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November 28-December 2 Reading:

Begin Lemonade For Sale November 28-December 5 I:\All Staff\Grade 2\Curriculum\Reading\Lemonade for Sale Learning Target: I can compare and contrast. Focus Strategy: I can read ahead to understand meaning. *Vocabulary *building background *Sharing Literature *Guided reading *Compare and Contrast Lemonade for Sale and Hedgehog Bakes a Cake (see page 275A) *compare and contrast on workbook pages 82 *Compare and contrast original fairytale to "fractured" fairytale. Ex: 3 Little Pigs to The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs *Grammar: I can use nouns to tell about animals and places *Think and Respond questions page 274/ TTQA *Scavenger hunt *leveled readers *test
 * Extended response prompt

**Flooding: ** **Intervention time: ** Math: use excel sheet to find skills that need to be reviewed <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px;">Spelling: Lesson 11 I can spell -ea and -ee words.

<span style="font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 19px;">Math: 4.7 I can explore length, area and attributes 4.8 (2 day lesson) I can estimate. I can add 2 and 3 digit numbers. 4.9 (2-3 day lesson)I can add using partial sums.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Writing: Continue Letter Writing -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?)
 * Read materials that include letters
 * Flat Stanley introduction
 * Close Study/Generating/Select & Plan)
 * Draft/revise/publish

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Social Studies:
 * Communities Unit 1 Social Studies
 * Junior Acheivement

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Science:


 * Meal worm friends should arrive 12/1

<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;">*Thanksgiving Break November 23-25

<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;">LMC:

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">*ideas for flexible scheduling LMC with Donna