Ask your 2nd Grader:

• What was one dream Dr. King had for children?
• What was Dr. King’s dream for states/nations? 
• What is  the adverb in this sentence. . .The children walked quickly down the hallway.
• What word does the adverb modify?
• What questions do adverbs answer?  (how, when, where)
• Can you solve this word problem?  Mrs. Zeller’s class read 567 minutes this week.  Ms. Stein’s class read 598 minutes.  How many minutes did they read altogether?

What 2nd Graders Are Learning Next Week:

 ELA (English Language Arts):

• Wit and Wisdom Module 3: Civil Rights Heroes
  • Essential Question: How can people respond to injustice?
  • Focusing Question: What injustices did people face before the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
  • Text: Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story by Ruby Bridges
  • Learning Goals:
    • Ask and Answer questions about Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story
    • Identify adjectives and adverbs in a sentence; use adjectives and adverbs in a sentence.
    • Recount the text to a partner (setting characters, problem, action, ending)
    • Analyze point of view.
    • Determine the essential meaning of the text by rereading and answering questions. 

• Tennessee Foundational Skills:  
  • Unit 5
  • Read and answer questions from our decodable reader, Sir Gus
  • Vocabulary development:  adjectives
  • Sounds and spelling:  ABC order; schwa sound (ex. about, debate, pizza)
  • Spelling Words: relief, movie, field, ladies, kitties, piece, shield, yield, cookies, thief, niece, grief, babies, achieve, 
  • Tricky word: water

Math:

•  Measurement

Social Studies: 

• Civil Rights Heroes
• Famous African Americans