Columbia Valley Elementary Curriculum Night-2012-13 2nd Grade

1. Columbia Valley Elementary Curriculum Night-2012-132nd Grade Welcome and please find a seat!

2. Agenda • Curriculum Overview • What can you do at home? • Planner Expectations • Homework Packet • Passport Club • Schoolwires and IXL • Questions

3. Math • Place Value and the Base Ten System • Addition and Subtraction Strategies • Fast Facts Addition and Subtraction Sums to 20 • Measurement (Length and time) • Data Collection, Geometry (2 and 3 D shapes) • Reasoning, Problem Solving, and Communication

4. Reading • Fluency • Rate • Accuracy • Expression • Comprehension • Reading Strategies • Schema-making connections • Questioning • Mental Imagery/Visualizing • Inferring • Synthesizing/Determining Importance

5. Writing • Variety of Genres • Personal Narratives • Letters • Persuasive • How to • Reports • Poetry • Content and Conventions • Writing Across the Curriculum

6. Social Studies • Geography • Civics • Economics • History • Passport Club • Our Community

7. Science Using the scientific method we will investigate the following: • Air and Weather • Identify properties of air. • Observe, compare and identify properties of weather. • Structures of Life • Observe, compare, categorize, and care for a selection of plants. • Identify properties of plants.

8. Health • Nutrition • Prevention and Control of Disease (hygiene)

9. Homework • Reading every night for at least 20 minutes (To/With/By) • Weekly Packet • IXL

10. Planner Expectations • Students will be writing in their planner each day. Please sign. • Any additional homework will be written in the planner. • Planners come home every night. Please ensure all work has been completed. Be in the know.

11. What You Can Do At Home • Help select a time each night for homework • Read each and every night with your child- Talk together about what has been read • Practice math facts each night! • Work with your child to support them.

12. Questions?