STATIONS

APRIL 28TH – MAY 2ND

Project OverviewAnimal Project

It’s going to be an exciting April/May in second grade. This week, students will continue working on our final project

about animals. We are partnering with the kindergarten classes to raise money

to buy items for the animals at the Indianapolis Zoo. We will be learning

about animals and their habitats.

Information about our field trip to the Zoo on Friday, May 23rd is coming home this week. Please return permission slips and

money as soon as possible.

Noise Level 1Monday

1. With your reading partner, open your Treasure Book to pages 42-43. Discuss the Talk About It. Then, read Bill Helps Geese Survive to learn your new vocabulary words and discuss word endings.

Tuesday and WednesdayGet a partner to read with this week. Then,

together read, Goose’s Story by Cari Best.Thursday and Friday

Finish reading Goose’s Story . Complete the comprehension activities after you

have finished reading the story.

Animal Survival

Materials Needed• Treasure Books• Comprehension

Activities• Pencils

I Can:• Identify the meaning or lesson of a

story.• Identify Cause and Effect

Reading

Project Connection

Animals

Writing:Researching an

endangered animal

Noise Level: 1

Monday: Choose an animal from the list of endangered animals that you would like to learn more about. Begin using books and the internet to research about the animal. Write down your research on the Endangered Animal Research sheet.

Tuesday – Friday: Continue your research on your endangered animal.

I Can:• Participate in

shared research and writing projects.

Materials Needed• Writing Rubric• Computers

Project Connection:

Animals

Self-Selected Reading / Accelerated Reader

Noise Level 0

1. Choose a library book or a book of choice that you have not read.

2. Be sure you picked a book that you can read alone.3. Silently read .4. After you finish your book, write the name of the book in your

Data Binder.5. Be sure to fill in the information about your book in your binder.6. If you can answer all the questions in your Data Binder, get

your laptop and log on to AR to take your test.7. Record your AR score in your Data Binder.

.

I Can:• Read fluently• Restate facts and recall

information

Materials Needed• Data binder

• Book of choice

• Computer

Working with Words

Noise Level 11. Monday and Tuesday

1. Complete the activity to practice your new spelling words.

2. Paper is in the binder2. Wednesday

1. Cause and Effect Activity/Game3. Thursday

1. Review for test on Friday- Spelling City4. Friday

1. TEST!

I Can:• Demonstrate understanding of

spoken words, syllables, and sounds.

• Demonstrate an awareness of the sounds that are made by different letters.

Materials Needed:

1. Vocab list2. Fluency

Book

Project Connection:

Animals

Math Journal

Noise Level 11. Monday

1. 10.9 – Place-Value Tools2. Pages 257

2. Tuesday1. 10.10 – Place-Value Notation for Ten

Thousands2. Pages 258 and 259

3. Wednesday1. 10.11 – Grouping with Parentheses2. Pages 260 and 261

4. Thursday1. Review2. Page 262 and any pages in Chapter 10

to make up.

I can:• Solve word

problems involving coins and bills.

• Find the value of a collection of pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half-dollars and dollars

• Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value.

Materials NeededMath Journal, Pencil, Calculator

Project Connection:

Counting money

Project Connections

Noise Level 1

Monday : Coin Count Game

Tuesday: Area of the States, Math Masters pg. 340

Wednesday: I have, Who has Money

Thursday: Number Sentences with parentheses, Math Masters pg. 343

I Can:• Solve word problems

involving coins and bills.• Find the value of a

collection of pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half-dollars and dollars

Materials NeededChrome books, Pencils, Math Masters pages

Project Connection:

Counting money

MathSkill

Application

Noise Level 1

Monday- Place Value Online Games

Tuesday – Place Value online Games

Wednesday – Grouping with ParenthesesMath Masters page 342

ThursdayTest

I Can:• Add and subtract within

100 using strategies based on place value.

• Solve word problems involving coins and bills.

• Find the value of a collection of pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half-dollars and dollars

Materials NeededMath Masters pages, computer

Project Connection:

Counting money

Math Games

Noise Level 0

Log on to Everyday Math Online using your EM card.

1. Monday1. Base 10 Exchange Game

2. Tuesday1. DIBELS Review

3. Wednesday1. Money Exchange Game $1, $10, $100

4. Thursday1. DIBELS Review

I Can:• Solve word problems

involving coins and bills.

• Find the value of a collection of pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half-dollars and dollars

Materials NeededComputer

EM Computer Card

DIBELS Packet

Project Connection:Counting money