Welcome toSecond Grade

Agenda•Comes home each night

•Needs to be signed

•Use as a communication tool

•Look for assignments and notes

Homework

•Monday-Thursday (with exceptions)

•Assignments are math and reading, but include fluency (orange folder) and spelling

•Practice skills learned

•30 minutes maximum

Common Core• Reading series

•Integrated in math

•A new way of thinking with a change in the curriculum from the district.

Reading

•The goal is to understand!

•It is a part of EVERYTHING!

•You are a role model.

•It must be a part of every day.

STAR Block

StudentstoTargetedAccelerationinReading

Monday TuesdayThursdayFriday8:30-9:00

Spelling

•Helps with reading

•Helps with writing

•Based on a specific sound/skill

•Can be fun!

Math

•Whole Numbers (addition and subtraction with regrouping, place value)

•Geometry (2-D, 3-D shapes)

•MoneySmackdown!

•Measurement(time and length)

AR & AM•Goals set for each nine weeks (labels in the agenda)

•Specific to each student

•Based on data

Schedule

Specials 11:35-12:20 (M, Tu, Th, F)

11:05-11:40 (W)Day 2, 4, 6, 8 – PEDay 1 – Science

Day 3 – ArtDay 6 – Media

Day 8 - Technology

Lunch 12:16-12:51

Wednesday is Packet Day

•Graded work

•Announcements

•Sign, date, and return

Check Skyward, too!

•Field trips

•Volunteers

•Email

•Newsletter

•Attendance/Early Checkout/Tardy

Miscellaneous

At Home

•See agenda, take home folder, and backpack

•Encourage responsibility

•Let your child have fun

Questions

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