Homework
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Homework is assigned Monday through Thursday. Your child's assignments will be written in his/her assignment book each day. The Homework Book is to come back to school each day. Answers to assignments can also be written in this book. All homework is due the next day unless otherwise noted. (Parents: Please initial the homework assignment book each night upon completion of the daily assignment. Thank You!)
The assignments will vary in type...(worksheets, +writing poems or stories, reading, playing a math game,* projects) and will increase as the students become more knowledgeable. Each and every homework assignment is discussed with the students prior to them bringing it home. However, if there are questions about an assignment, please do not hesitate to contact me. Students who are absent are expected to complete any missed homework upon their return to school.
Students will be faced with homework for the rest of their school careers. Let's help your child get in the habit of completing each assignment on time and to the best of their ability.
In addition to the Homework sent home daily, students should be reading 10-15 minutes a day or more.
Additional info to note:
*Homework "Projects" are usually graded. (Rubrics will be sent home for major projects)
+When a writing assignment comes home, please have your child write at least 6-10 sentences (or more) to the given topic. Thank you!
++Homework assignments may be counted as a quiz grade. Please put forth your best effort each night.
****WRITER'S WORKSHOP-please send in a couple of photographs of your child in action (riding a bike, playing in the snow, enjoying an amusement ride, picking a pumpkin, flying a kite, etc.) for a writing project we are starting in October. Please send in the photos by October 1. They will be returned after we are done writing our "Action" stories. Thank you!
OCTOBER:
Shape Scarecrow HW Project will be assigned in October. Have fun creating a geometric scarecrow with your child. Complete instructions will be sent home in your child's Second Grade folder. You can also refer to the "Project" section of this web page if the written instructions "get lost in the sauce"! Due: October 10th.
NOVEMBER:
"Turkeyville" Community Workers Project is due November 3rd-Instructions and a rubric will come home in your child's folder soon as well as a reminder email. This project compliments current our Social Studies Unit. Have fun!
JANUARY/FEBRUARY
STORYTOWN HOMEWORK:
Beginning in January students will be given a Storytown text book to keep home.
Students will be assigned a story a week to read and answer comprehension questions. The story will be assigned on Monday and the questions are due on Thursday. All questions are to be answered in complete sentences in their Homework Notebooks. Work is expected to be done neatly.
The students have 3 days to complete the assignment. It should not be incomplete or appear rushed.
As our second graders are becoming fluent readers it is super important that they are practicing how to read, are comprehending what they are reading and are able to make text connections. Please ask your child details about characters and the plot of their weekly stories and if it reminds them of other stories they have read or have heard. Additionally, have your child read to you and ask questions along the way.
This assignment provides your child an opportunity to practice important literacy and writing skills to prepare them for third grade. (This is the last year the students are learning to read. Next year, they are expected to read to learn.)
Enjoy the stories!!
FEBRUARY/MARCH
Ready, Set, Snow chapter book homework -questions for chapters 1 and 2 will be due on TBD
Chapters 3 and 4 will be due on...
Chapters 5 and 6 are due on...
Chapters 7 and 8 are due on...
Parents,
Some students will be breaking from Storytown HW for the month of March so we can read a story named Ready, Set, Snow. Other students will continue with Storytown or other stories provided by the teacher.
This assignment (2 chapters a week with vocabulary and comprehension questions) will be considered a vocabulary and reading quiz grade. Encourage your child to do their best work. If your child is having trouble reading the text, it can be read to them. Reading, but mostly understanding the characters and plot, are the goal for this assignment over the next few weeks.
*Remember to encourage your child to do their best work since these are graded worksheets (each question=2 points).
*A note will be put in your child's folder if they are missing any of the 4 graded assignments. with replacement worksheets. Please make sure your child makes up these worksheets to avoid a zeros in the gradebook. Thank you!
APRIL:
Earth Day Game Project-due on (TBD) Students will create a game made solely out of recycled materials. Students will enjoy playing each others games and will provide feedback to the game creators. Check your child's folder for more details and grading rubric.
SHAPE MUSEUM-please help us with our study of 3D shapes by sending in small objects that are found around the house that are examples of spheres, cylinders, prisms, pyramids, cubes. Please send these items for the week of (TBD). Thanks a bunch!
MAY
New Storytown Book Distributed!! Read a story a week and answer the comprehension questions by Thursday as done previously.
Space Station or Space House project-Assigned (TBD). Instructions and rubric will be in your child's HW folder.