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2nd grade homeschool plan, week 30

Homophones · Halves, thirds and fourths · Life cycles

Week 30 of 36 in 2nd grade, in quarter 4. Five days, about 130 minutes each.

Reading: homophones, words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things: see and sea. Words to read and spell: see, sea, by, buy, write, right, won and one. Sight words: “never” and “only”. The new story is “Tadpoles in a Jar”, and the reread is “Odile and the Fizzy Cup”.

Writing: Talking in a story. When characters talk, their exact words go inside quotation marks, and a new speaker starts a new line.

Math: Halves, thirds and fourths. Splitting circles and rectangles into two, three or four equal shares and naming them.

Science: Life cycles. Frogs, butterflies and chickens start small and change as they grow, and their young look like or unlike their parents.

Social studies, a shorter piece each day: Working together. Neighbors help each other, volunteer, and solve problems together, which makes a community stronger.

Read-alouds: “Tadpoles in a Jar”, “The Ugly Duckling”, “The Frog That Freezes”, “The Frog Prince” and “Eight Arms”.

For the whole family: Draw the life cycle of a frog as a circle of pictures, each child drawing one stage.

The five days

  1. Day 1day 146

    • ReadingNew: homophones
    • WritingQuotation marks and commas
    • MathHalves, thirds and fourths
    • ScienceFour stages or three
    • Social studiesVolunteers
    • Read-aloudTadpoles in a Jar

  2. Day 2day 147

    • ReadingSpell words with homophones
    • WritingA new line for each speaker
    • MathEqual shares or not?
    • ScienceA frog's changes
    • Social studiesA teamwork challenge
    • Read-aloudThe Ugly Duckling

  3. Day 3day 148

    • Readinghomophones in sentences
    • WritingWords instead of said
    • MathMaking a whole
    • ScienceA plant's life cycle
    • Social studiesSolving it together
    • Read-aloudThe Frog That Freezes

  4. Day 4day 149

    • ReadingRead: Tadpoles in a Jar
    • WritingTalking shows feelings
    • MathDifferent shapes, same size
    • ScienceBabies and parents
    • Social studiesCompromise
    • Read-aloudThe Frog Prince

  5. Day 5day 150

    • ReadingReread: Odile and the Fizzy Cup
    • WritingAdd talking to my story
    • MathSharing food fairly
    • ScienceLife spans
    • Social studiesA helping plan
    • Read-aloudEight Arms