‘‘All In’’ in Mrs. Anderson’s Second

Grade Class2015-2016

«Back in the Saddle» MRE Information

- Administration Video- https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX00D_Nx0aw&feature=youtu.be

About Mrs. Anderson- Graduated from the University

of Houston with degree in Early Childhood Education

- Attended Katy ISD growing up and graduated from Katy High School

- 4th year teaching, 3rd year in Second grade and 3rd year at MRE

- Wife to Todd and mom to 3-year-old Drew and 1-year-old Kylie

Second Grade Norms• Homework is distributed on Monday and due back on Friday• 20 minutes of reading each night (book bags will travel to

and from school each day with reading log inside)• We want to encourage our Mavs to be safe, responsible, and

respectful citizens. Second grade uses the MRE planner to track behavior on a daily basis. Please check each night and initial.

Second Grade Norms• Snack Expectations: healthy and on-the-go• Katy ISD Ongoing Homework:

• Word Study Patterns (spelling list)• Math Fact Fluency• High Frequency Words (Sight Words)

• Our class has individual subscriptions to Scholastic News. Weekly issues and HW coming soon!• Fastt Math and iStation are highly recommendend to do at home.

Access learning links from our classroom website andersonsmavs.weebly.com . Log in information located in your childs Star binder.

On Tuesday, Star binder has notes from school, and student’s graded work from the week prior. Please review work with your child and have them correct their mistakes.

Spurs On and Digital Up!- Classroom Website

andersonsmavs.weebly.com- Classroom Twitter Page

@AndersonsMavs - KidBlog

kidblog.org/class/AndersonsMavs15- Katy ISD Campus Website and Teacher Webpage

Mrs. Anderson’s Class Schedule7:55 - 8:35 Arrival, Breakfast, AM Meeting8:35 – 9:45 Math9:45 - 10:15 Science10:15 - 10:30 Read Aloud10:30 - 11:00 Lunch11:00 – 12:05 Reader’s Workshop12:05 – 12:55 Writer’s Workshop1:00-1:20 Recess1:20 – 1:45 Poetry, Grammar & Conventions, Word Study1:45 – 2:00 Social Studies2:00 – 2:30 Round Up2:30 – 2:40 Pack Up2:40-3:30 Specials (Violet Group)

Library Wednesday 11:00Computer Lab Thursday 1:15-2:00Science Lab every other Wednesday 1:20-2:00

We begin our day promptly at 8:10. Please have your child dropped off so that they will have time to eat breakfast and arrive in time for

our Morning Meeting.

Morning Meeting and Social Studies

• Morning Meeting begins right after announcements and is the heart and soul of our classroom. It consists of a classroom greeting, sharing time, activity, and message/family business.

• Many social skills are covered in Morning Meeting, although we have another time dedicated in the day for Social Studies.

Reader’s Workshop

• Mini-Lesson • Independent Reading/Individual Conferences

• Mid-Workshop Teach • Guided Reading Group• Sharing of Learning

• Students are working on their independent level to apply the skill(s) taught during the mini-lesson

Katy ISD Reading Level Expectations

I am a __________ READER!vs.

My teacher says I'm a Level J.

With that being said…

August - JSeptember - JOctober – J/KNovember – K

December – K/L

January – L

February – LMarch – L/M

April – MMay – M

Reading AssesmentsKaty ISD uses Fountas and Pinnell to assess students’ reading

levels. Not only does this assess their ability to rapidly decode and fluently read text, but their ability to

comprehend the text on multiple levels.

Reading Units

Launching Reading WorkshopExploring Narrative Text

Nonfiction TextFiction Series

Procedural ReadingNarrative Nonfiction

PoetryMorals and Themes

Author Studies (Book Clubs)

Writer’s Workshop• Mini-Lesson

• Independent Writing/Individual Conferences • Mid-Workshop Teach

• Guided Writing Group (Strategy Group)• Sharing of Learning

• Students are working on their independent level to apply the skill(s) taught during the mini-lesson

Writing Units

Launching Writing WorkshopLessons From the Masters: Writing

about Small MomentsInformational/Expert Writing

Fiction WritingProcedural Writing

PoetryWriting about Reading

Student-Selected Research

Science Lab- Hands-on lab every other week with Mr. French

- Mrs. Andersons’s Class: Wednesday 1:20-2:00- Graded rubric based on participation and behavior

Science Units

- Health and Body Systems- Patterns and Cycles

- Physical Properties and Change

- Energy- Force and Motion- Organisms and

Environments- Resources

Math Workshop

- Number Talk Warm-Up (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)- Model Drawing (Tuesday, Thursday)

- Mini-Lesson- Small Groups(teacher table)/Independent

Practice/Workstations/Fastt Math

Number Talks and Model Drawing- Number Talk Warm-Up: Students use mental math strategies to solve carefully

selected problems in order to encourage the use of certain strategies. - Example: 24+13

- Model Drawing: A way for students to organize their thinking while solving a word problem.

Round-Up- Targeted, intensive interventions to help fill in the “gaps”

- Two 15-minute rotations- Grouped flexibly and will change every three weeks depending on re-assessment and

mastery of skill

Stay Updated!- M&Ms: Mommies and Mavericks (Contact our Assistant

Principal, Cheryl Glasser, for more information.)- Watch D.O.G.S. : Dads of Great Students (Come and spend a

day with your child at school! (Contact our Assistant Principal, Kelley Carr, for more information.)

- Planners and lanyards are $3 each- Class Website, Class Twitter, KidBlog

THANK YOU FOR COMING!

• If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to contact me anytime:KarlaMAnderson@katyisd.org

(832) 202-6784 cell(281) 234-0409 classroom