1. Welcome to 2nd Grade Curriculum Night!!
This power point will be on your teacher’s website if you’d like to refer to it later 

2. Working together to provide a quality education for your child!

3. Jacobson Website
 and Website
Staff tab
Teacher’s name
Notes
Conferences
 Monthly Newsletters

4. Purple Folders
Spelling and Math are sent home weekly (please keep in folder all week).
Spelling is due on Friday.
Reading homework is sent home daily and needs to be returned the following day.
Please keep the Behavior Chart in your child’s folder.

5. Behavior Chart
Lose a letter = loss of recess time
Three letters during week = no Fun Friday
6 Pillars of Character
Trustworthiness
Caring
Citizenship
Responsibility
Respect
Fairness

6. Journeys Harcourt Houghton Mifflin
Guided Reading Instruction
Literature Circles
Leveled Readers
Functional Text
College and Career Readiness Standards
Read Alouds
Accelerated Reading (AR)

7. 6 Traits
The Writing Process
Daily Writing Lessons
Journal
Letters
Reports
Spelling – 16 words per week
Dictation
College and Career Readiness Standards

8. Math Rotations
 College and Career Readiness Standards
 Scott Foresman
Math Madness
Math Journals
Math Facts

9. Inquiry Process
Life Cycles
Changes in Earth and Sky
Seasons/Weather
Water Cycle/Clouds
Solid/Liquid/Gases
Measurable Properties of Objects
Science Fair
People and Cultural Contributions
Body Systems

10. Civics and Government
Research Skills
American History: Early Civilization
Native Americans- Mound Builders
American History: Revolution and New Nation
Timelines
Constitution and Bill of Rights
World History- Revolution
Holidays Around the World Traditions and Cultures
Westward Expansion
Current Events
Famous Americans
Geography
Structure of Government, Current Political Leaders
Environmental Resources
Asian Civilizations (China, India, and Japan)

11. Daily observations
Reading and Writing Conferences
Graded Daily Work
Formative
Summative
Progress Reports
Report Cards
Math Unit Pre/Post Tests

12. Birthday Celebrations
Jacobson will no longer be accepting sugary treats for birthdays - Do not send cupcakes, doughnuts or other sugary food items - your items will not be delivered to the classroom or distributed to students.
Students visit the principal’s office and receive a special gift
Student’s name will be heard on the announcements
Students may bring a small token pencil, eraser, etc. to pass out to classmates
Parents may donate a book to their teacher in honor of the birthday
If student brings in a treat it must be healthy (low-calorie)
Join your child for lunch!

13. Tax Credit
Please direct funds to your teacher’s classroom
This $ is our only funding for field trips
PTO Fundraisers
Fun Run
Read-a-thon

14. Field Trips
Depending on the amount of your tax credit donations, these are the tentative field trips that we will be attending:
Charlotte’s Web Play
Slim Goodbody
Science Museum
Butterfly Wonderland

15. Please proceed to your teachers’ classroom for more info on your child’s individual classroom
All questions will be answered in your classroom 