Week 7 Online Learning (May 4 – May 8)

Must Do:

  • spelling assignments 
  • 30 minutes reading DAILY
  • Freckle- Reading articles and Math Practices
  • Daily journal entry (Work on Writing)

Freckle Reading and Writing assignments 

Monday: Reading – Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream  Math: #74

Tuesday: Reading – Mind Pictures Math: #08

Wednesday: Reading – Night of the Avalanche Math: #22

Thursday: Reading – News Anchor Math: #20

Friday: Reading – The 3 Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle  Math: #20 Continued

Week 7 Spelling -(Monday– write four times each, Tuesday-vowels in red/consonant in blue, Wednesday-sentences using your spelling words, Thursday– alphabetic order, and Friday– rainbow writing. 

  1. Hid
  2. Stood
  3. Went
  4. Told
  5. Wrote
  6. Made
  7. Spoke
  8. Gone
  9. Sold
  10. Began

W.O.W (Work on Writing)

Monday: 

You are going on a trip, but can only take 5 items with you. Which items would you pick? Why did you pick those items?

Tuesday:

Would you rather ride rollercoasters or waterslides? Give me three reasons why?

Wednesday: 

Tell me the story about how your parents chose your name? Was it passed down from family tradition, religion, culture, location, or pop culture?

Thursday:

Would you rather live on a farm or in a city? Why?

Writer’s Workshop (Continue Working on Informational writing from last week. If completed, please submit final draft via google classroom or Remind app)

Informational Writing– Write about the stages of the plant cycle.What are the parts of a plant and how does it function for the plant. This should be three paragraphs with an introduction, the second paragraph with the body part of a plant with its function, and lastly the conclusion of why plants are so important to us. Below is a diagram of a plant and with its parts and functions to use for reference. (Refer to week 6 for images and diagrams)

Daily Reading Books (Comprehension Questions)

Fiction Books:

Title-
Author-
Text  Type-
Genre-

1. What is the author’s purpose for this book?
2. What is the problem in the story? 
3. How was the problem solved?
4.How did the character in the story act throughout the story?
5.  This story reminds me of a time I ….

Nonfiction Books:

Title-
Author-
Text  Type-
Genre-
1. What is the main idea of this book?
2. The three facts I learned are….
3. After using the glossary pick two words and write the  meaning.
4. The photograph that helped me understand the text more is …….. .
5. After reading this book I now know more about…..

Resources

Scholastic News Articles:https://scholasticnews.scholastic.com

  • Go to Grade 2
  • Log in
  • click on student
  • our class code is Ramouni2020

How to get students to their assignments

1. Have students go to www.readworks.org/student

2. Students enter class code G44XTA

3. Tell your students that their default password is 1234

Below are Fiction and Non-Fiction comprehension questions students should answer after reading each book from their reading bag. They must choose 3 questions per book to answer.

Non-Fiction Questions

1 Write 3 facts you learned from this book.2 What is the most interesting thing that you learned?3 Who do you think would be interested in the book you read? Explain why….
4 What was the author’s purpose? Explain how you know.5 Find a heading in your book. Tell me what page it is on and write what the heading is teaching us about.6 Choose 4 vocabulary words from your text. With each word: Describe it, illustrate it, and use it in a sentence.
7 What are 2 questions you still have about this topic?8 With an adult, do some online research about your topic and write 2 NEW facts your learned (that were NOT in your book).9 Write a connection that you have with this topic. Why are you interested in this topic and what else are you still wondering?

Fiction 

1 Do a picture walk of your story. Write down your prediction for what you think will happen.  2 What is the problem and solution of your book?3 What is the author’s purpose for writing this story? How do you know? -Persuade -Inform -Entertain  
4 What is the main idea of this story? What do you think the author wanted you to learn?5 Retell the story: First… Next… Then… Last…6 Did this story remind you of anything? Write down your connection and tell me what kind of connection it is.
7 Write 3 new or interesting words from your story and write their definition.8 How do you think the main character felt in this story and why?9 Draw a picture of your favorite part of the story and write 3 sentences about it.

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