2nd Grade Choice Board Days 36-40 (Week of May 11-May 15 ... · 2nd Grade Choice Board Days 36-40...

2nd Grade Choice Board Days 36-40 (Week of May 11-May 15)

2nd Grade Choice Board Day 36 Name: _________________________________ Date: ______________________ Parent Signature: _____________________________ Directions: Review all activities. Place a check by the activities you complete. Share your choices and work with your parent/s. Modify writing activities as needed. Upon completion each Friday, please make sure to email your work or drop it off at your child’s school.

❏ Must Do: Read for 15 minutes a selection of your choice and complete the reading log on the last page.

Reading / Writing (Choose 1 activity)

Math (Choose 1 activity)

Science / Social Studies (Choose 1 activity)

❏ I Am Thinking of a Word...Take a paper and fold it into three sections. Write the following vowel diphthongs at the top of each box: (aw, au) (oi, oy) (ow, ou). Write a list of 4 words in each box that have one of the spellings in that box. Then say “I am thinking of a word that ___” and have someone guess a word from your list. Play the game several times.

Ex. I am thinking of a word that is something that a baby does. (crawl)

aw, au oi, oy ow, ou

crawl autograph

raw haul

1. 2. 3. 4.

1. 2 3. 4.

❏ Carol has three number cards.

1. What is the largest three-digit number

Carol can make with her cards? 2. What is the smallest three-digit number

Carol can make with her cards? 3. Explain to Carol how she can make the

smallest possible number using her three cards.

❏ A solid is a form of matter that has its own shape. A liquid is a form of matter that does not have its own shape (it takes the shape of its container). Look in your refrigerator and freezer. Make a T-Chart of some of the solids and liquids you found. Do you think the items are always in this state or do you think it changes as they are removed from the fridge?

❏ Plan to do something kind for someone today. Do the act of kindness and write to tell your teacher what you did and how it made the other person feel. Possible Sentence Starters: Today I _________. I _________ and then I _____. After

❏ Determine if the following is TRUE or FALSE. 152 + 230 is equal to 200 + 100 + 50 + 30 + 2

_____________________________________

❏ Choose an object from around your house. Describe its color, shape, size, and texture on a piece of paper. See if someone can guess what your object is!

Solids Liquid

that I _____. _______ felt _________ when I was kind to him (her).

Prove your answer.

❏ Look at an informational book. Read a part of the book, stopping after each page to think about what you still wonder. Write the question down and continue to read to see if your question is answered. Write at least 4 questions. Possible Sentence Starters: Who ? Why ? How ? Where ? When ?

❏ Your piggy bank is full of money.

You need to take out 37￠ for some candy you found

you wanted. What are 3 different ways you can

make 37￠?

❏ A custom is a special way of doing something that is part of someone’s culture. Talk with a family member about a custom your family has.

❏ A TV producer wants to create a new monster for an upcoming TV show. He has asked you to design the monster. Draw a picture of the monster and include at least 8 adjectives to describe him. Will he be mean, kind, cute, or ugly? What color will he be? How big will he be? Provide strong adjectives that will help the producer visualize the monster.

❏ Which sign will make the comparison TRUE?

________________ 111 < > =

❏ Create a timeline of your family’s events. Include birthdays, holidays, vacations, and other special events.

❏ Go to Lexia and work for 15-20 minutes. Limit time to no more than 1 hr. per week.

❏ Digital Choice: Go to Freckle and work for 15-20 minutes in the math section.

OR

❏ Digital Choice: Go to Khan Academy Kids and set up a free account. Work for 15-20 minutes. (compatible for all devices)

❏ Digital Choice: Watch Why is the ocean salty? Answer the question when the video pauses. Share what you learned with an adult.

Special Education Extension *Optional

❏ Let’s move! How many verbs can you “do”! Remember that a verb is an action word. Work with someone to act out as many verbs as you can. Ex. jump, wiggle, and slide. Have someone guess the verb. Write or have an adult help you write a sentence with 2 of your verbs. Possible Sentence Starters: I like to ____ and ____. I _______ and _______ in the yard.

