ELA Plans for September 16-20
Reading
Monday
Tuesday
Literature: Thunder Cake by
Patricia Polacco
Literature: Thunder Cake by
Patricia Polacco
Skill: Story Elements: TSW
complete a story map.
TTW use the SMART lesson from
the 2nd grade online
curriculum. Each day’s lesson
is outlined in detail on the
SMART lesson.
Plot
Describe the overall structure of a
story, including describing how the
beginning introduces the story and
the ending concludes the action.
Use information gained from the
illustrations and words in a print or
digital text to demonstrate
understanding of its characters,
setting, or plot.
Wednesday
Thursday
Literature: Cloudy with a
Chance of Meatballs by Judi
Barrett
Literature: Cloudy with a
Chance of Meatballs by Judi
Barrett
Skill: Sequencing: TSW
complete a sequencing
activity.
Skill: Story Elements: TSW
complete a story map.
TTW use the SMART lesson from
the 2nd grade online
curriculum. Each day’s lesson
is outlined in detail on the
SMART lesson.
TTW use the SMART lesson from
the 2nd grade online
curriculum. Each day’s lesson
is outlined in detail on the
SMART lesson.
Skill: Compare/Contrast: TSW
complete a Venn Diagram
comparing their community to
ChewandSwallow.
Plot
Describe the overall structure of a
story, including describing how the
beginning introduces the story and
the ending concludes the action.
Plot
Describe the overall structure of a
story, including describing how the
beginning introduces the story and
the ending concludes the action.
Use information gained from the
illustrations and words in a print or
digital text to demonstrate
understanding of its characters,
setting, or plot.
Use information gained from the
illustrations and words in a print or
digital text to demonstrate
understanding of its characters,
setting, or plot.
TTW use the SMART lesson from
the 2nd grade online
curriculum. Each day’s lesson
is outlined in detail on the
SMART lesson.
Friday
TCW make Thunder Cake.
Plot
Describe the overall structure of a
story, including describing how the
beginning introduces the story and
the ending concludes the action.
Use information gained from the
illustrations and words in a print or
digital text to demonstrate
understanding of its characters,
setting, or plot.
Word
Monday
Tuesday
TTW review this week’s spelling
words, examining phonetic
components with each word.
TCW complete the rainbow
words spelling page together.
Spelling Words:
beam, team, stream, cream,
dream, air, sunny, rainy,
cloudy
snowy
Spelling: TSW choose 3 of their
spelling words and complete
the Super Speller Illustrator
Page.
Skill: Singular/Plural Nouns (-s, es)
Activity: TTW incorporate
singular and plural nouns in
morning work and small group
Wednesday
Spelling: TSW complete the
enrichment page on their
enrichment spelling words.
Skill: Singular/Plural Nouns (-s, es)
Activity: TTW incorporate
singular and plural nouns in
morning work and small group
activities.
Thursday
Spelling: TSW complete the Secret
Agent Spelling page.
Skill: Singular/Plural Nouns (-s, es)
Activity: TTW incorporate
singular and plural nouns in
morning work and small group
activities.
Friday
TSW complete a weekly
spelling test.
2-3.12 Spell high-frequency words. (See
Instructional Appendix: High-Frequency
Words.)
Enrichment:
weather, wind, measure,
symbol, record
activities.
HW: Spelling Packet Tuesday
Activity
Bonus: temperature
1. Demonstrate command of the
conventions of standard English
grammar and usage when writing or
speaking.
HW: Spelling Packet Monday
Activity
HW: Spelling Packet Thursday
Activity
HW: Spelling Packet
Wednesday Activity
1. Demonstrate command of the
conventions of standard English
grammar and usage when writing or
speaking.
1. Demonstrate command of the
conventions of standard English
grammar and usage when writing or
speaking.
Words come from the Phonic Handbook
and frequently misspelled words by the
students.
2-3.12 Spell high-frequency words. (See
Instructional Appendix: High-Frequency
Words.)
Writing
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
TSW complete their daily
section of morning work.
TSW complete their daily
section of morning work.
TSW complete their daily
section of morning work.
TSW complete their daily
section of morning work.
TSW complete their daily
section of morning work.
Narrative writing
Narrative writing
Narrative writing
Narrative writing
Narrative writing
Brainstorming
Graphic organizer
Graphic organizer finish.
Rough Drafts
Finish rough drafts
Edit and revise
Edit and revise
Final drafts
Math Plans for week of 9-16-13
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Skill: Place Value
Writing Numbers multiple
ways.
Skill: Place Value
Writing Numbers multiple
ways.
Skill: Place Value
Writing Numbers multiple
ways.
Skill: Place Value
Writing Numbers multiple
ways.
TCW complete number of
the day (20) math warm
up.
TCW complete number of
the day (21) math warm
up.
TCW complete number of
the day (22) math warm
up.
TCW complete number of
the day (23) math warm
up.
TCW watch
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=4AF7xj7pmWc on
YouTube to review
expanded form. TCW
complete Monday’s
interactive smart notebook
lesson.
