Second Grade Linton Springs Welcome Parents! School Year

Welcome to Second Grade! Teachers Ms. Sankovich and Mrs. Phipps Mrs. Simons and Ms. King Mrs. Luebke and Mrs. Johnson

STEM and Humanities  STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics  Humanities: English Language Arts (ELA) and Social Studies  Why?  To prepare students for 21 st century careers  To increase rigor in all content areas  To provide integration between content areas

Math  Five units  Basic facts – strategies and recall (3 seconds)  Xtra math

ELA  Fluency  Comprehension  Grammar  Vocabulary – Wow Words!  Phonics – Fundations  Spelling  Anthology and Trade Books  Handwriting-Cursive second half of year (Zaner Bloser)  Instruction  Small group  Whole group

Writing Three types of writing  Narrative  Informative  Opinion

Spelling  What’s the rule? Our focus is learning the spelling rule instead of just memorizing words.  Homework We’ll send home words on Monday that show the rule we are learning. Your child may choose several activities to practice the words.  Testing We’ll test on Friday. We may include a word that was not on the list, but has the rule.

Science  Waves (light and sound)  Weather  A Sticky Situation All units use the engineering design process.

Social Studies  Responsible Citizens in the Community  Rules & Laws  US Symbols  Our Community at Work  Consumers & Producers  Goods & Services  Resources  The World Around Me  Map Skills  Cultures

Field Trips  The Star Spangled Banner Museum  Breadmaking  Other Special Activities

Classroom Community  PBIS: (Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies)  S: Safety  T: Taking responsibility  A: Active Learning  R: Respect  Starbucks will be given to students for following these standards.  1 st warning: verbal reminder  2 nd warning: Star reminder sent home  3 rd : Referral sent home  We use a green, yellow, red system to help children monitor their own behavior.

SOS (Agenda Book)  Homework copied each day  X in box if no homework for that subject  15 minutes of reading  Communication between home and school  Please look at and sign each evening

Parent Conferences  Dates  October 8 th --Teacher requests  November 10th  November 20th  January 28 th 3:30-6:30

Let’s Have a Great Year!