Friday, December 3, 2010

Homework

Here is the homework for the upcoming week. We are reviewing the 1st semester materials for our mid year assessments, which are underway!

We are responsible citizens in 2nd grade. We take responsibility for our actions. Draw a picture of you being responsible- what are you doing in the picture? Write 3 sentences about your picture, and your responsible choices.
We live in the Region where the  Eastern Woodland Native American lived.  Do a brain dump on transportation, food, and housing.
Make flashcards for this week’s sight words.  Practice flashing them with an adult.
Write the steps to make hot chocolate: Use sequencing words- first, then, next, last
Write the fact families for the following equations:
3+4=7

6+7=13

Read a story with a grown up.  What book did you read?
Before you read make 1 prediction about what will happen. After reading the book, check to see was your prediction correct?
Cut and sort your word study for the week. After you sort, read your words out loud twice. Keep in a safe place to practice for your test.
Sort your word study words and write them 1 time.  Read them three times.
Label the 3 American Indian tribes and list different foods they ate.
Read a book with a grown up.
What book did you read?

What did it make you think about, or remind you of?
Round the following numbers to the nearest 10.

32
67
45
12
Review your study guides (that have been passed out) Practice locating and naming the continents and oceans.
START HERE
Cut, sort and read your word study words
Sort your Word Study Words and glue them down onto paper.  Read through them 2 times.
Write your sight words in crazy colors. Read them 3 times.
Read a book and  write a connection you made;
Text to myself, text to my world, text to text. Write what it made you think about.
Write your sight words in ABC order. Read through them 3 times
Make a T chart and review the contributions of Ancient China and Ancient Egypt.
Be a number detective and find the missing numbers. Don’t forget your number line:
? + 4= 9
? +12= 20
Read a story. Write 2 or more sentences telling me the characters and setting.  What was the problem in the story?
Have a grown up call out your Word Study Words.  Write them down like you are taking a spelling test.  Sort your words and check to see how you did!
Use your sight words in 5 sentences. Underline your sight word in each one. Find the ACTION WORD and circle it.
Find the noun (person, place or thing) and put a box around it.
Write the following numbers. Circle the number in the Hundreds place, and box in the number in the tens place.
435,  231,  789,  700,
Find a family member to read with.  What book did you read?

Where did the book take place? Who were the characters?

Read through your list of sight words! Use 5 of them in silly nonsense sentences. Circle each sight
























































This weeks sight words are:
which
there
would
about
other
something
people
number
they
over