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Welcome to Curriculum Night

Welcome to Curriculum Night. Please sign up for a fall conference Sign up for volunteer opportunities Look around the room or the work at your child’s desk Try to identify your child’s laundry We will start around 6:35 and should be done right on time, hopefully early…YEAH!!.

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Welcome to Curriculum Night

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  1. Welcome to Curriculum Night Please sign up for a fall conference Sign up for volunteer opportunities Look around the room or the work at your child’s desk Try to identify your child’s laundry We will start around 6:35 and should be done right on time, hopefully early…YEAH!!

  2. 2nd Grade Curriculum NightSeptember 14, 2009 Alyssa Coffey alyssa.coffey@vansd.org 313-1750

  3. What’s in your folder? • District provided curriculum specifics • Brochure for the classroom • A goal sheet for your child • Blank piece of paper for your notes • Sample monthly progress monitoring note • Gentry 100 High Frequency Words • Parent Journal (you will have an assignment later) Let’s get started!

  4. Born and raised in Vancouver Graduated from New York University with a BS in Elementary Education and a minor in Psychology (2000) Graduated with a Master’s Degree in Technology, Curriculum, and Instruction (2009) Completed Professional Certification program (2009) 10th year of teaching…WOW! School for Autistic Children (2 years) Charter School in New York (4 years) Felida (4th year) Getting married in May  Josh is also a teacher, and just happens to be Mrs. Wilson’s son I share a collapsible wall with my future mother in law!! Wonderful family 3 brothers, married with children Parents both teachers 2/3 brothersalso teachers About Miss Coffey

  5. Classroom Management • Classroom Contract for Behavior • Goal Line (2nd Grade) • Every other Friday • Combination of work completion and behavior • Choice Activities • School wide Behavior Plan • Management Folders

  6. Curriculum • Reading/Literacy • Houghton Mifflin Whole Group Instruction – 1 story a week with a corresponding journal • Leveled Reading Groups (meet daily) • Some Read Naturally (for struggling students) • Assessments: QRI, DIBELS • Writer’s Workshop/Step Up To Writing • Reports, stories, letters • Conventions, Spelling • Daily Journaling

  7. Curriculum, cont’d • Math • Houghton Mifflin whole group with small group instruction as needed • Calendar Math (daily application) • Mad Math (daily computational fluency practice) • Minutes (daily mixed practice) • Assessments- Unit tests, Math Tasks (problem solving and communication)

  8. Curriculum, Cont’d • Spelling • Gentry 100 High Frequency Words • Assessed beginning, middle, and end of year • Science • Earth- Soils (planting and composting) • Life- Changes (matter) • Physical- Balancing and Weighing • Social Studies • Main Street • Cultural Celebrations and History • Geography

  9. Self Assessment Practices • Goal Setting and Progress Monitoring • Reflection • Classroom created rubrics

  10. Technology Integration • Type to Learn • Search Engines • Word Processing • Power Point • Digital Imaging • Blogging/Website • Interactive Whiteboard • Webquests • Google Earth

  11. Extra 2nd Grade Activities (extension) • AR tests (reading comprehension) • Caldecott Challenge (reading extension) • School Store (math) • Parent Journals (writing) • Spelling Bee Challenge

  12. What makes this classroom special? • Additional technology tools and training (Microsoft Peer Coaching Grant) • Special Sensory Seating (Vancouver School District Foundation Grant) • Use of Music • Student Choice • Independence and Responsibility • Classroom website • Blogging • Star of the Week • Me 

  13. Nuts and Bolts for Room 10 • Homework • Daily (no more than 35 minutes) • 20 minutes of Reading • Additional math, grammar, or blog assignment • To be returned the next day unless extenuating circumstance (please send note/email) • Dismissal • Children who ride the school bus- out the back door by the black gate • YMCA- through the school to the cafeteria • Parent Pick Up- ALL IN FRONT (change from last year) • Snack • After morning recess- something small and healthy (whole grains, fruit, cheese, etc.) Please send something with your child. I will have a back- up stash for students who do not have their own snack. I accept any and all donations! • Birthdays • Usually celebrated just before lunch with treats distributed during lunch • We have students with allergies (dairy, wheat) • Not mandatory

  14. Volunteering • Reading Group Supervisors • Parent Pack • School Store • Room Parents • Scrapbooking • Production THANK YOU!!

  15. Questions and Closing • Please write a letter to your child in their Parent Journal. Leave the journal on their desk for them to read this Friday, when they will have the chance to respond. • Thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm for your child’s second grade experience.

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