WEEK OF FEB. 2- 6 2009 2ND GRADE

TESTS: Book Test on Anansi the Spider(girls) and Stone Soup (boys) - Friday, 2/6 READING: VOCABULARY : The Enormous Turnip enormous, granddaughter, grew, planted, strong, turnip Helping Out alongside, chores, engine, simple, sprout, tool HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS: ( know how to read only) black, grow, last, man, mouse, after, early, hot, pretty, someone NO NEW SPELLING WORDS THIS WEEK

Previous Spelling Words:

The Enormous Turnip black, pack, crack, snack, horseback, lock, rocket, flock, shock, clock, appreciate, acrobat, grow, last, mouse Helping Out learn, earnest, earth, heard, pearl, search, rehearse, earn, yearn, research, horseback, rocket, early, pretty, someone Monday, 2/2 Aim: to review new vocabulary words and r-controlled vowels Lesson: Listening Comprehension- Together New phonics lesson: the sound of /ear/ eg. learn, early H.W. see purple assignment book Tuesday, 2/3 No reading due to the correcting of the NYS 6th grade ELA exam Weds, 2/4 Aim: to read the story Helping Out and discuss main idea Lesson: Read the selection in text pp. 174-187 Review the word wall Review the sound of /ear/ H.W. see purple assignment book Thurs. 2/5 No reading due to correcting of the NYS 8th grade ELA exam HW- study for book test Friday 2/6 Aim: to take a book test on Anansi the Spider or Stone Soup LANGUAGE ARTS: Mon. 2/2 Aim: to review plural nouns Lesson: write notes in Lang. Arts NB concerning plural nouns (see pp. 97-99) HW: see purple assignment book Tues. 2/3 No class Weds. 2/4 Aim: to review irregular plural nouns Lesson: write notes in LA NB concerning irregular plural nouns (see pp. 100-102) HW: see purple assignment book Thurs. 2/5 No class Friday, 2/6 Aim: to discuss poems Lesson: listen to some poems and see if they rhyme or not. write a poem together (portfolio activity)