Weekly Learning Goals - Q1W7

What We're Learning This Week

Quarter 1 Week 7

We're learning all about rocks & social in science, 7 continents and 5 oceans in social studies/geography, and we're reading The Fisherman and His Wife by Brother's Grimm in reading. We're also learning all about irregular plural nouns!

Check out the PARENT section at the bottom for some things you can do at home to help your child study!

READING

Our Goals

• LAFS.2.RL.1.1 - Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
• LAFS.2.SL.1.2 - Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• LAFS.2.L.3.5a - 
• Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
• Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe foods that are spicy or juicy).
• Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny).
• LAFS.2.L.3.4b - Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, tell/retell).
• LAFS.2.RL.1.2 - Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
• LAFS.2.RL.2.5 - Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
• LAFS.2.RL.3.7 - Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
• LAFS.2.RL.1.3 - Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
• Grammar: L.1.1c - Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences (e.g., He hops; We hop).

Activities

• SIPPS Challenge 12
• Introduce and read "The Fisherman and His Wife".
• Vocabulary words: hut, might, enchanted, dinky, charming, content, dejected, hesitated, haughtily.
• Major Events WS.
• Examine the prefix dis- and how it changes and alters words. (please/displease, agree/disagree, appear/disappear.)
• Irregular Plural Noun Memory Game
• SIPPS CHallenge 13
• Tree Map of story elements of "The Fisherman and His Wife". 
• SIPPS CHallenge 14
• Examine role of illustrator.
• Review the sequence of the story. 
• Irregular Plural Noun and Around the World Game
• Irregular Plural Noun Sort (Centers) 
• Fisherman & Wife Book Flap (Characters, Setting, Events, Moral of Story) - (Centers)
• Handwriting Worksheet (Week 4)

Assessments

• Exit Ticket #1 on The Fisherman and His Wife (Formative Quiz)
• Exit Ticket #2 on The Fisherman and His Wife (Formative Quiz)
• Formative Quiz on The Fisherman and His Wife Story.
• Formative Quiz on Irregular Plural Nouns
• SIPPS Assessment #1

Parents: The Fisherman and His Wife video.

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WRITING

Our Goals

• LAFS.2.W. 1.2 - Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

Activities

• Review the main parts of a paragraph (hook, details, and conclusion)
• Brainstorm new class informational topic.
• Fill out graphic organizer.
• Introduce Peer Review/Rubric.
• Students work on rough draft and then begin peer reviews.
• Teacher/Student conferences (student self evaluate using the rubric.)
• Write final draft & share.

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SOCIAL STUDIES

Our Goals

• SS.A.1.2 - Utilize the media center, technology, or other informational sources to locate information that provides answers to questions about a historical topic.
• SS.2.G.1.3 - Label on a map or globe the continents, oceans, Equator, Prime Meridian, North and South Pole.

Activities

• Watch the 7 Continents Song

• 7 Continents & 5 Oceans Mini Book.
• Label on a map or globe the continents, oceans, Equator, Prime Meridian, North and South Pole.
• Watch the Oceans Song. 
• 7 Continents Worksheet (and write in the 5 oceans).
• Continents & Oceans review mimio activity.

Assessments

• Label the World (Formative Quiz)

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MATH

Our Goals

• MAFS.2.MD.2.6 - Represent whole numbers as length from 0 on a number line diagram with equally spaced points corresponding to the numbers 0, 1, 2, ..., and represent whole-number sums and differences within 100 on a number line diagram
• MAFS.K12.MP.5.1 Use appropriate tools strategically.
• MAFS.K12.MP .6.1 Attend to precision.
• MAFS.K12.MP.7.1 Look for and make use of structure.
• MAFS.2.MD.2.5 Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve word
• problems involving lengths that are given in the same units, e.g., by using drawings (such as drawing of rulers) and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

Activities

• Daily Calendar Math
• Practice "make 10 strategy". 
• Create a numberline 1-100. (Cut & Paste)
• LearnZillion Practice WS (2 Days) -- work out on Mimio
• Racing Riley's Digital Lesson & Game (with racecars).

