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Second Grade Curriculum Night August 23, 2012. Mrs. Manuelito Miss McGill Mr. Moffett Mrs. Schock. Attendance/Dismissal. Attendance Please make sure that students arrive promptly at 7:40 am Absences must be communicated through the front office. Dismissal
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Second GradeCurriculum NightAugust 23, 2012 Mrs. ManuelitoMiss McGill Mr. Moffett Mrs. Schock
Attendance/Dismissal Attendance • Please make sure that students arrive promptly at 7:40 am • Absences must be communicated through the front office Dismissal • Any changes to a child’s normal dismissal routine must go through the front office by 2:00 pm • Please review the new bus policy
PBISCreating a Positive Learning Environment School-Wide Expectations *Practice Respect *Act Responsibly *Work Together *Safety Matters Clip Chart • Each day, students begin on ready to learn • They can move up on the chart for making good choices, or down for making choices that need to be reconsidered
PBISCreating a Positive Learning Environment • Steps up the clip chart • Blue- Good Day • Black- Great Job • Purple- Outstanding Students are rewarded for their outstanding days. • Steps down the clip chart • Yellow- Warning and redirection • Orange- Refocus desk to reflect on choices and making a plan. • Red- Refocus desk in another teacher’s classroom.
Home Folder • PLEASE check your child’s home folder daily for any new information! • Monthly Calendar- tells you where your child landed on that day based on the clip up/clip down chart and important dates. This stays in your child’s folder so that we are able to fill it out daily. • This is a way for teachers to communicate with parents. • You can also send us a note inside the folder as we check them daily too.
HomeworkYour involvement is key to your child’s success this year. • Parents are a child’s first and most important teacher, and the most important things parents do for their children’s education occur at home. • A homework packet is sent home on Thursdays and is due back on Wednesdays. • Reading Homework Please read with your child for 20 minutes each night and record the book title and your signature each day • Spelling Homework The weekly spelling words will be listed on the reading homework (half page). Pick one activity from the Spelling Tic Tac Toe board to do each night • Math Homework Four practice pages that are aligned to our current math lessons • It is graded on completion so please make sure your child completes each page fully.
English Language Arts • Common Core Standards • Key Ideas and Details • Craft and Structure • Integration of Knowledge and Ideas • Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity • The BIG 5 • Phonemic awareness • Phonics • Fluency • Comprehension • vocabulary
Writing • Writers’ Workshop We follow a consistent routine beginning with a writer’s meeting, followed by independent writing time, and closing with a brief sharing time. • Types of Writing • Opinion Pieces • Informative/ Explanatory texts • Narratives
Kyrene Math Philosophy…Cognitively Guided Instruction “The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple!” • Mathematical skills used as tools to solve meaningful problems • Flexible thinking and multiple strategies are encouraged • Talk, represent, and write about math • Work in pairs, individually, and/or groups
Math Common Core • Numbers and Base Ten • Operations and Algebraic Thinking • Measurement and Data • Geometry • Math practices include persevering, attending to precision, and constructing viable arguments
Place Value • Understanding that the digits in a three digit number stand for hundreds, tens, and ones • Skip counting by 5’s, 10’s, and 100’s within 1000 • Mentally adding 10 or 100 to any given number • Use place value properties to solve addition and subtraction equations
Problem Solving • Embedded in everything we do in our classrooms • Writing expressions and equations to represent the problem and showing how they solved the problem • Sharing their strategies and solutions with each • other • Assessed on a monthly basis • Fluently solving problems within 100 (double digit addition and subtraction), using concrete drawing or models to solve problems within 1000 (triple digit addition and subtraction)
Parent Tips… • Believe that your child can successfully learn mathematics • Expect your child to work hard to learn mathematics • Have your child explain the problem and his thinking out loud and show all work • Practice basic addition and subtraction facts • Help your child connect math with daily life and point out your own activities that involve math • Keep open communication between school and home
Health Harcourt Curriculum • Body Systems • Personal Hygiene • Making Healthy Choices
Technology • 7 laptops and 2 desktop computers in each classroom • Smartboard, projector, and document camera • Book Flix • Dreambox • Kidspiration • Pixie • PowerPoint • Project-based learning • Digital Portfolios
Science Units of Study • The Human Body • Insects and their life cycles • Air and Weather • Matter and Energy
Social Studies Units of Study: • Government • Map skills • Environmental studies • The Revolutionary War • World Cultures
For More Specific Curriculum Information: www.kyrene.org • Departments • Curriculum and Learning Resources • Curriculum Components and Content Area • Adopted Curriculum