Mrs. Lucchino’s Second Grade

1. Mrs. Lucchino’s Second Grade Mission Statement  We are here to learn, make friends and have fun. We will do this by listening, helping others, and doing our best work. This will happen because we choose to do it.

2. Scholastic Book Orders • All orders are to be done on line. I will send home the booklets and the information to put in the order on line I am not able to take paper orders. When the book orders are received I will send them home with the students.

3. Enrichment • Independent Activities • ACC Math • Enrichment folders • Practice math facts • Computer • Math Activities (Flash Cards & Games) • HAWKS Time

4. Report Cards • Computer generated report cards & Progress Reports • Progress Reports will be specific to the NC Core Curriculum • Report Cards will be overall goals

5. AR levels • Classroom (2 Stickers) • Blue 1.0 – 1.9 • Pink/Red 2.0 – 2.9 • Green 3.0-3.9 • Yellow 5.0-5.9 • Brown 4.0-4.9

6. AR Tests • AR tests can only be taken one time at WHE • 80% to pass the test • We do not keep the points in 2nd grade. • Students must sign up for a test and record their score. • You can access the AR website at home and keep track of your child’s AR progress. Sign up to receive emails with AR reading results.

7. BALANCED LITERACY • Letterland: The focus is on phonemic awareness, spelling rules and fluency. • Reading Series: Students will learn about story elements, predicting, inferences, author’s purpose, cause and effect, fact and opinion, retelling a story and fluency. • Literacy Café: Students learn reading strategies and apply them to books that are a good fit and are of interest to them.

8. Letterland This year, we will build upon the Letterland skills that were learned in first grade. Some important skills that will be introduced are: *Six syllable types *blends and diagraphs *r-controlled vowels *magic e *suffixes –ed and -es *short vowels *prefixes dis-, un-, re, and pre- *contractions *consonant doubling *multi-syllable words *new spelling patterns ph, gh, -tion, -ture

9. Common Core StandardsNew curriculum standards adopted by most states, these are geared toward student proficiency for college and career readiness. Standards are aligned throughout all grade levels, so that each grade provides the foundation for the next. English Language Arts: • Includes reading foundational skills such as phonics, fluency and comprehension • Focuses on nonfiction and texts in addition to fiction and poetry • Writing centered on mechanics-capitalization, punctuation, and grammar • Vocabulary acquisition through sentence meaning, root word knowledge, and use of a dictionary or glossary for spelling and definition • Speaking and listening skills are developed to conform to the conventions of spoken English

10. Reading Standards • Foundational Skills Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension • Informational Text: Literary Nonfiction and Historical, Scientific, and Technical Texts Determine meaning of words and phrases in text, various text features to locate key facts, identify main purpose Explain how specific images clarify text, how reasons support author’s points, compare and contrast two texts on the same topic • Literature: Stories, Novels, Drama, and Poetry Ask and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions Retell stories and determine central lesson Describe characters and how they respond to events in a story Describe story structure Acknowledge different points of view of characters

11. Writing Standards • Writing Write opinion pieces, informative/explanatory texts, and narratives Focus on a topic and strengthen writing by revising and editing Use digital tools to produce and publish writing Participate in research and writing projects Recall information or gather information from sources to answer questions Speaking and Listening Standards • Comprehension and Collaboration Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions Ask for clarification or further explanation as needed about topics and texts being discussed • Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas Tell a story with appropriate facts and relevant details in coherent sentences Produce complete sentences appropriate for the situation to provide details or clarification

12. Language Standards • Grammar and Usage when Writing or Speaking Use of collective nouns, irregular plural nouns, reflexive pronouns Form and use of irregular past tense verbs, and adjectives and adverbs • Use of Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling Correct use of capitalization with proper nouns, use of commas and apostrophes, generalization of spelling patterns Consult a dictionary to check and correct spelling • Knowledge of Language Use knowledge of language when writing, speaking, reading, or listening • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use Use sentence context as a clue to word meanings Determine new word meaning when a known prefix is added Use a known root word to determine meaning of and unknown word with the same root and knowledge of individual words to determine meaning of compound words Use glossaries and dictionaries to determine word meanings

13. Mathematics: • Operations and algebraic thinking skills are developed • Numbers and operations in base ten are taught to develop understanding of place value • Measurement will be addressed and includes length in standard units, time, and money • Data will be represented through the use of several types of graphs • Geometry instruction includes plane and solid shapes • Fractions as represented by equal parts of a whole

14. Operations and Algebraic Thinking Represent and solve problems using addition and subtraction , including one and two step word problems Add and subtract numbers to 20 (Learn basic Math Facts) Foundations for multiplication through working with equal groups of objects • Numbers and Operations in Base Ten Understand place value to 1,000 Use understanding of place value to add and subtract Compare numbers up to three digits using < and > • Measurement and Data Estimate and measure lengths of an object using standard tools Determine how much longer one object is than another and give the difference in standard units Tell time to the nearest five minutes Solve word problems involving pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, an dollar bills Draw line plot, picture, and bar graphs to represent data • Geometry Recognize and draw triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes Divide shapes into equal shares and describe the shares