1. Second Grade
Welcome to Open House! If you have any questions please write them on a sticky note and leave them on the board 

2. DAILY SCHEDULE 7:45-8:15 Unpack/Morning Work
8:15-10:00 Letterland/Literacy
10:05-10:50 Specials
Mon-Media Tues-PE Wed-Art (8:15-9:00)
Th-Music Fri- Imagination Station
11:00-11:30 Lunch
11:40-12:45 Math
12:45-1:45 Recess
12:30-1:00 Snack/Read Aloud
1:35-2:15 Writing/Focus
2:15-2:50 Social Studies/Science
2:50-3: Pack up/Dismissal
*Our schedule slightly changes on Wednesday. Please see our website for both schedules.

3. 2nd Grade Curriculum: Common Core
Reading
Writing
Math
Social Studies (History & Culture, Economics, Geography, Civics & Government)
Science (Life Cycle of Butterflies, Air & Weather, Solids & Liquids, Sound)

4. Reading
Reading is taught through small group instruction as well as the Daily Five.
The Daily Five provides opportunities for independent, meaningful reading and writing practice. During this time the students will engage in independent literacy-based activities.
Assessment is ongoing and will be administered through observation, demonstrating an understanding of concepts presented during the Daily Five rotations, as well as Mclass assessments (boy/moy/eoy).
Literary & **Informational Texts
All Components of The Daily 5 should be in full swing by Thanksgiving.
5 Components
Read to Self
Read to Someone
Listen to Reading
Word Work
Work on Writing

5. MATH
Fluently add, subtract, and know strategies for addition and subtraction within 20 & be able to explain their strategy!
Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones
Write numbers in standard, number & expanded form
Tell time to the nearest 5 minutes
Solve word problems using $1, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies
Read & write numbers to 1,000
Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions

6. MATH IS TAUGHT THROUGH…
Small stations
Small group practice
Whole group practice
Games
Individualized instruction
Written practice
* Sunshine Math will be coming home weekly and due on Fridays for those who want the challenge!

8. Revised Standards Based Grading
Level 4
Exemplary
Student consistently demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the standard, concept or skill
“I can show you how I apply it.” 3
Proficient
Student consistently demonstrates an understanding of the standard, concept or skill
“I understand and can explain it.” 2
Approaching Proficiency
Student is approaching an understanding of the standard, concept or skill
“I almost get it but I need support.” 1
Non-Proficiency
Student does not yet demonstrate an understanding of standard, concept or skill
“I do not understand it.”
“P”
You may see this on homework assignments and class practice.
Practice
This work is not being assessed.
“I am practicing a new skill.”

9. Classroom Rules and Procedures
We will spend the first few weeks of school establishing our classroom rules and procedures. Students are expected to follow them on a daily basis.
Our students understand that we have our classroom rules and procedures to help us learn and keep us safe.

10. Monday folders and homework
2nd grade homework should take no longer than 20 min.
Your child should be reading nightly
I will begin sending home a daily homework/communication folder the first day of school.
Please check your child’s folder nightly for any homework, immediate notes, and their daily behavior log and sign or initial.
Monday folders (purple) will have any PTA related info and class work from the previous week. Most class work & HW will be marked with a “P” for practice.
Return any folder the next day!

11. Reading logs….
After reading many blogs and articles on the dreaded “Reading Log” I am not requiring a nightly log to be kept and signed. I don't need a reading log to tell me whether or not your child is reading at home nightly, independently or with someone.  I'll know just by how they read in class. I always encourage parents to read to their children and listen to their children read as often as possible
While there is no formal assignment for reading, it is expected that each child will spend at least 10 minutes nightly reading to themselves or someone else.  This is an excellent way to practice fluency, build comprehension, and develop a love of reading! 
I have already sent home a reading bubble log as incentive to read nightly.

12. Odds & Ends
Snack: We have snack daily! Please be sure to send in a snack daily for you child.
Birthdays: If you would like, feel free to send in a birthday snack with your child on, or near, their special day. We celebrate during lunch time. We have 19 students in our class.
Website: Check our class website for class news, homework, and fun links. I will not be sending home a weekly newsletter. All info will be posted online at
Parent Volunteers: If you’d like to volunteer to work in our classroom, accompany us on a field trip or in any other volunteering opportunity within the school, YOU MUST REGISTER and be cleared first!
•Register in the media center
•You’ll need a valid driver’s license.

13. Field Trips Oakview Park- Fall Durham Life & Science -Spring
Information will be coming home shortly once we secure dates for all of our trips.

14. Letterland. words will be posted weekly on our class website
Letterland *words will be posted weekly on our class website. I will not be sending home a list.
Letterland is a unique, phonics based approach to teaching reading, writing and spelling. The Letterland characters transform plain black letter shapes into child friendly pictograms and they all live in an imaginary place called Letterland.
Simple stories about the Letterland characters, explain the full range of dry phonics facts so that children are motivated to listen, to think, and to learn. These stories explain letter sounds and shapes, allowing children to progress quickly to word building, reading and writing.

15. CLASSROOM WISH LIST Colored Cardstock
Gift cards to Teacherspayteachers, Stones
Any bulk snack items
Any subscriptions to National Geographic for Kids, Time for Kids, Sports Illustrated for Kids