1. Ms. Taylor’s Sailors Mark Your Calendar WEEKLY HOMEWORK
2nd Grade
Ms. Taylor’s Sailors
Week of August 14, 2017
A Peek at Our Week
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
Reading: Reading Workshop Launch
We will learn how to think about our reading by reading important events in a story.
Writing
Read for 20 minutes (every day)
Choose a writing prompt from the August calendar
Math: Place Value
We will continue to work 3 digit place value by writing numbers in standard form, base ten form, word form, and expanded form.
Math
Read for 20 minutes (every day)
Play Shark Place Value on the class blog/ links page
Writing: Personal Narratives
We are working on writing personal narratives and focusing on small moments when we write. Great writers magnify small moments by adding details.
Spelling
Read for 20 minutes (every day)
Watch the S.O.S video on the class blog and practice with the weekly words – after, again, any, from, and of
Social Studies: Georgia Regions
We will locate and describe the five regions of Georgia (Piedmont, Valley and Ridge, Appalachian Plateau, Blue Ridge Mountains, and Costal Plain).
Reading
Read for 20 minutes (every day)
Pick a game from the class blog – links page
S.S./ Science
Review the Georgia Regions study guide and label and color the regions on the map on the back
Class Blog:
Spelling & Word Study
Language Skill
Spelling Pattern
Mark Your
Calendar
Rules of /k/
-ck is used after a short vowel after the first syllable of a word. -k is used before e, I , or y and at the end of a word. – c is used before a, o, or u.
Ex: sock, kid, cup
Capitalization
We will focus on capitalizing proper nouns in our writing.
August 15 – Tijuana Joes Night at 6:00 PM
August 18 – International Family Welcome Program (10L00 AM – Media Center)
August 21 – Extended School Day
August 23 – Picture Day
August 30 – Early Release Day
Weekly Words
after, again, any, from, of