HOMEWORK ROOM 17 - GRADE 2 Name:, Date: April 6—April 10, 2015 Dear Room 17 Parents, The week after this week is spring break. We will not have school from April 13"*- 17%, The students do not have regular homework during spring break, but please make sure that they are practicing their lines, songs, and dances for the musical, The performance dates for our musical are as follows: Wednesday, May 6" at 9:45 am - Performance for students of Tam Valley Thursday, May 7" at 12:50 pm - Performance for students of Tam Valley Thursday, May 7"" at 7:00 pm - Performance for friends and family DRESS ALIKE DAY: On April 10, 2015 the school spirit day asks students to dress alike in pairs, triads, or teams of people. There is no limit. To celebrate this day as a class I will be wearing a white shirt, jeans, and black shoes. Students who are interested in dressing like their teacher and classmates are welcome to wear the same. EARLY ORDER PROMOTION FOR CLASS PICTURES THROUGH APRIL 15. Your MugsyClicks Portraits are now available online for viewing and purchase. * Enjoy these special MugsyClicks discount codes now thru April 15, 2015 for all Tam Valley Elementary School Parents. Group ACCESS CODE: bweumrfqda ° Free Shipping Code: SpringShipFree if you order $20 or more * To View and Order create/login to your account @ http://MugsyClicks.com + Need an access code for this (or previous) year MugsyClicks portraits? http://mugsyclicks.com/support HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS: Every day: Read 15 minutes and practice your lines for the musical as well as the songs. Monday: Read the Scholastic News: Giddyup, Pony Express either independently or with a parent and then complete the questions in the Weekly Reader. Tuesday: Complete the Scholastic News Do You Know the Details? page using the Scholastic News magazine.Wednesday: Complete Problem Solving: Use Reasoning Complete a session of XtraMath. Thursday: Complete Homework - Math Review Complete a session of XtraMath. Friday: RETURN HOMEWORK PACKET INSIDE FOLDER I have reviewed my child’s homework and it is complete. Initials:Name Practice | Problem Solving: Use Reasoning Cross out shapes that do not match the clues. Circle the shape that answers the question. 72 . Which shape am I? . Which shape am I? . Which shape am I? . I have no vertices or edges. Thave 2 flat surfaces. . Reasonableness I have 4 sides. The lengths of 2 of my Thave 3 sides and 3 vertices. (x) The lengths of my sides are equal. I have more than 5 sides. The lengths of my sides are equal. Ihave 5 flat surfaces. You can oa s ood trace my flat surfaces fo make —~ a G triangle and ¢ a rectangle. Which shows my shape? A i 4 O° sides are equal. Which shows my shape? O° Oo OoName: Date: Homework - Math Review rhombus trapezoid pentagon hexagon Choose the word from the box and label the shape. Tell how many sides, vertices, and angles each shape has. LJ [adh Sides: Sides: __ Sides: Sides: Vertices: Vertices: Vertices: Vertices: Angles: Angles: Angles: Angles: Write the numbers in Expanded Form. 681 724 256 + + + + + + Write the numbers in Standard Form. 400 + 30+6= 800+ 90+1=Name: Do You Know the Details? Use “Giddyup, Pony Express!” to answer the following questions. 1. When did the Pony Express exist? 2. What did the Pony Express carry? 3. Why did the riders have to be brave? wwe H0 4. Where did they ride to and from? | i i How did ‘the Pony Express work? Answer in complete sentences, 12. scHoLAstic NEWS Extion 2 © March 2015WARY NICO EOD Pet w Ss PInoy Ne ae lag Vd A Sin Today, we can send our loved ones e-mails and text messages in an instant. But in 1860, it could take months to get a message to someone across the country. Believe it or not, the fastest way to send mail was on the back of a horse!Sesto sf os le over rivers and places Ewe em eat eat (ieeersaree inact eect roe ere en CO iT aT aL From 1860 to 1861, the Pony Express was the fastest way to send mail across the country. Imagine that you lived in California in the early 1800s. Back then, there were no telephones or computers. The best way to get in touch with someone was to send a letter in the mail. But the mail took a long time to get where it had to go. Tt could take months for a person across the country to get your letter! Some people had an idea for a faster way to carry the mail. In 1860, they started the Pony Express. How did the Pony Express work? Riders on horses carried mail back and forth between California and Missouri. There were a lot of stops called stations along the way.At a station, a rider got mail. He put it in a bag on his horse's saddle. Then they were 2. offl When the horse got tired, the rider would stop at a that was delivered station. He would take his bag by the Pony Express. 7 and put it on another horse. Then he'd get on the new horse and gallop away again. Eventually the rider would get tired too. He would give the mail to a rider at another station, and the new rider would keep going, Riders would keep the mail moving from horse to horse until they reached the end of the route. It took about 10 days to get mail from Missouri to California. Brave Riders Riding for the Pony Express was hard, dangerous work. Riders sometimes fell asleep on their horses. They rode in dark nights with no moon. Some riders had to travel through heavy snow. Wild animals like wolves chased them. But Pony Express riders weren't allowed to stop for anything. They had to keep going until they reached the next station. The Pony Express Ends In 1861, an invention called the telegraph let people send messages across the country in seconds. People didnt need the Pony Express anymore The Pony Express lasted for only about a year and a half, but people still remember it today. They think of the hardworking riders and of the horses galloping along lonely trails to bring people the letters they had waited so long to read.The Pony Express ran from 1860 to 1861. Back then, some parts of our country werent states yet. Those places were called territories. Look at the map to see which states and territories the Pony Express crossed. aca OREGON Washington Nebraska Territory Territory pilates rec it eee IOWA Utah Territory oe Territory MISSOURI CALIFORNIA PACIFIC OCEAN, New Mexico Territory een ‘Compass Rose 1. The Pony Express went between the states of O california and Minnesota C) Missouri and California O Missouri and Oregon 2. Riders rode to go from Missouri to California. O west O south 3. Which of these territories did the Pony Express NOT pass through? ONew Mexico Territory () Utah Territory (C) Kansas Territory In which territory would a Pony Express rider go near the Great Salt Lake?