OFFICE OF Curriculum & Instructional Design https://learningdesign.hawaiipublicschools.org/ | Grade 2 At-Home Learning Choice Board Days 6–10 |
Day 6 – Choose five of the following learning opportunities to do today!
As you work through these activities, please be mindful of your personal health and well-being as well as that of those around you. Be safe, work with an adult when possible/necessary, and practice social distancing.
English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | Social Studies | |
Offline | Reread a favorite book. Write down your opinion of the story. What was your favorite part of the story? What did you think about the characters? Would you recommend this book to someone? | Using the digits 1 to 9 at most one time each, fill in the boxes to make the difference equal to 39. | This is a week of wondering! Write down three questions you have about why monk seals have fins, but dogs do not. Share your questions with a friend or family member. | People communicate in many different ways. They use letters, email, telephones, cell phones, and computers. Draw a picture and write several sentences telling about the different ways you communicate with others. |
Online | Achieve 3000 Choose an article. Read the article and complete all the questions for that article. | Practice adding 2-digit numbers. Do Level 9! | This is a week of wondering! Listen to this podcast and write down three questions you have about how fish interact with coral reefs and change their environment. Share your questions with a friend or family member. | Read about Cultures Around the World. Make a list that tells how cultures are the same and a list that tells how cultures are different. |
Active/ Interactive | Write your own story where you are the main character. The story can be about something that happened to you or a made up story. Use your imagination. | Create a test that adds and subtracts 2-digit numbers. Give the test to your parents or caregiver. Check the test to see how many items they get correct. | This is a week of wondering! Take a walk around your house, or outside if possible. Look for examples of different plants and animals. Represent what you saw through writing a song, choreographing a dance, or creating a piece of art. | Get an adult to help you make a timeline of your life. On the top of a piece of paper write in the year that you were born. At the bottom write 2020. Divide the paper into even sections for each year between your birth and now. In each section write down things that happened in that year. |
Day 7 – Choose five of the following learning opportunities to do today!
As you work through these activities, please be mindful of your personal health and well-being as well as that of those around you. Be safe, work with an adult when possible/necessary, and practice social distancing.
English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | Social Studies | |
Offline | Watch PBS for Kids shows (Channel 11) that develop literacy skills.
| Write the following numbers in expanded form. (e.g. 232 = 200 + 30 + 2) 345 = 552 = 268 = 926 = | This is a week of wondering! Write down three questions you have about landforms you have seen, like mountains, cliffs, valleys, beaches, or islands. Share your questions with a friend or family member. | It is important to cooperate or work together with people. Draw a picture and write a story telling how you cooperate with your friends or family members. |
Online | Go to PBS for Kids to watch educational shows on-demand. Online literacy games and activities are also available. | Practice place value with this Base Ten Bingo game. Select 1’s, 10’s and 100’s. | This is a week of wondering! Listen to this sound of a seafloor earthquake and write down three questions you have about how earthquakes make sounds. Share your questions with a friend or family member. | Watch Goods to learn about the different types of goods we use every day, where to find them, and the different people who make them. Then make a list of goods you can find in your house. |
Active/ Interactive | Create your own game board with directions and rules. Think about:
| With a deck of cards using only 1-9 (use A as 1), or with a deck of Uno cards (numbers only), evenly distribute cards so that each person has 3 piles, face down. Flip the top two cards and read the 3-digit number. The person with the highest number wins the hand. Variation – Allow players to rearrange the flipped cards to make the largest number possible. | This is a week of wondering! Think of a question you have about how wind and water change the land. Design an experiment to find out the answer to that question. Describe your experiment in writing and drawings. You can, but don’t have to, try your experiment. | Have someone read to you about Rachel Carson. Find three things that make her important to us today and write her a letter thanking her for them. |
Day 8 – Choose five of the following learning opportunities to do today!
As you work through these activities, please be mindful of your personal health and well-being as well as that of those around you. Be safe, work with an adult when possible/necessary, and practice social distancing.
