H.E.S 2 nd Grade Parent Information Night

1. H.E.S 2nd GradeParent Information Night September 2013

2. Language Arts Reading, Writing, Listening, & Speaking

3. Reading Skills • Phonics & Decoding Skills • Sight Word Recognition • Fluency; end of year expectation at level M, 90 to 100 words per minute, reading with expression, phrasing & attention to punctuation, and accuracy. • Vocabulary; explicit instruction in specific words to enhance comprehension • Comprehension; apply appropriate strategies before, during, and after reading to construct meaning. Provide evidence from text to support responses about text.

4. What is Readers Workshop? • A 45-60 minute structure is designed to provide students the essentials they need to flourish as readers. • Mini- lesson (about 10 minutes) • Skills • Strategies • Habits of Readers • To lift the level of students’ reading work • Engage in Ongoing Reading Work (35-45 minutes) • Independent Reading • Small-Group Work (Strategy Lesson/Guided Reading • Teacher-Student Conference • Teacher Share (5-7minutes) • Little Teacher Talk • Partner-Share (read aloud, acting out parts, word-solving • Celebration of readers • A part of Balanced Literacy Approach

5. Why Readers Workshop • Reading, Reading, and more Reading • Habits of Reading • Not for Today…for Forever! • Deep and Wide Reading • Community of Readers • Sharing of Ideas (Accountable Talk/Discussion) • Book Clubs • Supporting Readers Where They are as Readers!

6. Common Assessments for Language Arts • DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) • DRA 2 (Developmental Reading Assessment) • CMT Reading Comprehension Strands • Sight Words • Writing Samples: Fall, Winter, Spring • Words Their Way Spelling Assessment

7. Writing and Spelling • Different Types of Writing • Narrative – personal and fictional narratives with a clear beginning, middle, and end, includes story elements with elaboration and fluency • Informational – letters, thank you notes, how to explaining a process, one or more paragraphs about data • Persuasive – students state an opinion, gather and analyze information and use supportive details • Word work to apply spelling skills in their writing • Throughout the year we are focusing on building writing stamina – end of year goal is to be able to write for 45 minutes.

8. Grammar In writing activities, 2nd graders will practice these skills throughout the year: • Proper use of periods and question marks • Commas • Quotations marks • Capitalization • Contractions • Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives • Subject-verb agreement • Pronouns • Complete Sentences • Compound Sentences

9. Math

10. “Math Makes Sense” 1. Algebraic Reasoning: Patterns and Functions • Finds missing numbers in addition and subtraction number sentences. 2. Numerical and Proportional Reasoning • Recognizes, writes, compares and orders whole numbers to 999. • Identifies place value of a digit 0-999. • Fractioning reasoning: identifying and partitioning geometric shapes • Adds and subtracts facts to 20 using mental math. • Solves one and two step addition and subtraction story problems. • Adds and subtracts two and three digit numbers using open number lines, pictures of models, and place value. (No algorithms.)

11. 3. Geometry and Measurement • Tells time to the nearest 5 minutes • Makes and counts a given amount to $100.00 • Measures and draws lengths to the nearest inch or centimeter 4. Working with Data: Probability and Statistics • Uses and creates bar graphs, line plot graphs, and picture graphs from data in tables and charts * Math Calculation Fluency – fact fluency assessments given every month

12. Social Studies

13. 1. Maps and globes *Identify N, S, E, W, Equator, Northern & Southern Hemisphere 2. Neighborhoods and Communities * Understands the parts of a community. * Understands the needs for rules. * Understands the difference between goods and services. 3. Holidays * Compares & contrasts historical celebration of holidays to current celebrations.

14. Science & Health

15. 1. Properties of Matter * Describes the differences between solids and liquids. 2. Life Cycle of Plants * Describes the life cycle of flowering plants. * Explains the effects of water, sunlight, and soil on plant growth 3. Soil 4. Nutrition * Lists and describes the basic food groups.

16. Homework

17. BOE recommends 20-30 minutes of homework a night for 2nd grade students. • Homework packets accommodate busy lives as well as allowing students to practice skill of planning ahead. • Homework will include a Reading Log and Math fluency or other practice. During the year, other opportunities for special projects will require completion at home. • Please check your child’s work before returning to school. Homework should represent your child’s best effort. Most work should be completed in pencil (not crayon or marker) unless it is a special project.

18. Things To Look Forward to… • Field Trip: Bushy Hill Nature Center • Fairy Tale Plays • “I Am An Author” End of Year Celebration

19. When You Thought I Wasn’t Looking When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, And I wanted to paint another one. When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you feed a stray cat, And I thought it was good to be kind to animals.

20. When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me, And I knew that little things are special things. When you thought I wasn’t looking, I heard you say a prayer, And I believed there is a God I could always talk to.

21. When you thought I wasn’t looking, I felt you kiss me goodnight, And I felt loved. When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw tears come from your eyes, And I learned that sometimes things hurt, But it’s all right to cry. When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw that you cared and I wanted to be Everything that I could be. - Author Unknown

22. Thank you for coming! The 2nd Grade Team Erin Crowley Celeste Formica Donna Jones Diana McKenzie