Wednesday, November 14, 2012

8:00 am - Atcosta Spelling - Syllabication

Obj: SWBAT identify syllables in words Book/Passage: Evan-Moor Corp. pg. 54

P: TW read aloud the focus statement for Day 1 "Many words are divided into syllables between two consonants. Each syllable has a vowel."

TW direct S

attention to the first example and say: "Listen to this word: tennis. Listen: ten-nis. How many vowel sounds do you hear in tennis? ( 2) What consonants are in the middle of the word tennis? (n). Trace the line to divide the word tennis into two syllables. TW repeat the process for magnet. Then TW read the directions and call students' attention to number 1. Say: Point to the muffin. The rule says to divide a word into syllable between the consonants. The first one has been done for
your. Trace the line to divide muffin. What vowel is in the first syllable? (u). What vowel is in the 2nd syllable? (i). Underline the i. TW repeat the process for

the remaining words. TW direct S attention to bottom of page for Dictation and say: " Write the letters that stand for the sounds you hear in these words: the big
hippo" How many syllables do you hear in hippo? SW write number of syllables in the box. CW check work.

Spelling Words: cap, sat, help, Materials: pg. 54 Evan-Moor Corp. Vocabulary: short vowel, syllables Assessment: Students should be able to divide words into syllables by clapping while saying the word.

RF.2.3e - Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences. L.2.1c - Use reflexive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves). L.2.2d - Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage badge; boy boil).

8:15 am - Atcosta Reading - Text Features-Water Cycle

Obj: SWBAT ask/answer questions to show grasp of key details in text. SWBAT determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area. SWBAT identify and use text features. Book/Passage: Water Cycle P: CW review text features. TW introduce Text Feature "Tic Tac Toe" and demonstrate how to play. SW work in partners playing Text Feature "Tic Tac Toe" using the Water Cycle hand out and filling out the corresponding worksheet as they play. If time, SW change partners and play again using their Social Studies text book. Materials: Water cycle hand out, tic tac toe boards, tic tac toe worksheet Vocabulary: percipitation, condensation, evaporation text features, Table of Contents, headings, subheadings, captions, bold print, italics, diagrams, charts, labels, time line, electronic menu, glossary, icon, index Assessment: Students should be able to think of one question for each question type.

RI.2.1 - Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. RI.2.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area. RI.2.5 - Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or RF.2.3 - Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

information in a text efficiently.

8:50 am - Atcosta Reading Grp 8:45-9:45 - Reading Groups

Teacher will be working with reading groups while students who are not at a group are doing centers in class. Some students will be in another 2nd grade classroom. Group 1 8:50-9:07 - readwell 1 unit 7 - odd lessons Group 2 9:08-9:24 - readwell 1 unit 9 - odd lessons Group 3 9:25-9:42 - readwell 1 unit 9 - odd lessons

9:45 am - Atcosta Math - Dividing Circles/Rectangles

Obj: I will be able to divide a circle or rectangle into halves, thirds and fourths and name how I divided it. P: Mini-Lesson OR Number Talks (use handout provided for explanation and Dot Cards). Only use 2-4 cards today. TWR concept of dividing rectangles into halves, thirds and fourths. Students will now work with a partner and try to figure out how to divide a circle into halves, a circle into thirds and a circle into fourths. You will hand out to each group a circle. Call class to order and show how they should have been divided with the labeled example sheet on the elmo. Hand out circle sheet and have kids cut, glue on construction paper and label the parts of the circle. ( I have included fifths, sixths, and eighths for extension). Give Dividing Circles/Rectangles Formative quiz #1. Materials: precut circles of various sizes, circle sheets, construction paper, scissors, glue, Vocabulary: halves, thirds, fourths, half of, third of, fourth of, rectangle, square, circle, divide, pattern block

Assessment: Students should be able to work with a partner to divide different size circles into halves, thirds, and fourths. Students should be able to complete formative assessment #1 independently, approaching the standard.

2.G.3 - Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, etc.,

and describe the whole as two halves, three thirds, four fourths. Recognize that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the same shape.

12:20 pm - Atcosta Writing - Reflexive Pronouns

Obj: SWBAT identify and use reflexive pronouns in sentences. P: TW review pronouns to the class: I you, he, she, it, we, they, you, him, her, them, it, us. TW write sentences containing pronouns on the board and call different students to come to the board to circle the pronouns. SW complete Side 1 and 2 of Pronouns. Materials: Pronouns worksheet for Wednesday Assessment: Students should be able to identify and use pronouns in sentences.

L.2.1c - Use reflexive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves).

12:55 pm - Atcosta SocSt/Sci/Health - Water Cycle

Obj: Students know water on Earth can be a liquid (rain) or a solid (snow and ice), and can go back and forth from one form to the other P: TW review the concept of the water cycle. CW give examples of each different state of water. CW put together the Moving Raindrops wheel. Materials: Moving Raindrops wheel. Vocabulary: Precipitation, evaporation, condensation Assessment: Students should be able to recall the steps of the water cycle.

(2)3.2 - Observe that water on Earth can be a liquid (rain) or a solid (snow and ice) and can go back and forth from one form to another. [E.2.A.2]

1:25 pm - Atcosta Interventions - Intervention

Reading Group 3Read well Unit 9 -even lessons