Write number words for the following: 9 = nine 7= 22= 15 = 3= 17= 8= 12= 13= 20= 2= 19= 4= 5= 14= Which coins would you need to make each amount ? Draw the coins needed to make each amount in cents. 9 cents= 1 nickel and four pennies, N PPPP f you need help, ask an adult.

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https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/ocean-salt?code=cd7bda92c6bdf987cb3cda713ae69751#slide-id-5652

ESOL Extension *Optional

❏ Read the paragraph. Think about a time when you worked with a partner. Draw a picture of you and your partner working through steps to complete a goal.

2nd Grade Choice Board Day 37 Name: _________________________________ Date: ______________________ Parent Signature: _____________________________

Directions: Review all activities. Place a check by the activities you complete. Share your choices and work with your parent/s. Modify writing activities as needed. Upon completion each Friday, please make sure to email your work or drop it off at your child’s school.





❏ You are a Chef! Make a snack with an adult or think of a yummy one that you have made in the past. Write the steps to prepare it so that the recipe is easy to follow. Make sure that you use transition words such as first, next, then, and finally. Share the recipe with your teacher.

❏ Two piggy banks have a total of 87 cents. The first bank has 35 cents in it. What coins could be in the second bank? Come up with 2 answers to this problem.

❏ Two piggy banks have a total of 152 cents. The first bank has 75 cents in it. What coins could be in the second bank? Come up with 2 answers to this problem.

A VIDEO LINK WILL BE SENT FOR THIS MATH SKILL. ATTEND YOUR CLASS MEETING TUESDAY THIS WEEK TO PRACTICE THIS SKILL AND COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT WITH YOUR TEACHER. BE SURE TO WATCH THE VIDEO PRIOR TO ATTENDING THE CLASS MEETING.

❏ Create a ramp and build two different cars (using items around the house). Which item travels faster down the ramp? Why do you think this is? Draw your investigation and write a sentence describing what happened. _____ traveled faster down the ramp because ___________.

❏ Be a Detective! Search one of your favorite books and look for vowel diphthongs. Remember the hawk card (aw and au), the coil card (oi and oy) and the cow card (ow and ou) Make a 3-column list of words you find. Try to find at least 8

words. Let your teacher know how many you find!

❏ Maggie went to the farmers market with her family. There are 32 farmers selling food at the market.

Of these 32 farmers, there are 13 farmers who sell fruit. How many farmers DO NOT sell fruit?

❏ Build a bridge out of materials you find around your house. When it is completed, write about the process you took to create your bridge and how you would change it if you built it again.

❏ Read part of an informational text. Think about an important fact that you learned. Draw a picture that illustrates that fact and write a caption to go along with your picture for the purpose of informing

❏ Write as many equations as you can that equal 19. ❏ Talk with an older family member

about your community. How has it changed? How is it the same? Draw two pictures. Label one Then showing how your community looked in the past. Label

someone else about the fact. Make sure your caption tells the reader what you want him to knowl

the other Now showing how your community looks in the present.

Adverbs often tell more about a verb. They often tell “how,” “when,” or “where.” Play an adverb game. Write 10 verbs on small pieces of paper. Put the verb cards in a stack face down on the table. The 1st person will draw a card and add an adverb to act it out. Ex. “chew” is on the card. Say “chew loudly” Act out that phrase.

Take turns. At the end of the game, write a sentence with the funniest adverb.

❏ Write the following numbers in expanded form.

132

976

685

298

❏ Imagine you are a dollar bill. Write about your journey as different people use you to buy goods and services.



OR


❏ Digital Choice: How do we elect a President? What does the President do? Watch the video The President’s Job. If you could interview the President, what questions would you ask? Write a list of your questions or record yourself asking your questions.


