All About Second Grade! Presented by The Second Grade Team

What’s Expected in Second Grade When your child enters 2 nd grade, they should be reading at a DRA Level 16 (Guided Reading I) and leaving at a DRA Level 28 (Guided Reading M). Independence is expected By the end of the year, your child will transition from “learning to read” to “reading to learn.” Comprehension and fluency becomes the focus

What They Will Learn in Reading… Reading with Comprehension & Stamina Characters/ Character Traits Genres Literary Terms Problem/Resolution Plot

Cont… Setting Main Idea/ Summary Prefixes/Suffixes Antonyms/ Synonyms Context Clues Sequencing Compare/ Contrast Predictions Cause and Effect Fact & Opinion Drawing Conclusions / Inferring

What They Will Learn in Math… Addition Subtraction Money / Finance Multiplication Division Time to the Minute Measurement Fractions Graphs Place Value to D/3D Shapes Number Lines Multi-step word problems

What They Will Learn In Science / Social Studies Landforms Rocks Heat, Light, Sound Magnetism / Force Natural Resources Weather/Water Cycle Government Elections Our Country’s Past Producers/Consumers Conservation National / State info. Inventors

What They Will Learn in Writing and Language Arts Letter Writing Personal Narratives Persuasive Writing Nonfiction Writing Words Their Way Complete Sentences Parts of Speech Contractions Abbreviations Punctuation

Special Events Book Reports Academic Olympics Create Your Own Country Project Chapter Books Life Timelines Animal Project African American History Report

What can you do to prepare your child for next year... Practice Addition and Subtraction Facts is a great website for practice pages.) Website for triangle flashcards for Math On Telling time / Counting money Multi-step word problems Build good listening skills READ EVERY DAY!!!!!!! Check for comprehension and have students retell everything they read. Practice Sight Words (A list is attached). Practice Journaling and Story Writing (neat handwriting) Transition to Chapter Books Responsibility and independence

Responsibility Expectations Besides merely focusing on content, we will be teaching students responsibility. Here are some expectations that both students and parents should be aware of are: Backpacks/folders – We DO NOT check students’ backpacks/folders for work, notes, etc. Students are responsible for turning things in to the proper places at the proper times. If your child forgets his/her things at home, please don’t bring them up for him/her. Let them learn that neglecting to be responsible garners consequences. Please check the behavior log, found in take home folders, every night. Homework – We will not be sending homework home on a weekly basis. However, we do highly encourage and recommend that your child is reading or being read to every night!!! Grades – Standards Based Grading – More information will be going home with your student at the beginning of the school year.

Responsibility Expectations cont. Behavior – We give students every opportunity and continual support to make good choices. Students receive verbal redirection to get them “on track.” If they choose to make a poor choice after this warning, a tally will be given. Please be aware that this is a written warning. We do not revoke tallies. If we give one, investigation or proof has led to the tally. Please sign your full name, no initials. Study opportunities – Study guides will be given for many Social Studies and Science tests (as the concepts are usually less familiar to students). Please make use of these materials as retests (if given) will not always result in a passing grade. Organization – Organization and routines can really help with presenting quality work. Students will be expected to turn work in on time and in the proper format. Reminders – Please avail yourself of Parent Portal through our grading system and of Remind 101. We will send specifics regarding how to sign up for these things when the school year begins. Both are useful tools that we utilize to give you up-to-date information.

Educational Websites - Math WEBSITES APPS Ten Frame Mania- mania/id ?mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/il/app/ten-frame- mania/id ?mt=8 Pattern Shapes by Math Learning- shapes-by-math-learning/id ?mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pattern- shapes-by-math-learning/id ?mt=8 Number Line by Math Learning- by-math-learning/id ?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/number-line- by-math-learning/id ?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Math Slide Tens Ones- slide-tens-ones/id ?mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math- slide-tens-ones/id ?mt=8

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Educational Websites - Reading WEBSITES Starfall - ABCya - Reading Rockets - ABCmouse - (free if you sign up as a teacher) Storyline Online - Read to Me - We Give Books - Barnes and Noble Storytime - blog/category/online-storytime/ blog/category/online-storytime/ The Children’s Library - en.childrenslibrary.orgen.childrenslibrary.org Story Nory - National Explorer Young Explorer - ngexplorer.cengage.com/ngyoungexplorer/index.html ngexplorer.cengage.com/ngyoungexplorer/index.html Reading Resource - (This website has links to many websites for kids that focus on specific skills!)

Continued APPS KidMode: Play+Learn (Android, Kindle Fire) StoryKit (iPad, iPhone, iPodTouch) ABC Letter Tracing (iPad, iPhone, iPodTouch) ICDL Books for Children (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) Starfall Learn to Read (Kindle Fire) MeMe Tales (Apple products, Kindle Fire, Android products) Word Domino (Android) ABC Magic Phonics (iTunes)

Please watch for other information to be sent at a later time. Thank you for partnering with us in the education of your child! The Second Grade Team