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2013 - 2014. Second Grade Open House. Parent/ Teacher Communication. Student Planners: Parents should read and sign the yellow box of their student’s homework planner daily . Parents can contact their student’s teacher by :
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2013 - 2014 Second Grade Open House
Parent/Teacher Communication • Student Planners: Parents should read and sign the yellow box of their student’s homework planner daily. • Parents can contact their student’s teacher by: • Writing notes in the student planner or sending notes in the homework folder. • E-mailing. • Calling and/or leaving a message on the teacher’s voicemail. • Scheduling a conference.
Homework • Each student is provided with a daily homework planner. All homework and weekly spelling words are recorded in the homework planner. • Homework assignments usually consist of a reading, spelling, and/or math activity. All homework assignments reinforce class lessons or review second grade skills. • Spelling/Vocabulary lists and 19 Ways to Study Spelling
Grading Policy READING includes vocabulary tests, reading comprehension tests, & contracts (weekly assignments) MATHincludes chapter tests, checkpoint/quizzes, unit tests, and weekly classwork WRITING Linking to Concepts/Personal Response/Analyzing the Selection (Writing test) is one grade. Spelling and dictation are two grades. SCIENCE includes weekly classwork, performance (projects), and quizzes SOCIAL STUDIES Includes weekly classwork, performance (projects), and quizzes A= 90-100% B= 80-89% C= 70-79% D= 60-69% F= 59% and below
Pinpoint • Pinpoint Parent Portal Gradebook, is a confidential and secure web site where you can get current information about your child's school progress and grades online. • You will be able to access this the 2nd nine weeks. Stay tuned! • https://leon.suite.pinpoint.hmhco.com/Gradebook/
Second Grade Field Trips • Field Trips • October 14, 15, 16, 17- Joe Budd Environmental Center • March Gulf Specimen Marine Lab • In-School Field Trips • October- Owl Pellets and Black T-shirts • January – Recycling
Behavior Expectations-PBS • The five areas for teacher observations and assessments are: Safe Cooperative Open-minded Principled Empathetic Demonstration of these expectations is necessary for participation on field trips.
2nd Grade Curriculum All curriculum is correlated to: Common Core State Standards and Second Grade Benchmarks from the Florida Department of Education www.myfloridaeducation.com
Language Arts Imagine It! Reading - SRA McGraw-Hill program incorporates the following skills: • Reading • Writing • Listening, Viewing, Speaking • Language • Literature Successmaker Reading Accelerated Reader STAR Reading Tests
Imagine It! Reading Thematic Units • Unit 1- Kindness • Unit 2 - Let’s Explore • Unit 3 - Around the Town • Unit 4 - Look Again • Unit 5 – Courage • Unit 6 - America’s People
Decodable Books • The Imagine It! Reading Decodable Books allow the students to apply their knowledge of phonic elements to read simple, engaging texts. Each story supports instruction in a new phonic element and incorporates elements and words that have been learned earlier.
Imagine It! Reading is research-based curriculum grounded in systematic explicit instruction of: • Phonemic awareness, phonics, and word knowledge. • Comprehension skills and strategies. • Inquiry skills and strategies. • Writing and language art skills and strategies.
GO Math! What do they learn in Second Grade? • A Glance at the Year • Place Value/Number Patterns • 3/4-Digit Numbers • Basic Facts and Relationships • 2/3-Digit Addition • 2/3-Digit Subtraction • Length • Weight/Mass/Capacity/Volume • Geometric Patterns • Money/Time • FASST Math • SuccessMaker Math
Success For All Learners • Small Groups • Interventions • Challenge Work • Manipulatives • Online Classroom Presentation
Assessments • Before Instruction: Show What You Know • During Instruction: Participation, Practice Pages, Teacher Observation • After Instruction: End of chapter test
Units of Study – Scott Foresman and Snapshots Science • Unit A – Life Science: Plants, animals, and how living things grow and change. • Unit B – Earth Science: Earth’s land, air, and water, weather, seasons, and fossils. • Unit C – Physical Science: Properties of matter, energy, forces and motion, and sound.
2nd grade team website • Visit our 2nd grade website for up to date information, newsletters, policies, and important dates! • http://kellilongfellow.wix.com/conley2ndgrade
Units of Inquiry • Unit 1- Who we are? Kindness • Unit 2- How the World Works? Camouflage • Unit 3- Where we are in Place and Time? America’s People • Unit 4- Sharing the Planet. Recycling • Unit 5- How we Express Ourselves. Courage • Unit 6- How we Organize Ourselves. Nutrition
What can be done at home? • Flash cards (Addition/Subtraction Facts) • Grocery Shopping - have your child use coins and bills to purchase items • Keep a family calendar of events and refer to it daily (“a week from now we will...”) • Math computer games • Complete your Homework!