2. BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT Ms. Morris’ Second Grade Class

3. Overview Welcome All About Me General Goals The Home-School Connection Programs and Curriculum Closing Homeroom Parents

4. Welcome to Villa One

5. All About Me

6. General Goals for Second Grade Think and work independently Follow directions Develop responsibility and self-discipline

7. More Goals for Second Grade Develop a longer attention span Think critically and creatively Work cooperatively with others

8. The Home-School Connection Students are expected to read every night at home. We encourage children to develop good work habits at home, as well as school, by doing the following:

9. The Home-School Connection Students will have homework four times a week. Homework should be checked and signed everyday. Homework will act as a reinforcement of skills or as an extension of concepts taught in class. Student Planner comes home daily. Reading log should be initialed everyday. Book-it optional (Oct. – March). Assessment folder comes home every Friday with weekly test- sign tests and folder and return on Mondays (except spelling test).

10. Programs and Curriculum School-wide Theme Reading and Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Health Technology Field Trips Special Classroom Activities

11. School-wide Theme 2011 - 2012 Building the Future…WES

12. Reading A Balanced Literacy Approach including: Guided Reading Self-Selected reading Word Work Writing

13. Pearson Reading Street Anthology Program Exploration Working Together Creative Ideas Our Changing World Responsibilities Traditions

14. Language Arts Phonics Lessons Spelling Activities Handwriting Instruction Poetry Creative Writing *Writer’s Notebook* Language Skills

15. Everyday Math EM is a spiraling curriculum and, as such, is based upon the view that learning is most likely to occur through repeated and periodic exposure over a long period of time. This view of learning – which is bolstered by the most current research on learning – runs counter to the traditional view that when a skill or concept is introduced, students should achieve mastery BEFORE moving on to the next skill or concept. When learning occurs through repeated practice and exposure over a long period of time, students are more likely to gain deeper levels of comprehension, and they are more likely to retain what they have learned.

16. Everyday Math Content Strands Operations and Computation Numeration Patterns, Functions, and Algebra Data and Chance Measurement and Reference Frames Geometry

17. Science STC Program (Science and Technology for Children) Topics of Study Soils Changes in Matter Nutrition Exploration

18. Social Studies Communities - Past and Present Weekly Reader Current Events Map Skills Multicultural Time

19. Health Here’s Looking at You, 2000 Drug and Alcohol Awareness Self-Concept Coping Strategies Infectious Diseases and Germs Yoga

20. Technology Basic Computer Awareness Weekly use of Tech. Center Simple Word Processing Teacher Directed Research on Approved District Sites

21. Field Trips Tyler Arboretum Wallingford Nursing Home Colonial Plantation Nutrition Field Trip Play at Upper Darby Performing Arts

22. F.Y.I. Label Items Snack Special Classroom Activities Absence and Change in Dismissal Notes Return forms ASAP Homeroom Parents

23. I’m looking forward to a great school year with your children. Thank you for your help and support throughout the coming months!