Assessments

• Addition on a number line (Formative)

Centers

Daily Math Practice
What am I? Task Cards (Number Line Prompt)
Number line Craftivity
iXL

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SCIENCE

Our Goals

• SC.2.E.6.1 - Recognize that Earth is made up of rocks. Rocks come in many sizes and shapes.

Activities

• Review the Scientific Method, Scientific Tools, and Science Inquiry Skills
• Watch The Scientific Method Song
• Introduce Rocks & Soil
• Rocks & Minerals Tab-It Book 
• Enagage in “Rocks Up Close” Activity (Science Inquiry Flip Chart page 7), Think Central: Unit 2 Lesson 1- What are Rocks?
• Science Fusion Workbook pages 41-50
• Bill Nye the Science Guy (Rocks & Soil) and (The Rock Cycle)
• Watch Magic School Bus: Season 3 Episode 13 “Rocks and Rolls”

Assessments

• Unit 1 Assessment (Science Tools/Scientific Method, and Science Inquiry Skills)
• Unit 2 Assessment Rocks & Soil (Formative) #1 

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PARENTS

• Rocks, Erosion and Weathering poster set. 
• Types of Rocks
• Prefixes Tab-It booklet (We talk about dis- prefix!)
• Irregular Plural Noun Go Fish Game
• Make 10 Dinosaur "True False" Game. 

Let's Sing the Scientific Method

The kids had such a great time with this song, The Scientific Method by Have Fun Teaching that they specifically asked me to make sure their parents knew about it so they could sing it at home.

You can also listen to this song on Apple Music! Have fun singing, Padawans!

Weekly Learning Goals - Q1W6

What We're Learning This Week

Quarter 1 Week 6

READING

Our Goals

• LAFS.2.RI.2.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
• LAFS.2.SL.1.1 - Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
  1. Listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
  2. Build on others’ talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others.
  3. Ask for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion.
• LAFS.2.RI.1.1 - Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
• L.1.2a - Capitalize dates and names of people.
• LAFS.2.L.3.4 - Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
• Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
• Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, tell/retell).
• Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., addition, additional).
• Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words (e.g., birdhouse, lighthouse, housefly; bookshelf, notebook, bookmark).
• Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.
• LAFS.2.RI.2.5 - Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
• LAFS.2.RI.3.7 - Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
• LAFS.2.W.3.8 - Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
• LAFS.2.RI.1.2 - Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.

Activities

• SIPPS Challenge 9
• Watch video on Netflix,  Planet Earth (Season 1, Episode 11 from 14min to 17:25min)
• Re-read Deep in the Ocean and discuss title page, table of contents, labels, bold print, captions and diagrams as well as text box, headings, and glossary.  (Features help us understand how the book is organized.)
• Introducing how to look words up in the dictionary.
• Discussing diagrams (on pg 6&7) of Deep in the Ocean and how it helps make information easier to understand.
• Vocabulary Page
• Brainstorm product names/holidays/geographic places which students will complete chart with neighbor writing at least 3 items in each column.
• SIPPS Lesson 10
• Capitalization worksheet (work with neighbor or independently)
• Play Review Jeopardy
• SIPPS Challenge Lesson 11

Assessments

• Summative Test (on Reading) Deep in the Ocean
• Summative Test (on Grammar)
• Spelling Test - List #3

Parents: The Ocean Zones video.

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WRITING

Our Goals

• LAFS.2.W. 1.2 - Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

Activities

• How to Write a Paragraph PPT (Slides 1-5)
• 6 Ways to Hook a Reader (Discuss)
• Fill in Graphic Organizer 
• How to Write a Paragraph PPT (slides 6-13)
• Write a Detailed Sentence WS 
• Create 3 details for class decided topic.
• Create Rough Draft and work on teacher/student conferences.
• Write final copies. 
• Display “writing concluding statements for paragraphs” pdf (pages 3-6) 
• Introduce the 6 ways to tie up a story, on the worksheet students will write an example for each way to write a conclusion, allow students to share examples.
• Read the entire paragraph (topic sentence, details, and conclusion sentence) to the class of the topic you all have focused on and using the rubric give a rating for each section.

