1. Ms. Taylor’s Sailors Mark Your Calendar WEEKLY HOMEWORK
2nd Grade
Ms. Taylor’s Sailors
Week of December 11, 2017
A Peek at Our Week
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
Reading: Craft and Structure - Poetry
We will learn how words and phrases (regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
Writing
Choose a writing prompt from the December writing calendar
Spend time editing/ revising once you have finished your piece
Math: Measurement
We will learn how to use addition and subtraction strategies to solve word problems involving length (centimeters, inches, feet, meters).
Math
IXL
Practice measuring items around your house in inches, feet, yards, and meters – make a list.
Writing: Informational Writing
In our informational unit, we will learn how to edit and revise our informational writing pieces. Then we will color our pictures, add a cover page, publish, and bind the books.
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: Environmental Change
We will learn how to explain the cause and effect of change to the environment within the local community.
S.S./ Science
Review the Environmental Changes study guide
Class Blog:
Spelling & Word Study
Spelling/ Reading
Rule
Language Skill
Mark Your
Calendar
Suffixes
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
If you have a 1 syllable word, with 1 short vowel, and it ends with 1 final consonant, you double the final consonant if adding a vowel suffix. Doubling keeps the vowel short!
Ex: hop + ing = hopping
December 14 – High Touch High Tech – In House Field Trip (wear class t-shirts)
December 19 – Wear your warmest pajamas!
Early Release
December 20 – Winter Party (8:15 – 10:00) – All parents are invited.
Weekly Words
no weekly words