F.D. Titus

2nd Grade Reading: Menu: 

Overview: Generate a list of words with (er) spelling patterns  

Estimated Time: Approximately 15 minutes 

Explanation: You will write a list of words with the er spelling pattern with different art supplies (markers, colored pencils, or crayons). 

Things to Know: Have a parent, guardian, sibling, or adult check your list before writing the "good copy" to make sure your spelling is correct, and follows the er spelling pattern. 

Tasks:

• Get a piece of paper 
• Generate a rough draft of 10-15 er words 
• Have a parent, guardian, sibling, or adult check their list
• Have student choose an art supply to write their good copy of er words

2nd Grade Reading: Reading A-Z: Grab Bag

Overview: Read independent level book 

Estimated Time: 15-20 minutes 

Explanation: You will choose one of your independent leveled books that is in your grab bag, and then complete one activity that goes with your reading.  

Things to Know: Sit with a parent, guardian, sibling, or adult to practice reading fluently and accurately. Directions should be read allowed to student to ensure they know the expectation of the activity. 

Tasks:

• Pick 1 book from grab bag 
• After book has been chosen, pick 1 activity to go along with your reading
• Read book silently to self, pointing to ever word
• If adult or sibling is available read to them, showing them your best reading skills (pointing to all words, turning pages, stretching words by sounds, and fluently reading the text)
• Then complete the activity that you have chosen

***Note: Students should read the book each time before completing the activity for that day. Read the same book each day until all activities have been complete. Then move on to another book. Skipping around from book to book before completing all activities can confuse students and cause them to mix up events, characters, and other story elements. 

2nd Grade Writing: Writing Journal: Calendar 

Overview: Using capital letters and punctuation properly 

Estimated Time: 15-20 minutes 

Explanation: You will write a topic sentence, 5 reasons why I appreciate my classroom and classmates, and a closing sentence. (7 sentences)

Things to Know: Sit with a parent, guardian, sibling, or adult to help generate ideas and check for proper capitalization and punctuation 

Tasks:

• Look at the date: March 18th
• Follow and complete the prompt within a journal 
• This will be where you complete all writing tasks 
• Each day you should put the date and a title for your prompt 
• Focus on capitalization at the beginning of your sentences and differing punctuation at the end. (., !, ?)
• Have fun and share with someone!
• Feel free to always draw a picture to go along with your writing!