Welcome To Second Grade Curriculum

Presentation

2014-2015

Dear Parents,

We are so excited about the 2014-2015 school year. It is going to be a great year!

Meet our Second Grade Team:

Jennifer Sewell (Superstars)

Emily Barrett (Bobcats)

Annie White (Wolf Pack)

Laura Pecina (Penguins)

Allyson Kennaugh (Campers)

Second Grade Daily ScheduleTechnology - All classes will go the computer lab at least twice a month and attend keyboarding class twice a month. We have iPads and laptops that may be checked out and used in our classrooms to assist with lessons. If your child would like to bring a device, please contact your child’s teacher if you would like the release form.

Art – All classes will attend Art once a week.

Counselor - All classes will typically have a 30 minute lesson twice a month.

Library – All classes will go once a week to check out books. Books may be returned anytime to avoid overdue fines.

Music – All classes will attend Music once a week.

P.E. – All classes go three times a week for physical activity.

Please check your teacher’s website for individual class schedules.

Language ArtsReadingDaily 5

Read to SelfRead to Someone

Listen to Someone ReadWord Work/ Spelling

Work on Writing

Poetry and DramaAuthor Study

Story Telling and Celebration of Reading

Monitoring Comprehension Building Fluency & Stamina

WritingWriter’s WorkshopPersonal Narrative

Writing ProcessWrite About Reading

Expository WritingPoetry

Authors as MentorsCelebration of Writing

Word WorkReviewing Foundation Patterns

Complex Consonants and R-controlled vowels

Consonant Diagraphs and BlendsVowel Digraphs and Diphthongs

PluralsPrefixes and Suffixes

ApostrophesSynonyms, Antonyms,

Homographs and Homophones

MathSecond Graders will be learning:• Place Value up to 1200• Compare and Order numbers to 1200• Number Patterns• Addition and subtraction facts within 20 with automaticity (Math Facts)• Addition and Subtraction to 1000 using traditional algorithms and flexible

strategies (Mental Math) • Time• Data- Graphs• Money• Personal Financial Literacy• Shapes (2-D and 3D)• Fractions• Measurement – length and area• Multiplication and Division

Science• Becoming a Scientist

• Scientific Process• Tools & Safety

• Becoming a Meteorologist• Weather • Water Cycle

• Becoming an Astronomer• Moon Phases• Objects in the day/night sky

• Becoming a Physicist• States of Matter• Changing Matter• Light, Sound, & Heat Energy• Force & Motion

• Becoming a Zoologist• Animal Adaptations – basic needs,

characteristics, life cycles• Environmental Effects on Living Things• Dependency & Food Chains

• Becoming a Botanist• Plant Needs• Plant Characteristics• Environmental Affects on Plants

• Becoming a Geologist• Fresh & Salt Water• Resources / Conservation (Natural & Man-

Made)

• Becoming an Engineer• Combining Materials

Social Studies• Citizenship / Bullying• Government / Economics• Holiday Customs & Cultures• Historical Figures & Timelines• Maps, Globes, & Landforms• Technology Advances• Communities• Natural Resources• Celebration of Folklore• Landmarks & Symbols

HomeworkIn accordance with the AISD policy, it is recommended that 2nd Grade Students should spend an average of

20 minutes a night collectively on homework.

We expect students to read and practice math facts every night.

Reading Response Logs will be send home and are to be completed and turned in each week.

Other homework assignments may occasionally be sent home.

We encourage students to practice their sight words, a list of words can be found on the Second Grade

website.

SpellingSpelling is a highly complex task that is gradually mastered over a period of time as an individual becomes acquainted with the properties and purposes of written language. Spelling involves the use of strategies, which may vary according to the words being attempted and the knowledge that the writer has acquired through experiences with words. -Faye Bolton and Diane Snowball

Invented spelling is NOT something we simply teach; it’s what young writers have historically done on their own in the process of trying to figure out how written language works. Students who are encouraged to use invented spelling make generalizations about words and patterns, write more, and write with more interesting vocabulary, since they are not limited to words they know how to spell.

