Welcome to Mrs. Seidl’s Room

I have been teaching for 14 years, 10 years in Blissfield, I have a Master’s degree from Eastern Michigan University. Welcome To 2nd Grade With 24 Students and Mrs. Seidl

Things we will learn in SCIENCE

Math Reading and Writing Numbers to 1000 Graphing/Bar/Venn Telling time/Money/Calendar/Days Attributes of Pattern Blocks/Fractions Some, Some More/Some, Some Less Identifying Shapes/Patterns Two digit Addition/Subtraction Multiplication

READING Spelling with each story Comprehension Summarizing Drawing Conclusions Compare/Contrast Categorizing/Classify Predictions Cause/Effect Endings Real/Fantasy Diagraphs Prefixes/Suffixes Base words/Endings

Social Studies Academic Standards Standard SOC.11.1 Diversity of People All students will describe,compare, and explain the locations and characteristics of places, cultures, and settlements. Standard Soc.11.3.EE..2 Location Identify people and places in other locations and explain their importance to the community. Standard Soc EE.1 Global Issues and Events Locate and describe major world events that are having an impact on their community and explain why they are important to the community. Technology Multimedia Graphics Operating Environments Telecommunications Word-processing Applied Technology

Lesson 1 The students will write to pen pals from Britton.

Example Dear Penpal, Hi, I’m Alex and I’m in second grade. My techer is Mrs. Seidl. She maks me work hrd. I lik to rid forwhelers. Do you know what thatis? It is a mashen that gos miles per hour. Do you like school? I like school and I like Math. Writ soon, Alex

Lesson 2 We will locate our pen pals on the internet and also on our map. We will talk about the communities that our pen pals live in and discuss the school location as well.

Michigan Britton Pen Pals

Lesson 3 The students will then use details in writing and ask questions about their surroundings.

In Social Studies we will cover many Topics We will focus on reading skills that include: phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. We will use many maps, graphs and charts.

Lesson 4 Look how many students in a second grade classroom in Britton????

Daily News

Overview of Assessment The students should develop an understanding of the inter-relationship between environment and state, displaying knowledge of map reading skills on a U.S. map.

Lesson Assessment The students will successfully display knowledge of specific map skills (north, South, East, West, locate Michigan and its surroundings, oceans, lakes, mountains). We will also participate in discussion with statements from our letter writing.

More to come!