Ask your 2nd Grader:

• to tell you the exploded moment we wrote about this week (from Separate in Never Equal).
• to tell you the problem that happened in the courtroom.
• to look at the array below.  Have them tell you how many columns there are.  Have them tell you how many rows there are.  Then have them write one adding and one multiplication equation for the array below.

• ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
• ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
• ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

• to tell you the adverb in the following sentences . . . The old man walked slowly.; My coach patted me lightly on the back.  The dog sat still while the doctor looked in his ear.
• to tell you who was president during the War of 1812.
• To tell you who the “War Hawks” were.  What states were they from?

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: How did the Mendez family respond to injustice?
  • Text: Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
  • Learning Goals:
    • The students will write their end of the unit task.
    • The students will write an exploded moment narrative from the point of view of Sylvia at the end of the book when she goes back to school.  They will write about her response to injustice by describing her thoughts, feelings, and actions.

• Tennessee Foundational Skills:  
  • Unit 6 
  • Read and answer questions from our decodable reader, The War of 1812
  • Spelling Words: revenge, large, judge, fudge, nudge, huge, nation, attention, direction, fraction, locomotion, stations, option, action, change, range, cottage, addition, caption
  • Tricky word: Europe
  • Phonics:  
    • spelling for the /k/ sound – c (cat; attic); k (kite, cook); ck (found at the end of syllables, after short vowel sounds (back, slick); cc (raccoon, soccer); and ch (chaos, school, stomach) 
    • spelling for the /ee/ sound – e_e(Pete); ea (beach); ee (feet);  ie (cookie); e (me); y (funny); ey (key)
    • Tricky ‘i’ – /i/ (fish, it); /ie/ (driver, find); /ee/ (ski, taxi)
  • Grammar:  run on sentences; review nouns, adj., verbs, adverbs

Math:

•  Arrays

Social Studies: 

• The War of 1812; The Declaration of Independence; Constitution; The Founding Fathers 

Dates to Remember:

• • April 24 – Field Trip to Traveler’s Rest 
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