Back to School Night in Second Grade Mrs. P., Mr. B., and Mr. Whalen

Our Team Ms. P (2 nd Grade Teacher) Mr. B (Instructional Aide) Mr. Whalen (GW Intern)

Welcome A Day in the Life of a Second Grader begins with Morning Meeting: Greeting Morning Message and Wise Words of the Week ScheduleShare Energizer-Me too!

Language Arts Block: 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 min Mini-lesson focused on a particular reading strategy and standard: C.A.F.E. Time Comprehension (Guided reading and read to self) Accuracy (Word Work) Fluency (Listening Center) Expanding schema (Station work around language standards)

Content Area Units Science Plants, Pollinators, and Agricultural Engineers Simple Machines and Inventions H2O and Weather Matters Our Changing Earth Social Studies Westward Expansion and the Northwest Coastal Indians (A Then and Now Study) Geography, Folktales, and Cultures from Around the World

Content Area Literacy- 45 minutes a day to 1 hour Reading and Writing instruction in the content areas including science and social studies.

Community Building Our classroom uses the Responsive Classroom approach to community building and classroom discipline. Please see our Class Promise to see the class rules your students came up with to support their own hopes and dreams for second grade.

Our Class Supports Friendship Recipes “What’s Bugging You?” Strategy chart Comfort Corner Natural Consequences

Math Workshop- 90 minutes a day Tues-Fri Mini-lesson Guided Math Instruction and Centers (Math with a Partner, Math By Myself, Math with Technology, Math with a Teacher). EngageNY and Cathy Fosnot Curriculum M-squared Enrichment Curriculum for Geometry, Measurement, and Multiplication Problem of the Day

Math Sequence Quarter 1Quarter 2Quarter 3Quarter 4 Number sense: Putting together and taking apart Operations and Algebraic Thinking Measurement and Data Geometry

An Algebraic Proof

What is the purpose of math? What math is? The study of patterns and functions Process Abstract representative thinking Proof and argumentation Discussion What math isn’t? The exclusive study of arithmetic and procedural fluency Product oriented Paper and Pencil only

A Combined View Enrichment Depth of knowledge and expansion of number sense through explorations in Algebraic Thinking Acceleration Vertical Acceleration through above grade level content

A proof for why an Odd+Odd = Even

Odds and Evens Enrichment If Odd+Odd=Even what would happen if we did 2(Odd)+2(Odd)=? 3(Odd) + 3(Odd)=? 3(Odd)+2(Odd)=? Acceleration Generalizing the rule to larger numbers and explaining why it still works

Responsive Instruction Formative Assessments End of unit tests Rubrics Quarterly assessments Class work Homework Summative Assessments Report Cards DIBELS and TRC iReady

Homework Homework is assigned in a packet distributed at the beginning of the week and should be initialed and returned in the HW folder daily. In the first quarter students will be assigned 1 assignment a night plus their reading log. Spelling will be completed as part of C.A.F.E. time and writer’s workshop.

Field Trips and Celebrations Class Parent: Joel Churches (Ruby’s Dad) Birthday celebrations on Fridays at 3:00 pm in the classroom We are hoping to plan field trips to the Botanical Gardens and Smithsonian. I am also on the hunt for a community garden that we can walk to!

Communication Parent-teacher conferences can be made for most Monday, Thursday, and Friday mornings at 8:15 am. Please contact me directly to schedule a specific time. Weekly letter via the Ross Website. Please register now on the laptops provided.

Thank you!! Questions? Feel free to me.