Leading & Learning in Second Grade
Cherokee Students Leading & Learning Resources
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March 23-27 Pick List
Language Arts
Phonemic Awareness
Reading:
Choose a story to read - try a few different genres during the week.
- Visit Raz-Kids, Journeys Online , Journeys leveled readers or choose a story from home.
- After reading a text, click on the document below to answer a few questions to help build your comprehension skills.
- Read a book to a family member, pet, or stuffed animal.
- Visit https://www.storylineonline.net.
- Visit here to listen to stories being read from space!
- Use a phone or computer to video yourself reading. Share the video with family.
Word Study:
- Read the list of words. Notice all the words end in y and have a long e sound.
- Use all the Lesson 18 words in sentences. Make sure your sentences are 5 words or longer. Example: My friend and I will carry the books to the library. My sister felt lucky after she won the prize.
- Put your Lesson 18 words in Alphabetic order.
- Write your words in a different colors. Make rainbow words!
- Have a family member give you a spelling test using your Lesson 18 word list.
- Read Benny and Penny from your Unit 4 Decodable Reader (page 33). While you are reading, go on a word hunt! Look for words that end y and have a long e sound. (example: Benny, Penny, chilly, breezy) When you're done with your word hunt, answer these questions: What does Penny want to do with the penny? Where did Bunny go to buy a present? What treat did Benny buy for his mom?
- Read Puppies from your Decodable Reader (pg. 41). Look for words that end in y and have the long e sound. After reading, answer the following questions: What does Jenny do with her pet? How do people keep their puppies healthy? What does the vet check for? What do puppies do at the vet? How does sleep help puppies?
Writing:
- What is your favorite season? Why? Give five detailed sentences.
What is your favorite thing to do when you play outside?
- Tell about what you will be when you grow up.
- Tell about an animal you would like to have for a pet. Why? Give five detailed sentences.
- What would you do if you won a million dollars?
- You found a magic wand. What would you do with it?
- What is something that makes you angry?
- What is something you love about yourself?
Math Activities
Money
Continue to Practice your Money Skills:
Try out the Bridges Money App: Click here
- Try to solve money problems, try the Money app. Visit: Bridges Money app is based on the visual models featured in Number Corner and is a tool for exploring a variety of mathematical topics introduced in the elementary grades.
Practice Different Ways to Make a Dollar:
- Using real coins, how many ways can you use to make $1.00? 75 cents?
- Play a money game with 1 person writing down an amount.
Number Pieces
Continue to practice working on place value.
Try out the Number Pieces app: Click here to explore.
- The Number Pieces app is based on the visual models featured in Bridges in Mathematics and is a tool for exploring a variety of mathematical topics introduced in the elementary and middle grades.
Number Pieces helps students develop a deeper understanding of place value while building their computation skills with multi-digit numbers. Students use the pieces to represent multi-digit numbers, regroup, add, and subtract. Try making the number 231. Add 24+36. Build your own numbers.
Number Corner
You can also use the document below to check out all the 3D shapes for March Number Corner. The 3D shapes we are working on are: cube, pyramid, triangular prism, rectangular prism, sphere, cylinder, and cone.
Geometry
Continue to learn about shapes.
Try the Geobaord app: Click here to explore!
The Geoboard app is based on the visual models featured in Bridges in Mathematics and is a tool for exploring a variety of mathematical topics introduced in the elementary grades. Learners stretch bands around the pegs to form line segments and polygons and make discoveries about perimeter, area, angles, congruence, fractions, and more.
Other Math Ideas
Make addition or subtraction flashcards.
Practice measuring objects around the house (use a ruler or measuring tape if possible).
Complete a Bridges Home Connections page with a family member.
Practice counting coins with a family member
Review bar graphs and tally marks by watching this Brain Pop jr. video
Additional Resources and Other Ways to Lead and Learn at Home!
- Take a walk outside. Then write about it! Make sure to write 5 detailed sentences with periods and capital letters.
- Choose a story to read. Write about the beginning, middle and end.
- Visit www.scholastic.com/learnathome
- Visit https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
- Visit https://www.education.com/games/grammar/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqv-J4qqp6AIVBXiGCh1K3QutEAAYASAAEgIqAvD_BwE
- Visit Mystery Science to try some science activities.
- Choose a story to read. Make a list of words you do not know.
Second Grade Teachers
Mrs. Muszynski: rmuszynski@cvs.k12.mi.us
Mrs. Konczalski: jkonczalski@cvs.k12.mi.us
Mrs. Wochaski: kwochaski@cvs.k12.mi.us