Ms. Alderson’s Superheroes 2nd Grade 770-578-7200 Kawanna.Alderson@cobbk12.org 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: http://www.cobblearning.net/Alderson/ 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 24-28 – Fall Break Weekly Words finally, because, come