Second Grade Choice Board-April 6 - April 10 Highlighted assignments are strongly recommended for tracking distance learning - submit in Class Dojo.  

Reading  Writing  Phonics  Math  Science  Social Studies 

 READING LESSON 

 1) Listen to I Wanna Iguana Read Aloud 

and think about what the character, Alex, is 

wanting...  

2) Watch this Reading Mini Lesson 1 Recording explaining the author’s purpose to persuade in 

the book. 

 

 

Write a letter to your parent or 

guardian explaining why you deserve a 

weekly allowance. 

 

 Review Hard & Soft c and g 

-soft c: /s/ sound -hard c: /k/sound -soft g: /j/ sound -hard g: /g/ sound  Learn The C and G Song for some practice with this 

challenging phonics pattern! 

 1) Watch this video 

explaining Time to The minute. 

Time to the Minute   

2) Print: Time Task Cards and write the correct time on six of 

the cards.  * Challenge: Write the 

time on ALL of the cards. 

Look in your backyard or out your window and think about how it 

looked in the winter. Write about what has changed? 

Make an illustration with half the paper showing today’s weather and the 

other half showing how it looked in 

the winter. 

Leader in Me  Habit 2: Begin With the End In Mind 

Look at the Choice Board and make a plan for the week by choosing 2 or 3 

activities to complete each day and write M, Tu, W, Th, and F on the activities you’ll 

complete on that day of the week.   

READING RESPONSE  

*Tech option-recommended* 1) Find another piece of evidence in “I Wanna Iguana” that shows 

persuasion 2) Write about how either mom or Alex were trying to persuade one another based off of evidence you 

found.  

**Non-tech option**  (if needed) Choose a book you have and write what the author’s purpose was 

for writing the book. 

 

It is family movie night! Create a “movie poster” 

(notebook paper) convincing your family to watch your favorite 

movie.  

Take a picture and submit on Class Dojo or 

email. 

  

   

Write down examples of hard and soft c and g using this C & G Recording Sheet or create your own on paper. 

Choose four different addition expressions 

and solve. Try to use a different strategy 

each time. Keep one number whole, 

number line, add by place. 

 

472 + 61   346 + 19 

845 + 32  213 + 30 

52 + 72  444 + 10 

50 + 33  67 + 24 

19 + 80  567 + 22  

  

Write about how weather affects your day (rainy, sunny, windy, 

warm, hot, cool or cold). Write about how weather can be connected to seasons. Make an 

illustration showing you and your 

favorite weather.  

Think about  urban (city),  

suburban (town)  and rural (country) areas you’ve visited or seen in books or 

on TV. Make a table of things you 

find in those communities.  

What is the same? What is different? 

Examples:  Urban-tall buildings Suburban-houses with fenced yards Rural-lots of space between houses 

  

 Login to EPIC! Books: Read and watch any assignments in your 

mailbox.  

Feel free to read more books after you finish 

your assignments!  

Login to EPIC! books: Watch the 

assigned “Brainstorming” video in your mailbox. Then create a list of things that you would like to 

change. (ex: later bedtime, 

longer recess,  NO bullying) 

  Practice reading your sight words and then see if 

you can use each one in a sentence. Try to use more than one sight word in each 

sentence!   

  

Try a measurement scavenger hunt 

around your home. Click on the link 

below for directions using non-standard 

units.  Click here for directions to 

Scavenger Hunt  

  

Watch the video about butterflies. Write 3 things you learned. Make a 

symmetrical butterfly with a folded piece of 

paper. Remember each side (wing) 

looks like the other. 

 Click this link and watch the video 

about the 7 continents and 5 oceans. Then click this link, write in 

the continents and oceans on the world map and 

then color (leave a blank space 

around the labels!)