Welcome to open house

Please feel free to take a look around the room at all of your child’s work. The presentation will start at 6:00.

Thank you, Mrs. Proctor

kimproctor@ncolonie.org

EXpectations

High expectations

Good behavior

Behavior Plan

Positive reinforcement

Class Schedule We have math, reading and writing blocks every day

Science or social studies are also taught every day

We have an hour of special area classes every day except day 5 which is only a half hour

Our specials are scheduled according to the number day. Calendar in packet.

SNEAKERS EVERY DAY!

Intervention/enrichment block new this year to the schedule - a ½ hour dedicated to small group re-teaching or enrichment time in either math or reading depending on class needs.

Math Curriculum

Go Math textbooks will be used

We will concentrate on place value, addition and subtraction strategies and word problems

Our math book and many great lessons and activities are available through the internet at www.thinkcentral.com. Class rosters are being set up and each child will be assigned a log-in to access this at home.

Mad Minutes

XtraMath – Practice at home and at school

Reading Curriculum The district has adopted a “balanced” approach to literacy and literacy instruction. Components of this include a combination of guided, individual and shared reading. Students will be introduced to a variety of authors, genres, themed, and leveled books throughout the year.

We utilize centers during our reading block. Children work independently at math, reading and writing centers.

As they are working independently, I will work in small guided reading groups based on your son/daughter’s ability.

Spelling Curriculum The spelling program in second grade is an individualized program based on common phonetic skills or patterns.

The goal is on learning patterns and strategies to become better spellers and not simply memorizing words.

Each week children will be pre-tested on ten words that focus on one skill (for example, short a).

Then individual lists will be given to every child based on the pre-test and words from his/her writing. This allows for every child to be working at learning new words every week.

The children will be evaluated on their own words once a week. Your child’s spelling words will be sent home to you on Monday . Our weekly test will be on Friday.

WRITER’S WORKSHOP

This year we are piloting a new writing curriculum called Units of Study by Lucy Calkins.

We will be focusing on narrative, informational and persuasive writing during the year. These are the three types of writing the Common Core Standards require that students write.

As we are working on these different units, there will be times we celebrate and clean out our folders. You will see work come home in many different stages of writing - some independent, some edited and some published. Even work that we publish will not be perfect since second graders are still learning the conventions of English.

Science and Social Studies

We alternate between science units and social studies units

Topics we will cover include Buoyancy Plant and Animal Life Cycles Simple Machines States of Matter Citizenship Types of communities Holidays

Homework Check and clean out Blue Take Home Folder and check Planner Nightly

Monday-Thursday review of spelling/math concepts

Weekly reading logs go home every Friday and they are due back the following Friday. Students should fill out the information about the books. A parent signature should be next to each title.

Home/School Journals should be written in every weekend and returned to school. Please print because students read them.

Second grade activities

Birthday Celebrations – monthly NUT FREE (Sign up in the hallway) – Read Birthday Celebration book

On actual B-Day – Special class made book

Discovery Days – Students pick a topic to share with their friends (Sign up sheet in packet)

Reminders

One NUT FREE snack every day, send in proper utensils

Sign in with your email and phone number

Sign up for birthday celebrations, conferences, holiday parties in hallway

Sign up for School News Notifier

Sign up for PTA

Contact information

E-mail – kimproctor@ncolonie.org this is the quickest way to reach me

Phone – 785-7451 ext 4450

Website - http://teacherweb.com/NY/BlueCreek/MrsProctor/

You can also write a note in your son/daughter’s planner

Email is the best form of communication for me.