Welcome to 2nd Grade!
Baranoff Elementary 2013 – 2014
Teacher- Rachel [email protected]://davisdeckhands.shutterfly.com
Student Teacher- Caroline Snively
About the teacher
13th Year at Baranoff in 2nd Grade!Trained in Gifted & Talented and taught GT clusters
for many many years!Taught Inclusion one yearGeneral Education class… but have worked with
&/or helped identify Asperger’s, Autism Spectrum, Gifted & Talented, Dyslexia,
Dysgraphia, Learning Disabled, 504, ADHD, and much more!
Meet the Team
Rachel DavisSusan Obermiller
Jerri GuiletteKelly DeVetter
Stephanie DempseyLisa Hernandez
Iliana CruzCristi Kuykendall
Plus 4 Student Teachers from University of Texas
Standards
Texas National Standards throughout the curriculum are changing, in order to promote rigor across all subjects and college readiness.
The foundations for college-readiness
are established in Kinder, 1st and 2nd
Grades!
It is very important for students to understand what is being read,
so they can APPLY it.
We are moving beyond learning to read and more into reading to LEARN.
Students must read various genres:
Narrative Historical fiction Fantasy Test taking Nonfiction Instructions Poems Recipes & Menus Magazines Biography Comics Mystery
Help your child build
stamina and
endurance.
Reading Revisions
End of year reading levels in AISD are now identified in two categories:
Satisfactory= 28College Ready=38
Our goal this year for your child is to reach DRA 38.
AISD DRA READING EXPECTATIONS
SATISFACTORYBeginning of Year
DRA 18Middle of Year
DRA 24END OF YEAR
DRA 28
COLLEGE READYBeginning of Year
DRA 24Middle of Year
DRA 30END OF YEAR
DRA 38
How is this administered?
DRA & TPRI are administered 3 times a year to identify your child’s reading comprehension, reading fluency & spelling abilities.
TPRI tests spelling, oral fluency & comprehension on both fiction and non fiction text, based on 2nd grade level.
DRA tests oral fluency, comprehension and predictions based on individual reading levels.
How will we use the testing data?
After testing, students are flexibly grouped to focus on specific reading areas. These are our daily guided reading groups.
Students will work on independent centers based on the Daily 5 program.
Centers will be rich in reading and writing! Read to Self, Word Work, Read to Buddy, Writing,
and Technology.
Stay informed, ask your child what they learned during Daily 5 centers!!
Fluency
By the end of second grade a student in AISD is expected to be reading independently at 90 words per minute. This is commonly referred to as Fluency.
Students will target fluency building in class during Daily 5 Read to Buddy Centers.
Have your child read aloud as often as possible to enhance speed and accuracy.
Parents can make a difference!!
We will need volunteers to work with Stampeding Readers. This group works with struggling and emerging readers to build stamina, confidence and skills to succeed. Email Mrs. Davis if interested.
Students must read every night! This includes the weekend. Three Written Summaries are expected Monday through Thursday in the HW Journal. Please see the sample included in the Homework Journal.
Promote reading as a family!
Students are more prone to read if they see family members reading together, and less likely to read if some are watching television or
playing video games while they are banished to a homework room.
The expectations for college readiness are central to the
design of the new STAAR Assessments.
Mathematics Revisions
More application, less memorization!
State standards have changed to include a more rigorous path for math.The following are some changes:
Students will understand numbers up to 1,200. Previous: Understanding numbers to 999.
Students telling time to the nearest minute. Previous: Telling time to the nearest 5 minute.
Changes: Students will have an understanding personal finance.
Previous: New to the standards. Students will recall basic facts within 20 with automaticity.
Previous: Basic facts within 18. Students will solve multiple step word problem within
1,200. Previous: Multi-step word problems within 999.
Students will use standard units of measurement. Previous: Use of non-standard tools.
More application, less memorization
District Benchmarks
District Benchmark Tests are administered at the end of the
year to see your child’s progress and identify growth
areas in Reading and Math.
Fall ConferencesOctober 14, 2013
Conferences will be scheduled through your teacher. There will be a sign up sheet posted tonight to sign up. If a time listed does not work for you, talk to the teacher!Please make sure your
child’s teacher has your email address! We use it frequently!
Spring ConferencesFebruary 17, 2014
Spring Conference will be Student Led.
This is not a 3 day weekend. This is a day your child needs to present the
Student Led Conference among his/her peers.
Please make plans to attend with your student.
It is very important your child have the chance to showcase him/her self for you!
Homework- Friday to Friday
Homework AND Class Work Expectations
Late work will be completed during flex time and/or sent home.
Consistent failure to complete or hand in assignments in a timely manner will result in a Parent/Teacher Conference.
More than 3 late homework assignments prevents opportunity for Citizenship
Award.Homework Grade will be affected on the report
card depending on the amount of Late Homework.
“Completes Work in a Timely Manner” will be affected on the report card for consistently
late class work.
GRADED & CHECKED WORK
Please review graded work with your child.
Work will be sent home on Thursdays.If there is a note to return to teacher,
please do so after you and your child have reviewed together, otherwise, it is not necessary to do so.
Grade Level Project- Mark your calendars now!
Winter Market Day- January 30th and 31st Purpose extends across all subjects and
curriculum. Students will focus on economics and being a
producer/consumer, producing a certain “good” at home and selling to peers across the campus!
PARENT INVOLVEMENT IS KEY TO SUCCESS!!!
Volunteering with 2nd grade
If you would like to volunteer at any functions on or off campus including field trips, Market Day, Field Day, and class parties, you must complete a background check with the district. Please go to our PTA’s website, www.baranoffpta.org, for more information.
If you have a current background check completed within the past three years, you will need to resubmit your background check to be considered current.
Let’s be Partners!!
By working together, your child will succeed!
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