minutes_02132012

February 13-17 Reading: Begin Dear Mr. Blueberry 2/6-2/17 I:\All Staff\Grade 2\Curriculum\Reading\Dear Mr. Blueberry Learning Target: I can make inferences. Focus Strategy: I can read ahead to understand text.

*Vocabulary *building background *Sharing Literature-web whales/discuss where to find more information on whales *Guided Reading *Think and Respond questions/ Extended response prompt *Scavenger hunt *leveled readers *test
 * Grammar: I can use describing words to tell about the 5 senses.
 * Retell story using story map 89A
 * Respond to the story by writing a letter from Emily about a new animal or make a booklet about a pet you would like to have 89B
 * Writing connection-persuade parents to get a pet booklet
 * compound words 93E
 * suffixes -ful/-less 95A
 * Compare Arthur from Dear Mr. Blueberry to Dinosaur Bob from sharing literature 95F
 * compare and contrast whales and fish

Begin Cool Ali 2/122-2/29 I:\All Staff\Grade 2\Curriculum\Reading\Cool Ali Learning Target: I can name antonyms. Focus Strategy: I can create mental images. *Vocabulary *building background-Create a chart with weather words/how we feel pg 96T *Sharing Literature-compare Ali to Tessie from Come on Rain pg 121F *Guided Reading *trifold *Think and Respond questions/ Extended response prompt <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">*Scavenger hunt <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">*leveled readers <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">*test [] Check out this link for some great resources! (Nice find Candyce!!) **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Flooding: **
 * Retell story using problem/solution chart pg 113A
 * Grammar: I can use words that tell how many.
 * Word Work: I cuan use suffixes -ful/-less pg 121A

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Intervention time: ** Time to Read/Time to write (pillars) Use MCAP/MCOMP scores to review as needed <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px;">Spelling: Lesson 1: I can change -f to -v and add -es <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 19px;">Math: 7.7 I can I can sort data and find the median. 7.8 I can make a frequency table, line plot and bar graph. I can find the median of data. Wed. review Thurs. test Friday?

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Writing: Publish Slice of Life Continue research writing

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Science Continue under the sea unit. Select partners and begin researching chosen animal.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">SEL Targets: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Notes:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px;">I can listen to other people’s ideas
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px;">I can make positive choices when working with others.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px;">I can identify ways to work and play well with others.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px;">I can follow directions
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px;">I can manage my behavior.
 * PDW- Writing assesssment/ select a few and copy to review/grade as a team....enter scores
 * ILT: supply lists, BYOT coming to Longwood!
 * Complete Google Doc SEL
 * Naperville reads trip 2/9
 * Writing Assessment entered by 2/10
 * Open House 2/9
 * Instructional Collaboration 2/15 1:50-3:50 have "Chutes and Ladders" completed
 * No school 2/20
 * Conferences 2/21 1-8 -send parent notes

====‍ The order of writing units are:Writer's workshop, paragarph writing (3 weeks). Letter writing (2 weeks), Narrative: slice of life, Persuasive, expository: review, poetry, expository: biographical sketch. There will then be a few weeks left over. ====