❏ Prepositional Phrase Charades-

Choose your favorite stuffed animal. Think of

different prepositional phrases. Ex. on top of the ___,

under the ____, behind the ____, in front of the ___,

over the ___, on the ___, and in the ____. Place your

animal in different places in the house and have

someone guess the prepositional phrase. See if you

can trick your partner. Write 2 sentences with

prepositional phrases.

Ex. The dog is under the chair.

The bear is behind the sofa.

Some fish were in a tank. After nine fish were added, there were 12 in all.

How many fish were in the tank at the start? Draw a fish tank to help you. If you need extra

help, ask an adult.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR-5Pq_26YI


❏ Select one Key Word from the list below. Then draw a picture, write the definition and a sentence for that word using the example below.







❏ Play Hide and Seek! Choose 3 items and hide them somewhere in your home or yard. Write at least 3 clues to help find each one. Have someone use your clues to find the items. Make sure that your directions are detailed enough for it to be found. Ex. 1. Go to the den. 2. Walk to the plaid couch. 3. Lift up the right end cushion. 4. Look in the back right corner.

❏ Use the hundreds chart to solve this problem.

49 - 24 =

❏ Observe a plant or animal outside. Draw the animal in its natural habitat.

❏ That Was Then!! Act out things that you did differently when you were a baby. Make a list of those things (ex. drooled, crawled, scooted, etc.) Write a paragraph telling what you did when you were a baby. Make sure that you include -ed on the end of your verbs to make them past tense.. Possible Sentence Starters: When I was a baby, I _____. I also ___. When I felt ____, I _____. I _____ when I was a baby.

❏ What is the equation and sum for this word problem? In the garden, there are 37 flowers and 26 plants. How many flowers and plants are in the garden?

❏ Things fall to the Earth because they are pulled to the ground by Earth’s gravity. Make a list of things that are impacted by Earth’s gravity. Are they natural or man-made?

❏ Read an informational text with an adult. Look at each heading. Ask yourself: What clues does the heading give you about what you will learn? Read to see if you are right. Look at the captions under pictures. What does the caption teach you?

A VIDEO LINK WILL BE SENT FOR THIS READING SKILL. ATTEND YOUR CLASS MEETING WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK TO PRACTICE THIS SKILL AND COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT WITH YOUR TEACHER. BE SURE TO WATCH THE VIDEO PRIOR TO ATTENDING THE CLASS MEETING.

❏ Draw the following numbers using base ten blocks. 469, 381, 590, 872 For example:

138

❏ Play a board game or a card game with a friend or family member. Talk about why it is important to play by the rules.

❏ It’s a Prepositional Phrase Hunt! Look in one of your stories for prepositional phrases

❏ Mentally add and subtract ten to each number.

❏ Write a letter to a community worker, such as a doctor, nurse, police officer, firefighter,

that the author used. Make a list of the ones you find. The phrases could start with words such as the following:

at, in, on Position words such as...

at the park in front of on Monday in the zoo

under the bed over the chair around the corner below the knee

_______ 73 _______

_______ 78 _______

_______ 24 _______

_______ 99 _______

_______ 16 _______

garbage collector, teacher, or mail carrier, thanking him or her for helping you and the people in your community.



OR


❏ Digital Choice: Watch Are unicorns real? Answer the question when the video pauses. Once you finish the video, teach someone else what you learned.


❏ Play Hide and Seek! Hide 2 items somewhere in your home or yard. Write 2 clues to help find each one. Have someone use your clues to find the items. Make sure that you use your best handwriting. Ex. 1. Go to the living room. 2. Stand next to the brown chair.

❏ Which is the LEAST? A group of 10 tens or 75? A group of 5 fives or 57 ? A group of 3 tens or 36? A group of 2 tens or 19? A group of 6 fives or 47 ? If you need help, ask an adult.


