1. Ms. Alderson’s Superheroes
2nd Grade
Ms. Alderson’s Superheroes
Week of October 8, 2018
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
A Peek at Our Week
Reading: Illustrations
We will use information gained from the illustrations and words in print or digital text to understand its characters, setting, or plot.
Writing
Choose a writing prompt from the October writing calendar
Math
Practice math facts
Practice skip counting by 5s, 10s, and 100s within 1,000
Math: Place Value
We will learn how the three digits of a three digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones. We will read and write numbers to 1,000 using different forms. We will also skip count by 5s, 10s, 100s within 1,000.
Spelling
Choose an activity from Speller’s Choice Board
Complete S.O.S. for weekly words: knew, most, even
Writing: Personal Narratives
We will continue working on our personal narratives. Great writers revise and edit their small moments before publishing a final piece.
Reading
Read 20 minutes every day
Raz-kids
Science/SS/Health: Rules & Laws/Government
We will define the concept of government and the need for rules and laws. We will identify elected officials of the executive branch and where they work. (President/national leader, Governor/state leader, Mayor/city leader)
S.S./Science
Work on your pumpkin book report project
Class Blog:
Spelling & Word Study
Spelling Pattern
Language Skill
Mark Your
Calendar
Gentle Cindy Rule
(hard/soft C and G)
If a C or G is followed by e, i, or y, the g or c will say its soft sound C will say “s” and G will say “j”
Ex: cent, face, gym, age
Proper Nouns
As we finish up our personal narratives and begin editing and revising, we will review proper nouns. We will make sure that we are capitalizing them in our writing as well as capitalizing the beginning of sentences.
October 8- High Touch High Tech In house Field Trip 9:30
October 11 – Early Release 12:30
October 12 – Bus Driver Appreciation Day
October – Conference Week (Early Release)
October 19 – Fall Festival
Weekly Words
knew, most, even