1. Ms. Alderson’s Superheroes
2nd Grade
Ms. Alderson’s Superheroes
Week of September 17, 2018
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
A Peek at Our Week
Reading: Beginning, Middle, and End
We will describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces story, the middle provides major events and challenges, and ending concludes the action.
Writing
Choose a writing prompt from the September writing calendar
Math
Play “Learning Coins” and “Counting Coins”-links are found on our class webpage under Fun Links
IXL
Math: Money
We will identify and count coins using the cent symbol (dimes, nickels, pennies).
Spelling
Choose an activity from the Speller’s Choice Board
Complete S.O.S for weekly words
(finally, because, come )
Writing: Personal Narratives
We will learn how to write a narrative that recounts a well elaborated short sequence of events, includes details to describe actions, thoughts and feelings, uses transition words, and provides a sense of closure.
Reading
Read 20 minutes every day
Picture walk a story and tell what is happening in the story before reading the story
Raz-kids
Science/SS/Health: Matter
We will describe and classify different objects according to their physical properties and construct an explanation for how structures made from small pieces can be disassembled and then arranged to make new and different structures. We will also explain how some changes in matter caused by heating and cooling can be reversed while others are irreversible.
S.S./Science
Go to the class webpage, click on “fun links”, then enjoy “States of Matter”
Review the Matter study guide
Class Blog:
Spelling & Word Study
Spelling Pattern
Language Skill
Mark Your
Calendar
Magic E
Magic e jumps over 1 consonant and makes the first vowel say its name!
Ex: cube, home, game, time
Context Clues
We will learn how to use sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
September 19 – 2nd Grade STEM
September 20 – Custodian Appreciation Day
Fire Safety Visit
September – Fall Break
Weekly Words
finally, because, come