Resources:
I hope everyone is doing well and staying healthy! During this uncertain time, we are hoping to provide you with some resources to practice skills at home. You should have received a message from WCPSS with access to a remote learning website. If not, here is the link.
The activities within this resources are not intended to replace core instruction and should be used as supplemental practice and/or enrichment. Students should spend 1-2 hours a day on activities, but if at anytime it becomes stressful for you or your child, please take a break. Do what works for your family during this time!
Students should be able to access all of these resources through a log in or using the Wake ID Portal (wakeid.wcpss.net). If for some reason you do not have log in information, please let me know and I will be happy to help you. I will continue to check my Class Dojo messages during regular school hours between now and March 31st.
Here are a few of my recommendations to get you started but you are welcome to choose any resources from the second grade link.
The activities within this resources are not intended to replace core instruction and should be used as supplemental practice and/or enrichment. Students should spend 1-2 hours a day on activities, but if at anytime it becomes stressful for you or your child, please take a break. Do what works for your family during this time!
Students should be able to access all of these resources through a log in or using the Wake ID Portal (wakeid.wcpss.net). If for some reason you do not have log in information, please let me know and I will be happy to help you. I will continue to check my Class Dojo messages during regular school hours between now and March 31st.
Here are a few of my recommendations to get you started but you are welcome to choose any resources from the second grade link.
- DreamBox (math)
- Math Games (choose 2-3 games to print and play!)
- Big Universe or RAZKids for reading practice
Quarter 3: EL (Expeditionary Learning) Language Arts Program:
During Unit 2 of this module, students will investigate the importance of pollinators in helping plants grow and survive. At the end of the unit, they will be able to answer the Unit 2 guiding question: “How do pollinators help plants grow and survive?”
What your child will be learning:
Students will continue to study how we get the fruits, flowers, and vegetables we enjoy by researching how pollinators help plants grow and survive. The learning will focus on these ideas:
Students will also practice these reading foundation skills:
How your child will be learning:
Throughout the unit, your student will read, think, listen, talk, write, draw, and ask questions about the topic of how pollinators help plants grow and survive. Students will participate in these activities, among others, to build their literacy skills:
How you can help your child at home:
Here are a few activities that you can do at home with your student to support his or her learning:
What your child will be learning:
Students will continue to study how we get the fruits, flowers, and vegetables we enjoy by researching how pollinators help plants grow and survive. The learning will focus on these ideas:
- Plants and animals depend on each other.
- Pollination is an important part of the lifecycle of plants.
Students will also practice these reading foundation skills:
- Segment (break apart) and identify the syllables within words, and blend them back together.
- Decode (read) and encode (write) words with different prefix and suffixes (e.g., un-, re-, -ly).
How your child will be learning:
Throughout the unit, your student will read, think, listen, talk, write, draw, and ask questions about the topic of how pollinators help plants grow and survive. Students will participate in these activities, among others, to build their literacy skills:
- Listening to read-alouds and independently reading a variety of texts about pollination and plants.
- Researching specific pollinators in groups.
- Singing songs about pollination.
- Engaging in collaborative conversations with classmates.
- Writing about how pollinators pollinate plants.
- Learning how to make a scientific drawing of a pollinator.
How you can help your child at home:
Here are a few activities that you can do at home with your student to support his or her learning:
- Ask your student to talk with you about this question: How do pollinators help plants grow and survive?
- Read books and sing songs about pollination from home or at the library.
- Identify different types of pollinators around your yard or neighborhood; observe them closely to describe what they are doing.
- Encourage your student to read the weekly Decodable Reader or a letter book to you every night.
- Practice reading and spelling words with similar sounding endings (e.g., strange, bridge, truck, spark).
Excused Absences:
Please note that absences are not excused until written notification (note or e-mail) is received. Wake County policy states that absences can only be excused if one of the following conditions apply:
- Ilness or injury which makes the student physically unable to attend;
- Isolation ordered by the State Board of Health or the Wake County Health Department;
- Death in family;
- Medical, dental, or other appointment with a health care provider for the student (it has to be the student's appointment, not the parent's);
- Court when a student is under subpoena (not if Daddy/Mommy has to go to court for a ticket, etc.);
- Religious observance, as suggested by the religion of the student or the student's parents;
- Participation in a valid educational opportunity, such as travel with prior approval (from Mrs. Zarzecki) as documented on the "Request for Excused Absence for Educational Reasons" form;
- A catastrophic event or natural disaster.