Leading & Learning in 2nd Grade W2
Cherokee Students Leading & Learning Resources
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March 30-April 3 Pick List
Language Arts
Phonemic Awareness
Story of the Week!
You can also access the story by visiting Journeys Online. Then go to Book 2, page 126.
When you are done listening answer the following questions:
- Why do the townspeople follow the signmaker's signs so carefully?
- What happens after the townspeople realize that they have been tricked?
- What does Norman's last sign say?
- How is this sign different from the other signs he made?
- How can we be responsible when we make a mistake?
- Complete The Signmaker's Assistant Story Questions. (see activity below)
Writing Activities for The Signmaker's Assistant:
- How are sign helpful?
- Make a list of signs that you have seen in your neighbor.
- Make a sign for Cherokee Elementary (one that everyone should follow).
- Then write about why your sign is important. Use the paper below.
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.
Scholastic News Activity
- Click Scholastic News
- Log in as a Student
- Use the Class code: room242020
- Go to All Issues.
- Click on The Volcano That Stopped Summer.
- Listen and Read! Watch the Wild Weather Video. Listen to the Vocabulary Words. Play The Volcano That Stopped Summer game.
- Complete the activities below.
Word Study:
- Read the list of words. Notice all the words have ar. Some words have ar in middle while others have ar at the end.
- Use all the Lesson 19 words in sentences. Make sure your sentences are 5 words or longer. Example: Last Saturday I went to the park with my brother. We will start to read the story after lunch.
- Put your Lesson 19 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 19 word list.
- Read Starling Darling from your Unit 4 Decodable Reader (page 49). There is a link for the digital version of the decodable reader below. While you are reading, go on a word hunt! Look for words that have ar. Make a list (example: Darling, starling, dark, sharp, stars, large). When you're done with your word hunt, answer these questions: What do the city starlings look like? Who is flying to Park Arch? What does Darling want to do at Park Arch?
- Read Going to the Farm from your Decodable Reader (pg.57). While you are reading, go on a word hunt! Look for words that have ar. Make a list (example: farm, Marge, Carl, March, star, starts). After reading, answer the following questions: Where do Carl and Marge live? Why did Gram and Gramps send the first email? How will they get to the farm?
- Answer the questions for Darling Starling and Going to the Farm in complete sentences using the document below.
Writing:
When you write, remember to have at least 5 sentences, but you can always challenge yourself and write more. Please include details in your writing, have capital letters where it is appropriate and your sentences end with punctuation marks. Try writing about one of these journal prompts or write about whatever you want!
Journal Prompts-Take a bike ride. Write about your ride and try to use the five senses. What did you hear, smell, taste, see, and feel?
Imagine that you’re trapped in your school alone overnight. Tell what happens
Have you ever felt left out? Write about what happened.
Make a list of chores to do around the house (then actually do them!)
Write a letter to a friend, neighbor, family member, or teacher.
Write a story about a magical tree.
If you could invent something, what would it be?
What are things that can make you laugh?
Pretend it is your birthday. The mailman delivered a box that is too big to fit inside the house. Write about what it could be.
Imagine you and your friend are digging a huge hole. You don't stop digging the hole for a whole year. Write about what you might find, where would the hole take you?
Math Activities
Daily Math Review
Bridges
Each page contains:
- Printable practice pages with answer keys.
- Most activities will be a review of skills practiced this year.
Number Corner
*This activity is recommended for one page per day.*
Students can make flash cards or print out the attached sheet of addition equations to help recall their math facts more quickly. For a challenge, practice subtraction math facts as well.
Geometry Activity
Watch the Brain Pop videos about shapes.
Username: Rmuszynski
Password: Room24!
https://jr.brainpop.com/math/geometry/planeshapes/
https://jr.brainpop.com/math/geometry/solidshapes/
Then use the following shapes to complete many fun activities.
Circle, Square, Triangle, Rectangle, Trapezoid, Rhombus, Hexagon, Pentagon
Pyramid, Cube, Cylinder, Triangular Prism, Sphere, Rectangular Prism, Cone
- Scavenger Hunt: Walk around your house, or through your neighborhood, to find all these shapes.
- Picture: Choose several shapes from the list. Draw and color a picture using the shapes. Remember to label the shapes. This can be done on paper or use sidewalk chalk and create it outside. For example: In a picture of a playground, a basketball court would have a sphere for the basketballs and a cylinder for the pole of the basketball net.
- Poster: Gather several two and three-dimensional household shapes, i.e., an empty can, an empty cereal box, a picture of the cone of an ice cream cone and paste them on a large piece of paper to create a Shapes Poster.
- Graph: Make a shapes bar graph. Using four or more shapes, count how many you can find in your home. Remember to give your graph a title, name of shapes along the bottom of the graph, and numbers along the side. (Use the graph below to organize your information).
- Value: Give each shape a number value and then write several equations. For example, a cylinder (a can) is worth 25 and a rectangular prism (tissue box) is worth 7. The equation would be 25+7=32.
- Challenge: Write the equation using (drawing) Unifix Cubes, Base Ten pieces, sticks and bundles, beans and cups
Other Math Ideas
Complete a Bridges Home Connections page with a family member.
Show different strategies to add and subtract numbers from 0-20.
Practice identifying and counting different coins.
Practice counting by tens from any 3-digit number.
Jump in place or use a jump rope while counting forwards and backwards by 1s, 5s, 10s, or 100s to show fluency.
Write an addition or subtraction word problem and teach a family member a strategy to solve it.
Use playing cards or dice to practice adding or subtracting numbers.
Review bar graphs and tally marks by watching this Brain Pop jr. video
Additional Resources and Other Ways to Lead and Learn at Home!
Help prepare a meal with your family.
Read a book to a sibling
Choose a story to read. Write at least five sentences about the characters (what do they look like? How do you think they feel? How did they solve the problem?)
- 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