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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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.

__________________

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