Our standards are high and students are expected to spell correctly a core of high frequency words all of the time. When students over rely on memorization, they focus on learning individual words, failing to view spelling as a conceptual language system with generalizations and patterns that can be applied to unfamiliar words.

SpellingAt this time, Second Grade has chosen not to have weekly spelling tests, however, students will be held accountable for the concept or rule being

taught. We will be working on word work (spelling, decoding, word families, suffixes, prefixes, etc.) during our Daily 5 class time and assessing

your students’ progress in their everyday writing.

We will post on the website lists of high frequency words for students to practice and identify when reading in the written environment around

them daily.

The Second Grade Team will place the spelling rules/concepts we are learning in

our weekly newsletter.

Check the 2nd grade website for more Spelling resources.

GradesIn Second Grade students receive numerical grades.

Grades are based on the following scale:A: 90-100B: 80-89C: 70-79F: 69 and below

If a student receives a grade below a 70, they are given the opportunity to re-do the work and can make no more than a 70 on the assignment.

Attendance• Students are greeted at 7:45 a.m.

• Students are counted tardy if they do not arrive by 7:55 a.m.

• Inform your child’s teacher of any absence by email, phone, or written note.

• Students are required to bring a written note/Doctor’s note upon returning to school.

• An absence will be counted as unexcused without a written note turned in within 5 days to the Attendance Clerk (an email will not suffice as an excuse note).

TransportationNotification is required for any change in

dismissal as soon as possible!

• Please understand that Teachers are unable to check their e-mail during the day and may not be aware of the change.

• Calling the Office for last minute changes is the best way to ensure that your child’s teacher receives the message of the change in time.

2nd Grade Dismissal Procedures• Carpool Lane (front entrance of the school)

• Students will be dismissed by an assigned teacher when their designated ride arrives at the front of the building.

• The person picking up the student will stay in their car in the carpool lane and the student will be sent to the car after high-fiving the assigned teacher .

• Walkers / Park & Pick-Up “Walk Ups” (side of the gym)• Students who walk will be dismissed when the bell rings.• Students designated as walk-ups (parents who park to pick up) will be dismissed when the parent

arrives at the 2nd grade location and the teacher has high-fived the student.• PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN THE BUS AND DAY CARE LANE.

• Rainy Day Dismissal Procedures • Carpool Lane

• A teacher will be stationed by the lane to get names of students • A teacher will be stationed by the doorway to send student out• Student will be brought to the car

• Walkers / Park & Pick-Up (Walk-Ups)• Students will be assembled at the North Entrance• A staff member will be stationed at the door , parents will form a line along the sidewalk at the

glass breezeway doors. • Students will be released as each parent gets to the front of the line

IF THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE WAY YOUR CHILD WILL BE GETTING HOME ON THESE DAYS, THE TEACHER MUST BE NOTIFIED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Please display

your green dismissal sign at all

times.

ExpectationsCLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

• Super Hero Clip Chart / Crash book• Possible Consequences:

• Students sign their name in the Crash book and indicate which rule was broken• Recess laps• Think Sheet • Teacher/Administrator Discretion

• Positive Reinforcement:• Participate in classroom sport activity• Minute-to-Win-It Activity• Teacher Discretion

• Money System • Students will earn a salary and pay rent each week• Students can be fined for breaking a classroom law• Students can purchase classroom rewards

• Class Dojo• Students will earn points for positive behaviors• Students will loss points for negative behaviors• Students will use their points for different rewards

Classroom management rewards and systems

may vary from class to class.

THANK YOU

Thank you for taking the time to review our Curriculum Night Presentation. Please e-mail

or contact your child’s teacher with any questions. We will be sending home a form for you to sign to let us know that you have viewed

the 2nd Grade information.

We look forward to an amazing year. Please refer to our weekly newsletter for important

information throughout the year. Newsletters will be emailed and posted to the Second Grade

website every week.

Thank you for all of your support!!!

The Second Grade Team