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https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/unicorns?code=1c33391421483694d6ab186c19eaca37







❏ Your teacher asks you to

create a page for a class animal book. Think about one of your favorite animals. What important information do you want to share about your animal? How can you best share the information? Do you want to include headings, illustrations or photographs, captions, bullets, or bold words? Which features will best help the reader? Create your page. Take a picture of your page if you can and send it to your teacher.

❏ There are 74 boys and 67 girls at the baseball game. How many more girls are at the game?

Use one of the strategies you have learned this year to solve the problem.

❏ Water expands when it freezes. With permission and help from an adult, fill a cup halfway with water. Make a mark on the cup where the water line is. Put the cup in the freezer for a few hours (until the water freezes completely). What happened to the water line? What happened as the water froze? Draw and write about what happened. Share what you learned with a friend or family member.

❏ You’re a Super Sleuth! Make a four column chart. Label each column with the following headings -ed, -ing, -s, and -es. Look through a book you have read for words with those endings and add them to the columns. Pick one word from each column and write a silly sentence with it. Example:

-s -es -ing -ed

reads watches reading jumped

The owl reads to the moon every night.

❏ Draw each of the shapes below and label them.

❏ Triangle

❏ Square

❏ Circle

❏ Rectangle

❏ Trapezoid

❏ Partition the shapes into two equal parts (draw a line that cuts it in half).

❏ A magnet has two poles. The poles are called the North Pole (N) and the South Pole (S). Write down five questions you have about magnets. Choose your favorite question and design an investigation that might help you answer that question. Write down what materials you would need and describe the steps someone would take to follow your investigation.

❏ Practice reading a picture book, article, or part of a chapter book fluently. Make sure that you are reading at a rate that you would normally talk, pronouncing words correctly, and using expression. Record yourself reading and send the recording to your teacher.

❏ Play rock, paper, scissors with a family member or caregiver. Record with tallies how many times you each win. Stop when the first player gets to 20.

❏ Create a brochure that tells people why they should visit your town and what they should see while visiting your area.

❏ If you could invite a friend to spend the day with you, what would you like to do? Write a letter to your friend telling him or her about your plans.

❏ Write down the names of everybody that lives in your house. Create a line plot to show the number of letters in the names of everybody that lives in your house. Example: In my house I have Mike, Susan, Thomas, and Jack. Mike = 4 letters, Susan = 5 letters, Thomas = 6 letters, Jack = 4 letters, My line plot would look like this X X X X

❏ Play a board game or a card game with a friend or family member. Talk about why it is important to take turns.



OR

Digital Choice: Go to Khan Academy Kids and set up a free account. Work for 15-20 minutes. (compatible for all devices)

❏ Digital Choice: Read along to the story The World’s Family. How are people around the world the same? How are they different? Make a paper or digital poster to show what you learned about people around the world.


❏ Look at a favorite picture in your book. Think about what a character might be saying about the picture. Write a telling (. ) sentence , a question (?), and an exclamatory or excitement sentence (!) about the picture. Use your best handwriting.

Use counters to help you subtract to solve. If you need help, ask an adult.

29- 16 = 17- 8 = 36- 4= 25 - 3= 17 - 6= 20 - 10 = 16- 4= 15- 4= 13- 7= 24 - 3 =


❏

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni_at59TzMA







❏ You have a magic box. When you put an object in, it comes out like something else. Write about a time that you used your magic box. What did you put in? What did it change into? Why did you choose the objects that you did? What will you do with the new object?

❏ Create a bar graph and label it with the following data: School Supplies - 4 scissors, 5 pencils, 3 crayons, and 2 glue sticks. Example of a bar graph:

❏ With the help of an adult, collect 8-10 different objects around your home. (Ex: hair pin, cotton ball, spoon, Lego, paper clip, bottlecap) Look at the objects and discuss their properties. Sort them into groups based on the properties that they share. (Ex: a bottle cap and a lego are plastic/a cotton ball, hair pin, and paperclip are light objects) Draw how you sorted your objects into groups.

