Welcome to 2 nd Grade Curriculum Night Caris Blackstock Julie Boyd Kay Lake Mitzi Reese Paige Rowan

8:00 – 3:00 Tardy after 8:00 Absence notes-hand written note Transportation Change- hand written note sent with your child in the morning Picking up early sign out in the office Entering the classroom during school hours Healthy snack – in a plastic bag Lunch School Policies

Food Allergies Birthdays Homework Tribes/Love and Logic Grades

Language Arts Reading-small group –Essential to read at home nightly (20-30 minutes) Writing –Friendly letter, journaling, memoirs, persuasive, informative, nonfiction topic writing Spelling: Words Their Way –Individualized –Advance reading and writing Grammar –Punctuation, spelling, and content –Multisensory

Spelling Homework Sorting WordsAlphabetical Order

4 Nine Week Social Studies Overviews All American Kid Citizenship, Community, America Me and My World Geography, Landforms, Maps A Hero in Every Heart Biographies, Timelines Show Me The Money Economics, Wants/Needs, Producers/Consumers Winds of Time Greece

Science Units of Study 1 st 9 weeks: Matter, Energy, and Force 2 nd 9 weeks: Balance and Motion, Magnets 3 rd 9 weeks: Earth Science, Weather 4 th 9 weeks: Organisms and Environments

Math In Second Grade! Math Facts-practice every night! Problem Solving Place Value and Operations Geometry Fractions Measurement Graphing

Technology Technology integration in all subject areas Activboard-use of ACTIVeggs Desktops, Notebooks, Laptops for student use Itouches for all classrooms with educational apps Odyssey Math-district program used to supplement math instruction in the classroom. It can also be accessed at home. Students will become familiar with the programs and devices through work stations and computer lab time. Brain Pop Jr.