Happy Monday!! (5/11/20)
Good Morning Boys and Girls!!
I hope you enjoyed the weekend and I hope you did something nice for Mom!
Congratulations to Mohamad for learning how to ride his two-wheeler!! Be safe and have fun!
Your work for today is:
Spelling (E) - Please see the “At Home Learning” and the “Spelling Word List” tabs
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There are some fun new Spelling activities listed on my “At Home Learning” tab! Please be sure to check them out!
Reading (MC) - Log onto www.readworks.org/student
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The class code is: QJ6HMS
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Your password is: 1234
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Click on “Flip It”
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Read the story and then click on “Questions”
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Once you have answered all of the questions online, please click on the “Submit” tab at the bottom so that I can see your work!
Math (MC) - Please watch the following video that I made to review some basic skills about telling time: https://youtu.be/zOp8iUrL1qQ
Log onto IXL using the information on the front of your agenda.
Complete Grade 2 Math:
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Q. #2 - Match analog clocks and times
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Q. #5 - Read clocks and write times
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Only complete 20 questions for each activity
Hi Boys and Girls!
Happy Tuesday! (5/12/20)
Please check out the tabs on the left of my homepage to see pictures from our virtual field trip and pictures of student work for the caterpillar fraction project.
I’ll be posting pictures of the kite projects soon!
Your work for today is:
Reading (MC) - Today we are starting our unit on Fables! Check out the following anchor chart to learn about fables:
As you read today’s fable, try to ask yourself “What is the moral or lesson that can be learned from today’s story?”
Log onto www.readworks.org/student
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The class code is: QJ6HMS
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Your password is: 1234
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Click on “The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf”
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Read the story and then click on “Questions”
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Once you have answered all of the questions online, please click on the “Submit” tab at the bottom so that I can see your work!
Writing (MC) - Please watch the following video to learn about how to write a cinquain poem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk6738Ygphs
Math (MC) - Topic 16 - Time
This week we are continuing our unit on telling time. Watch the following BrainPop video and then complete the easy and hard quizzes for the video:
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To log onto BrainPopJr.:
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Username: riverdalebpop
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Password: brainpop
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Click on “Math”
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Click on “Time”
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Click on “Time to the Quarter and Half Hour” (complete both quizzes after the video)
Science (E) - Please join me at 10:30 for a lesson about types of rocks. I will be sharing some of my rocks with you and we will be going over the 3 kinds of rocks. If you collected rocks during last week’s field trip bring them with you. If not, don’t worry! You don’t need to have your own rocks. I will post a link for the Google Meet right before 10:30. Hopefully it will work this week!!
Happy Wednesday!! (5/13/20)
Good Morning Boys and Girls!!
Congratulations to Ryan for losing a tooth!!
Keep emailing me anything special that happens to you while we are at home. I’d love to share the good news!!
Your work for today is:
Spelling (E) - Please see the “At Home Learning” and the “Spelling Word List” tabs
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There are some fun new Spelling activities listed on my “At Home Learning” tab! Please be sure to check them out!
Reading (MC) -
Log onto www.readworks.org/student
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The class code is: QJ6HMS
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Your password is: 1234
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Click on “The Hare and the Tortoise”
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Read the story and then click on “Questions”
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Once you have answered all of the questions online, please click on the “Submit” tab at the bottom so that I can see your work!
Writing (MC) -
The moral or lesson of yesterday’s story, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf, was that if you are known to lie often, then when you do try to tell the truth about something important no one will believe you!
What is the moral or lesson that can be learned from today’s story? Please answer this question using details from the story, The Hare and the Tortoise.
Math (MC) - 16-2 “ Telling Time Before and After the Hour”
On Monday, I posted a video I made about basic skills for telling time. I created another video about telling time to the quarter and half hour which I hope will help with today’s lesson. To watch, copy and paste the following link into your browser: https://youtu.be/izBcWLEG5So
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Log onto www.pearsonrealize.com with the information on the front of your agenda
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Click on “My Work”
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Click on “Assignments”:
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Complete the Daily Common Core (answers can be written on a piece of paper)
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Watch the assigned video to learn about the lesson
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Complete the assigned online Quick Check (I am able to see your answers)
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To view the workmat and discuss with your family:
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Click on “eTexts”
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Click on Student Edition: Grade 2
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Go to the Table of Contents on top left corner
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Click on Topic 16 and then Lesson 16-2
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Complete 16-2 Reteach & Practice from your math workbook
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Please use the following website to help you if you are having trouble. Telling time takes a lot of practice. You can move the hands on this clock to help you with the answers on today’s math work.https://www.mathsisfun.com/time-clocks-analog-digital.html
Happy Thursday!! (5/14/20)
Good Morning Boys and Girls!
Congratulations to Charlotte for losing a tooth!
Mrs. Tomkins shared your All About Me projects with me!! They were wonderful!!! If you haven't already completed your project for her class, please do so! I can't wait to see more!
Your work for today is:
Reading (MC)
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To log onto PebbleGo:
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Go to https://www.pebblego.com
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Click on the "Sign In" button
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Username: engaged
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Password: learning
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Go to the Search bar and type in “Rock as a Material”
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Read each of the 5 tabs and answer the following questions:
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1. What are rocks made of?
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2. Name 4 things that can change rock.
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3. What are two ways we use rocks?
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4. What does the word “classify” mean? (Hint: click the red word)
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5. Tell what happens when a rock erodes.
Writing (MC)
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If you need to review Cinquain poems please rewatch the video from Tuesday:
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This is how to set up your Cinquain poem:
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Here is an example of a Cinquain poem:
***If you are having difficulty logging into IXL you can try back a little later or skip the lessons for today. They are extension lessons and can be rescheduled for another day. No worries. :)
Math (E) - Log onto IXL using the information on the front of your agenda.
Complete Grade 2 Math:
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Q. #3 - Match analog clocks and digital clocks
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Q. #6 - Time words: o’clock, half, quarter
Only complete 20 questions for each activity
Science (E) - Log onto IXL using the information on the front of your agenda.
Complete Grade 2 Science:
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P #1 - Classify changes to Earth’s surface
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P #5 - Changes to Earth’s surface: erosion
Only complete 20 questions for each activity
Happy Friday!! (5/15/20)
I hope you have a great weekend!
Click on the tab labeled “Kite Fraction Project” to the left of my homepage to see pictures that were sent in of the completed projects.
Great job to all who participated!!
We are going to be doing Star Students on Fridays from this point on for anyone who has not had a chance this year.
Ava is this week’s Star Student!!
Please join me on Google Meet at 11:30 for a chance to catch up, continue our Read Aloud, and celebrate our Star Student!
The link will be posted below:
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Your work for today is:
Spelling (E)- Please see the “At Home Learning” and the “Spelling Word List” tabs
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There are some fun new Spelling activities listed on my “At Home Learning” tab! Please be sure to check them out!
Reading (MC)-
Log onto www.readworks.org/student
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The class code is: QJ6HMS
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Your password is: 1234
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Click on “The Lion and the Mouse”
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Read the story and then click on “Questions”
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Once you have answered all of the questions online, please click on the “Submit” tab at the bottom so that I can see your work!
Math (MC) 
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Create two of your own telling time word problems and solve them
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Please write your answer two different ways if possible
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Be sure to include am or pm with your answer
Here are two Examples:
Question 1: Pam will eat dinner a half hour after she comes home from dance practice. If Pam comes home at 5:00pm what time will she eat dinner?
Answer: 5:30pm, half past 5
Question 2: When David woke up it was 7:45am. What is another way to say this time?
Answer 2: Quarter to 8, 15 minutes to 8