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COGS

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Chapter 36: Day 2

Liturgy of the Eucharist

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IXL Math & Lang. Arts
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Xtra Math
Xtramath.com

Reading Text book Resources
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do.

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Get in the habit of checking Power School with your child at least once a week to keep up on assignments and grades. If you are having trouble logging on, please email Judy King at jking@smcathedral.org

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Extra Math and Language Arts practice

Sign on for each student:
Username- jsmith (first initial of first name followed by whole last name)
Password- blazer

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IXL is here to help you grow, with immersive learning, insights into progress, and targeted recommendations for next steps. Practice thousands of math and language arts skills at school, at home, and on the go!

Remember to bookmark this page so you can easily return.

To get started:

1. Sign in with your username and password on this page. Please ask your teacher if you don't know this information.

2. Take the Diagnostic and visit the Recommendations page for skills that are picked just for you! Or, explore skills by grade or topic.

3. Choose a skill and let the learning begin!

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Sign in to IXL for Cathedral School of St. Matthew! Students will love earning awards and prizes while improving their skills in math and language arts.

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Use the website to view the event calendar, lunch menu, and much more!

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The Cathedral School of Saint Matthew is located in South Bend, IN.

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Access to books leveled to your student's reading level. Quizzes are attached to each book in the Level Up room.

Sign on:
1. Put in teacher code spellico0
2. Click on your name
3. Click on the apple icon

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Introduce the new vocabulary words by completing the Language Detective activity on p. 162.

Preview the topic of our story this week by reading the green box on p. 165.

Read Dex: The Heart of a Hero on p. 166-189.

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Phonics skill with Spelling Words: Words with r-controlled vowels -or and -ore

Go over your spelling list and highlight the r-controlled vowels in each word. Then copy the words into your planner.

Do pyramid words ws for homework.

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11-4: Make Picture Graphs

Practice making a picture graph by completing p. 471-472 as a class. Then complete p. 473-474 for homework.

Extra Practice:
XtraMath- Do 1 sign on
IXL: R.13 and R.14

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Picture Graphs Second Grade - Kids learn about Picture Graphs

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Today we will start a new unit on Matter.
1). Go to the link and read through the "discussion questions-Before the Video" together
2) Watch the video
3) read through the "discussion questions-after the video"
4) Play the online quiz game for more practice
5) Complete the worksheet.

The link should take you directly to the lesson BUT....if it does ask you to enter a username and password...
username: sm1015
password:  blazers

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Learn that matter comes in three main forms: solids, liquids and gases. These states of matter are all around us. Watch our fun video to learn about them!

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Lesson 29: Two of Everything

Read Two of Everything on p. 486-503. Then complete Reader's Notebook p. 209-210.

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Write your spelling words in your planner.

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Complete the performance task attached below.

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Lesson 11-5: Read Bar Graphs

Practice reading and interpreting bar graphs by completing workbook p. 477-478 as a class. Then complete workbook p. 479-480 for homework.

Extra Practice:

XtraMath- Do 1 sign on

IXL:FF.3 and FF.4

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No homework

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Re-read Dex: The Heart of a Hero with a partner and work on readers notebook pg 67-68 together.

Review Comparing and Contrasting by reading Dig Deeper on p. 190 of your Journeys book. Complete the attached chart.

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Lesson 31 Day 2: The Paschal Mystery

Class discussion: Why do we call it the Paschal MYSTERY? Why is it a mystery?

Talk about the Memorial Acclamation at mass and then complete workbook p. 315

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Read Mouse and Crocodile. Then complete the three worksheets attached at the end of the story.

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Grammar- Complete Reader's Notebook p. 216.

Spelling- Spell each word out loud to a partner.

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Review lesson 11-1 through 11-4 by completing review p. 475-476.

Extra Practice:
XtraMath- Do 1 sign on

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Watch the video as a review. Then work on the worksheet activities.

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What Is Matter? - The Dr. Binocs Show | Best Learning Videos For Kids | Peekaboo Kidz

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Chart and Graph Skills

Read textbook p. 120-121 about picture graphs. Then complete p. 22 Classroom Picture Graph.

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Make a picture graph and bar graph using class data and answer questions about them.
(If you are not able to survey many people, you may make up the data.)

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Lesson 32 Day 1: Jesus Sent the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

Discuss the artwork on p. 320.

Talk about all the different symbols of the Holy Spirit on p. 321-322.

Then read aloud John 14:26 while the students complete the Holy Spirit Seek and Find on p. 323.

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Grammar- Comma in a Series

Read p. 198-199 in your Journeys book about how to use a comma in a series. Can you find any sentences from our story this week that use a comma in a series?

Practice using a comma by complete the activity.

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Complete Close Reader p. 140-143.

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Review Dex: The Heart of a Hero and then take your comprehension test.

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Take spelling test

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Make a picture graph and bar graph using class data and answer questions about them.
(If you are not able to survey many people, you may make up the data.)

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Complete the attached comprehension test on Two of Everything.

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Take your spelling test.

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Create this attached booklet to learn about each day of Holy Week!

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Read Chapter's 1-2 in Margaret's First Holy Week. Complete the comprehension questions. (Only for Ch. 1-2 today)

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Margaret's First Holy Week Comp Questions

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Today we will read about Tenebrea in our reading book.

Watch pieces to see lights being gradually put out.

37:00 Our Father- Bang! for earthquake

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Lesson 11-6:  Make a bar graph using survey questions from last week.

