Snow Work!!!!

If school is closed, please complete the following assignments in your spelling and homework journal. You should have one Reading, one Math, and one Writing assignments done for each day. Return your work to school on the day that we return.

Reading

Complete your regular reading homework.  Read for at least 20 minutes each day.  Then complete the daily assignment (prediction, connection, key words, or summary).

Math

Practice your math facts!  Also, choose one assignment to complete in your journal each day from this list:

• Use a ruler to measure the snow in your yard.  Try measuring the snow in inches and in centimeters.
• Write and solve ten 2-digit addition problems that require regrouping.
• Write and solve ten 2-digit subtraction problems that require regrouping.
• Draw a shape with a line of symmetry.  Draw another shape that does not have a line of symmetry.  Label your drawings.
• Estimate how long it will take you to make 3 snow angels.  Have someone time you making this angels.  Write down your estimate and the actual amount of time that it took you to make the snow angels.
• List all of the cylinders, spheres, cubes, cones, rectangular prisms, and pyramids that you can find in your house.
• Cut out a triangle from paper.  Trace it in your journal.  Slide the triangle, flip it, and turn it.  Trace the shape after each movement.  Label each movement.

Writing

Chosse one assignment to complete in your journal each day from this list:

• Write a short story about a snowy day.
• Write an acrostic poem about snow.  The first line should start with S, the second with N, the third with O, and the last with W.
• Imagine that you are a snowflake.  Describe what your trip from the cloud to the ground is like.  What happens to you after you land on the ground?
• Make as many words from the letter in "SNOWY DAY" as you can.  You can only use each letter once in a word (except y - you can use two of those!)
• Write a letter to a friend or relative telling them about your adventures in the snow.  Be sure to use correct letter form!
• Write a list of at least ten snowy day words in your neatest cursive.
• Create a cartoon about a snowy day.  It should have at least 3 parts and include words for each part.
• Cook something with an older family member.  Write the recipe neatly in your journal.  Be sure to number the steps or use order words so that someone else can follow your recipe.

2nd Grade Homework

February Spelling Assignments

Monday

Write silly sentences using each of your words.  Be as creative as possible.  Underline your words.

EXAMPLE:  That alien from Saturn stole my wings!

Write all your spelling words three time each.  Underline the first and last letter of the word each time.

EXAMPLE:  butter    butter     butter

 Wednesday

Write 7 or more of your spelling words in a paragraph.  Be sure to underline your words.

 Thursday

Write each of your spelling words once in your neatest handwriting.  Study them, and have an adult give you a pretest.  Study the words you missed.

Standard Spelling Words (2/1 - 2/5) 

car

smart

arm

park

yard

part

barn

hard

party

farm

are

start

Challenge Spelling Words (2/1 - 2/5)

partner

carpet

department

garden

bombard

barnyard

hardly

parted

smartest

farther

cartoon

warning

Reading Homework

Each night, students must read for 20 minutes and record the title, author, and number of pages they read.  Please do this in your spelling journal. In their homework journals, students should complete the following reading assignments each week:

Monday:

Look at the title of your story/chapter.  Take a picture walk.  Think about the part of the story you have already read.  Write down a prediction about what will happen in your reading tonight.  After you read, write down whether or not your prediction ended up happening.

Tuesday:

As you read, think about connections that you can make to your own life, otehr stories you have read, or to things going on in the world.  Write down any connections that you make as you read.  Label them as Text-to-Self, Text-to-Text, or Text-to-World.

Wednesday: 

As you read, think about the most important words that you are reading in the story.  Write these key words down in your journal.  Are any of them new to you?  Use context clues or a dictionary to figure out any words that you do not know.

Thursday:

Write a summary of what you read tonight.  Remember that a summary does not include every single detail, but tells the most important parts of the selection.  Make sure that you tell what happened at the beginning, middle, and end of what you read.

Math Homework

Monday (2/1)

Practice Page P 7-5

Tuesday (2/2)

 Practice Page P 7-6

Wednesday (2-3)

 Practice Page P 7-7

Thursday (2/4)

 Practice Page P 7-8