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Few Poems. Poetry paper. Strategies poets use to write poems Phonics: Students will learn that vowels can be the trickiest part of spelling multisylllabic words. They will listen carefully for the sounds in each syllable and use everything they know about vowels to figure out wich part or pattern to use in spelling multisyllabic words. In addition, they will use analogy to spell big words accurately, and they 'll use spelling strategies to check and fix up really important words. UOSPH_G2U3_AC_BuildItSpellIt_COLOR.pdf

2nd grade poets will write several poems based on the samples given.

Phonics: Read the following document and correct the spelling of the words in blue. UOSPH_G2U3S3_Poem_TinyBug_COLOR.pdf

Los estudiantes serán lectores expertos en libros en serie. Aprenderán que cuando los lectores leen sobre una serie en especial, es importante juntar toda información necesaria acerca de los personajes estrellas, que ayuda a conocer más sobre ellos, y luego compartir información con los demás lectores.

• Eligen un libro de su serie favorita y reúne toda la información sobre los personajes principales (personajes estrellas)

• Hacen y contestan a las preguntas ¿Qué sienten los personajes?, ¿Qué hacen? ¿Por qué lo hacen?

• Usan notas adhesivas para marcar las partes del libro donde hay información que ayudan a conocer a sus personajes y a recordar para luego hablar sobre ellos.

• En una segunda lectura de un capítulo de su libro descubre cómo los personajes de sus series responden a sus problemas y hacen anotaciones en el cuaderno.

• Compartir con alguien en casa lo que como lector aprendí de los personajes estrellas de mi libro en serie.

• Cartel de estrategias de la semana.

• Libro Dias con Sapo y Sepo, capitulo 1 "Mañana"

The Teacher and the students will explore measuring the distance of the classroom using traditional and invented units of measuring. The results may vary, so they will see the need to use standardized units of measuring. 

Student book, module 4, session 3, 4 and 5.

Next week, we will start a new unit in Science where students will have the opportunity to explore the physical properties of a variety of different objects and then create their own experiment to then compare and contrast the similarities and differences of those materials. 

Find different materials in your house such as rocks, bottles, leaves, etc, observe them and use these questions to make observations about their properties. Material Observation Guide

Explain to students that they will work in groups to brainstorm ideas about how people communicate, or send messages, using different parts of their bodies. Then, we practiced comunication and counselor provide feedback.

Have students play “emotion charades.” Tell each actor which emotion to portray, such as excitement, sadness, or worry, and then have them act out the emotion using body language only. The student audience can guess the emotion based on the body language clues given by the action.