1. Welcome to 2nd Grade
Open House
Mrs. Neal
Rm. 216
2014/2015

2. Daily Schedule
7:45 -
7:55
Morning Assembly
/Broadcast
9:25
Language Arts
9: :15
Science
10:15
11:05
Specials PE Art Music
11: Social Studies
11:20
11:50
Lunch
- 12:15
Social Studies
12:15
- 12:35
Recess
12:35
- 1:35
1: :35
Refinement & Enrichment
Math
Pack up & Dismissal
2:35 – 2:45

3. Specials Schedule by Group Color
Groups A
Day B C D
Red
Music PE
Art
Blue
Yellow
Green
Library Tuesday :00-2:30

4. Tuesday Folders All Graded Papers for Week
Important Information from Teacher
Information from Office & PTA
Book Orders
Checks Only (Payable to Scholastic)
Usually One Week to Order
Sign Every Week – Returned Next Day
Do Not Return Graded Papers
Unless You Have Question About Something

5. Red Daily Folder Behavior Chart Homework Assignment Sheet
Reading Response Log
Last Minute Notes
Communication Between Teacher & Parent

6. Colored green means your child had a great day.
Otherwise you’ll see a message from me about why they had to change their color.
Please Initial Every Night

7. Make up Work is due the same amount of days your child is absent.
Homework Routine
Homework Routine
Reading: Read Aloud 15 Minutes Every Night and Write Response
Math: Tuesday
Spelling Contract: Wednesday
Homework should only be done in Pencil
Make up Work is due the same amount of days your child is absent.

8. Assignment
Sheet

9. Every Wednesday Night Students Can Pick One Activity from the Spelling Contract to Complete For Spelling Homework

10. After reading aloud for 15 minutes, students should write some type of written response about the book.

12. A year full of
things.
Field Trips, Parties, and Track & Field info coming soon.

13. Math Number Sense: even/odd, number patterns, ordinal numbers
Addition and Subtraction to 18
Time to the minute, quarter hour, half and hour
Money: value, making change, equivalency
Adding/Subtracting 2 digit numbers no regrouping
Adding/Subtracting 2 digit numbers with regrouping

14. Math continued…
Place value to thousands (expanded notation, rounding, comparing, symbol representation)
Fractions – up to twelfths
Measurement – mass and volume; standard and metric units; temperature
Graphing
Probability
Geometry: attributes of shapes and solids; differences/similarities; spatial relationship
Story problems
Introduction to Multiplication and Division

15. Social Studies Where We Live: our city, state, country
Our Earth: maps, landforms, conservation, geography
Working Together: goods and services, producers and consumers
Our Country Today: government
Our Country Long Ago: tradition, pioneers, colonists
People and Places in History: holidays, landmarks, inventions

16. Science
Living Things Grow and Change (Life Science) – growth and change in plants, animals, and people
Homes for Living Things (Life Science) – plants and animal environments, land and water habitats, pollution
Exploring Earth’s Surface (Earth Science) – natural resources, fossils
Space and Weather (Earth Science) – night sky, clouds, weather changes, water cycle, weather measurement tools
Exploring Matter (Physical Science) – observing and measuring matter, changes in matter
Energy in Motion (Physical Science) – forces and motion, sound

17. Writer’s Workshop
Students will participate in Writer’s Workshop throughout the year. During this time, we concentrate on writing skills. These skills include sentence structure and grammar within a sentence. My goal is to help them become better writers and love to write!

18. Before you leave please sign up for a Conferences

19. Field Trips
One World Theatre
October
Exotic Resort
Zoo
May

20. Contact Information
School:
Thanks for coming!!!!!
With Your Help We’re
Going to Have a
GREAT Year!

21. Parent Information Night September 4, 2014
Deborah Neal
Second Grade
Lake Travis Elementary

22. Daily Schedule 7:35-7:45 Gym/Hallway walk
7:50-10:00 Language Arts: Reading,
DLR, Phonics, Vocabulary
10:00-10:30 RECESS
10:30-11: Math
11:30-12:00 LUNCH
12:00-1: Science and Social Studies
1:00--1:30 Math Enrichment
1:45-2: Specials (conference time)
2:30-2:40 Pack –Up/Dismissal