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SOCIAL STUDIES

Our Goals

• SS.A.1.2 - Utilize the media center, technology, or other informational sources to locate information that provides answers to questions about a historical topic.
• SS.2.G.1.2 - Using maps and globes, locate the student's hometown, Florida, and North America, and locate the state capital and the national capital.

Activities

• Review parts of the map (compass rose, symbols, cardinal directions and etc).
• Discuss that Washington D.C. is not a state, but a territory.
• Watch Me on the Map
• Me on a Map (Booklet 1) and Me on a Map (Booklet 2)  - postponed until next week due to hurricane.

Assessments

• Me on a Map Quiz 

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MATH

Our Goals

• MAFS.K12.MP.5.1 Use appropriate tools strategically.
• MAFS.K12.MP.6.1 Attend to precision.
• MAFS.2.MD.1.1 Measure the length of an object to the nearest inch, foot, centimeter, or meter by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.

Activities

• Daily Calendar Math
• Introduce various measuring tools (yard stick, ruler, measuring tape).
• Watch: LearnZillion Comparing Measurements video. 
• Measure It Twice Activity
• Measurement 4 Flap for Interactive Notebook
• What is Larger? What is smaller? What is the smallest? Which is the largest?
• One Group Chart Measurement Activity (Yarn) 
• What do you think would happen if we measured yarn in centimeters and then in feet? Why?
• String (Inches Vs. Foot) Visualization
• Stackable Book - Equal Measurements for Interactive Notebook

Assessments

• U1 T2 L5 Assessment (Choosing the Right Tool) - Wednesday
• Measurement Summative Assessment - Friday

Centers

Measurement Task Cards

Measure the Room Activity
Measure Me Activity

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SCIENCE

Our Goals

• SC.2.E.6.1 - Recognize that Earth is made up of rocks. Rocks come in many sizes and shapes.

Activities

• Review the Scientific Method - Think Central Unit 1 Lesson 4: How do Scientists Think?
• Science Fusion Workbook Pages 25-34
• Complete Scientific Method Order Worksheet
• Hopping Corn - Scientific Method
• Review Inquiry Skills, Science Tools, and Scientific Method.
• Watch Sid the Science Kid! Science Tools Episode

Assessments

• Unit 1 Lesson 4 Quiz (Formative)
• Unit 1 Assessment

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PARENTS

• NETFLIX: The Magic School Bus, Episode 4 - The Ocean
• NETFLIX: The Blue Planet
• NETFLIX: Life in Blue
• NETFLIX: Sid the Science Kid - The Whale Episode (Season 1, Episode 4)
• Amazon Prime: Inches, Feet, Yards - Measurement by Numberrock
• Amazon Prime: Wild Kratts - Creatures of the Deep Sea

Weekly Learning Goals - Q1W5

NO SCHOOL DUE TO HURRICANE IRMA

Weekly Learning Goals - Q1W4

What We're Learning This Week

Quarter 1 Week 4

** No School Monday, September 4th & Friday September 8th**

*Note: Due to the holiday, and then hurricane, many activities could not be completed and will be repeated next week.*

READING

Our Goals

• LAFS.2.RI.2.4  - Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
• LAFS.2.SL.1.1 - Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
• Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
• Build on others’ talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others.
• Ask for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion.
• LAFS.2.RI.1.1 - Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
• LAFS.2.RI.1.2 - Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
• L.1.2a - Capitalize dates and names of people.

Activities

• SIPPS Challenge 7
• Read Deep in the Ocean with class. 
• 4-Square Vocabulary Diagram. Vocabulary word with (1) definition (2) synonym (3) sentence and (4) picture.
• Grammar Mimio: sentence corrections. 
• SIPPS Challenge 8
• Bubble Map discussing main idea and supporting facts (with page number) of Deep in the Ocean.
• Partner reading of Deep in the Ocean.
• Partner Comprehension Worksheet.
• Grammar Test Review Worksheet - Postponed this week due to hurricane.
• SIPPS Challenge 9 - Postponed this week due to hurricane.

