1.  Welcome to Team 22!  Please find your child’s desk.
Complete the worksheet and be ready to share your priority questions (you will see what I mean! ).

2. Mr. Curhan, Mrs. Matthews, Mrs. Sawka, and Ms. Kupfer
Welcome to 2nd Grade!
Mr. Curhan, Mrs. Matthews, Mrs. Sawka, and Ms. Kupfer

3. Reading
Focus on solidifying fluency (speed and fluidity of reading/decoding)
Create a foundation of comprehension skills including…
Connecting
Wondering
Predicting
Noticing
Picturing
Figuring out
Achieved through a combination of large group lessons, small group focus lessons with classroom teachers and literacy specialists, and independent practice

4. Science Life-Cycle of the Butterfly
Studying the life-cycle of the Painted Lady
Changing States of Matter
Learning about the characteristics of solids, liquids, and gases
Experimenting with mixing and separating
Making hypotheses based in observation
Soils
Learning about the different components of soil (humus, sand, clay)
Distinguishing between organic and inorganic matter
Studying the characteristics of different soil mixtures
Engineering
Learning about the engineering process
Designing solutions to problems
Testing designs

5. Social Studies Civics & Government
Understanding that people and communities create structures, rules and ideas to solve problems
Maps & Geography
Locating continents, major bodies of water and landforms
Learning that the geography of your surroundings determines how you live
Interpreting map symbols using a legend
World Communities
Learning that cultural identity influences who you are and how you see the world
Specific countries of study: India and Ghana
Biographies
Understanding and comparing different ways people have achieved great distinction

6. Math
Grade 2 Roadmap
Compilation of resources such as Everyday Math, Kathy Richardson (Developing Number Concepts) Navigating Series, and Do The Math
Combination of large group lessons, small group stations, and targeted instruction
Our Content Standards:
Practice Standards
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Number and Operations in Base-10
Measurement and Data
Geometry
Practice Standards -
1. Makes sense of problems and perseveres in solving them
2. Attends to precision
3. Reasons and explains
4. Models and uses tools
5. Sees structure and generalizes

7. Writing Personal Narratives
Small moments, Inspiration/Ideas, Writing about their own lives
Revising
Nonfiction Writing—Writing to inform their audience about a specific topic
Informational books
Science writing
Opinion
Writing about reading
Persuasive reviews
Poetry
Independent Writing Across Content Areas

8. Word Work Fountas & Pinnell Phonics
Whole group instruction around specific phonics patterns
High Frequency Words
Students learn to use resources (word walls, dictionaries, etc.)
Content Vocabulary
Students learn and use content specific words from math, science and social studies

9. Social Skills and CARES
Social skills curriculum aimed at teaching students
to be…
Cooperative
Assertive
Responsible
Empathetic
and to maintain Self-control
Provides an opportunity for open discussions, role-playing, and modeling appropriate and respectful social interactions
Gives students a safe place to voice concerns and help each other come up with solutions to common social problems

10.  Welcome to Team Twenty-Two! 
Room 22
 Welcome to Team Twenty-Two! 
Daily routine
Notes on snack/lunch
Homework and reading logs
Celebrations
Team 22 Pledge/Hopes and Dreams
Birthdays
Knick-knacks and home toys
Scholastic book orders
Contact me!
Website

24. Growth Mindset
The Power of Yet

25. What did you learn from the exercise on asking questions?
Closing Activity:
Jot on your worksheet:
What did you learn from the exercise on asking questions?