Welcome to 2 nd Grade Curriculum Night Miss MacDonald’s class Room 164 Please find the TO DO List on the top of your child’s desk and feel free to begin completing the tasks Also, please feel free to bring in chairs from the computer desks outside or sit on stools.

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Curriculum Night Video

PTSA / ISF Thank You! PTSA – Kate Poster (Science) – Teacher/Grade Level $$$ – Toy Man (Science) – Box Tops (fund raisers) – Orange Ruler – Ralph Fletcher (Engaging Boy Writers) ISF – Book Room – Science Curriculum

About Me Grew up in Santa Rosa, CA. Graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education, emphasis in Music I love to sing, hike, ride my bike and read. 1 st year at Grand Ridge!

Communication The best way to contact me is by Newsletter at least once a month! Other reminders as necessary Classroom Website tary/grand/staff/macdonalds/default.aspx tary/grand/staff/macdonalds/default.aspx Planners Green Folders Parent Reports

Room 164’s Schedule Monday – Music Tuesday – PE Wednesday – Library Thursday – Music Friday – PE Lunch Recess 12:05-12:25 Lunch 12:25-12:45 Second Recess 2:30-2:50 Please send a healthy snack each day

Literacy/Making Meaning Comprehension focused Read to Self, Guided Reading Groups and Individual Conferring Reader’s Workshop/Daily 5 Model

Comprehension Focus Making connections Sequencing Monitoring for meaning Story elements Questioning Predicting Visualizing Inferring Determining importance Summarizing Text features Literary/ narrative devices (simile, alliteration)

Good Fit/Just Right Books Use the I PICK acronym to help pick books I - Choose a book P- Purpose- why do I want to read it? I- Interest -does it interest me? C- Comprehend -Am I understanding what I am reading? K- I know -most of the words

What are the Daily 5? Read to Self Work on Writing Read to Someone Word Work Listen to Reading

What Sets Daily 5 Apart Deliver a few whole group lessons each day Teach small groups of students each day Confer with several individual students each day Students pick from one of the daily five choices to be working on independently Gives students responsibility

What sets Daily 5 Apart for Students Engaged in the act of reading and writing for extended amounts of time Receive focused instruction on building and maintaining independence Receive tailored instruction by the teacher through: o Whole group o Small group o And/or individual conferring

Also… We will be using a variety of genres Learning new vocabulary (roots, suffixes, prefixes, endings, abbreviations) Using tools to help learn new or unknown words And of course lots of discussions about books, and quality literature

Writing Just like reading we write every day as well Work on Writing- Daily 5 choice Writers Workshop - writing using the writing process- Lucy Caulkins Informational Paragraph Writing - using science and social studies topics Home Journals Weekend Journals Reading Response Journals

Units of Study Narrative, Information, Opinion, Poetry Focusing on the writing process Goal based 3 BENDS: Genre, Honing your Craft, Using Strategies Rubric once a unit Confer weekly (or as needed) Building good writing skills across genres “Publishing:” Process vs. Product Writing Partners

Phonics/Spelling “No Excuse" Words Teach spelling patterns Spelling is assessed in writing (words to practice) 5 words a week Buddy Spelling

Science/ Social Studies Sun’s Daily Motion (shadows) Force and Motion Life Cycle of a Plant Changes in Ecosystems Communities – Goods/Services and Needs/Wants Investigations Apply new learning

Math Math Workshop: Lessons are differentiated Groups are variable Pre-Assess before units Enrichment activities if mastered Small groups for extra practice if needed

Everyday Math Online/ IXL Online Games Family Letters on EDM Online – Each unit/Homework answers – Information about skills being taught IXL – Logon information, practice at home, could be homework some nights

2 nd Grade Homework The goal of homework in 2 nd grade is to build good study habits and teach responsibility Homework is not meant to be challenging, but reinforce skills learned in school Pick a homework area and set routines

Math Homework Math homework will be coming home 4 nights a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday) Math homework will be practice for the lesson learned that day About min. (please do not work far beyond this, write me a note if homework is too difficult) Math homework is due the next day

Homework Reading Response Journals Friday to Friday Minimum 20min. of reading a night 3 nights a week, totaling 60 min. a week Record Day,Minutes Read and Title of Book Each week there will be an activity for students to respond to in their journals (should take about 10 minutes & can be Wednesday night’s homework)

Homework Reading Response Journal

Websites to use at home IXL Brainpop Culturegrams eLibrary and Proquest Teaching Books.net PebbleGo StarWalk KidsMedia Tumble Books World Books Online (See handout for logins and passwords)

Report Cards Standards based A "3" is the target for students The scoring guide is available on the district website Report cards this year are electronic Expect comments for scores of 1 or 2, not necessarily for scores of 3 or 4

Behavior Expectations We make GRAND choices that don’t cause a problem for anyone In our class we SHOW RESPECT, SOLVE THE PROBLEM, and MAKE GOOD DECISIONS – Cube Jar – Parent Report Drawings – Fun Friday – Classroom Money

Fun Friday If all work is complete… If all homework has been turned in… If you make GRAND choices… (Reflected on a Parent Report) On Friday, students will have choice time for the last 30 minutes of the day. Please do NOT send electronics!

Volunteers I will send out the calendar. Please let me know if you will not be able to make your scheduled time – Jobs differ from Morning to Afternoon – Some jobs will be prep-work Currently need – Room Coordinator and Library Parent Some can volunteer at home as well! (Pencil sharpeners needed ) Volunteer form went home last Friday. Please send back by Friday 9/18 if you would like to volunteer!

Other… Book Orders (sent home last Friday) ***Other Ways to Build Classroom Library*** Celebrations/Birthdays Vacations/Trips/Absent Field Trips Conferences will be scheduled online – similar to last year (December 2 & 3, all day)

What you can do at home READ! READ! READ! Make Writing Real Practice Math Facts/IXL Solving Problems – let your child figure out a plan to get unstuck and be INDEPENDENT!

Let’s Have a GRAND Year!