1. Welcome to Second Grade Curriculum Night

2. Switching Classes Ms. Lance meganl.lance@cms.k12.nc.us Mrs. Monismith meredithr.monismith@cms.k12.nc.us Ms. Prigge aliciar.prigge@cms.k12.nc.us Mrs. Henning brittanya.hennning@cms.k12.nc.us Mrs. Tremper meganc.tremper@cms.k12.nc.us

3. Accelerated Reader At least 30 minutes nightly Record the book title and sign Reading intentionally, on level, is most effective for improving reading Check progress on Renaissance Home Connect

4. Second-Grade Wiki Can be accessed through the McAlpine website Contains second grade curriculum concepts and standards View weekly newsletter View Syllabi Read to learn more about your child's teachers

5. Homework Spelling: Each student receives an individualized spelling list based on a practice test taken with a spelling inventory list. (Spelling tests are given every Friday) Math: Homework consists of math workbook pages and math games. Each student is given the homework every Monday and it is due by Friday. Discovery Education: Online assignments for each subject will be given for students to complete beginning with Literacy on 10/1/12 (only one subject area per week) Read 30 minutes every night and write the title of the book in agenda. Projects: Two projects are given in second grade. Goods and services project: (December) Insect project: Identify the body parts of insects (Springtime) Note: Spelling and math homework can be found on the second grade wiki under the Newsletter tab. http://2ndgrade.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/Newsletter

6. Money System

7. Testing--MAPS, CoGAT What is MAPS? When are CoGAT results available?