Homework for Thursday, May 5, 2016

Post date: May 05, 2016 10:25:16 PM

Reading: Chapter books should be read by Wednesday, May 10, 2016, and the final book report/project is due by Monday, May 16, 2016.

The 3rd Reading Log requirement for the 4th quarter will be the completion of the selected chapter book. The 4th Reading Log requirement will be in the form of a book project. See below.

Book Project Ideas!

Pick one item for your project. All projects must include the title of the book, the name of the author, and your name somewhere on the project or the poster. The project is due on Monday, May 16, 2016.

  1. Comic Strip Draw and color an 8-slide comic strip that depicts at least 8 main events in your story. You must include dialogue in at least 4 of the boxes and include a caption for each picture. Present your comic strip on a poster to be displayed in the hall.

2. Collage Put together a collage of the story using magazine pictures. Describe 8 pictures minimum. Present your work on a poster to be displayed in the hall.

  1. Time Line Make a time line of the major events in the book you read. Be sure the divisions on the time line reflect the time period in the plot. Use drawings or magazine cutouts to illustrate events along the timeline. You will present this to the class, taking us through time - event by event, for more marks. The Time Line should be completed on a poster to be displayed in the hall.

  2. Book Jacket Make a new book jacket for your book. Include a picture, title, and a summary for the inside flap. The book jacket must be the size of a small cereal box.

5. Top 10 List You must have a Top 10 Reasons to Read This Book, but the other 1 choice may be Top 10 Interesting Facts About the Characters, Top 10 favorite Quotes from the Book, or Top 10 Interesting Facts About the Author. You should make your lists on a p

6. Photo Album Make a picture photo album. Each picture must have a caption describing a scene from the book. You may draw the pictures or even take actual pictures that pertain to the scenes in the book!

7. ABC Book Make an alphabet book with each letter of the alphabet telling something about the characters or story. You will need to include the title of the book, the author of the book, and the illustrator of the book. Don’t forget your name.

8. Game Design a fun game with at least 15 questions that have to do with the story. There must be rules, and a way to win.

oster to display in the hall.

    1. 9. Cereal Box Story Map Take an empty cereal box and cover all the sides. On the front of the box use magazine pictures, photographs, a photocopy of the book, or your own hand drawing of the cover of your book. On one side of the box include the names of the characters and the setting (where and when). On the other side of the box explain to someone why they should read this book. On the back of the box write the story plot, beginning, middle, and end.

10. T-Shirt Book Report Use a plain t-shirt of any color and turn it into your book report. Write on the t-shirt and fill the shirt with details from the book. Add pictures that you have drawn or painted. Glue things on it that represent the book. Don’t forget to include

the title of the book, the author of the book, and your name. Write and color everywhere!

Math: Module 8, Lesson 5; Practice Telling Time to the hour and half hour; Practice identifying coins and their value.

Spelling: Spelling Test over Red Words shoe and tear and Green Word Pattern Consonant -le

Dear Parents,

Red Words

Our two new second grade Red Words for the week are shoe and tear. Please continue to practice these words and all 1st, 2nd, and 3rd quarter Red Words for an end-of-the-year Red Word test the middle of May.

Green Words

This week ends our study of “Consonant-le Endings.” The endings are as follows: -fle, -dle,

-kle, and –zle. In class we will be decoding words with these endings. Please practice the words on the Tuesday and Wednesday dictation pages that contain the –le endings. The dictation sheets will come home in your son/daughter’s folder. Weekly spelling words will come from the dictation pages and words that have a similar -le pattern.

Please note that this week’s final spelling test will be on Friday, May 6, 2016.

Cursive:

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