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2nd grade homeschool plan, week 22

Plurals: -s, -es and -ies · Picture graphs · Getting around, then and now

Week 22 of 36 in 2nd grade, in quarter 3. Five days, about 130 minutes each.

Reading: -s, -es and -ies, most words add -s, words ending in s, x, ch or sh add -es, and a y after a consonant turns to -ies. Words to read and spell: bikes, boxes, benches, babies, pennies, cities, puppies and glasses. Sight words: “draw” and “drink”. The new story is “Newt Is Nervous”, and the reread is “The Three Billy Goats Gruff”.

Writing: Compare and contrast. To compare, your child writes how two things are alike and how they are different, using both, but and however.

Math: Picture graphs. Collecting answers to a question, showing them as a picture graph, and asking questions about it.

Social studies: Getting around, then and now. How people traveled long ago, by foot, horse and boat, and how they travel today.

Science, a shorter piece each day: Birds. Birds have feathers, beaks and wings; children watch the birds near home, listen to their songs and look at their nests.

Read-alouds: “The Run to Nome”, “The First Flight”, “Tam and the Wind-Up Tractor”, “The Night Bus” and “The Little Blue Engine”.

For the whole family: Ask a grandparent or older neighbor how they got to school as a child, and compare it with today.

The five days

  1. Day 1day 106

    • ReadingNew: -s, -es and -ies
    • WritingWagon and train
    • MathAsking a question
    • ScienceA bird count
    • Social studiesA transportation timeline
    • Read-aloudThe Run to Nome

  2. Day 2day 107

    • ReadingSpell words with -s, -es and -ies
    • WritingBoth and but
    • MathMaking a picture graph
    • ScienceBeaks and food
    • Social studiesTrains cross the country
    • Read-aloudThe First Flight

  3. Day 3day 108

    • Reading-s, -es and -ies in sentences
    • WritingHowever
    • MathA key worth two
    • ScienceStaying dry
    • Social studiesMoving goods
    • Read-aloudTam and the Wind-Up Tractor

  4. Day 4day 109

    • ReadingRead: Newt Is Nervous
    • WritingA compare chart
    • MathReading picture graphs
    • ScienceBird songs
    • Social studiesPlan a trip
    • Read-aloudThe Night Bus

  5. Day 5day 110

    • ReadingReread: The Three Billy Goats Gruff
    • WritingA compare paragraph
    • MathGraph story problems
    • ScienceBirds that migrate
    • Social studiesTravel in the future
    • Read-aloudThe Little Blue Engine