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Second Grade Here We Come!!. May 10 th , 2012. Agenda. Statistics Story Time / Read Aloud Alphabet Knowledge Text Examples How do I get my child to a level 18? How do I move my child beyond a level 18? Math Concepts At Home Ideas. Statistics.
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Second Grade Here We Come!! May 10th, 2012
Agenda • Statistics • Story Time / Read Aloud • Alphabet Knowledge • Text Examples • How do I get my child to a level 18? • How do I move my child beyond a level 18? • Math Concepts • At Home Ideas
Statistics • Multiple scientific studies show that children who get a slow start in learning to read are not simply experiencing a developmental lag, but are unlikely to catch up. (Hall 2006) • If a child is struggling to read on level in first grade, there is an 88% chance that child will struggle in fourth grade. (Juel 1988) • 74% of struggling fourth grade readers will continue to struggle in ninth grade. (Francis 1996)
Story Time / Read Aloud • Reading aloud to your child is one of the single most important factors for building critical concepts about reading. • Reading aloud bridges the gap between how we write and how we speak. • Reading aloud introduces your child to new ideas and vocabulary. • Reading aloud builds a lifetime love of reading.
Alphabet Knowledge • Letter knowledge is the foundation for reading and writing. • ABC Chart Chant
a a_e ai ay e e_e ee ea _y ie i i_e ie igh _y o o_e oa ow oe u u_e ue ew ar er ir ur or oi oy ow aw au oo ou
Text Example • A level 18 has • Fewer pictures • Large amount of dialogue • Introduction of 2nd grade sight words • Focus is on comprehension and fluency • Amount of information needed when retelling increases • Skills for a level 18 • Apply skills to decode larger words and various vowel patterns • Base words and endings • Words with multiple syllables • Recognize a large amount of sight words
How do I get my child to a level 18? • Sight words • Word work • ea.flp
How do I get my child to a level 18? • Sight words • Word work • Reading strategies
How do I get my child to a level 18? • Sight words • Work work • Reading strategies • Comprehension
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How do I get my child to a level 18? • Sight words • Work work • Reading strategies • Comprehension • What are the important events and why? • Lesson of the story • Personal connections
How do I move my child beyond a level 18? • Second grade sight words • Word work • aw,ow,ew.flp
How do I move my child beyond a level 18? • Second grade sight words • Word work • Reading strategies
How do I move my child beyond a level 18? • Second grade sight words • Word work • Reading strategies • Comprehension
Second Grade Reality • A level 28 requires • Applying phonics to decode words with multiple parts. • Large core of high-frequency and content-area words. • Text Features • Sentence structure is more sophisticated • Story comprehension requires higher-level thinking.
Math Concepts • Quick recall of addition and subtraction up to 20 • Read, write, and compare numbers to1000 • Two-digit whole number addition or subtraction with explanation on how they solve (with and without renaming) • Estimate sums and differences of whole numbers • Describe how 2- and 3-dimenstional shapes are the same and different • Measure to the nearest inch, centimeter, yard, foot, and meter – pound, ounce, kilogram, & gram • Tell time to the nearest 5 minutes • Make change from a dollar, add & subtract money • Sort and classify items based on characteristics to create bar and picture graphs • Multiplication and division – solve problems using manipulatives, pictures, and/or repeated addition and subtraction. Solve word problems using multiplication and division within 100
At Home Ideas • Making words • Mix and make sight words and spelling words • Make and write sight words and spelling words • Shaving cream or pudding • Salt, kool-aid, or sand • Sidewalk chalk
At Home Ideas • Writing • Journals • Grocery lists • Story writing • Sight words • 1 minute drills • Flash cards • Math • Identify coins • Count change • Sort and order coins • Add or subtract objects around the house • Tell time at home • Sidewalk chalk
At Home Ideas • Websites • Apples for the Teacher • Game Goo • Soft Schools • Starfall • Gamequarium • Spelling City