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2nd grade homeschool plan, week 10

Dropping e before -ing and -ed · Adding with regrouping · Living and nonliving

Week 10 of 36 in 2nd grade, in quarter 2. Five days, about 130 minutes each.

Reading: drop the e, when a word ends in silent e, drop the e before -ing or -ed: make, making; smile, smiled. Words to read and spell: making, baking, smiled, hoped, riding, shining, danced and waved. Sight words: “been” and “before”. The new story is “Three Rocks in a Shoebox”, and the reread is “The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse”.

Writing: A true story with a strong beginning. A strong first sentence makes a reader want more: a sound, a question, or a moment of action. Your child tries two beginnings and keeps the better one.

Math: Adding with regrouping. Adding two-digit numbers when the ones make a new ten, with blocks first and then on paper.

Science: Living and nonliving. Living things grow, need food and water, and make more of their kind; rocks, toys and water do not.

Social studies, a shorter piece each day: Near and far. Words that tell where things are, like near, far, left, right, above and below, and how far places are from home.

Read-alouds: “Dinosaurs Are Still Here”, “Three Rocks in a Shoebox”, “Eight Arms”, “Tadpoles in a Jar” and “The Frog Prince”.

For the whole family: Sort a pile of things from around the house and yard into living, once living, and never living.

The five days

  1. Day 1day 46

    • ReadingNew: drop the e
    • WritingThree beginnings
    • MathTrading ten ones
    • ScienceLiving, once living, never living
    • Social studiesNorth, south, east and west
    • Read-aloudDinosaurs Are Still Here

  2. Day 2day 47

    • ReadingSpell words with drop the e
    • WritingA sound to start
    • MathRegrouping on a place value mat
    • ScienceWhat living things do
    • Social studiesWhere things are
    • Read-aloudThree Rocks in a Shoebox

  3. Day 3day 48

    • Readingdrop the e in sentences
    • WritingA question to start
    • MathAdding in columns
    • ScienceA habitat near home
    • Social studiesHow far is it?
    • Read-aloudEight Arms

  4. Day 4day 49

    • ReadingRead: Three Rocks in a Shoebox
    • WritingThe whole story
    • MathRegroup or not?
    • ScienceMany kinds in one square
    • Social studiesNear and far on the globe
    • Read-aloudTadpoles in a Jar

  5. Day 5day 50

    • ReadingReread: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
    • WritingDoes it hook a listener?
    • MathAdding with regrouping on paper
    • ScienceFossils tell the past
    • Social studiesA directions game
    • Read-aloudThe Frog Prince