1. Welcome to 2 nd Grade Curriculum Night LET THE LEARNING BEGIN !

2. Your Second Grade Team  Ms. Kelly  Ms. Wangenheim  Ms. Johnson  Ms. Kehres  Ms. Bowles  Ms. Bennett  Ms. Marsh  Combined we have 80 years of teaching experience!

3. What’s special about second grade?  Book Character Parade: Culminating Project after our narrative unit  STEAM: Class projects with heat conductors/matter and Coding/technology  Art Ed experiences : Lanier Meaders (Appalachian Art), Martha Berry ( Cherokee beadwork artist), and Georgia O’Keefe ( watercolors )  Discover Lab : Changes in matter, Energy/Forces, Erosion/land changes/Environment

4. Communication  Email is the best way to contact teachers.  “Communication Folders” are sent home every other Friday with graded papers. These folders contain school information.  Please review, sign, and return graded papers the following school day.  All dismissal changes should be sent to the teacher in the morning. If you send an email throughout the day and the teacher does not respond, please call the school.

5. Absences and Tardies  Please send a written note or email within 3 days of when your child is absent from school  Students are counted tardy if they are not in the classroom by 7:40 a.m.  Students with excessive tardies or unexcused absences will be referred to the school social worker

6. Agendas  Students will copy homework down in their agenda  Agendas will come home daily  Parents should sign each night

7. The 7 Habits of Happy Kids  1. Be Proactive  2. Begin with the end in mind  3. Put first things first.  4. Think WIN-WIN  5. Seek first to be understood  6. Synergize  7. Sharpen the Saw

9. Math  Unit 1: Extending Base Ten Understanding, Place Value  Unit 2: Becoming Fluent with Addition and Subtraction, Word Problems  Unit 3: Understanding Measurement, Length, and Time  Unit 4: Applying Base Ten Understanding, Regrouping, Money  Unit 5 : Understanding Plane and Solid Figures  Unit 6: Developing Multiplication  Unit 7: Show what you know, skill incorporation

10. Math Facts  Your student should be fluent in addition, and subtraction  If they struggle with this, flashcards are a great idea!  You can even practice online, in the car, or on your tablets.

11. Reading  Whole group/small group  Inferencing  Summarizing  Connecting texts to a visual representation  Compare/contrast  Narrative elements  Author’s purpose  Exposure to a variety of genres  Point of View (First and Second)  Main Idea and Details  Text Structures: Fiction and Non-fiction  Demonstrate comprehension (who, what, when, where, why, and how)  Accurately reads aloud  Relates new information to prior knowledge

12. Written Expression/ELA  Lucy Calkins writing workshop model  Proper sentence structure (fragments, run-ons)  Text types and purposes(informational, opinion, narrative)  Research to build and present knowledge  Capitalization  Punctuation  Nouns  Reflexive pronouns  Adverbs  Adjective  Verbs  Prefix/suffix  Antonyms, synonyms, homophones

13. Social Studies  Unit 1: Georgia’s Regions and Rivers  Unit 2: Georgia’s beginnings: Colonization of Savannah, Creek Indians, Tomochichi, Mary Musgrove, and James Oglethorpe  Unit 3: Native Georgians: The Creek and Cherokee natives  Unit 4/5: Civil Rights and Human Rights: Famous Georgians Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King Jr, and Jimmy Carter  Unit 6: Economics

14. Science  Unit 1: Night Sky  Unit 2 : Position of the Sun, Moon, Star Patterns  Unit 3: Causes of Change  Unit 4: Properties of Matter  Unit 5: Sources of Change  Unit 6: Pushes and Pulls  Unit 7: Life Cycles

15. Health  Unit 1: Safety: I know how to be safe in situations in my home, school, and community.  Unit 2: Mental and Emotional Health: My actions affect the well- being of myself and others  Unit 3: Tobacco: It is dangerous for me to experiment with tobacco.  Unit 4: Drugs and Alcohol: It is important to read and follow the directions on medicines and household products  Unit 5: Personal Health and Wellness: My behavior affects my health and well-being and the health and well-being of others.  Unit 6 : Healthy Eating: My food choices affect my health.

16. Thank you for coming! We are looking forward to a great year! Love, The 2 nd grade PAW Patrol