Weekly Learning Goals Q2W3

Weekly Learning Goals

Quarter 2 Week 3

Week of October 30th

This week we study Barack Obama on Reading A to Z. Your child can read, listen to, and take a practice quiz on Kids A to Z. The assignment has already been assigned to your child. =) This week we have the Storybook Parade (the 31st) and our first field trip to the Marine Science Center on N

Vocabulary Words 

cultures, elected, government, lawyer, message, moved, peace, president, speech

Reading:

• SIPPS Challenge Lesson 27, 28, and 29.
• Reading A to Z (Non-Fiction) Barack Obama
• Grammar Focus: Reflexive Pronouns (Myself, Yourself, Ourselves, Himself, Herself, Themselves)
• Text Features (Heading, Caption, Glossary, etc.)
• Lesson Plans

Reading Centers: 

• Word Work - Spelling Tab Its
• Writing - Draw Write Now (Book 1)
• Teacher's Choice - Literacy Bags (Compare Stories)
• Technology - iStation
• STEM - November Maker Mats
• Library - Kids A to Z (Barack Obama)

Writing:

• Monday - Thursday work on class Student Treasure's Book, "Living the Life". 
• Lesson Plans

Social Studies:

• Learn about Colonial Life vs. Life Today. 
• Lesson Plans

Math:

• Read: Kyle Keeps Track of Cash by Lisa Bullard (Epic!), Money Counts by Shirley Duke (Epic!)
• Learn how to use money in real world problems (as opposed to just the value and name of coins).
• Hands On Craftivity: Pocket Book Math – Counting Coins Pocket
• Hands-On: How Much is Your Name Worth? 
• Distribute Bill Cut Outs to each student.
• Counting Dollars Powerpoint to show details of the bills. 
• Susan’s Choice Notice & Wonder PPT.  Hand each student a problem label for their math notebook. Work out the problem as a class. 
• Math Summative Assessment: Math Coin Assessment
• Lesson Plans

Math Centers:

• Math Facts – Daily Math Practice 2nd Grade – Week 10
• At Teacher’s Table – Ways to Make a Dollar
• At Your Desk (With a Friend) – Counting Coins (2 Sets)
• Technology – iXL
• Hands On – iSpy Write the Room

Science:

• Pass out “The Sun’s Song: So Hot” Lyric Sheet.
• Play: I’m So Hot (The Sun Song)
• Introduction to the Sun’s Energy (Think Central: Unit 3: Inquiry Lesson-How does the sun heat earth)
• Watch: Bill Nye the Science Guy – The Sun (Netflix).
• Discuss the effects of the Sun’s Energy, introduce the terms direct (placing objects in the sun’s direct rays) and indirect (placing objects in containers that are not in the sun’s direct ray), create a list of obejcts discussing the effect of it being directly in the sun and indirectly in the sun (i.e. ice, chocolate, water, and etc.)
• Science “Sun Facts” interactive notebook WS. The students can use their  science fusion workbooks to find answers.
• Evaporation Interactive NB page. Have students cut and paste into notebook, and take water outside and poor onto the ground. Ask what they believe will happen to that water.
• Lesson Plans