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November 7-11 Reading:

Begin Mr. Putter and Tabby Fly the Plane 11/4-11/14 I:\All Staff\Grade 2\Curriculum\Reading\Mr. Putter Learning Target: I can make a prediction Focus Strategy: I can look at word parts to understand unknown words

*Vocabulary *building background *Sharing Literature *Guided reading *Use prediction door Smart board to have students practice predicting. Then students can create their own prediction doors. *Make predictions while reading other Mr. Putter stories *Use Predict & Check page 15 First Graphic Organizers book *Grammar: I can use irregular plural nouns. *Think and Respond questions page 216/ TTQA * Extended response *Scavenger hunt *leveled readers *test

**Flooding: ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Intervention time: ** Math: use excel sheet to find skills that need to be reviewed <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px;">Spelling: word work <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 19px;">Math:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday: review for unit 3 test <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday: test <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">4.1 I can solve change to more number stories.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Writing: Continue Letter Writing (Immersion) -First Year Letters (Danneberg), NIce Try Tooth Fairy (Olson), Plantzilla (Nolen), Dear Mr. Henshaw (Cleary), I Wanna Iguana (Orloff), The Jolly Postman (Ahlberg), Don't Forget to Write (Selway) -generate purposees and audiences for letter writing -choose who to write a friendly letter to and begin planning (Flat Stanley letters?) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Social Studies:
 * Read materials that include letters
 * Flat Stanley introduction
 * Close Study/Generating/Select & Plan)
 * Our Country Long Ago- Unit 5 Social Studies
 * Junior Acheivement-Begin community unit 1

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">SEL Targets:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px;">I can listen to other people’s ideas
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px;">I can make positive choices when working with others.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px;">I can identify ways to work and play well with others.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px;">I can follow directions
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px;">I can manage my behavior.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Notes: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">*Spirit Assembly 11/3 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">*Parent/teacher conferences coming up November 9 (4:30-8:00) and November 10 (8:00-3:00 and 4:30-8:00) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">*No School November 11 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">*budget meeting November 14 with Kathryn Birkett <span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">*Pioneer party November 18

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">*4 hours of "summer hours" to revamp unit adding 21st century and SEL

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">Due: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">SMART goals: October 19 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">PDP: October 21 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">LMC: Can we please have a bin of Mr. Putter books to go along with our predictions and Harcourt Story? As well as any of the books listed in writing that we could use to introduce letter writing. Thank you!!!