Assessments

• Deep in the Ocean (Formative Review) - Postponed this week due to hurricane.
• Spelling Test (List 3) - Postponed this week due to hurricane.
• Reading Deep in the Ocean (Summative Test) - Postponed this week due to hurricane.
• Grammar - Capitalization (Summative Test) - Postponed this week due to hurricane.

Parents: The Ocean Zones video.

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WRITING

Our Goals

• LAFS.2.W. 1.2 - Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

Activities

• How to Write a Paragraph PPT (Slides 1-5)
• 6 Ways to Hook a Reader (Discuss)
• Fill in Graphic Organizer - Postponed until next week due to hurricane. 
• How to Write a Paragraph PPT (slides 6-13)
• Write a Detailed Sentence WS - Postponed until next week due to hurricane.
• Create 3 details for class decided topic. - Postponed until next week due to hurricane. 
• Create Rough Draft and work on teacher/student conferences. - Postponed until next week due to hurricane.
• Write final copies. - Postponed until next week due to hurricane. 

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SOCIAL STUDIES

Our Goals

• SS.A.1.2 - Utilize the media center, technology, or other informational sources to locate information that provides answers to questions about a historical topic.
• SS.2.G.1.2 - Using maps and globes, locate the student's hometown, Florida, and North America, and locate the state capital and the national capital.

Activities

• Review parts of the map (compass rose, symbols, cardinal directions and etc).
• Discuss that Washington D.C. is not a state, but a territory.
• Watch Me on the Map
• Me on a Map (Booklet 1) and Me on a Map (Booklet 2)  - postponed until next week due to hurricane.

Assessments

• Me on a Map Quiz - Postponed until next week due to hurricane. 

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MATH

Our Goals

• MAFS.K12.MP.5.1 Use appropriate tools strategically.
• MAFS.K12.MP.6.1 Attend to precision.
• MAFS.2.MD.1.1 Measure the length of an object to the nearest inch, foot, centimeter, or meter by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.

Activities

• Daily Calendar Math
• Introduce various measuring tools (yard stick, ruler, measuring tape).
• Watch: Introduction to Measurement video. 
• Math Journals and Measurement Tools template. 
• LearnZillion Lesson - Selecting the Right Tools for Measurement. 
• Flower Garden Measurement Activity
• Do Mimio Math Measurement Tools - postponed to next week due to hurricane.

Assessments

• U1 T2 L5 Assessment (Choosing the Right Tool) - postponed to next week due to hurricane.

Centers

Measurement Task Cards

Measure the Room Activity

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SCIENCE

Our Goals

• SC.2.N.1.1 - Raise questions about the natural world, investigate them in teams through free exploration and systematic observations, and generate appropriate explanations based on those explorations.
• SC.2.N.1.3 - Ask "how do you know?" in appropriate situations and attempt reasonable answers when asked the same question by others.
• SC.2.N.1.4 - Explain how particular scientific investigations should yield similar conclusions when repeated.
• Form a hypothesis about any of the “I wonder” questions.
• Investigate a problem alone or in teams using appropriate scientific tools.
• Record observations made during an investigation that includes at least 5 trials.
• Generate an explanation based on the results of an investigation.
• Compare the results of each trial that has been conducted during an investigation.
• Discuss why differences and similarities sometimes occur.

Activities

• Introduction to the Scientific Method.
• "Everything in Balance" - Science Fusion Inquiry Flipchart Pg. 5.
• Think Central: Unit 1 Lesson 4: How do scientist think?
• Display The Scientific Method Chart.
• Scientific Method Order Worksheet - Postponed due to the hurricane.
• Science Fusion Workbook (pages 25-34)
• Hopping Corn: Scientific Method Experiment/Activity - Postponed due to hurricane.

Assessments

• Unit 1 Lesson 4 Quiz (Formative) - Postponed due to hurricane.
• Additional Question: Why do you think it is important to communicate what you learned?

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