Second Grade - Week 5 Central Elementary 

Lessons/Activities for the week of April 20th-24th

45 Minutes in iStation & EdGalaxy Weekly

 

Click on the links to the left to access the educational software your child is familiar 

with from school.  Due to accountability, our district is able to track & monitor their time spent within the 

different programs.  

In addition to the reading activities below, please remember how important it is that your

child is reading at least 20 minutes per day.

  Activity 1  Activity 2  Activity 3  Bonus 

Reading Goal:  

This week we will read fiction stories about

elephants and research elephants to learn more about them. Let’s start with this fiction story titled: The Day of the Elephant. (7 min.)

As you read, think about our plot chart and answer/discuss the 4 square questions.

Today we will research elephants. Start by making a KWL chart. List what you know about elephants and think of 3-4 questions you want to learn about elephants. Watch this informational piece and complete the learn section of your KWL. ( 6 min.)

Discuss: How did the

author of The Day of the

Elephant use facts about

elephants as she wrote

about the elephant

character Mae Jabu?

Writing: Choose one or

both prompts to respond

to on paper. Be sure to

use capital letters and end

punctuation as you write

in complete sentences.

1. Write your own fiction

story with an elephant as

one of the characters. Use

the plot chart to help you

write all the parts of a

fiction story. Add a

drawing of your story that

shows the setting. You

can use this graphic

1. Video your writing 

prompt and have your 

parents post it to our 

class Facebook page. 

2.Log into RAZ kids and 

read the assigned book 

about elephants and 

add to the L section of 

your KWL  

 

3.Watch this reading 

of Elmer by its author 

David McKee

Phonics review: Go back through the story and research or look for multi syllable words. For example research: re/search is two syllables and means to search again. Because /re/ means again, /search/ means to look closely. So you will research multi syllable words. Notice when you clap them out that most have a prefix or suffix?? How many prefixes and suffixes can you find?

Discussion Questions: What characteristics do elephants have in common with people? (Examples: left or right hand dominant, baby teeth/tusk, need sunscreen)

organizer if you wish, to

help move your story

along:

 

2. Write a nonfiction 

paragraph sharing what 

you have learned about 

elephants. Be sure to 

write a main idea 

sentence and have 

each detail support or 

tell about elephants. 

Add a drawing of an 

elephant in its natural 

habitat. 

What 

is the most important 

thing Elmer and the 

other elephants 

learned in this story? 

4. Create your own 

drawing of Elmer with 

this Directed Drawing

 

You can also create 

your own elephant 

pattern!   

Math  

Goal: Identify equal and unequal parts of a whole. Click on the image to view a video about equal and unequal parts:

Click the IXL link below to complete questions about equal and unequal parts.

Find things you eat on a daily basis that you could partition into equal parts. Try and have your parents help you partition (or divide) a food into equal parts. (examples: pizza, apples, oranges, candy bar, etc.) Skills to Review: Addition with regrouping

Goal: Identify halves and fourths of a whole.

Click on the image to view a video about halves and fourths.

Your child may complete up

to 10 questions about fourths.

“Fraction

Pizza” Trace a circle from an item in your house (bottom

of a coffee can, a clock, or a soup can, etc) onto paper to make an even circle. Cut into fourths. Then create a fraction pizza with any toppings you want. Label the fraction of the pizza for each topping. (two-fourths is pepperoni, three-fourths is hamburger) Skills to Review: Subtraction practice

Goal: Identify fractions beyond one whole. Click on the image to view a video about fractions beyond a whole.

Use food that you

have around your house (pop tarts, apples, oranges, cereal bar, pizza, etc.) or draw two equal rectangles/circles. Divide them into four equal parts and practice shading or eating more than one whole. Write the fraction. (ex. one and one fourth) Skills to Review: Fraction Review

Click the link above for a “Fraction Fling” game to play!

Click on the picture above and enjoy the reading of “Fractions in Disguise”

Goal: Classify matter by physical properties.

Physical Property: something about an object that can be seen, heard, tasted, smelled, or felt.

Goal: Use physical properties to choose different materials to construct with.

1. Combine different materials to build a very tall tower.

Goal: Use physical properties to choose different materials to construct with. 1. Combine different

materials to build a bridge.

Bonus:

Science Goal: 

 

Click on the image to watch a video about physical properties

Make a chart of items with these physical properties.

Find 3 items for each:

● flexible (bendable) ● stiff ● longer than your arm ● shorter than thumb ● smooth ● rough ● solid ● liquid ● cool ● hot

Talk about why it is important that items have different physical properties.

For example, worms are flexible, and this helps it move in the soil easier.

Hammers are solid and stiff so that you can easily hit and push nails into wood.

2. Explain to your parents why you choose those materials using your knowledge of physical properties.

3. Now have someone blow on your tower to see if it will stay standing.

Click on image to watch a video about how towers are built.

Feel free to post a photo/video of your tower on Central’s Facebook page.

2. Explain to your parents why you choose those materials using your knowledge of physical properties.

3. Now try rolling a car or small ball across your bridge to see if it will hold.

Click on image to watch a video about what makes bridges so strong.

Feel free to post a photo/video of your bridge on Central’s Facebook page.

Magic School Bus Under

Construction

Social Studies Goal: 

 

Click on the image to view a video about Earth Day.

Why do we celebrate

Earth Day?

How can you save energy?

Click on the image to view a video about how to help

the earth.

Why is it important to reduce, recycle, and

reuse?

Create an Earth Day letter! Write to your

parents and tell them your ideas on how your family can make a difference!

You can use this word bank if

needed.

earth rethink bottles clean water protect recycle trees

pollution reduce plastic compost

reuse cans environment

Bonus: Click on the image to view

a video about turning trash to treasure.

Can you create something by reusing items?

Brain Breaks

Skip Counting

Go Noodle has a

free channel on

Roku. Go to the

homescreen on your

Roku and search

channels for

GoNoodle. Add

channel and it will

appear on your

homescreen. Free

fun exercises for

your whole family!

Have you earned a

brain break?

Download a check

list to earn a ticket

here for free time

with technology! -

With parent

approval!

Increase your

smarts, have more

fun and cut down

on the fighting!

Click here to

download a daily

checklist to keep

you organized. -

With parent

approval

Explore Practice uppercase

cursive V and W

and continue to

review lowercase

cursive.

Grammar Review Noun The Noun Rap | Parts of Speech Song |Jack Hartmann types of nouns Adjectives The Adjective Rap | Jack Hartmann Action Verbs Verb Rap Song Comma I use a comma, I use a comma Air Punctuation Teaching video Practice Sentence:

1. The black rabbit is bigger than the white one.

2. Tommy’s puppet was better than Jimmy’s.

Homophones

Homophones for Kids | Special Words that Sound the Same Lilquizwhiz Fun English quiz [Homophones]

Multiple meaning

words mini lesson

Sight Word Fun Bonus Review FortNite Sight word dancing Clap out syllables

Sight word song