23. A Few Things to Remember
Library – Flexible: scheduled weekly – checkout anytime
Class t-shirts for field trips, track and field, Fridays
Order form coming soon
Snack - Should be Healthy
Birthdays – Cupcakes Last Friday of the Month or Healthy Snack that day or nothing at all – your choice!
Give advanced warning – please….
Specials – PE . Art and music flip flop

24. Tuesday Folders All Graded Papers for Week
Important Information from Teacher
Information from Office & PTA
Book Orders
Checks Only (Payable to Scholastic)
Usually One Week to Order
Sign Every Week – Returned Next Day
Do Not Return Papers
Unless You Have Question About Something
Or Signature Required

25. Red Daily Folder Behavior Calendar Homework Assignment Sheet
Reading Response Log
Last Minute Notes
Communication Between
Teacher & Parent
D.L.R. sheet
Weekly Vocabulary words

26. Green means your child had a good day.
I will write specific behaviors on the calendar if they have not been following the rules of the classroom. Specific warnings are a big part of my system.
Please Initial Every Night

27. Assignment
Sheet

28. Make up Work is due the same amount of days your child is absent.
Homework Routine
Homework Routine
Reading: Read Aloud 15 Minutes Every Night and Written Response
Math: due by Friday
Spelling : daily
DLR: Review each night for Friday
Vocabulary: Read and go over. Quiz on Thursday.
Homework should only be done in Pencil
Make up Work is due the same amount of days your child is absent.

29. Please initial each night to verify that your child has read aloud.
After reading aloud for 15 minutes, students should write some type of written response about the book.
Please initial each night to verify that your child has read aloud.

31. Helpful Reading Strategies
Look at the picture
Sound it out
Find a little word in a big word
Reread the sentence
ALWAYS ask your self-
“Does it look right and make sense?”
Ask a friend
Skip the word and come back

32. Math Number Sense: even/odd, number patterns, ordinal numbers
Addition and Subtraction to 18
Time to the minute, quarter hour, half and hour
Money: value, making change, equivalency
Adding/Subtracting 2 and 3 digit numbers no regrouping
Adding/Subtracting 2 and 3 digit numbers with regrouping

33. Math continued…
Place value to thousands (expanded notation, rounding, comparing, symbol representation)
Fractions – up to twelfths, symmetry
Measurement – mass and volume; standard and metric units; temperature
Graphing
Probability
Geometry: attributes of shapes and solids; differences/similarities; spatial relationship
Story problems
Multiplication
Daily Math Practice – consists of a daily practice which reviews math skills and concepts each day.
Mad Minutes: (+)(-) timed for one minute; drill and memorization; graded only if they complete all 25 problems; goal setting.

34. Social Studies Where We Live: our city, maps
Our Earth: maps, landforms, conservation, geography
Working Together: goods and services, producers and consumers
Our Country Today: government
Our Country Long Ago: tradition, pioneers, colonists
People and Places in History: holidays, landmarks, inventions

35. Science
Living Things Grow and Change (Life Science) – growth and change in plants, animals, and people
Homes for Living Things (Life Science) – plants and animal environments, land and water habitats, pollution
Exploring Earth’s Surface (Earth Science) – natural resources, fossils
Space and Weather (Earth Science) – night sky, clouds, weather changes, water cycle, weather measurement tools
Exploring Matter (Physical Science) – observing and measuring matter, changes in matter
Energy in Motion (Physical Science) – forces and motion, sound

36. Writer’s Workshop
Students will participate in Writer’s Workshop throughout the year. During this time, we concentrate on writing skills. These skills include sentence structure and grammar within a sentence. My goal is to help them become better writers and love to write!

37. Spelling Choices
Every Wednesday Night Students Can Pick One Activity from the Spelling Contract to Complete For Spelling Homework

38. Contact Information
School:
Thanks for coming!!!!!
With Your Help We’re
Going to Have a
GREAT Year!