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Academic learning at home resources have been created to provide opportunities for students to engage in meaningful learning experience during the school closure. Below you will find a list of activities that your child can complete both independently and with your support.
Learning Logs are to be completed each day when work is done. These logs will be turned in at the end of the week to your teacher. Your teacher will be in contact with you this week. If you have any questions, please contact your teacher.
Reading
Reading
Find time for your reading life! Find a cozy spot and read, read, read! Read to self, read to a stuffed animal, and/or read to a family member. Record your thoughts in a reading journal and track the books you are reading. List the title, author, illustrator, and some thoughts about the book. Try to increase your reading stamina each day. How many minutes can you sit and read? What is your ultimate goal?
Try reading different kinds of texts, nonfiction, fiction, and even poetry! Respond to the text by:
Tell someone about your favorite part of a book/text and explain why it is your favorite. You might even draw a picture or write about it. “My favorite part…”
Make a connection with the book/text; does it remind you of yourself, another book/text, or the world? “This book reminded me of…”
Share your predictions as you read. “I predict that…”
Ask questions about the book. “I wonder…”
Write about your favorite character. Draw a picture of the character and explain why he/she is your favorite. “My favorite character is…”
Write about why you like this author. “I like this author because…”
Writing Prompt: Choose one book/text that you have read (it could be one you read or a book your teacher/parent read to you) and respond to the text. You can respond any way you want. You can draw a picture, write a letter, create a poem, write a book review, or create an advertisement for the book. You get to decide how you will respond to the book/text! Make sure that you write why you chose this book/text, why you enjoyed it, and what you learned from reading it. Did you learn a life lesson from this?
*Note: If you are looking for online reading resources, check out Scholastic Learn at Home for incredible videos and texts including fiction & nonfiction!
Math
Math
Provide sticky notes, beans, pasta, or paper clips and ask your child to line them up in an array (e.g. 3 rows of 4) and ask how can we find the total. (*2nd graders are only expected to model, create and describe multiplication and division situations. The equation and solving problems without visuals and the algorithm will come in 3rd and 4th grades.)
He/she might say 4 + 4 + 4 = 12
Begin to connect the repeated addition to multiplication saying, “Yes, we have 3 groups of 4 so we can also solve it with multiplication 3 x 4 which means we are adding a group of 4, 3 times”
Try moving the notes/objects into different arrangements/arrays and matching the language of repeated addition and multiplication (e.g. 6 + 6 = 12 or 2 groups of 6 is the same thing as 2 x 6 = 12).
Play “Roll an Array”-Partner A rolls a number cube/dice to see how many rows and Player B rolls the dice to see how many in each row. Then both players draw the array and solve the problem.
Play another array game-try this version-How Close to 100? And use this template.
Division in 2nd grade is taught as division as sharing and repeated subtraction. Solve the following problems by acting out and/or drawing.
Division as sharing:
Show 4 toys shared by 2 friends
Show 9 crayons shared by 3 friends
There are 8 toys. 4 dogs share them equally. How many toys does each dog get?
Repeated subtraction:
Zach has 6 carrots. He eats 2 carrots each day. How many days can he eat 2 carrots until there are none left?
Rosa has $20. If she spends $4 each day on snacks in the cafeteria, how many days can she have snacks?
Show multiplication as you make a snack and division as you eat it.
Find examples of arrays at your house (e.g. a pan of cookies-4 rows of 3) and write a multiplication/division story to match. (e.g. I want to bake some cookies and I can fit the dough in 4 rows of 3. How many cookies can I make in one pan? I made 12 cookies. There are 4 people in my family. How many cookies does each person get?)
Science
Science
Fold a piece of paper in quarters. Draw a picture of an animal that has 4 legs in one section, Draw a picture of an animal that has 2 legs in another section. Draw an animal with no legs in the third box. Draw a picture of a bug with 6 legs and a spider with 8 legs in the last box. How do the number of legs an animal has help them meet their needs?
Look at pictures of birds. Why do some birds have long thin beaks, like a hummingbird, others have curved sharp beaks, like an eagle, and some have thick, short beaks, like cardinals? Hint: find out what each bird eats.
Draw a picture of a bird and a fish. What do they have in common? What is different? How do their body parts help them to survive where they live?
Take a walk and observe some plants. Take a leaf from two different plants. Back at home tape each leaf to a piece of paper. Have your child draw the rest of the plant around the leaf. Talk about how all plants have leaves to collect the sunlight. Plants have a stem or trunk to hold the leaves up to get sunshine. Underground there are roots to take in water for the plant. Some plants have big colorful flowers.
Compare the parts of different plants. Is the leaf long and narrow or short and wide? Are the edges smooth or bumpy? Are all leaves the same color? Draw pictures of three different leaves. Does the plant have a green stem or a brown trunk? Draw a plant with a stem and a tree with a trunk. Pull up a weed and look at its roots. Draw a picture of the weed you pulled.
As the weather gets colder, the geese fly south, and in the spring, they fly north. Why do some birds move to different places at different times of the year?
In the fall you can see squirrels gathering and storing acorns. When the weather is the coldest, squirrels go to sleep for several weeks. What explains these behaviors in squirrels?
Social Studies
Social Studies
A national holiday is a special day when Americans celebrate important people and events from our history. The 4th of July is also called Independence Day because we celebrate our country’s freedom. In May we celebrate Memorial Day to remember all the Americans that died in wars. Veterans Day is in November to honor all the people who fought to keep our country free. Other national holidays are Presidents Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Thanksgiving.
Pick a national holiday and draw a picture showing how the day is celebrated. Remember to title your picture.
Another way Americans honor important people and events from history is with monuments and landmarks.. A monument can be a statue, like the Statue of Liberty, or structure, like the World War II Memorial. A landmark is a building, like the Alamo or the White House, or a place, like the National Cemetery or the Gettysburg Battlefield, where something is important to a particular place.
Think of a statue you have seen in Weatherford. Why is the statue displayed in town? Draw a picture of it.
Weatherford has several landmarks. Draw a picture of one and a couple sentences, explain why it is important.
Music
Music
Warm weather makes me think of water. Water makes me think of the ocean. So, I thought it would be fun to do a guided drawing of sea creatures, so here we go!
P.E.
P.E.
Workout with Captain America, Iron Man, and all the Avengers!
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