English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | Social Studies | |
Offline | Find a book, magazine or newspaper and read for 20-30 minutes. | Skip count by 10s starting at 20 until you get to 60 and write down the numbers as you say them. Add all five numbers together. Write your number sentence. | This is a week of wondering! Write down three questions you have about what happens when a candle burns. Share your questions with a friend or family member. | Create a map that shows your route to school or to another place you often go. Be sure to include buildings and roads. Label your map. |
Online | Visit the Hawaii Public Library online and select a book to read for 20-30 minutes. | Go to: Khan Academy 2nd Grade Math. Select a category you’ve already studied (left-hand menu). Choose a Topic of interest. Watch the Video Tutorials. Complete the questions under the Practice section. | This is a week of wondering! Watch this video and write down three questions you have about how matter can change when someone bakes a cake. Share your questions with a friend or family member. | Personal information identifies who we are, where we live, and how family, friends and others can find us to talk to us or come over and visit us. It can help us communicate with others, but we have to be careful with that information when on the computer. Watch this video and talk with adults about sharing your personal information. |
Active/ Interactive | Take a virtual tour to the Seattle Aquarium. Discuss with someone what you saw and learned. | Your friend thinks that you cannot add up three numbers to get 25. He thinks it only works with two numbers. Is he right or wrong? Write a letter or draw a picture to show him your answer. | Draw a picture of yourself as a chemist, a person who wonders about and investigates what matter is made of and how matter changes. In your picture, include the questions you are asking about and exploring. | Help our environment! Make a simple household cleaner. Look on this site and find the simple household cleaner that has only two ingredients. Have an adult help you make it and do some cleaning! |
Day 9 – Choose five of the following learning opportunities to do today!
As you work through these activities, please be mindful of your personal health and well-being as well as that of those around you. Be safe, work with an adult when possible/necessary, and practice social distancing.
English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | Social Studies | |
Offline | Think about the best day you ever had. Share your story with someone. Be sure to tell them what happened in the order of the events and include as many details as possible. | Write your numbers from 1-20. Circle the even numbers with red. Color the odd numbers green. | This is a week of wondering! Write down three questions you have about how water gets to your faucet at home. Share your questions with a friend or family member. | Talk with an older family member about your community. How has it changed? How is it the same? Draw two pictures. Label one ”Then” showing how your community looked in the past. Label the other “Now” showing how your community looks in the present. |
Online | Visit Storyline online and listen to a book of your choice. Retell the story in your own words to someone. Be sure to tell them what happened in the order of the events and include as many details as possible. | Play Adventure Man Dash Numbers to identify odd and even numbers. | This is a week of wondering! With an adult, use kiddle.co to search for “melting,” “freezing,” or “boiling.” Pick a link to learn more. Write down three questions you have about your findings. Share your questions with a friend or family member. | Do you know how the Pledge of Allegiance came to be? Watch the video clip The Pledge of Allegiance. Practice saying the pledge. |
Active/ Interactive | Using objects in your home, act out a familiar story, Change your voice for each character. | With a deck of cards using 1-10 (use A as 1), evenly distribute cards so that each person has 2 piles, face down. Flip the top 2 cards. Add the numbers. If the sum is even, keep your hand. If the sum is odd, give your opponent your cards. The person with the most cards at the end is the winner. | Draw a picture of yourself as an engineer, a person who solves problems by designing, building, or maintaining machines or public works. In your picture, include the problems you are working to solve. | Have someone read to you about the Legislative Branch of the United States Government. Make a poster that shows the two most important things it does. Explain your choices to the person who helped you. |
Day 10 – Choose five of the following learning opportunities to do today!
As you work through these activities, please be mindful of your personal health and well-being as well as that of those around you. Be safe, work with an adult when possible/necessary, and practice social distancing.
English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | Social Studies | |
Offline | Play the “What if..” game with someone. Take turns asking each other “What if…” questions. What if…
| Find some coins. What is the total value of your coins? What are 2 other ways you could make that same amount? | This is a week of wondering! Write down three questions you have about what bees do and why they are so important. Share your questions with a friend or family member. | A fact is something that is true and can be proven. An opinion is what you believe, or how you feel about something. Are these facts or opinions?
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Online | Listen to the story “Silly Sally”. What would it be like if you went along with her and did things like her? | Play Money Bingo to practice counting money. Choose the “ones and coins” option. | This is a week of wondering! Read this information about honeybees and write down three questions you have. Share your questions with a friend or family member. | Make a list of community helpers who provide goods and services. With permission, cut out pictures from newspapers or magazines and match the pictures to your list of community workers. |
Active/ Interactive | Think of the silliest things that would make you laugh. Make a list and share with someone. Ask them to add to the list. Was there anything they saw that made them laugh? | Have your parent or caregiver put a price tag on 3 items from your house (price should be less than $1). What coins should you use to purchase each item? I purchased __________. I used _____ coins to pay for it. | This is a week of wondering! Ask a friend or family member what they know about seeds or pollen. With your friend or family member, brainstorm together three questions you have about seeds or pollen. | With a grownup, create a plan for saving or earning money for something that you want. |
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