WELCOME TO SECOND GRADE CURRICULUM NIGHT

Henry County Schools Goals: UNIFY Henry County around excellence in public education STRENGTHEN our core business of student learning ENSURE a high performing environment for all students Priorities: Clarify what we teach and what students learn This is done through our teaching and learning standards as well as the progression in when they are taught. The Henry County Learning Standards and Progressions are used to help us meet the goals in the Pate’s Creek Continuous School Improvement Plan.

WHAT WE’RE LEARNING THIS SEMESTER: ELA Learning Standards: Ask/Answer questions to demonstrate understanding of key details in text. Describe how characters in a story respond to major challenges and events. Describe the overall structure of a story (Beginning, Middle, End) Begin to identify and compare characters and setting Begin to identify the topic or main idea (theme) Use phonics to decode simple words in grade appropriate material Begin to self-correct and self-monitor comprehension Tell a story or recount an experience of books on grade level text (level J/K) Writer’s Workshop where student will write narrative & informational papers.

WHAT WE’RE LEARNING THIS SEMESTER: Math Learning Standards: Solve problems involving addition / subtraction within 100 Fluently use mental strategies to add and subtract within 20 Understand & model place value to 1000 (read, write, count, and compare) Use and explain place value and properties of operations to add and subtract within 1000 Represent and interpret data Measure and estimate lengths in standard units using appropriate tools Tell and write analog and digital time to the nearest five minutes (AM & PM)

WHAT WE’RE LEARNING THIS SEMESTER: Science Learning Standard: • Investigate the properties of matter and changes that occur in objects • Identify the three common states of matter as solid, liquid, or gas • Investigate changes in objects by tearing, dissolving, melting, squeezing, etc. • Students will demonstrate changes in speed and direction using pushes and pulls • Demonstrate the effects of changes of speed on an object

WHAT WE’RE LEARNING THIS SEMESTER: Social Studies Learning Standards: • Identify the need for rules & laws • Explain the lives and contributions of Georgians (Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, Mary Musgrove, Jimmy Carter) in history •Describe Geographic Features of Georgia Regions of Georgia (5, Piedmont, Coastal Plains, Blue Ridge, Ridge and Valley, Appalachian Plateau) Major Rivers in Georgia (Flint, Chattahoochee, Savannah) Basic land features: mountains, plains, lakes, rivers, and coastline • Explain the culture & geography of famous Georgians • Identify character traits of Georgians • Explain the lives and contributions of Georgians (Creek, Cherokee, Sequoyah) in History

REPORT CARD GRADES: 0 represents CRITICAL NEED No progress made toward achieving the standard 1 represents EMERGING Limited or minimum progress towards achievement of the standard 2 represents PROGRESSING Progressing toward achievement of the standard 3 represents MEETS Consistently and independently achieves the standard 4 represents EXCEEDS Consistently and independently achieves the standard with evidence of exceeding the standard

MAP TESTING Computer adaptive test Measures a student’s achievement level at different times of the school year and growth MAP Testing takes place 3 times a year Math, Reading, and Language Arts Scores are used to set learning goals Scores will be provided to parents

Conferences Student-led conferences will be held September 24-October 5. During student-led conferences give your child an opportunity to talk to you about their data and progress as well as goals. Your child’s teacher will contact you with more specific dates closer to conferences. Parent-Teacher conferences will be held November 26-December 7. Your child’s teacher will be in contact closer to the time for conferences.

Questions? Thank you for coming to Curriculum Night. We appreciate your support and involvement in your child’s education. If you have any further questions please feel free to contact our child’s teacher.