CLASSROOM CONNECT!
Teacher: Ms. Alceuis
Subject Area: All
Grade Level: 2nd
Week of: October 3- October 7
Unit of Instruction:
Standard(s) TaughtReading: LAFS.2.W.2.8, LAFS.2.RI.2.6, LAFS.2.RI.3.7
Writing: LAFS.2.W. 1.2
Social Studies: SS.2.G.1.4
Math: MAFS.2.NBT.2.8, MAFS.2.NBT.2.9
Science: SC.2.E.6.2
Learning Target(s) and Learning Criteria
Reading: Students will identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question and explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text
Writing: Students will read an informational text and respond to a prompt to write an informative/expository text in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop a point, and providing a concluding statement or section
Social Studies: Students will label Canada, the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean Islands on an unlabeled political map of North America
Math: Students will explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations and mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100-900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100-900
Science: Students will record observations of soil found on school campus as seen through a hand lens and explain the basis of soil compositions and how soil is formed
Classroom Activities
Reading: Engage in SIPPS Lessons 6-10, read the Preamble, discuss the meaning behind the phrases, introduce context clues and how to identify meanings of unknown words, complete a circle map of how the constitution helps us, review the 3 branches of government and complete a Tree Map
Writing: Read “Using lands in different ways” and identify what type of area you would want to live in and write a paragraph
Social Studies: Review the 7 Continents, create a list of the countries located in North America, create a 4-door foldable including facts about each country
Math: Watch Flocabulary videos and review on Kahoot on Place Value and Skip counting, VMT (Volusia Mathematics Test)
Science: Create a Circle Map of soil and discuss where and what it is used for, complete student response sheet after analyzing soil, complete Science Fusion workbook pages 53-60 (over 2-day span), What is Soil-Lesson 2 Quiz
Assignments Due
Reading: Tree Map-Due Thursday, Reading Comprehension Check and Spelling-Due Friday
Writing: Informational Paragraph-Due Friday
Social Studies: Labeled map of countries consisting of North America-Due Friday
Math: No assignments due
Science: What is Soil Quiz- Due Thursday
Additional Resources
Learnzillion: www.learnzillion.com
MobyMax: www.mobymax.com/FL7091
Kahoot: www.kahoot.it
Kiddle: www.kiddle.co
Science Fusion Workbook Pages