Second Grade - Week 7 Central Elementary
Lessons/Activities for the week of May 4th - 8th
45 Minutes in iStation & EdGalaxy Weekly
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with from school. Due to accountability, our district is able to track & monitor their time spent within the
different programs.
In addition to the reading activities below, please remember how important it is that your
child is reading at least 20 minutes per day.
Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Bonus
Reading Goal:
This week we will read and
learn about a favorite
sport for many: baseball.
Let’s start with this funny
story titled Randy Riley’s
Really Big Hit. (6 min). As
you listen, think about our
plot chart and retell the
story. You can use the
summary chart below to
help you retell out loud or
by writing on paper.
Today we will read a story
titled Catching the Moon. It is a true story about a girl
that had to work hard to
follow her dream. Be sure
to watch all the way to the
end to hear the message by
the reader after he reads
the book. (13 min)
Today we will read an
alphabet book titled: H is
for Homerun (7 min). This
book will share some
wonderful facts about
baseball and use
alliteration which is
figurative language where
many words in a sentence
start with the same letter.
Create your own alphabet
book. Think about a topic
you enjoy: nature, soccer,
school, etc. Write the
letters of the alphabet
Make a Venn diagram
telling the similarities and
differences between
Catching the Moon and
Randy Riley’s Really Big Hit
or between Marcenia in
Catching the Moon and
Sarah from the softball
video we watched earlier
this year. (Remember she
hurt her knee on her first
homerun)
Discussion Questions:
1. What is the problem in
this book? How did Randy
solve the problem? Make
a connection: Discuss a
time you had a problem
and how you solved it.
2. What parts of this book are realistic fiction and what events in this book are not realistic?
3. How did the author’s style, or sense of humor, help you enjoy this book?
Discussion Questions:
1. What is Marcenia’s
dream? What problems/
obstacles did Marcenia
have to overcome to follow
her dream?
2. Name 3 emotions
Marcenia felt during the
story and discuss how the
author used words, actions,
and illustrations to show
these emotions.
3. How might this story
have ended differently if
Mr. Street had not bought
Marcenia a pair of cleats?
4. What is the most
important thing Marcenia
learned during this story?
Why do you think this is the
most important thing?
down the side of a page
instead of numbers. You
could also staple paper
together to make your
own book. Your goal is to
write a sentence for each
letter. Give yourself bonus
points for using
alliteration like the author
did in H is for Homerun! Example: “F is for fly ball
floating freely in the air.
Who can figure where it
falls? It might be foul or
fair.”
Phonics review:
The link below gives
examples of how to help
your child with phonics
skills during reading. It
also has some printables
and links to phonics
games.
Create a robot like Randy
did in Randy Riley’s Really
Big Hit using things from
around your house. Name
your robot and describe
the adventures you and
your robot take. We’d love
to see these posted on our
class pages.
Respond to Catching the
Moon by writing a story
about a dream, or goal, of
yours. Be sure to explain
what your dream is, why it
is important to you. Think
about what Marcenia did
to help reach her dream.
What will you do to reach
yours?
Math
Goal: Identify 3D shapes by using attributes. Click on the image to view a video about 3D shapes:
Click the link below to play a game about cubes.
Find things around the house and make a list of items that are shaped like a cube. Skills to Review: Addition using mental Math
Goal: Identify 3D shapes by using attributes.
Click on the image to view a video about 3D shapes.
Your child may click the link
to practice identifying faces, edges, and vertices of
a 3D shape .
Find things around the house and make a list of items shaped
like a rectangular prism. How many edges does it have? How many faces? How many vertices? Skills to Review: Subtraction practice
Goal: Identify 3D shapes by using attributes.. Click on the image to view a fun song about 3D shapes.
Find things around your
house and identify what 3D shapes they are. (cube, cylinder, sphere, triangular prism, rectangular prism, cone.) Then try and go outside and play ball with one. Which shape did you use? Skills to Review: Even/Odd Review
Click the link above for a Shapes and Colors game to play!
Click on the picture above and enjoy the reading of “Captain Invincible”
Goal: Observe, describe, and record patterns of the Moon’s appearance.
For the next 2 weeks, observe the moon and draw a picture of it each day to see how it changes.
Hint: You can make your paper look like May’s calendar page so that you
Goal: Investigate the effects on objects by increasing and decreasing the amount of light.
Get flashlights or other sources of light to shine on your stuffed animals.
Can you make a stuffed animal look larger or
Goal: Investigate the effects on objects by increasing and decreasing the amount of light.
Watch the sunrise and/or sunset to see how the shadows move and why.
● Where are the shadows located and
Bonus:
Magic School Bus Gets a
Bright Idea
- click image below
Science Goal:
can see the changes easily each day.
● Discuss what you notice each day.
● Make a prediction for the next day what you think it might look like.
● Check to see if you were accurate.
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Thursday, May 7 is a special day. It will be a full moon.
● Observe what happens after Thursday.
● What do you notice is happening?
Click on image to watch about moon phases.
smaller with light? What about its shadow?
Can you affect its color by increasing and decreasing light?
Click on image to watch a video about Light
why are they found there?
● How does increasing and/or decreasing light affect the color of objects?
Click on image to watch a video about Following the Sun.
Social Studies Goal:
Click on the image to view a video about community
helpers.
Click on the image to view a video about community
helpers.
What duties does the community helpers
perform?
Click on the image to hear a community helper song.
Bonus:
Click on the image and name the
community helpers.
Can You Name the
Community Helper?
Which do you think is the most exciting
job?
What character traits do you think
community helpers must have?
List three community
helpers and what they do.
example:
A nurse makes you feel better.
Write a letter to your parents! Tell
them what community helper
you would like to be. You can use this
word bank if needed.
people neighborhood
community help police firefighter
farmer judge rancher lawyer
doctor nurse teacher principal custodian cook
electrician dentist mechanic pilot
librarian scientist hairdresser
plumber lumber jack carpe
nter trash service
Using the word bank to the left, create a
T-chart. Put the jobs/careers that
you would consider doing on the left and
the ones that have no chance on the
right.
Brain Breaks
Skip Counting
Go Noodle has a
free channel on
Roku. Go to the
homescreen on your
Roku and search
channels for
GoNoodle. Add
channel and it will
appear on your
homescreen. Free
fun exercises for
your whole family!
Have you earned a
brain break?
Download a check
list to earn a ticket
here for free time
with technology! -
With parent
approval!
Increase your
smarts, have more
fun and cut down
on the fighting!
Click here to
download a daily
checklist to keep
you organized. -
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approval
Explore Practice uppercase
cursive K, X and H
and continue to
review lowercase
cursive.
Grammar Review Noun The Noun Rap | Parts of Speech Song |Jack Hartmann types of nouns Adjectives The Adjective Rap | Jack Hartmann Action Verbs Verb Rap Song Comma I use a comma, I use a comma Air Punctuation Teaching video Practice using a sentence from their writing.
Homophones
Homophones for Kids | Special Words that Sound the Same Lilquizwhiz Fun English quiz [Homophones]
Multiple meaning
words mini lesson
Sight Word Fun Bonus Review FortNite Sight word dancing Clap out syllables
Sight word song