1. Open and Closed Syllables
Ms. Taylor
2nd Grade
Ms. Taylor’s Sailors
Week of August 13, 2018
A Peek at Our Week
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
Reading: Reading Workshop Launch
We will review reading workshop routines, practice building reading stamina, and learn what a good reader does before, during, and after reading. We will also learn how to talk and grow our ideas about reading with a reading partner.
Writing
Choose a writing prompt from the August writing calendar
Math: Place Value
We will learn that the three digits of a three digit number represent amounts of hundred, tens, and ones. We will also learn how to read and write numbers to 1,000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.
Math
Go to the class webpage, click on “links”, then play “Pac Man Expanded Form Practice”
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.
Spelling
Complete S.O.S. for the weekly words – are, do, every
Choose a spelling activity from the August Speller’s Choice
Social Studies: Georgia Regions
We will locate and compare major topographical features of Georgia and describe how these features define Georgia’s surface. We will locate and compare Blue Ride, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Ridge & Valley, and Appalachian Plateau. We will also locate the Savannah, Flint, and Chattahoochee Rivers.
Reading
Read for 20 minutes
S.S./ Science
Go to the class webpage, click on “links”, then click on “Regions of Georgia” and read about the regions
Class Blog:
Spelling & Word Study
Spelling/ Reading
Rule
Language Skill
Mark Your
Calendar
Open and Closed Syllables
Open: One vowel followed by no consonants. The syllable is open and the vowel can say its name. Ex: me, hi, no
Closed: One vowel followed by one or more consonants. The consonant closes in the syllable like a door, and the vowel is short. Ex: met, him, nod
Proper Nouns
We will notice how nouns are used in our reading and writing. We will also learn how to capitalize proper nouns (names of people, places, and things).
August 14 – Spirit Night at Tijuana Joes
August 16 – Adventures in Art training (10-11:00 AM) in the Learning Commons
August 20 – Just Eat It (in house field trip)
Weekly Words
are, do, every