Mrs. Rosa Vela

                                                                             2011-2012

                                                               2nd Grade

Class Schedule

 2011–2012 School Year

7:30 – 7:45 ……….Breakfast/Silent Reading

 7:45 – 8:15……….Writing

 8:15– 9:40 ……….Reading

 9:40– 10:25………P.E.

 10:25 - 11:45……..Math

 11:45 – 12:30……..Lunch

 12:30 – 12:40……..Restroom Break

 12:40 – 1:30………Grammar/Writing

 1:30 – 2:00……….Spelling

 2:00 – 2:30……….Computers

 2:30 – 3:25……….Science/Social Studies

 3:25– 3:30……….Classroom Organization

5th Six Weeks

Reading

Unit 5   Changes, Changes Everywhere

Penguin Chick

Lesson 21: Wk1 Target Vocabulary                 

  1.  webbed

 2.  waterproof

 3. steer

 4.  whistle

 5. otherwise

 6. junior

 7. slippery

 8. finally

 Gloria Who Might Be My Best Friend

Lesson 22: Wk2 Target Vocabulary                 

1. knot

2. copy

3. planning

4. lonely

5. heavily

6. seriously

7. answered

8. guessed  

The Goat In The Rug

Lesson 23: Wk3 Target Vocabulary                 

1. yarn

2. strands

3. spinning

4. dye

5. weave

6. sharpening

7. duplicated

8. delicious

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Half Chicken

Lesson 24: Wk4 Target Vocabulary                 

 1.  tumbling

 2.  flung

 3. tangled

 4. empty

 5. swift

 6. peacefully

 7. stream

 8. blazed

How Groundhogs Garden Grew

Lesson 25: Wk5 Target Vocabulary                

 1.  crops

 2.  sprouting

 3. blossomed

 4. drooping

 5. underneath

 6. harmful

 7. fortunate

 8. promised

.Homework

Monday- Read story.  

Tuesday- Study vocabulary words.                       Wednesday- Identify the main characters, setting, problem and solution.

Thursday-Read story

 Friday- Reading Test

5th Six Weeks

Spelling List will be given to your child on Mondays.

1st Week- Penguin Chick

father             craker

over                  offer

under                cover

herd                  germ

water                master

verb                  fern

paper               ever  

2nd Week-Gloria

meat                be

meet                bee

week                too

weak                two

mane               threw

main                through

tail                   tale

3rd Week-The Goat In The Rug

helpful              kindly

sadly                useful

hopeful             safely

thankful            painful

slowly              mouthful

wishful             weakly               

jumped            saying

4th Week-Half-Chicken

unhappy           unlike

retell                 remake

untangle            unpack

unkind              reread

repaint              unlock

refill                  replay

read                 happy

5th Week -How Groundhogs Garden Grew

tall                    soft

saw                  paw

dog                   ball

draw                yawn

call                   log

fall                    small

all                     walk

Homework

Monday: Write words 5 times

Tuesday: ABC order

Wednesday: Write a sentence

Thursday: Pretest at home.

  Study for test.

Friday: Spelling Test

5th Six Weeks

Wk 1:  What is an Adjective?

Wk 2: Using Adjectives

Wk 3: Irregular Verbs

Wk 4: Irregular Action Verbs

Wk 5: More Irregular Action Verbs

Write

1. To Inform - Dr. Martin  L. King

2. Letter- Class Trip

3. School Routine

4. To Inform- Science Project

5. Describe- Picture

Summary Paragraph-All Reading Selections

Math

5th Six Weeks

Chapter 9  

Model Fractions                             Concepts

Lesson 1 “Unit Fractions ”

Lesson 2 “Other Fractions ”

Lesson 3 “Problem Solving ”

Lesson 4 "Fractions Equal to One "

Lesson 5 "Compare fractions "

Lesson 6 "Unit Fractions of a Group "

Chapter 11

Geometry

Lesson 1 "Three Dimensional Figures"

Lesson 2 "Faces, Edges, and Vertices"

Lesson 3 "Two Dimensional Figures"

Lesson 4 "Problem Solving"

Lesson 5 "Sides and Vertices"

Lesson 6 "Compare Figures"

Unit C   Earth Resources      

              Chapter 2

Earth Long Ago  p.C24

Lesson 1: What is a fossil? p.C26

Lesson 2: How Do Scientists get fossils? p.C32

Lesson 3: What have scientist learned about dinosaurs? p.C36

Unit D Earth Science

               Chapter 1

The Sun, the Moon, and Stars

Lesson 1: What Causes Day and Night

Lesson 2: Seasons

Lesson 3: Moon

Lesson 4: What can we see in the Night Sky?

Review and Test

Vocabulary

Chapter 2

1. Fossil

2. paleontologist

3. reconstruction

4. dinosaur

5. extinct

6. Triceratops

Chapter 1

1.  sun

2.  energy

3.  solar energy

4.  rotation

5.  orbit

6.  season

7.  moon

8.  moonlight

9.  crater

10. constellation

  Unit Texas

Lesson 1: Map Skills

Lesson 2: History

Lesson 3: State Facts

Lesson 4: Activity Guide Project

Review and Test

Vocabulary

Texas

Texan

Starr

county

Capital

Austin

Alamo

Coastal Plains

North Central

Great Plains

Mountain

Basins

Bluebonnet