2018-2019 Second grade curriculum night Intro

A few housekeeping things… Desserts/snacks from the cafeteria IXL- Recommendations Just Rights/Reading Log (written responses) Homework: Monday/Wednesday Reading Log Tuesday/Thursday IXL Newsletter/Website Updates

Schedule 7:30am-Shared Reading 7:45am-Morning Meeting 8:50am-Read Aloud 9:10am-Specials 9:55am-Writer’s Workshop 10:45am-Word Study 11:06-11:37am-Lunch Rotation 11:55am-Recess 12:20pm-Math 1:15pm-Science/Social Studies

Word Study/Wordly Wise No spelling words this year Whole class lessons focused on a curriculum provided by UCPS Curriculum Staff Learning patterns in words, sounds, chunks, etc. Grade for word study comes from their ability to implement what we have learned in their daily writing across the entire curriculum Wordly Wise focuses more on vocabulary than spelling No homework! Ways to supplement at home: dolch words/sight words, Spelling City,Wordly Wise website

Literacy-writers workshop -5-7 minute mini-lesson -Individual Work -Individual conference -Small group instruction based on student needs Writing: 3 units of study -narrative, opinion, and informational

Literacy-readers workshop -5-7 minute mini-lesson -Individual Work -Individual conference -Small group instruction based on student needs Reading: Units of study -Fractured Fairy Tales, Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Series, Book clubs -continued emphasis on oral and written comprehension

Social Studies Geography How to decode and use maps Economics Ways to meet needs and wants, supply and demand, goods and services, saving and borrowing Civics and Governance Purpose, roles and responsibilities of citizens Culture How the influence reaches communities Global focus on Colombia

science Matter States and properties of matter, how they change, comparison of volume and weight, Weather Daily analysis of weather, wind speed and direction, precipitation, role of the sun Sound How sound travels, anatomy associated with sound, relationship between sound and vibrations Life Cycles Stages from birth to death in caterpillars, comparison of life cycles among different animals.

mathematics Measurement and Data time (analog and digital, word problems, money, addition/subtraction, measuring in different units) Number and Operations (base 10) Place value-3 digits, skip counting, comparing, fluency with addition and subtraction Geometry Drawing and identifying 2D and 3D shapes, working with basic arrays, equal shares Algebraic Thinking -word problems-writing the equations, add to subtract within 20, memorization of all sums of 1 digit numbers, comparing numbers

Parent Curriculum Guides for K-2 Parent Resources: K-2nd Grade http://www.ucps.k12.nc.us/cms/lib8/NC01910453/Centricity/Domain/106/201 5-6%20GO_K-2Web.pdf 10 Minutes to Review Parent Resources on Your Session (Literacy or STEM)

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