Thursday, May 14, 2020

ABC Countdown: F

Thursday F if for Fort
Build a blanket fort | Summer of Skills
Anna's fort
Nathan's fort 
Finnley's fort
Bishop's fort 
Olivia's fort
Madelynn's fort with her sister!

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

ABC Countdown: E

Wednesday is E for Exercise
Exercising clipart physical activity, Exercising physical activity ...
Write out your full name and complete the activities listed for each letter!
For a greater challenge, include your middle and last name!
Kent holding a plank!
Olivia's push ups & jumping jacks!
Nathan's hula hoops & biking 
Luke shooting hoops!

Madelynn hiking!
Lincoln & his sister working out!

Monday, May 11, 2020

ABC Countdown: D

Tuesday is D for Dance Day
Stunning cliparts | Happy Dance Free Clipart| (26)
Bishop is dancing to the beat!
Nathan with his sister in a Frozen 2 dance party!
Madelynn's dance moves!  

Sunday, May 10, 2020

Must Do: May 11 - 15

MONDAY
1. Vocabulary
Read through the text on page 452 . Then verbally make your own sentence out of each word.
2. Read the Anchor Text - Yeh Shen
Fair Tale story is in Whole Group on page 456.
Take the comprehension quiz in Think Central
L28 Comprehension Questions

3. Journeys Family Connection - Day 1
4. Look in your math club folder for today's math assignment

TUESDAY
1. Readers Notebook - Nouns ending with 's/possessive nouns
Pages 188, 191, 197
2. Writing - Evidence: details that don't belong - page 192
3. Journeys Family Connection - Day 2
4. Look in your math club folder for today's math assignment

WEDNESDAY
1. Close Reader - Cinderella pages 130 - 139
Do the following questions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, and the last short response about a lesson learned.
Push yourself and do more OR all of the questions!
2. Journeys Family Connection - Day 3
Can't go to the library. Instead listen to the story I attached to this post in Google Classroom Whole Group. Mufaro's Beautiful Daughter's
3. Writing - Classify and Categorize page 198
4. Look in your math club folder for today's math assignment

THURSDAY
1. Readers Notebook - Cumulative Review page 193
2. Scholastic Magazine & Comprehension Pages
Find this in your Google Classroom Book Club folder along with the comprehension pages
Issue
3. Writing - Proofread for Spelling page 199
4. Journeys Family Connection - Day 4
5. Look in your math club folder for today's math assignment

FRIDAY
1. Readers Notebook - Irregular Verbs page 200
2. Yeh-Shen Story Companion - This came home in your bag of goodies from the classroom.
Do all pages as a week in review.
3. L 28 Grammar Questions - in Think Central
4. Writing - Connect to writing page 201
5. Journeys Family Connection - Day 5
6. Look in your math club folder for today's math assignment

REMEMBER TO CHECK OUT YOUR MAY DO's IF YOU ARE DONE EARLY OR WANT A SMALL BREAK!
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Leveled Readers
Tuesday @ 11:00 - Blue Group
The Shoemaker
Wednesday @ 1:00 - Green Group
The Youngest Brother
Wednesday @ 1:40 - Purple Group
The Three Princes
Find these stories and questions in your Book Club folders.

Math Club
Tuesday - Circle Group
Wednesday - Triangle Group
Thursday - Square Group

ABC Countdown: C

Monday is chalk day!
Letter C Activities & Fun Ideas for Kids | ChildFunCrayola Washable Sidewalk Chalk Set, 72 Count, Anti-roll Design ...
Owen Lauters beautiful framed work!
Nathan traveled to space!
Isabel and her chalk buddy!
Lexi's beautiful artist drawing!
Madelynn's dog! "Ruff!"
Finnley and her mushroom!

Thursday, May 7, 2020

ABC Countdown: B

Letter B Activity: Bubble Painting | Letter b activities, Letter ...
Bring your bubbles to Fridays class meeting!
Share pictures of all your bubble adventures!
Lincoln blowing bubbles!
Nathan's Bubble Art
Click to see how he did it!

ABC Countdown: A

A is for Art | The University Union
Let me know any art projects you are working on!
Nathan rock painting!

Madelynn's bouquet art!

Monday, May 4, 2020

ABC Countdown

Second grade is starting the ABC countdown this week!
Thursday, May 7th is day 1!

 Thursday A = Art Day
Join Mrs. Gang for an ART lesson Thursday at 3:00
You will need :
paper
markers
colored pencils or crayons

Friday B = Bubbles!
Bring your bubbles to our class meeting Friday!
How big of a bubble can you get? How many can you blow? How many bubbles can you pop?Are your bubbles colored? Do your bubbles smell ("Yes! Likes grapes!" said Lexi)?

Take any photos of your ABC countdown activities and I will post it here on the blog for all to see!
These are optional activities each week!

Sunday, May 3, 2020

Must Do: May 4 - 8

Please attend our class meetings Monday & Friday at 11:40!

READING
Journeys Lesson 27

Anchor Text - The Dog That Dug for Dinosaurs
Story is in Whole Group


Read through the vocabulary!

Vocabulary
Go to Think Central Things to Do
Please do L27 Vocabulary

After you read the story
1. Comprehension Quiz 
L27 Comprehension Questions
Take the comprehension quiz in your Things to Do folder in Think Central. Same place all your personal math trainers are. 

2. Journeys Family Connection
In Google Classroom Whole Group

3. Close Reader - La Brea Tar Pits
Close Reader: pages 126 - 129
Do all the questions 1 - 6 AND do the short response

Lesson 26 Activities - Readers Notebook
1. Spelling - words with oo pgs. 172, 174, 181
2. NEW Adverbs & Adjectives - Videos/lessons on adverbs in Google Classroom - Whole Group
pages 173, 176, 182, 185
On Friday go into Think Central/Things to do and take the L27 Adverb Quiz
3. Possessive Nouns - page 178
4. Shades of Meaning - page 183

READING GROUPS THIS WEEK
Leveled Book Readers
Tuesday - Green Group
The Mysterious Bone
Wednesday - Purple Group
Sue Hendrickson
Thursday - Blue Group
Sir Hans Sloane
Find new stories in your Book Club folders.
*We WILL be reading these books during book club this week*

Scholastic Magazine
Issue

Find this in your Google Classroom Book Club folder along with comprehension pages

WRITING
Organization Intro & Conclusion- page 177
Proofread a Paragraph - page 184
Connect to Writing - page 186

Writing Focus - Opinion Writing
To Bounce or Not to Bounce?
This is an opinion piece writing connected to your Scholastic Magazine this week.
Look for the pages and directions on your Google Classroom Whole Group

* Please also finish up your response poems - if you haven't already.


MATH
* Please look in your Google Classroom Math Club Folder (circle, triangle, square)
You have directions in the post for what I provided for your group.
My layout inside your folder is per day. Don't feel you have to follow that, just as long as you get the assigned work completed.
This week we are focusing on Math Unit 5: Graphing 
You have a NEW SumDog challenge this week: Graphing Challenge - Try it out!

MAY DO'S
Look for a familiar list of MAY DO's in your Google Classroom May Do Folder!