Week of December 2nd-6th

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Week of December 2, 2013

Weekly Academics: Ø  Reading Centers: Students will continue reading folktales with their guided reading groups on their reading levels. They will look for characteristics of folktales in their books, as well as retell the stories using the elements of literature (characters, setting, problem, solution). Ø  Students should know that fables are usually short stories with talking animals as characters. These characters learn a lesson, or moral, by the end of the fable Ø  Writing Workshop: Students will continue writing a personal narrative. They have chosen topics that are meaningful to them. They have also written strong leads to grab their readers’ attention. Now they are working on telling the story in small steps and adding details to bring the story to life.   Ø  Word Work: In groups, students will be guided to discover the pattern in their new word sorts. Working together, they will sort the words into categories. They will also continue to learn 6 new 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). Ø  Grammar Skill: Students will work on writing verbs in past, present, and future tense. Ø  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. Ø  CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4a Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. Ø  CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4b Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. Ø  CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.2 Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. Ø  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. Ø  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. Ø  Math: Students will take a pretest on measuring length and time.  They will work in centers this week to explore measurement in inches, feet, yards, centimeters, and millimeters. Ø  CCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.A.1 Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes. Ø  CCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.A.2 Measure the length of an object twice, using length units of different lengths for the two measurements; describe how the two measurements relate to the size of the unit chosen Ø  Science: S2E2- Students will investigate the position of sun and moon to show patterns throughout the year. They will make a sundial to explore how the length of shadows changes throughout the day. They will relate the lengths of days and nights to the changing seasons. They will observe and record the shape of the moon for a month.

Important Dates and Information: December 2-6: Book Fair: Please send in money if you would like your child to purchase any books from his/her wish list. December 9: Money for field trip is due. December 12: Field trip to Fernbank: Please pack a lunch for your child this day! December 23-January 5: Winter Break

Homework due on or before Monday 12/09/13: ·      Reading Log: Read for 20 minutes at least 4 days per week. ·      Math Home Links: Complete the 4 sheets on measurement. If your child does not have much experience with measurement, he/she may want to wait until Wednesday to start on these math sheets (after they have been to a couple of centers in class).