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Welcome to
Second Grade!
Ms. [email protected]
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Day in the life of a 2nd Grader
• Students have a morning routine to follow. As they walk in
they should unpack and take out any homework or notes from their
folder. They should then begin their morning work.
• Morning Work
• Skills included are:
• Math
• Reading
• Language/Grammar
• Once Finished• Complete any unfinished work
• Silent reading
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Schedule
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Reading
* Reading Lessons will be a week long. This will be based
on Journey books.
• Monday will include whole group reading, introduction
of spelling, and the reading skill of the week along with
Daily Five.
• Following the first day will be 3 days of Daily Five and
small group work.
• On Friday, students will be tested on comprehension of
the story that we read as well as phonics and grammar
skills. Every week the students will have a spelling test.
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Daily 5
• How does it work?
Students will work through five authentic reading and writing
choices, working independently toward personalized goals, while the
teacher meets individual needs through whole-group and small-group
instruction, as well as one-on-one conferring. These choices
include:
• Read to Self
• Read to Someone
• Listen to Reading
• Word Work
• Work on Writing
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RAZ Kids
• Developmentally appropriate leveled books at 27
reading levels to increase comprehension and fluency.
Students can read texts at their level and in their areas
of interest anytime with 24/7 Web access to the
practice they need to become better, more confident
readers.
• https://www.raz-kids.com/
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Reading Homework
*Reading Log- Please place book read, time
read and initial.
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Language Arts
• Nouns: Singular/ Plural/Common & Proper
• Punctuation
• Capitalization
• Adjectives
• Commas
• Pronouns
• Verbs
• Compound Sentences
• Possessive Nouns
• Contractions
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Language Arts
• Paragraph
• Personal Narrative
• Parts of a Letter
• Response to Literature
• Informational Writing
• Fantasy Writing
• Persuasive Writing
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Math- Singapore Math Common Core
• Operations and Algebraic Thinking
• Represent and solve problems involving addition
and subtraction.
• Add and subtract within 20.
• Work with equal groups of objects to gain
foundations for multiplication.
• Number and Operations in Base Ten
• Understand place value.
• Use place value understanding and properties of
operations to add and subtract.
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Math
• Measurement and Data
• Measure and estimate lengths in standard units.
• Relate addition and subtraction to length.
• Work with time and money.
• Represent and interpret data.
• Geometry
• Reason with shapes and their attributes.
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Math Homework• Homework will incorporate the skill(s) they have
been
learning.
• Please stress to them to show their work!
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Science/ Social Studies/
Science: We will be using the FOSS Science System. We will be
following the Georgia Performance Standards. Science
does not have a textbook and is experiment based.
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Standards/Georgia%20Per
formance%20Standards/SecondGradeApproved7-12-2004.pdf
Social Studies: We will follow the Georgia Performance
Standards. We do not have textbooks.
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Standards/Georgia%20Per
formance%20Standards/Gr2%20Social%20Studies%20Stds%208-
24-07.pdf
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Standards/Georgia Performance
Standards/SecondGradeApproved7-12-2004.pdfhttps://www.georgiastandards.org/Standards/Georgia
Performance Standards/Gr2 Social Studies Stds 8-24-07.pdf
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Health
Health: We will follow the Georgia Performance Standards. We do
not have textbooks.
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Standards/Georgia%20Per
formance%20Standards/2_Health_Education.pdf
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Standards/Georgia Performance
Standards/2_Health_Education.pdf
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Communication• Teacher/Parent Communication: Progress Reports
Email: [email protected] Remind App Emails and remind
messages will be returned within 24 hours. Conferences as
needed.
If something needs my immediate attention it is best to send a
written note. I do not always check my emailsduring the day.
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SpecialsMonday Music
Tuesday P.E
Wednesday Technology
Thursday Media
Friday Art
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Behavior PlanPurple: Super Student!
Teal: Great Job!
Blue: Good Choices!
Green: Ready to Learn!
Yellow: Warning!(5 minutes walking at recess)
Orange: Teachers Choice!(Silent lunch)
Red: Parent Contact!(Silent lunch, contact parent and sit out
half of recess)
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Rewards
Tickets
10 tickets = Treasure box
20 tickets =Sit with teacher
30 tickets= Lunch in class with a friend
40 tickets= Bring a stuffed animal to school
50 tickets= 5 extra minutes of recess for you and a friend
60 tickets= homework pass
100 tickets (One Time Prize)= IPod Mini
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Homework Sent home each Monday, or first day of school week,
along with that weeks spelling words
• Is to be returned on Friday
• Along with homework is the daily reading log
• At least 20 minutes a night
• Graded for completion.
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Grades• All grades will be posted on ESchool
• Grading Scales:
A 90-Above
B 80-89
C 74-79
D 70-73
F Below 70
NG No Grade
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Field Trips• Money for field trips will be
collected before the trip.
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Questions about any of this?
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Last but not least…
• Donations of supplies (extra boxes of crayons, pencils, etc.),
balls to play with on the playground, books, and treasure box items
are greatly appreciated.
• Students are allowed to bring a water bottle for their
desks.
• Remember a healthy snack each day.
