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March 5-9 Reading: [] Check out this link for some great resources! (Nice find Candyce!!)

Begin Emperor's Egg 3/5-3/12 I:\All Staff\Grade 2\Curriculum\Reading\Emperor Egg Focus Skill: Target Strategy. *Vocabulary *building background-Web South Pole animals 122T *KWL chart 123C/145A *Sharing Literature-Wow! It's Great Being a Duck 122H/145F My Father's Feet 122P/147D *Guided Reading *trifold *Think and Respond questions/ Extended response prompt *Scavenger hunt *leveled readers *test *Scholastic News-Penguins (see Candyce) *Penguins mini book (non-fiction) *Penguin poem template *Ends of the Earth/Our World
 * Fact/Fiction graphic organizer 145A, 149C
 * Respond to the story: write a diary entry describing a visit to the South Pole. Make a poster showing the life cycle of a penguin. 145B
 * Grammar: I can use words that compare.
 * Word Work: I cuan use suffixes -ingl/-ly pg

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Intervention time: ** Time to Read/Time to write (pillars) Use MCAP/MCOMP scores to review as needed MCAP -probe <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px;">Spelling: Lesson 21: I can spell words with prefixes re- and pre- <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 19px;">Math: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">8.6 I can compare fractions. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">8.7 I can solve fraction number stories. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Review <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Unit 8 test

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Science Continue creating informational powerpoint. Begin sharing with class. Do we want to create a matrix for the students to record information from the presentations?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px;">Writing: Next Unit is Expository: Reviews Immersion: read a variety of reviews to become familiar with the genre. [] Read This Book by: Melanie Watts? Reading Rainbow Book Reviews on Discovery.ed

Close Study: getnerate a definition of a book review, the features of a good review and possibly read/rate some examples

<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: #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.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Notes: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">*4 hours of "summer hours" to revamp unit adding 21st century and SEL ‍‍‍‍‍‍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.
 * PDW- ISAT for upper grades/SMART goal or team collaboration for primary
 * Under the Sea party 2/1
 * Institute Day 2/2
 * Spirit Assembly- Thurs. 3/1