the life cycle of 4 common animals (mammal, bird, amphibian, insect) and model the life cycle of a plant from seed to maturity by recording changes over a period of time.
S.S./ Science
Use MackinVIA/ Pebble Go to research an animal or plant and draw/ label the life cycle
Class Blog:
Spelling & Word Study
Spelling/ Reading
Rule
Language Skill
Mark Your
Calendar
2 Syllable Words
We will learn how to decode two-syllable words with long vowels.
(reptile, paper, monkey, secret, broken, tutu)
Past Tense
We will learn how to form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (ex: sat, hid, told) when writing or speaking.
April 10 – Fern Bank Field Trip – wear your blue class t-shirts and tennis shoes
April 23 – Adventures in Art
April 26 – STEM Day (wear black STEM shirts if you have one) and Art Show at 5:00 PM
Weekly Words
friend, there, usually