Welcome to Open House!! Mrs. Quimby’s 2 nd Grade Class

Flow of the Day  Arrival and Morning Work  Morning Meeting  Reader’s Workshop and Guided Reading  Writer’s Workshop  Interactive Read Aloud  Math Workshop  Science/Social Studies  Work Work  Specials- Spanish, STEM, Music, Drama, Art, PE, Health, Chess

Reader’s Workshop  5- 7 minute Mini-lesson each day with active student involvement  Read Alouds  Building stamina in our readers: Expected to read independently for 30 min. or more each day  Independent Reading with “Just Right” books  Guided Reading groups  Book Studies and Author Studies  Readers “post it” their thoughts  Partner Talk– have authentic conversations about what you read with your child

The Daily 5  Read to Self  Read to Someone  Word Work  Work on Writing  Listening Station  Guided Reading  I-Ready

Shifts in Literacy  Read as much non fiction as fiction  Learn about the world by reading  Read more challenging material closely  Discuss reading using evidence  Write non-fiction using evidence  Increase academic vocabulary

Shifts in Math  Focus: learn more about fewer, key topics  Build skills within and across grades  Develop speed and accuracy  Really know it, Really do it  Use it in the real world  Think fast AND solve problems

Writer’s Workshop 5- 7 minute Mini-lesson each day with active student involvement 5- 7 minute Mini-lesson each day with active student involvement Conferencing will be used to help individual students develop stronger writing skills Conferencing will be used to help individual students develop stronger writing skills Students will be introduced to and compose a variety of writing with a beginning focus on personal narratives Students will be introduced to and compose a variety of writing with a beginning focus on personal narratives Other units of study include letters, informational writing, realistic fiction, fantasy and poetry Other units of study include letters, informational writing, realistic fiction, fantasy and poetry

Math Workshop  Workshop model  Math rotations  Number Sense and Operations  Algebraic Concepts  Data Analysis and Probability  Geometric Concepts  Measurement

Social Studies  Past and Present  Geography  Economics  Civics

Science  Life Science  Earth Science  Physical Science  Science and Technology

Homework  Math  Homework is a review of strategies taught or review of previous topics  Practice addition and subtraction with games on your own  Language Arts  Reading for min.  Practice strategies taught in class and write how strategies were used in homework journal  Spelling Activities will be given on Mondays for students to complete throughout the week

Assessments  Literacy- Running Records  Teacher Made Assessments after skills are taught/ unit is completed  Observation  Spelling test on Friday  I-Ready

???Questions???  Time for answering questions…  If we don’t get to your question, write on index card and I will answer in the next newsletter  me anytime!