1. Ms. Taylor’s Sailors Mark Your Calendar WEEKLY HOMEWORK
2nd Grade
Ms. Taylor’s Sailors
Week of April 22, 2019
A Peek at Our Week
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
Reading: Author’s Purpose
We will learn how to identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
Writing
Choose a writing prompt from the April writing calendar
Math: 3 Digit Addition and Subtraction
We will review how to add and subtract within 1,000 using place value strategies. We will also learn how to explain, in writing, how the addition and subtraction strategy worked, using place value and properties of operations.
Math
Practice one 3-digit addition and subtraction problem a night (with regrouping/ decomposing) then explain your strategy in writing. Be sure to include the strategy you used and place value vocabulary)
Writing: Personal Narrative/ Informational/ Opinion
We will review how to write a narrative in which they recount a well-elaborated short sequence of events, an informative piece that introduces a topic, uses facts, and provides a concluding statement, and an opinion piece in which they state their opinion, supply reasons, use linking words, and provide a concluding statement.
Spelling
Complete S.O.S. for the weekly words – their, thought, and upon
Choose a spelling activity from the April Speller’s Choice
Reading
Using a nonfiction book, practice finding the author’s purpose of a paragraph or chapter
Raz Kids
Science: Life Cycles
We will learn how to determine the sequence of and model the life cycle of 4 common animals (mammal, bird, amphibian, insect) and model the life cycle of a plant from seed to maturity by recording changes over a period of time.
S.S./ Science
Review the plant and animal life cycle journals as they come home each night in your theme interactive notebook
Class Blog:
Spelling & Word Study
Language Skill
Reading/ Spelling
Rule
Mark Your
Calendar
Prefix/ Suffix
We will learn how to demonstrate that many words are made up with prefixes, base words, and suffixes.
Prefixes: un-, re-, dis-, pre-, in-
Suffixes: -ed, -ing, -er, -s, -es, -or, -ly
Camel Words
VCV ~ First syllable is closed
plan . et
lem. on
April 25 – Art Show at 5:00 PM
April 26 – Fernbank Field Trip – wear blue class field trip t-shirts
May 1 – Walk to School Day
May 3 – All Pro Dads at 7:00 AM
Weekly Words
their, thought, upon