TCW play Place the
Penguin game on
bbc.co/uk before they
complete Tuesday’s
interactive smart notebook
lesson.
TCW watch
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=GlQqEVcXfTI
before they complete
Wednesday’s interactive
smart notebook lesson.
TCW play the PV hockey
game on abcya.com.
TCW complete the mock
assessment to make sure
they are aware of how
questions may be asked on
their Friday quiz.
TCW complete problem
solving slip and the teacher
will go over it once students
have had a chance to
attempt on their own.
TCW complete problem
solving slip and the teacher
will go over it once students
have had a chance to
attempt on their own.
TCW complete classwork
and play the small group
place values games during
math small group.
TCW complete classwork
and play the small group
place values games during
math small group.
HW: Front and back
Tuesday section.
HW: Front and back
Wedesday section.
2.NBT.3. Read and write
numbers to 1000 using
base-ten numerals, number
names, and expanded
form.
2.NBT.3. Read and write
numbers to 1000 using
base-ten numerals, number
names, and expanded
form.
TCW complete problem
solving slip and the teacher
will go over it once students
have had a chance to
attempt on their own.
TCW complete classwork
and play the small group
place values games during
math small group.
HW: Front and back
Monday section.
2.NBT.3. Read and write
numbers to 1000 using
base-ten numerals, number
names, and expanded
form.
Science Plans
TCW complete classwork
and play the small group
place values games during
math small group.
HW: Front and back
Thursday section.
2.NBT.3. Read and write
numbers to 1000 using
base-ten numerals, number
names, and expanded
form.
Place Value quiz
Monday
TTW introduce weather
elements to the students
and explain that this week
we will be talking about
weather for science. TTW
then have the students fill
out their weekly weather
record.
Tuesday
TCW watch A First Look:
Weather to learn about
weather terms
(temperature, wind
direction, wind speed, and
precipitation)
Wednesday
Thursday
TSW participate in an
TSW review weather tools
interactive smart lesson to by participating in an
learn about weather and power point.
weather tools.
TCW watch Weather Smart:
TCW watch Weather
Weather Forecasting and
Changes and
Weather Instruments.
TCW complete a weather Measurement to learn
words worksheet.
about weather tools and TSW play a weather
matching game in which
TTW ask TSW “What is Air?”
how they are used.
HW – Weather words
they will match the
Have the students tell
TSW read the Weather
weather tool with the
things they know about air. matching worksheet.
weather term they
Explain that they are going 2-3.1 Explain the effects Words photo book.
measure.
to watch the video The
Following the photo book,
of moving air as it
Magic School Bus: Goes on interacts with objects
the class will read Weather HW – Beaufort Scale
Air. As they watch the
2-3.2 Recall weather
words and what they
Worksheet
video, they will complete a terminology (including
mean.
worksheet about air.
2-3.1 Explain the effects
temperature, wind
HW – Weather Tools
of moving air as it
direction, wind speed,
After the video if time
interacts with objects
and precipitation as rain, matching worksheet
allows, TSW participate in snow, sleet, and hail).
2-3.2 Recall weather
an interactive smart lesson 2-3.4 Carry out
2-3.1 Explain the effects terminology (including
about air and create an air procedures to measure of moving air as it
temperature, wind
interacts
with
objects
windsock
direction, wind speed,
and record daily
Friday
Weather Quiz
2-3.1 Explain the effects
of moving air as it
interacts with objects
2-3.2 Recall weather
terminology (including
temperature, wind
direction, wind speed,
and precipitation as
rain, snow, sleet, and
hail).
2-3.4 Carry out
procedures to measure
and record daily
weather conditions
(including
temperature,
precipitation amounts,
wind speed as
measured on the
Beaufort scale, and
wind direction as
measured with a
windsock or wind
2-3.2
Recall
weather
and
precipitation
as
rain,
weather conditions
vane).
HW – Wind at Work
snow, sleet, and hail).
(including temperature, terminology (including
worksheet
2-3.4 Carry out
precipitation amounts, temperature, wind
direction,
wind
speed,
procedures to measure
wind speed as measured
2-3.1 Explain the effects
and
precipitation
as
rain,
and record daily
on the Beaufort scale,
of moving air as it
snow,
sleet,
and
hail).
weather conditions
and wind direction as
interacts with objects
2-3.4
Carry
out
(including temperature,
measured with a
2-3.2 Recall weather
procedures
to
measure
precipitation amounts,
windsock or wind vane).
terminology (including
and record daily
wind speed as measured
temperature, wind
direction, wind speed,
and precipitation as rain,
snow, sleet, and hail).
2-3.4 Carry out
procedures to measure
and record daily
weather conditions
(including temperature,
precipitation amounts,
wind speed as measured
on the Beaufort scale,
and wind direction as
measured with a
windsock or wind vane).
weather conditions
on the Beaufort scale,
(including temperature, and wind direction as
precipitation amounts, measured with a
wind speed as measured windsock or wind vane).
on the Beaufort scale,
and wind direction as
measured with a
windsock or wind vane).