Grade 2 Homework (Week 13): Distributed: Friday, November 29th Due: Friday, December 6th

1. Literacy: Read your leveled reading book aloud to your parents for 15-20 minutes per night. Remember to fill out your reading log. Turn in your Reading Log on Friday. 2. Spelling: Go to the Spelling City Website at: http://www.spellingcity.com/grade2bifs/ Then click on your Spelling List. Try one activity per night. There will be a spelling quiz on Friday. 3. Literacy: After each time you read this week, write one thing you visualize on this website: https://todaysmeet.com/viz -- You should have 5 entries by the end of the week and we will share your visualizations on the Smartboard on Friday. 4. Mad Minutes Ask your mom or dad to copy the addition worksheets which your teacher gave you recently. Practice a different Mad Minute sheet about 3-4 nights per week depending on how much or how little practice you need. Be prepared for a 1 minute quiz on Thursday or Friday of every week. 5. PYP: We have begun our new Unit of Inquiry on celebrations, rituals, and cultural events. For this weeks PYP
homework assignment, we would like you to make a poster about 1 festival that you do not yet know about or you have not celebrated before. The poster should include the following: (A) a title, your name and class (B) 3-4 pictures that you print or draw (C) each picture should have a caption explaining what the picture is about (D) 45 interesting or fun facts about that specific festival (E) 1 symbol on the poster that you feel represents the festival well (F) the poster should be colorful and neat (G) be prepared to share your poster to your peers on Friday. Try using these websites for student friendly information about famous celebrations and/or festivals for your poster: http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0909585.html http://www.kidsturncentral.com/holidays/glossary/holidaysgloss.htm (not all of these links are actual celebrations or festivals)

Optional Bonus Homework: Math: Log into www.brainpopjr.com with this user name: bifses and password: brainpop. Watch a variety of Math videos and try the hard quiz for each one. Print out your quiz results or email them to your teacher. For every perfect score on a quiz or quiz with only 1 wrong, you may receive 2 stickers.
Spelling: Try to write a one page letter to any friend in 2G or 2R using all of your spelling words. Underline your spelling words and use them properly. You cannot use more than 2 spelling words in a single sentence. PYP: Instead of creating a festival poster, create a Powerpoint or Keynote slideshow about the festival of your choice. Include all of the following requirements listed above (A, B, C, D, E, F & G) in your Powerpoint or Keynote slideshow. If you are unable to create a digital symbol or find a photo on the internet which represents your festival, then you can draw this on a separate sheet of paper. Put this on a USB and bring it to class for your teacher download.

Math: In class we have been learning about 3D shapes. Using construction paper try to build your own cubes, cuboids, prisms or pyramids. Share them with you classmates this week and tell how many faces, edges and vertices each shape that you build has. Math: Create and design your own Power Point or Keynote about 3D shapes. Include information about faces, edges and vertices.