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Welcome to 2nd Grade Daily 5 Park Side Elementary School Once again this year we will be using the 1400 E. Lyon St. Daily Five structure during our reading time. 537-6948 Daily Five allows students to be independently engaged in meaningful literacy Contact information tasks. These research based tasks are ones that will have the biggest impact on student Cheryl Hoff reading and writing achievement, as well as Room 126 Phone ext. 7046 [email protected] help foster children who love to read and write. Students receive explicit whole group Dani Semler instruction and then are given independent Room 130 Phone ext. 7048 practice time to read and write [email protected] independently while I provide focused, intense instruction to individuals and small Jodie Holland groups of students. Room 129 Phone ext. 7047 [email protected] When it is up and running smoothly, students will be engaged in the Daily Five, Brenda Deutz which are comprised of: Room 105 Phone ext. 7036  Read to Self [email protected]  Work on Writing  Read to Someone Dana Gaines  Listen to Reading Room 106 Phone ext. 7037  [email protected] Word Work There are very specific behavior Theresa Leek expectations that go with each Daily 5 Room 107 Phone ext. 7038 component. We will spend our first weeks [email protected] working intensely on building our reading and writing stamina, learning the behaviors of We are available to take phone calls from the Daily 5 and fostering our classroom 7:45-8:00 and from 3:00-3:45. community. I will also spend time learning about your child’s strengths and greatest needs as a reader in order to best plan for each student’s instruction. Your child will be taught to select “Good Fit Books” or books they can read, understand and are interested in, which they will read during Daily 5. They will be spending most of their time actually reading, which research supports as the number one way to improve reading. Reading Calendar Your child will be bringing home a calendar each month. As part of their homework, we would like him or her to read at least 15 minutes each night and write the number of minutes read on the calendar. The Marshall Public We are expecting your child to read at least 350 minutes each month. This will count as part of your Schools develops the child’s homework grade. At the end of each month, you and your child can add up all of the minutes read potential of each learner and write that number at the bottom of your calendar. Research tells us that the amount of for success in a changing reading practice your child has directly correlates with his or her success in school. We hope you use world. this calendar as a way to help your child become the best reader they can be.

Homework Your child will have homework in second grade. Spelling homework will come home on Monday. The assignment is to write the spelling words three times each and is to be returned to school by Wednesday. If this is not returned by Wednesday your child will stay in during recess to complete the assignment. This will then be counted as a missing assignment. Reading homework will some home on most Tuesdays. Math homework will come home on most Thursdays. These assignments should be returned to school as soon as possible. We try to print all homework on yellow paper. Homework assignments are reflected on your child’s homework grade. If you have questions about an assignment contact your child’s teacher.

How can I help my child at home? 1. Ask your child daily about their day. Ask them what they learned and who they played with. 2. Set up a quiet comfortable area to complete homework assignments and assist your child as needed. 3. Read to your child every day. They love being read to and it’s good for them to see and hear We are at Park Side to you being a model. learn and have fun by 4. Listen to your child read every day. 5. Pick up a book yourself and read. Children doing our best. learn from example. Science Physical Science Sink or Float- Matter nd *Student predicts, observes, and records objects as sinkers and floaters. 2 Grade *Student designs a “floater” from clay and tries to improve each design. *Student predicts how much weight each Curriculum design will hold. *Students classify solids, liquids, and gases Motion Outline *Students will observe how objects move in a variety of ways. *Students will observe push and pull Enclosed is an outline of what your forces child will learn during their 2nd grade school year. If you have questions, Life Science please ask your child’s classroom Life Cycles *Student records observations of the teacher. Thank you! butterfly’s lifecycle and can describe nd 2 Grade Staff their basic needs. *Students describe the life cycle of plants. Dinosaurs *Students will know that some animals are endangered or extinct. *Students will compare and contrast plant eaters and meat eaters. *Students will observe and describe predator and prey relationships.

Earth Science Environment *Environment project shows how personal use of materials, energy, and water affects the environment. Weather Subtraction Facts and Strategies Place Value to *Students study cycles in nature- (water, 100 seasons). *Student performs thermometer 2-Digit Addition and Subtraction experiments. Explore 2-digit Addition 2-digit *Students will measure, record, and Addition describe weather conditions. Explore 2-digit Subtraction 2-digit Subtraction *Students will identify cumulus, cirrus,

and stratus clouds. Data, Probability, Money, and Time Data and Graphs Probability Reading Counting Money Using money Reading Comprehension Skills: Telling Time Making connections Inference Geometry, Patterns, and Measurement Synthesize Solid Figures Plane Figures and Create Images Spatial Sense Ask Questions Patterns Length, Perimeter, Determine Importance and Area Monitor Understanding Weight, Mass, Capacity, and Temperature Fix-Up Strategies Grammar: Fractions and Greater Numbers  Simple Sentences: Beginning/Ending Fractions Place Value to 1,000 Punctuation, Word Order, Complete Compare and Order Greater Numbers Thought, Subject: Naming Part of a Sentence, Predicate: Telling Part of a 3-Digit Addition and Subtraction, Sentence, Subject-Verb Agreement, Telling Multiplication and Division and Asking Sentences with Ending Punctuation, Commands and Expressive 3-Digit Addition and Subtraction Sentences Multiplication and Division Concepts  Nouns: Common, Proper, Possessive Health Pronouns: Personal, Singular, Plural  Verbs: Action, Linking, Past and Present, Heart, Nutrition, Germs, Personal and Home Safety, Helping, Irregular Drugs, and Personal Hygiene  Contractions and Adjectives Social Studies Writing Activities throughout 2nd Grade: The children will be prewriting, drafting, Governing the People revising, editing and publishing for a variety Students will learn how Americans choose leaders of purposes. The writing traits we will focus and make laws on are conventions, ideas, organization, The World Around Us presentation, sentence fluency, voice, and Students will learn about the geography of the land, word choice. how the climate and seasons affect how we live and how the regions in the U.S. compare to other Handwriting: D’Nealian printing regions around the world. People Long Ago Math Students will learn how life is the same, yet different, from long ago. We will study what Number and Operations Marshall was like 200 years ago and compare it to Addition Facts and Strategies Number today. Concepts and Patterns A World of Many People Many different people and cultures are a part of our country. The children will learn about different world cultures and how groups share their traditions and customs with others. People in the Market Place We depend on many different workers to help us live. Students will learn about the jobs people do to earn money and how they choose to spend their money.

Student Day/Absences Conference Schedule . Students need to be in school by 8:00

am each day. Conferences will be held from . School is dismissed at 3:00 each day. on the following dates: . When illness or family obligations October 26&28 3:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. necessitate a student’s absence, November 4 3:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. parents are asked to telephone Park January 11 3:45 a.m. - 7:45 p.m. Side Elementary School at 537-6948 January 13 3:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. between 7:30 and 8:00 am, or leave a March 24 3:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. message on the school’s voice mail to inform the office personnel of the student’s absence. If parents do not phone, school personnel will phone the parent at home or their place of Early Dismissal Dates employment. ** Students are dismissed at 12:00 pm** September 15 October 20 November 17 December 15 Child Pick Up If you have a need to have your child January 19 released from school early or needs to leave February 18 school for an appointment we ask that you March 16 contact the office or your child’s teacher April 20 with this information. Please pick your child May 19 up in the school office. This way the office staff is aware of the release from school.