Mrs. Vaughn's Padawans: Weekly Learning Goals

What We're Learning This 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.
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

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

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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

Centers

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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

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PARENTS