Week of November 18th-22nd

F.I.S.H. Folder

Week of November 18, 2013

Weekly Academics: Ø  Reading: The teacher will introduce a book (folktale), connecting to previous knowledge. Students will preview the book, making predictions. The teacher will review the characteristics of a folktale, and students will glue the story element chart into their reading notebook. As they begin to read, students will begin filling in the chart. We will discuss the characteristics of fables (usually have talking animals as characters, characters learn a lesson, usually a short story) and the definition of a moral. We will also practice identifying morals in read alouds. Reading Standards - CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4a Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4b Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.2 Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words Ø  Writing: We will begin a new writing unit on personal narratives. The teacher will also pull each word sort group during writing time to help them complete one word sort as a whole group. Words will be introduced one at a time and meanings discussed. Students will be guided to discover the pattern and related groups. Working together, they will sort the words into categories. Working together, students will sort the words into categories. They will continue to learn the new model to use and spell high frequency words. Rainbow letters - (Monday) Read and copy (Tuesday) word search (Wednesday) partner word search and more (Thursday) sentence writing or paragraph writing (Friday). WORDS FOR THIS WEEK: Country, breakfast, beautiful, believe, thankful, thanksgiving. Writing Standards – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.3 Write narratives in which they recount a well-   elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Ø  Grammar: Verbs. Words that mean action. We will review and assess their knowledge on the 3 types of verbs – action, helping, and linking. Ø  Math: 3 graphing projects. The students will be given an opportunity to apply skills associated with graphing and collecting data. They will be given guidance and support (charts and graph templates) without giving too much direction to the students. We want them to construct their own understanding of graphing and work together as problem solvers. Math Standards - MCC.2.OA.1 Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem. MCC.2.OA.2 Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies. By end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers. MCC.2.MD.10 Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems1 using information presented in a bar graph Essential Questions: What information can I learn from graphs? Ø  Social Studies: Students will complete their government leaders mobile. They will write about which government leader they would want to be, why, and what they would do in this position of power. Social Studies Standards - SS2CG1 The student will define the concept of government and the need for rules and laws. SS2CG2 The student will identify the roles of the following elected officials: a. President (leader of our nation) b. Governor (leader of our state) c. Mayor (leader of a city)

Important Dates and Information: November 25-29th: Thanksgiving Break Fun Run pledge money due Friday, December 6th Homework due on or before Monday 12/02/13 ·       Reading Log: Read for 20 minutes at least 4 nights per week. ·       Math Homelinks pages: 55, 113, 137, 263. ·       Optional: www.xtramath.org

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Week of November 11th-15th

F.I.S.H. Folder

Week of November 11, 2013

Weekly Academics: ·       Reading Foundational: Students will be guided to discover patterns and related groups of words. Working together, students will sort the words into categories. They will continue to learn to spell high frequency words. Rainbow letters, (Monday) Read and copy (Tuesday) Word search (Wednesday) partner word search and more (Thursday) and sentence writing or paragraph writing (Friday)             Vocabulary: High frequency words and words patterns. ·       Grammar: Verbs. Words that mean action. We will review 3 types of verbs. Action verbs: swim, dance, write, walk. Helping verbs: helping verbs HELP action: The popcorn will be popping soon. Linking verbs: link this together: The beach ball is floating. ·       Reading Literature: We will finish our focus on setting. Students will read, filling in the rest of their setting chart. Students will complete their postcard by illustrating the setting of their independent reading book. In guided reading groups, students will work together to create a mural of their book’s setting. Teacher will monitor fluency and comprehension. ·       Writing:  Students will finish working on their country presentations and travel brochures, adding strong voice whenever possible. Students will present their published presentation to the class. ·       Vocabulary: How can I present information to an audience? What does it mean to give writing voice? ·       Math: We are beginning a unit on graphing and interpreting data. Students will take a pre-assessment on Monday, and then they will practice making bar graphs and picture graphs based on groups of objects. Students will label the parts of the graph and answer questions based on the data. CCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.D.10:Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph. Social Studies: SS2CG1 The student will define the concept of government and the need for rules and laws. SS2CG2 The student will identify the roles of the following elected officials: a. President (leader of our nation) b. Governor (leader of our state) c. Mayor (leader of a city)

