Grade 2 at Home 

Week 5 (May 4-8 - Happy Mother’s day on May the 10th!!) 

Please choose 1 literacy and 1 math activity to share with your teacher this 
week. You can take a picture or short video and send it via email.  
 

Reading / Writing  Math  

READING:   ADDITION with and without 
Here’s a fun way to keep up with your  regrouping WORKSHEETS: 
daily reading! Can you connect 5 this   
week?   Watch Mrs. Norcutt’s Regrouping 
Lesson 
 
Watch how to do Addition with 
Regrouping using the “Post It Note” 
Method 
 
(Click on the link for the worksheet) 
 
1. Regrouping addition practice 
sheet 
 
2. This is a workbook that you could 
print and use over the next few 
weeks 
 
 
NUMBER SENSE: 
 
1. Set a timer for 60 seconds. How 
many times can you write your 
name in 60 seconds? 
Count them. How many times 
 
Reading Response: ​Each day this 
could you write your name in 
week pick one of the questions to  five minutes?  
respond to for this week.  How did you figure that out? 
★ Who from the book would you   
most like to be friends with?  2. Look at this pattern (the first 
Why?  four terms are listed): 2,4,8,16... 
★ What was the best part of your  What comes after next? 
story or so far if you haven’t  What comes after that? 
finished? Why?  What will the 8th term be? 
★ How is this story familiar to  How do you know? 
 another one you’ve read?   
★ Would you recommend this  3. Skip count every day! Skip 
book to a friend? Why or why  count by 10, 5 and 2 - go for 
not?  accuracy and then speed. Once 
★ Search for 5 words with the  you have mastered this start at 
digraphs (ch, sh, th, wh)  random numbers and skip 
  count from there. 
Comprehension:​ ​Read the passage 
 
and answer the comprehension 
 
questions to show understanding. ​Try 
and highlight ee, ea, ey words as you 
DRILL PRACTICE: 
read. Are you making the long e sound.  * 5-10 MINUTES A DAY  
  Practice basic facts of 
Fun Chore: C ​ hoose a recipe to  addition, subtraction and place value. 
cook/bake that your child reads. When   
they are struggling with a word, ask  See Mrs. Norcutt play “Place Value 
them to sound out the letter sounds or  Dice” 
to find little words in big words. Ask   
them to consider if the word they said   
makes sense.   
  MATH OUT A WINDOW: 
   
WRITING  https://blogs.sd38.bc.ca/sd38mathandsci
  ence/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2020/0
Roller Coaster Snapshot:​ W ​ atch  4/SD38_-Math-at-Home-Window-1.pdf 
Mrs.Letham discuss snapshots ​and   
read a story as an example. Follow up   
with the ​ snapshot worksheet​,   
illustrating 3 pictures of how you would   
feel at the beginning, middle and end   
of a rollercoaster ride. Finally write 3  GAME OF THE WEEK: 
matching sentences describing your   
feelings and why. 
Watch Mrs. Norcutt Play Make Ten! 
Middle example: I would feel terrified 
 
going upside down because I'm afraid 
of heights!!  
 
***Have fun watching this video   
 
😖
pretending you are on this 
rollercoaster ride! ​  
 
 

Story: C​ ontinuing with snapshot 

writing, write a narrative story of a true 
event that happened in your life (losing 
a tooth, building a fort, day at the 
beach, etc). Focus in on that 
experience and stretch out that 
moment with as many details as you 
 can remember. Try and remember 
what you were feeling or thinking. 
What happens first, next, last? Who 
was there with you?  
 
List: M​ ake a list of 10 qualities you like 
about yourself! 
 
Would You Rather: W ​ ould you rather 
have a magic carpet that flies OR your 
own personal robot?  
Aim for 5 sentences!  
 
Word Work: ​Below are ten fry words 
to focus in on for this week.  
First,​ read the word​. 
Second, w ​ rite the word​. (try rainbow 
colors or bubble letters/fancy letters)  
Third, ​write or say a sentence using the 
word.  
1. different 
2. should 
3. along 
4. enough 
5. took 
6. walk 
7. leave 
8. away 
9. four 
10. reached 
 
If you feel these words are too 
easy/hard for your child please click on 
the link below to select your ten words.  
Fry Sight Words Listed by Frequency 
 

   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 Wellness 
 
● FITNESS:​ ​ C
​ heck out this great resource for indoor activities kids can play 
to stay active!  
 
● MINDFUL MINUTE: ​Colour Page 
 
● LEARN ABOUT THE BRAIN: 
○ Story time: The Way I Feel
○ Follow up brain activity  

 
Extensions 
 
● MATH:​ If you are wanting more math worksheet practice please visit 
this link. ​https://www.k5learning.com/free-math-worksheets  
 
● READING:​ Lexia Learning L ​ exia Core5 Reading 
Please enter the teacher's email address . Students enter their name 
and password. Your teacher will have shared the passwords with you. 
 
● FINE ARTS: T ​ ry a directed drawing of Gerald and Piggie 
 
● OUTDOOR EDUCATION: M
​ ake a ​bird feeder​ for your yard! 
 
● SCIENCE: ​ W ​ atch Mrs. Letham review the water cycle stages​. 
○ Complete the ​Water cycle sheet​ Under the define tab, simply 
explain what happens during that stage 
​ ​precipitation​=rain, snow, hail ​evaporation​= vapour, steam  
​ condensation​= cloud formation ​transpiration​=plants vapour to air 
​runoff​ = rainfall to the ocean 
○ Try this e ​ xperiment​ of making a water cycle in a bag   
 
● POETRY: M ​ ake a poem and picture for your mom! 
● Mother’s Day activities 
○ Mom H ​ ug drawing 
○ Mom b ​ rochure  
 
● 30 day LEGO challenge 
 
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