What We Are Learning
February 20 t h , 2017
ECA Second Grade
MONDAY
Domain: NO SCHOOL!
Happy President’s Day!
Happy President’s Day!
Skill:
Happy President’s Day!
Math:
Question to Ask:
TUESDAY
Domain: Harriet Tubman, part 1
Students will listen carefully
to learn what Harriet
Tubman’s life was like as a
child before the U.S. Civil
War.
SIMPLE MACHINES:
Students will define the basic types of simple
machines using their ‘Simple Machines’ readers.
Question to Ask:
What was Harriet Tubman’s nickname as a child?
Answer: Harriet’s nickname was Minty.
Plantations – large farms where crops are
raised
Slavery – the practice of forcing people to
work without pay as enslaved people, and
denying them the freedom to decide how to
live their lives
Survival – the state of continuing to exist,
especially in spite of difficult conditions
Value – usefulness or importance
Wages – money that is paid or received for
work
Math:
Students will use their knowledge of
multiplication facts of 4 to solve word problems.
WEDNESDAY
Domain: Harriet Tubman, part 2
Students will make predictions
whether Harriet Tubman will
choose to fight back and try to
win her freedom or not.
Students will listen carefully to
find out whether or not their
predictions are correct.
SIMPLE MACHINES:
Students will identify problems that have been
solved using simple machines and describe
simple machines using adjectives.
Conductor – a person who led or directed
enslaved Africans to freedom during the Civil
War using the Underground Railroad
Contributions – money, materials,
information, or labor given by something to
help others
Gourd – a plant whose hard-shelled fruit is
sometimes dried and hollowed out to be
used as a tool
Passengers – enslaved Africans who traveled
to freedom on the Underground Railroad
Rebellious – resisting, or fighting, being
controlled by someone else
Math:
Students will relate their knowledge of
multiplication in order to divide by 4.
Question to Ask:
Was the Underground Railroad a real railroad? Answer: No, the Underground Railroad was a secret system of
routes and hiding places to help enslaved Africans escape from slavery in the South to freedom in the North.
THURSDAY
Domain: The Controversy Over Slavery
Students will listen carefully to
learn more about the North
and the South, how their ways
of life and their economies
were different, and why this
caused a controversy over
slavery.
Abolitionists – people who worked
to abolish, or end, slavery
Agriculture – the science of
producing crops; farming
Cotton – soft, white, fibers that
surround the seeds of a cotton
plant
Economy – the system by which
people produce and trade goods
Factories – buildings where goods
are manufactured, or made
SIMPLE MACHINES:
Math:
Students will explore simple machines provided
Students will complete a multiplication review
within the classroom, making observations and
using Compass Learning.
differentiating between different types.
Question to Ask:
What is the Mason-Dixon Line? Answer: An imaginary line separating the North and the South, the
border between Pennsylvania and Maryland.
FRIDAY
Domain: Abraham Lincoln
Students will listen carefully
to a debate within the
read-aloud and attempt to
figure out what the
disagreement is about.
SIMPLE MACHINES:
Students will explore simple machines provided
within the classroom, making observations and
differentiating between different types.
Candidates – people who are
chosen to run, or compete against
others, for an office, prize, or honor
Debates – discussions involving two
sides; arguments
Expand – to spread out; to
become greater in size
Government – a group of people
who help lead a country
Politicians – people involved in the
activities of the government
Math:
Students will use their knowledge of dividing by
4 in order to solve word problems.
Questions to Ask:
What did Lincoln do as a child that helped him prepare to be a lawyer and debater?
Answer: Lincoln read many books.
Spelling Words
NO SPELLING WORDS THIS WEEK!
Please use this time at home to review old spelling words.