News & Calendar:
- Log your “Reading Days” Homework from last week on RTSUtah.com or record in your planner on the February calendar ASAP if you haven’t already. The goal is to have them in before Monday each week.
- Our brand new unit for the next six weeks is “Courage.”
- This is National “Read Across America” Week. Help us celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday with lots of silly fun each day!
Tuesday 3/3: Do a Dr. Seuss Do – Crazy Hair day!
Wednesday 3/4: Fox in Socks – Silly Sock day!
Thursday 3/5: Grinch Green Day – Wear something green!
Friday 3/6: Cat in the Hat Day- Wear your favorite hat!
Main Objectives for this week:
Students will be able to…
… read and comprehend this week’s selection, “Dragons and Giants,” focusing on the comprehension concept “Reality & Fantasy.”
… learn and use these new vocabulary words: trembling, avalanche, leaping, puffing, afraid, brave, daring.
… correctly use capitals and commas in letters.
… read and retell the decodable story #39: “The Lion & the Mouse.”
… read and practice this week’s poem: “Any Direction”
Objectives from our “Imagine It!” Program:
Reading Literature:
- I can describe how characters respond to major events and challenges in a story.
- I can use different voices for characters when I read.
- I can read and understand literature by making connections, clarifying, and summarizing.
Reading Foundational Skills:
- I can read one and two-syllable words with the pattern /aw/ spelled aw and au_.
- I can read the suffixes –er and –ness independently and behind base/root words.
- To comprehend, I can identify the purpose of a text and check my understanding as I read.
- I can fluently read on-level text with expression.
Writing:
- I can revise my word choice focusing on colorful, precise, meaningful language.
- I can work with others to brainstorm questions and ideas about courage.
- I can work with others to develop and record questions for an interview.
Speaking and Listening:
- I can follow rules for participating in discussions including listening, asking appropriate questions, building upon others comments, and staying on topic.
- I can remember and tell others the important details that I have heard or read.
Language:
- I can use adjectives to help my reader see, feel, taste, touch, and hear my ideas.
- I can correctly use capitals in greetings and closings of letters.
- I can use commas in greetings and closings of letters.
- I can spell words using the pattern /aw/ spelled aw, and au_.
- I can discover and use new words and phrases through reading, listening, and conversation.
Spelling
- hawk
- sauce
- draw
- launch
- author
- thaw
- crawl
- yawn
- cause
- vault
- squawk
- daunting
- yawning
- because
- laundry
Spelling Homework this Week:
Monday– “Copy 3x”= copy the words you missed on the pretest 3 times
Tuesday & Wednesday– Choose any two other ways to study your words, including any of the following:
“Triple Color Words”= write words in pencil, then trace over top using 3 different colors
“5 Sentences”= write 5 Sentences with at least 1 spelling word in each sentence
“Snap-Clap”= spell the word out loud while clapping for the consonants, & snapping for the vowels
Thursday– Test!
Common Core Standards we are focusing on that match this week’s objectives:
RL 2.3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. (T55, T63, T64)
RL 2.6: Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud. (T79)
RL 2.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. (T54-T55,T62-T63)
RF 2.3.b Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams. (T26-T27)
RF 2.3.d: Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes. (T60-T61, T73)
RF 2.4.a: Read on-level text with purpose and understanding. (T47, T77)
RF 2.4.b: Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. (T79)
W 2.5: With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing. (T84-T85)
W 2.7: Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations). (T38-T39, T82-T83)
W 2.8: Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. (T82-T83)
SL 2.1.a: Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at time about the topics and texts under discussion). (T64)
SL 2.2: Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media. (T37, T64)
L 2.1.e: Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified. (T84-T85)
L 2.2.b: Use commas in greetings and closing of letters. (T58-T59, T70)
L2.2.d: Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage – badge; boy – boil). (T69)
L 2.6: Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy). (T64, T66-T67)
Mystery Question!
Your student will receive a Skyhawk SOAR Ticket if he or she can answer the “Mystery Question” in his or her planner or on a piece of paper sometime before Friday:
**What color do you get to wear on Thursday for “Read Across America” week?