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Ms. Taylor
2nd Grade
Ms. Taylor’s Sailors
Week of October 8, 2018
A Peek at Our Week
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
Reading: Illustrations
We will use information gained from the illustrations and words in print or digital text to understand its characters, setting, or plot.
Writing
Math: Place Value
We will learn how the three digits of a three digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones. We will also read and write numbers to 1,000 using different forms. We will also count within 1,000 and skip count by 5’s, 10’s, and 100’s.
Choose a writing prompt from the October writing calendar
Math
IXL Practice – math facts within 20
Practice skip counting out loud by 5’s, 10’s, and 100’s within 1,000.
Writing: Personal Narratives
We will learn how to edit and publish our narratives. Our narrative will recount a well elaborated short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, uses transition words, and provide a sense of closure.
Spelling
Complete S.O.S. for the weekly words – from, knew, most
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
Raz Kids
S.S./ Science
Work on your pumpkin book report project
Class Blog:
Spelling & Word Study
Spelling/ Reading
Rule
Language Skill
Mark Your
Calendar
Gentle Cindy Rule
(hard/ soft C and G)
If a C or G is followed by e, i, or y, the g or c will say its soft sound. C will say “s” and G will say “j”.
Ex: cent, face, gym, age
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 8 – High Touch High Tech In House Field Trip
October 11 – Early Release
October – Conference Week (Early Release)
October 19 – Fall Festival
Weekly Words
from, knew, most