Mrs. Cruz’s Second Grade Class 2016-2017

Overview About me Supplies Reading Block ELA Strategies, Skills, and DIBELS Math- Modules 1, 2, and 3 Arts Block Grading Scale Expectations

About Mrs. Cruz Professional Graduated from LSU in 2009 Student taught at Denham Springs Elementary Taught at Park Forest Elementary for 6 years First year at BRCVPA Have taught grades 1-3 Personal Married six years Have a 3 year old boy Have 3 cats, 1 dog, and 1 hedgehog Enjoy knitting and going out to eat

Supplies Please help your child pack: Homework folder w/ signed conduct Textbooks (if needed) Check your packets for specific supply information.

Reading Block Whole Group - 30 minutes Small Group and Centers - 60 minutes Novel Study Freckle Juice Hour of Olympics Flat Stanley Thanksgiving on Thursday How to Eat Fried Worms Abe Lincoln at Last! Because of Winn Dixie My Father’s Dragon Nonfiction Related Text

ELA Strategies Restate-Answer-Cite evidence-Explain High Frequency Words Decoding- Short Vowels- CVC Long Vowel Sounds- CVCe Sounds of g Context Clues Grammar Sentences- Subjects & Predicates Types of Sentences Nouns- Singular and Plural Writer’s Workshop- Narrative Mini Lesson Quiet Writing Time Individual Conferences Author’s Chair

Target Comprehension Skills Story Structure Sequence of Events Compare and Contrast Author’s Purpose Cause and Effect

Dibels School wide fluency and comprehension assessment. Tested 3 times a year formally by a school-based team. Progress monitored frequently by the classroom teacher. Second graders are expected to read AT LEAST 90 words per minute by May.

Math Eureka Rigorous RDWW Vocabulary and strategies may be unfamiliar Parent workshops if needed Please reinforce basic math fluency skills by practicing with flashcards (Dollar Tree). Moby Max

Module 1- Foundation and initiating Fluency with addition and subtraction within 100

Module 2- addition & subtraction of length units

Module 3- Place Value, Counting, and Comparing Numbers 1,000

Science and Social Studies Project Based Learning Approach Bendable and Rigid Designing Zoo Habitats Flat Stanley Downtown Geometric Shape Hunt Possible Grant for Force in Motion

Art Blocks Monday- Art and Drama Tuesday- P.E. and Music Wednesday- Art and Dance Thursday- Music and Drama Friday- Dance and P.E.

Grading Scale 93-100 A Outstanding Achievement 85-92      B  Good Achievement 84-75     C   Satisfactory Achievement 74-67      D  Minimum Acceptance Achievement for Passing 66-0        F   Does not meet minimum course requirements

Expectations Student Tracker Chart (may be adjusted after a month) Follow teacher’s directions quickly. Keep hands, feet, and object to self. Keep unkind comments and gestures to self. Talk with permission. Stay in assigned area with appropriate body form. Starbucks Please sign conduct calendar nightly.

Nurse Referral Form Please only input: Child’s name Parent’s name Two working phone numbers

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