Do pg. 485-486 for homework

Extra Practice:

XtraMath- Do 1 sign on

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Bar Graphs for 2nd Grade Kids - Create your own Bar Graph

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Read Chapter 2 in Margaret's First Holy Week.

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Review for test of Chap 11 using pg. 491-492. Then do worksheet for extra practice

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Create your Holy Week in Handprints book.

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Chapter 3. Watch the video, and complete the comprehension questions. If time allows, do the craft.

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In Margaret's First Holy Week, we read about the Pope visiting the prison to wash the prisoners' feet.

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Review the states of matter by watching the video. Complete worksheetand add information to our science notebooks.

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Solids, Liquids & Gases - Real World Science on the Learning Videos Channel

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Take Chapter 11 Test on graphs.

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Read Chapter's 4 and 5 in Margaret's First Holy Week. Complete the comprehension questions.

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Why does it get dark during a solar eclipse?

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Watch the video to discover the answer to “Why does it get dark during a solar eclipse?” and don’t forget to vote for next week’s question!

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Start Ch. 13-Geometry
Lesson 13-1:  Identify 2-D Shapes

Watch the video.  Then practice identifying shapes using pg. 555-556. Do pg. 557-558 for homework.

Extra Practice IXL II.3 and II.4

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Color the pictures and create a booklet about what happened in the 50 days after Easter "The Stations of Light". (We will use this booklet all week as we learn about each station)

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Independent Reading for 15-20 minutes.

Read story aloud and together complete a story map.

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Lesson 13-2: Draw 2-D Shapes
Practice drawing 2-D shapes using pg.559-560.  After each drawing, see if you can make that same shape on a geoboard! Do pg. 561-562 for homework.

Then complete IXL T.2 to practice.

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Watch the video to introduce the water cycle.
Write the definitions on cards from worksheet and glue them into Science notebook.

Then watch the Water Cycle video and set up the experiments.

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Start Water Cycle Experiments
Day 1:  Create the bowl experiment as a class and groups of 3 create the baggie experiment.

Watch the water cycle song if time allows.
https://youtu.be/KM-59ljA4Bs

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On the back side, draw and color a picture using at least one of each shape.

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13-3: Identify 3-D Shapes

After viewing the video above about 3-D shapes, then practice identifying 3-D shapes as a class by completing workbook p. 565-566. Are there any you can find around the room? Complete p. 567-568 independently for homework.

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Geometry For Kids: 3D Shapes // Learning From Home

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Start Water Cycle Experiments
Day 1:  Create the bowl experiment as a class and groups of 3 create the baggie experiment.

Watch the water cycle song if time allows.
https://youtu.be/KM-59ljA4Bs

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Lesson 35 Day 1: Jesus Gives Us His Body and Blood in the Eucharist

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Do the "check your progress" page on pg. 563-564 together.

Then fill in the attached worksheet.

Practice your fact fluency by completing 1 sign on for XtraMath. Then work on IXL activities U.1, U.3, U.8, U.9 for extra practice with 3-D shapes.

Try and make your own 3-D shape! Color, cut out and glue together.

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Lesson 35 Day 2: Jesus Gives Us His Body and Blood in the Eucharist

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13-4: Faces, Edges, and Vertices

Practice drawing 3-D shapes with the class by completing workbook p. 569-570. Do p. 571-572 for homework.

Optional IXL Practice:  U.3 - U.5

Try making some 3-D shapes!

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Chapter 36: Day 1

Liturgy of the Word

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Poetry: Finish Happy Thought

Short e words in Spelling Notebook

Teaching Through Story Velveteen Rabbit

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Review with p. 579-580 for chapter 13 test tomorrow.

Optional IXL Practice:

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Watch the video.
Play the quiz game to review.
Complete the worksheet.

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Learn what happens when you change the temperature of objects by heating and cooling. Sometimes they melt and sometimes they freeze. Watch now!

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Poetry: Always Finish

Short e words in Spelling Notebook

Teaching Through Story Velveteen Rabbit

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Chapter 36: Day 3

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Test on Chapter 13

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Poetry: Always Finish

Short i words in Spelling Notebook

Teaching Through Story Velveteen Rabbit

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Adoration

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Poetry: Always Finish

Short i words in Spelling Notebook

Teaching Through Story Velveteen Rabbit, make finger puppets to retell the story. Write out a retelling summary.

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Poetry: Always Finish

Short i words in Spelling Notebook

Teaching Through Story Velveteen Rabbit, make finger puppets to retell the story. Write out a retelling summary. Practice with classmate

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Make 3D churches using shapes

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Finish Lesson 3, practice receiving

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Poetry-Always Finish

Spelling -more short vowel words

Reading-Finish Velveteen Rabbit retelling

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Finish 3D churches

Answer the following questions about the finished project:

1) What are the names of the geometric shapes used?

2)How many of each 3D shapes did you use?

3) How many faces are there in all?

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Chapter 14: Equal Shares

14-1: Partition Rectangles into Rows and Columns

Practice partitioning rectangles on workbook p. 485-486. Then do p. 587-588 for homework.

IXL Optional Practice: V.3, W.1

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eSpark Learning: Partitioning rectangles using rows and columns (2.G.2)

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Poetry-My Gift

Spelling-short vowels

Edward Tulane (Ch. 1)

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BREAD DAY!
The whole second grade will spend the morning making bread and learning more about the Eucharist through special activities.

They will be bringing some bread home to share! (If they don't eat it all!)

Practice First Communion Prayer

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Wheat growing time laps || Time lapse video