1. Second Grade Linton Springs Welcome Parents! 2014 - 2015 School Year

2. Welcome to Second Grade! Teachers Ms. Sankovich and Mrs. Phipps Mrs. Simons and Ms. King Mrs. Luebke and Mrs. Johnson

3. STEM and Humanities  STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics  Humanities: English Language Arts (ELA) and Social Studies  Why?  To prepare students for 21 st century careers  To increase rigor in all content areas  To provide integration between content areas

4. Math  Five units  Basic facts – strategies and recall (3 seconds)  Xtra math

5. ELA  Fluency  Comprehension  Grammar  Vocabulary – Wow Words!  Phonics – Fundations  Spelling  Anthology and Trade Books  Handwriting-Cursive second half of year (Zaner Bloser)  Instruction  Small group  Whole group

6. Writing Three types of writing  Narrative  Informative  Opinion

7. Spelling  What’s the rule? Our focus is learning the spelling rule instead of just memorizing words.  Homework We’ll send home words on Monday that show the rule we are learning. Your child may choose several activities to practice the words.  Testing We’ll test on Friday. We may include a word that was not on the list, but has the rule.

8. Science  Waves (light and sound)  Weather  A Sticky Situation All units use the engineering design process.

9. Social Studies  Responsible Citizens in the Community  Rules & Laws  US Symbols  Our Community at Work  Consumers & Producers  Goods & Services  Resources  The World Around Me  Map Skills  Cultures

10. Field Trips  The Star Spangled Banner Museum  Breadmaking  Other Special Activities

11. Classroom Community  PBIS: (Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies)  S: Safety  T: Taking responsibility  A: Active Learning  R: Respect  Starbucks will be given to students for following these standards.  1 st warning: verbal reminder  2 nd warning: Star reminder sent home  3 rd : Referral sent home  We use a green, yellow, red system to help children monitor their own behavior.

12. SOS (Agenda Book)  Homework copied each day  X in box if no homework for that subject  15 minutes of reading  Communication between home and school  Please look at and sign each evening

13. Parent Conferences  Dates  October 8 th --Teacher requests  November 10th  November 20th  January 28 th 3:30-6:30

14. Let’s Have a Great Year!