12Dec10

= December 10-14 =

Reading:
Begin Johnny Appleseed 12/7-12/14  I:\All Staff\Grade 2\Curriculum\Reading\johnny appleseed Learning Target: I can recognize important details. Focus Strategy:I can create mental images.  *Vocabulary: frontier, nearby, orchards, survive, tame, wild *building background: Discuss How and where apples grow 284T *Sharing Literature-Tops and Bottoms 284H/305E and (on tumblebooks.com too!) Johnny Appleseed 284P/309D *Guided reading *Grammar: I can write names of days correctly. *Think and Respond questions page 304/ TTQA *Extended response prompt *Scavenger hunt *leveled readers *test *Sweet Dream Pie by Audrey Wood -read to practice mental images <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">*Johnny Appleseed on discoveryed.com


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20.6px;">Spelling: ** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">I can spell -oo words.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20.6px;">Math:
<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I can recognize, sort and draw shapes. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> -sort attribute blocks <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> -draw and label shapes; cut out and use to create a picture.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I can see relationships between addition and subtraction.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I can count and show groups of coins.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20.6px;">Writing:
<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Continue narritive paragraphs. Use flow map to sequence events and add details. Mini lesson topics: =**Science:**= <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Begin Life Cycles Unit-Mealworms Our friends should be arriving this week! <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Activity 1: I can build background and observe meal worms. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Activity 2: (2 days) I can develop questions about mealworms. I can identify body parts of meal worms. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Activity 3: I can compare mealworm length to other objects. I can identify the stages of a mealworms life cycle. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Activity 4: I can classify and illustrate life cycle stages. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Activity 5: (2-3 lessons) I can test, observe and record mealworm experiments. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Activity 6: I can review the life cycle of a mealworm.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">punctuation
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">capitals
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">compound sentences
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">adding description-adjectives

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Animal life cycles video on discoveryed.com

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20.6px;">TO Do:
<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Erin: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Dan: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;"> Candyce: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.46px;">LMC: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Can we please have a copy of Sweet Dream Pie by Audrey Wood? Also any Johnny Appleseed books to build background

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20.6px;">SEL Targets:
<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">•I can listen to other people’s ideas <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">•I can make positive choices when working with others. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> •I can identify ways to work and play well with others. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> •I can use my self control.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20.6px;">Notes:
<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Spirit Assembly 12/6 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Thinking Map Training 12/13 9:00-10:30