Mrs. Pursley and Miss Rawlins’ 2 nd Grade Class Welcome

Before you leave… Please sign up to be our Room Parent! See Fall Social Sheet to volunteer Sign up for Art Masters (lesson dates TBD) Take home information packet

Welcome to Second Grade!  Our team Mrs. Pursley Miss Rawlins Ms. Jones Mrs. Fabrizio

Our Goals  To give each child the academic and social skills they need to improve and succeed  To provide a supportive and fun classroom environment  To help students make new friends and discover new interests

Expectations  Classroom expectations  Personal best  Promptness and attendance  Participation  Positive attitude

Classroom Community Our classroom is a community. In our community, we have rules to help us get along with each other. Follow the Bonita B’s:  Be a friend!  Be respectful!  Be responsible!  Be safe!  Be your best!

Homework  Homework will be assigned Monday through Friday  Homework is due the following day unless stated otherwise  “Weekly Wave” Homework Schedule  Reading for 20 minutes daily  Homework Goal – work should be done independently but checked and corrected  Messy work will be redone  Corrected work will be sent home in Finished Work Packet  Absences – see packet

Parent Support  Check homework  Study and review weekly spelling words  Communicate concerns early  Volunteer – In Class, Field Trips, Art Masters, etc.

State Standards and Assessment  Assessments guide instruction  Unassisted / assisted assessments  Grading  State testing will be in May 2013

Class Subjects The subjects we cover during second grade are:  Reading and Writing  Math  Science  Social studies  Music and Art  P.E. / Health  Computer Lab

Reading  Reading Book  Fluency  Reading Groups/RTI  Accelerated Reader  Novel Studies Our “Flat Me” characters before we sent them to friends and relatives in far-off spaces.

At Home Reading  20 minutes daily (M-F)  Reading tags with pony beads  Monthly calendar  January - Bananas Over Books

Writing  Writing in all subject areas  Editing of work  Stories, Friendly Letter, Paragraphing, Opinions

Spelling  Houghton Mifflin Spelling Words  Focus on phonics rules  Regular / Challenge words  Writing assignments  Word Study Homework Help – in packet

Math  Addition and subtraction with regrouping  Basic Facts  Fractions  Time  Money  Data and graphing  Geometry  Multiplication and Division  Math Tiles Math tiling

Social Studies  Long Ago vs. Today  Map Skills  United States Government  Community Economics  People Who Have Made a Difference / Heroes Tanaka Farms Field Trip

Science  Earth Science – rocks and minerals  Physical Science - balance and motion  Life Science - plants and insects Trabuco Canyon Field Trip

Music and Art  Music teacher  Art Masters (5 lessons)

Information Literacy  Library Skills  Internet  Research skills  Book Check Out  Accelerated Reader  Computer skills – word processing, keyboarding  Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Paint, Publisher  Kidspiration - Graphs and Flowcharts

Physical Education and Health  P.E. Teacher  Sportsmanship  Great Body Shop

Field Trips We have lots of fun field trips planned for this year!  We will visit Trabuco Canyon Elementary on October 4 th and take rock samples from the riverbed as part of our science unit on the geology.  In June we will visit South Coast Repertory to see “The Night Fairy” based on the novel by Laura Amy Schlitz.

From the office…  Breakfast / extra snack  Fever free for 24 hours  Students may not bring medication  All medication must be cleared and distributed through the health office

Let’s work together as a team and have a great year!