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2nd grade homeschool plan, week 31

Contractions with 'll, 've and 're · Equal shares of a rectangle · Sink or float

Week 31 of 36 in 2nd grade, in quarter 4. Five days, about 130 minutes each.

Reading: more contractions, two words joined with an apostrophe where letters are left out: I will, I'll; you have, you've. Words to read and spell: I'll, we'll, you've, they're, wasn't, couldn't, let's and won't. Sight words: “own” and “pick”. The new story is “Sink or Float?”, and the reread is “Tadpoles in a Jar”.

Writing: A story ending. A good ending solves the problem and shows how the character feels, or what they learned.

Math: Equal shares of a rectangle. Partitioning a rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares and counting them.

Science: Sink or float. Some things float and some sink, and the shape of a thing can change which it does.

Social studies, a shorter piece each day: Leaders and laws. Towns and the country have leaders, like a mayor, a governor and a president, and laws that keep people safe and fair.

Read-alouds: “Sink or Float?”, “Why Does Ice Float?”, “Ben and the Puddle Boat”, “The Otter's Rock” and “Lulu the Lanternfish Lights Up”.

For the whole family: Guess, then test, which things from the kitchen sink or float in a tub of water.

The five days

  1. Day 1day 151

    • ReadingNew: more contractions
    • WritingHow it ends
    • MathRows and columns of squares
    • ScienceLayers in a glass
    • Social studiesThree levels of leaders
    • Read-aloudSink or Float?

  2. Day 2day 152

    • ReadingSpell words with more contractions
    • WritingWhat they learned
    • MathCovering a rectangle
    • ScienceThe boat that holds the most
    • Social studiesMaking laws
    • Read-aloudWhy Does Ice Float?

  3. Day 3day 153

    • Readingmore contractions in sentences
    • WritingA different ending
    • MathBig squares, small squares
    • ScienceA clay boat
    • Social studiesRules and laws
    • Read-aloudBen and the Puddle Boat

  4. Day 4day 154

    • ReadingRead: Sink or Float?
    • WritingChoosing the ending
    • MathRectangles are arrays
    • ScienceAn egg in salt water
    • Social studiesFair laws
    • Read-aloudThe Otter's Rock

  5. Day 5day 155

    • ReadingReread: Tadpoles in a Jar
    • WritingThe whole story
    • MathDesign a garden
    • ScienceFloating on air
    • Social studiesWrite a law
    • Read-aloudLulu the Lanternfish Lights Up