1. Ms. Taylor’s Sailors Mark Your Calendar WEEKLY HOMEWORK
2nd Grade
Ms. Taylor’s Sailors
Week of November 27, 2017
A Peek at Our Week
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
Reading: Making Connections
We will learn how to describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
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 write a topic sentence, use facts to develop points, and a closing sentence on a topic of our choice (that we know all about).
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
Make a list of objects that you can push and pull in your home. Describe how the object moves, slows down, or stops.
Class Blog:
Spelling & Word Study
Spelling/ Reading
Rule
Language Skill
Mark Your
Calendar
Au / Aw
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
Use “aw” mostly at the end of a word. Use “au” mostly in the beginning or middle of a word.
Ex: August and saw
November 29 – School Wide STEM Day
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)
Weekly Words
other, people, around