❏ Plural Draw! Plural nouns are more than one of something. To make a word plural for most words, you either add a -s or an -es. Play this 2 person game. Write at least 12 singular nouns on small pieces of paper. Put them in a stack. Take turns drawing a word from the stack. Read the word and spell the plural of that word. If you get the word correct, you keep the word. If not, add it to the bottom of the stack. Who has the most words at the end? Remember:

Add -s to make most words plural.

Add -es if a word ends in ‑s, ‑sh, ‑ch, ‑x, or ‑z. Ex. bus-buses, rush-rushes, box-boxes

❏ Design your own analog clock watch. Draw the clock face, add the numbers and hands, and the watch band. What time did you draw on your new watch?

❏ Choose an animal habitat to draw. It can be a desert, an ocean, a rainforest, or the arctic. Make sure to draw at least one animal that would live in that habitat. Write a caption to go along with your illustration.

❏ Choose an informational text. Make a 3- column chart. Label the columns: Predictions, Confirmed, and Modified. Look at the cover of the book. What do you predict you will learn about based on the cover and title? Write your prediction. Look at the illustrations on the first 2 pages. What else do you predict you will learn about? Write your predictions. What clues did the author give you? Look at 2 more pages. What do you predict you will learn about based on the illustrations? Write predictions. Start reading and

❏ Bounce a ball as many times as you can and count how many bounces you do.

Write the number of bounces on a piece of paper. Again, bounce a ball as many times as you can and count how many bounces you do.

Write the number of bounces on the same piece of paper as your first number.Add the two numbers together to get the sum.

Create a number story about basketball that goes with your numbers.

❏ What natural resources are in your community? How do they affect your area? Write about how the people in your community interact with the environment.

stop to see if you were correct or if you need to modify or change each prediction. If your prediction was right, check the “confirmed” column. If your prediction was incorrect, change it to your new prediction in the “modified” column.

Prediction Confirmed Modified

❏ Be the teacher! Take a book that you have read. Think about questions that you could ask an adult about the book that start with “who,” “what,” “ where”, “when,” “how,” and “why.” Make sure that you ask questions that are not “right there” questions but make your reader really have to think or infer. Possible Sentence Starters: Who do you think ______? What do you think ___? Why do you think ___? When do you think____? Where do you think ____? How do you think ___?

❏ Use the numbers below to make 2-digit or 3-digit numbers and then group the numbers into odd and even numbers and make a list for both. Underline the “ones” place in each number. Example: Odd = 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 Even = 10, 12, 14, 16, 18

❏ If you could design an

amusement park, what would it look like? Draw a map of your amusement park. Be sure to label the rides, games, and other attractions. Include a map key with symbols. Title your map with the name of your amusement park. Include a compass rose. See if a family member can use your map to give directions to get from one attraction to another!



OR


❏ Digital Choice: Watch the video Environments to review the difference between urban, suburban, and rural. Write about the environment in which you live or record yourself telling about your environment.


Be a Detective! Search one of your favorite books and look for consonant blends. Remember that consonant blends are two or more consonants in words that are grouped together and make a distinct consonant sound such as bl-, pr-, tr-, spl-, str-, sp-, cr-, etc. Make a list of words you find with consonant blends. Try to find at least 6 words. Let your teacher know how many you find!

Write number pairs that equal 20. 18 + 2 = 20

____ + _____ = 20 _____ + ______ = 20 _____ + _____ = 20 _____ + ______= 20

______ + ______=20 If you need help, ask an adult.


❏ Read the Language of the Day and complete the sentence frame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1TT0VQNotI

Name: ________________________________________________ Date: ______________________________

Reading Log

❏ Read for 15 minutes a selection of your choice and write the title and author below. Write about your favorite part.

Day 1 Title: ______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Author: ____________________________________________

My favorite part was _______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ because___________________________________________________________________________________________

Day 2 Title: ______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Author: __________________________________________


Day 3 Title: ______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Author: ____________________________________________


Day 4 Title: ______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________________________________


Day 5 Title: ______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Author: ____________________________________________


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