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