Second Grade Parent Second Grade Parent NightNight

Second Grade Parent Second Grade Parent NightNight

Helping All To SucceedHelping All To Succeed

Meet the Second Grade Team

Amy PinerCarmen RivenburgJessica WhiteTamara BoxlerJane HuntleyLynn Avoli

Communication is the Key!

– Newsletters– Website– Phone Calls– Notes (Be sure to send notes for

transportation changes and absences)– Email– Monday Folder– Updated Emergency Cards

Attention All Car Riders• We have implemented a new

policy for car riders• All car riders must be signed out

before leaving school• If you are planning to pick your

child up early from school please arrive by 2:40.

Homework Policy• Daily homework is written in student

planner.• Students are expected to complete

homework neatly.• Homework should be returned to

school each day.

Homework Schedule– Monday: Word Study and Read 15 minutes– Tuesday: Word Study and Read 15 Minutes– Wednesday: Math, review words, read 15

minutes– Thursday: Word Study and Read 15

minutes– Friday: Have Fun!!!!

Student Expectations• Respect• Responsibility• Fairness• Trustworthiness• Citizenship• Caring

Student Behavior Plan• Tickets will be used as a positive

reinforcement. However, tickets may be taken away due to student expectations not being met.

• Each Friday students will be able to spend tickets earned throughout the week at the second grade store.

Parent Volunteers

• Second grade store every Friday morning

• Donations for second grade store• Classroom Helpers• Field Trips• Children’s Art Network• Winter Program

Field Trips• Theatre IV

*Frederick Douglass and Honest Abe*Tuesday, January 30th @ 10:30*Bridgewater College

Health and Fitness• Each child should bring a healthy treat for daily

snack (fruit, vegetables, yogurt, cereal bars, dry cereal, trail mix, cheese and crackers, peanut butter crackers, peanuts, popcorn, fruit juice, apple slices and water are suggested)

• Cookies, cakes and candy should be avoided.• We suggest that each child exercise 30 minutes or

more outside before completing homework.

Reading

• Reading Their Way 1:00-2:30 every day• Please try to have your child in school until

2:30 everyday. The end of the day is a very crucial part of your child’s education.

• Each class has been divided into two groups• 45 minutes small group instruction in the

classroom (reading, word study, and writing)

• 45 minutes small group instruction with a reading extension teacher (reading skills, word study, writing, grammar, and technology)

Reading• Each child has been assigned a

reading book that will be used primarily on Monday and Tuesday

• Leveled books will be assigned throughout the rest ofthe week. The leveled books have a designated green, red, or blue star.

Word Study Notebook• Some teachers are experimenting with a word study notebook

this year.• Each child will be given two lists of words on Monday. (One

list will be sent home in the Monday Folder and the other list will be kept at school.)

• Inside the front cover of the notebook is a list of word study activities.

• On the inside of the back cover each notebook has a pocket or baggie for safe traveling of the words.

• The notebook must come to school every day.• Only word study activities should be completed in the

notebook.• Please talk with your child about the importance of being neat

and organized.

Reading S.O.L ‘s• Phonetic strategies• Learning how to use information in a

story to help when reading• Sentence Structure• Story Structure and Sequence• Reading Fiction and Non-Fiction• Reading with fluency and expression• Comprehension

WritingS.O.L ‘s

• Transition from print to cursive• Be able to write a story with a

beginning, middle and end• Correct grammar, punctuation,

capitalization and spelling

Social StudiesS.O.L’s

• China• Egypt• American Indians• Community Life• Map skills • Continents• Economics• Citizenship• Famous Americans

ScienceS.O.L ‘s

• Matter (Solids, Liquids, Gases)• Magnets• Living Things (Plants, Frogs,

Butterflies)• Habitats• Weather• Seasonal Patterns

Math S.O.L ‘s

• Place value• Comparing Numbers (less than, greater than, equal to)• Ordinal Numbers• Fractions• Counting forward by twos, fives, and tens• Addition and Subtraction facts• Graphs and Tables• Related Facts • Money• Measurement• Time• Geometry• Probability and Statistics• Patterns and Functions

Community Project• Please be on the look out in your

child’s planner for the correct due date for the Community Project.

• Friday, September 15th

• Monday, September 18th

Community Project Guidelines

• Choose a building in your community– House, church, school, post office, local

dump, grocery store or a restaurant.– No larger than a half gallon milk carton.– Cereal boxes and shoe boxes would also

be great to use.– Write 3 sentences naming the building

and its uses in the community.

Questions????