Important Dates and Information: November 14th:  10:00 am Fun Run  November 25-29th: Thanksgiving Break

Homework due on or before Monday 11/18/13:             -Reading: complete reading log at least four nights out of the week.             -Math: My Reading Graph             -Spelling: Practice the 6 high frequency words and your word sorts from last week ·      Optional Math Menu: Count your Snack Get a small handful of snack, like pretzels or goldfish. Count how many you have before your eat it. Math is yummy! Subtract It! Roll a die and shout out how many dots you see as fast as you can. Subtract is when you know how many without counting. This is an essential math foundational skill. The more you play this game the better you get. Challenge: use two dice and add the amount in your head. Top It (aka: War) Use a deck of cards with all face cards taken out. Deal the cards into two piles and place them face down. You and your homework helper play the top card at the same time. The person who has a card with the larger value wins the round. If the cards have the same value, then three more cards are dealt face down and the fourth wins the round.

Week of November 4th-7th

F.I.S.H. Folder

Week of November 4, 2013

Weekly Academics: Reading Foundational: Students will be guided to discover patterns and related groups of words. Working together, students will sort the words into categories. They will continue to learn the new model to use and spell high frequency words. Rainbow letters, (Monday) Read and copy (Tuesday) Word search (Wednesday) partner word search and more (Thursday) and sentence writing or paragraph writing (Friday) §  Vocabulary: High frequency words and words patterns. Grammar:. Verbs: An action word (it is something you can do). We will review 3 types of verbs: Action: swim, dance, play; Helping: may, might, must, be, being, be, am, is, are; Linking: be, is, am, were.               Vocabulary: Verbs: action, helping, linking. Ø  Reading Literature: Students will summarize the beginning of the book. Group discussion- What settings have we encountered so far? Do you predict any changes in setting? Students will read, filling in the rest of their setting chart. Teacher will monitor fluency and comprehension. §  Setting, making predictions, setting chart. Ø  Writing:  Students will continue working on their country presentations and travel brochure adding strong voice whenever possible. Students will see examples of travel brochures. Students will begin organizing and drafting their ideas. §  Vocabulary: How can I present information to an audience? What does it mean to give writing voice? Ø  Math: We’re continuing our work with number stories in math. We will be taking the post-test for this unit this week. Standards: Ø  MCC.2.OA.1 Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem. Ø  MCC.2.OA.2 Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies. By end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers. Ø  MCC.2.NBT.5 Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. Ø  Essential Questions: What strategies can I use to add and subtract? Ø  Social Studies: Students will continue to work on areas and regions of the state of GA. Students will locate major topographical features of Georgia and will describe how these features define Georgia’s surface. Ø  Locate all the geographic regions of Georgia: Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau. 7 major rivers of Georgia. Ø  We will also begin discussing the role of the president, governor, and mayor. SS2CG1 The student will define the concept of government and the need for rules         and laws.         SS2CG2 The student will identify the roles of the following elected officials: Ø  President (leader of our nation) Ø  Governor (leader of our state) Ø  Mayor (leader of a city)
Important Dates and Information: Important Dates and Information: November 4th-15th: Donate shoes and school supplies for Nicaragua! November 8th: No School, Teacher Planning November 25-29th: Thanksgiving Break

Homework due on or before Monday 11/11/13: ·      Math links worksheet ·      Reading log Optional Math Practice: Count your Snack Get a small handful of snack, like pretzels or goldfish. Count how many you have before your eat it. Math is yummy! Subtract It! Roll a die and shout out how many dots you see as fast as you can. Subtract is when you know how many without counting. This is an essential math foundational skill. The more you play this game the better you get. Challenge: use two dice and add the amount in your head. Top It (aka: War) Use a deck of cards with all face cards taken out. Deal the cards into two piles and place them face down. You and your homework helper play the top card at the same time. The person who has a card with the larger value wins the round. If the cards have the same value, then three more cards are dealt face down and the fourth wins the round.