SecondGrade

DearStudents,

WelcometoSecondGrade!Weareveryexcitedtohaveyouinourclassnextyear!Secondgradeisa

funandexcitingyearfullofnewbeginningsandexperiences!

Inordertopreparefor2ndgrade,youwillneedtocompletethefollowingsummerwork.First,you

willberequiredtoreadtwobooks.Oneisassignedandtheotherwillbeabookofyourchoice,from

theattachedlist.Fortheassignedbook,IraSleepsOver,youmustcompletetheBookReport.This

formwassuppliedtoeachstudentatStep-UpDayandisdueonthefirstdayofschool.Forthebook

ofyourchoice,youwillberequiredtotakeanAcceleratedReadertestduringthefirstweekof

school.Pleasereviewthelistcarefully,andchooseabookthatyouwillreallyenjoy!Wehavealso

attachedaSummerReadingLogthatyoucanfilloutwithanyotherbooksyoureadthissummer!

Alongwithreading,youwillbeexpectedtocompleteassignedIXLMathandIXLLanguageArtsskills

practice.Pleaserefertotheattached—SummerWork,Grade2.Inadditiontotheassignedwork,if

youwouldlikemoremathand/orgrammarpractice,pleasecompleteanyofthe

IXLMathorLanguageArtsskillsintheGrade1Library.IXLisagreattooltousetoreviewthe

materialtaughtin1stgrade,andextrapracticeoverthesummerwillhelpyoutofeelveryprepared

for2ndgrade!

Wehopethatyouhaveawonderfulsummervacation.Ifyoudoanytraveling,pleasesendusa

postcardtotheschooloffice.Wewilldisplayyourpostcardsintheclassroomatthebeginningofthe

year.WelookforwardtohearingallaboutyoursummerwhenyoureturninAugust.Havefun-you

deserveit!

Haveagreatsummer!

YourSecondGradeTeachers

SummerWork,Grade2SummerworkatSt.Raymondisanimportantcomponentoftheacademicprogram.Thepurposeofsummerworkisto:1)Providespecificinstructionalpracticeonthoseessentialstandardsforentryintothenextgradelevel,and2)Providestructuredpracticeofessentialskills.Studentsaretopracticetheskills(asdetailedbelow)aminimumof400minutes(200minutesIXLMathand200minutesIXLLanguageArts).Thisencourages20minutesofpracticeforeachcontentareaweekly.Studentsmaycompleteminutesinthemannerthatbestsupportsfamilytravelandsummerplans(i.e.moreminutessomeweeksandfewerminutesotherweeks).Studentshaveunlimitedaccesstogradelevelcurriculumandaretocontinuetopracticethroughoutthesummerevenifmasteryoftheassignedstandard(100%)isaccomplished.Teacherswillviewthetimespentpracticing,problemspracticed,thenumberofskillsattempted/mastereduponreturntoschool.Classcreditwillbeassignedforcompletion.Pleasenote:

∑ Letterand/ornumbercanbesubjecttochange(IXLsystemupdates).Pleasecheckthattheskillpracticedmatcheswhatiswritteninparentheses.

∑ StudentswillbeabletologinfromFriday,June9–Friday,August18.TheIXLMathandLanguageArtswillcloseforsystemmaintenance,Saturday,August19.

I. IXLMath:Grade1SkillsLibrary MathPractice(20-30minutesweekly)

Skill(s):CountingandNumberPatternsA.9(Countingbytwos,fives,andtenswithpictures)A.18(Whichevenoroddnumbercomesbeforeorafter?)A.19(Skip-countingpatterns-withtables)

Skill(s):SubtractionH.9(Subtractionfacts-numbersupto18)H.11(Subtractionwordproblems-numbersupto18)H.5(Completethesubtractionsentence)

Skill(s):AdditionD.8(Additionfacts-sumsto18)D.10(Additionwordproblems-sumsto18)

Skill(s):PlaceValuesM.1(Placevaluemodelsupto20)M.3(Placevaluemodelsupto100)M.5(Writenumbersastensandones)

Skill(s):AdditionstrategiesE.3(Addingdoubles-completethesentence)

II. IXLLanguageArts:Grade1SkillsLibrary LanguageArtsPractice(20-30minutesweekly)

Skill(s):SentenceTypeT.5(Choosetherightendmark)T.6(Statement,question,command,orexclamation?)

Skill(s):NounsW.3(SelecttheNouns)W.4(Identifynounsinasentence)W.5(Sortcommonandpropernouns)

Skill(s):ActionVerbsZ.3(UseActionVerbs)

Skill(s):ContextCluesTT.1(Usecontextcluestoidentifythemeaningofaword)

III.SummerReadingAssignment:two(2)books,one(1)BookReportFormandARTests(see

attachedforcompleteinstructions)

∑ Source:ReadIraSleepsOverbyBernardWaberandasecondtextselectedfromtheapprovedSummerReadingList.(seeattached)

∑ Assignment:CompleteBookReportformforIraSleepsOver.(seeattached)∑ Assessment:CompleteanARtestontheselectedtextuponreturntoschool.

SummerReadingList

Title Author LexileLevelTeachUs,AmeliaBedelia PeggyParish 100LNatetheGreatandtheBigSniff Majorie&MitchellSharmat 110LArthurTrickstheToothFairy MarcBrown 150LDannyandtheDinosaur SydHoff 200LGoodDriving,AmeliaBedelia HermanParish 230LNatetheGreat,SanFranciscoDetective Majorie&MitchellSharmat 230LCliffordVisitstheHospital NormanBridwell 250LHenryandMudgeandtheTallTreehouse CynthiaRylant 290LFrogandToadAllYearLong ArnoldLobel 300LFranklin'sClassTrip PauletteBourgeois 310LGusandGrandpaatBasketball ClaudiaMills 310LDayswithFrogandToad ArnoldLobel 320LAmeliaBedelia'sMasterpiece HermanParish 340LDolphin'satDaybreak MaryPopeOsborne 350LHenryandMudgeandMrs.Hoper'sHouse CynthiaRylant 350LClifford'sSportsDay NormanBridwell 360LFlatStanleyatBat JeffBrown 360LFlatStanleyPlaysBall JeffBrown 360LJohnnyAppleseed ChristinDitchfield 370LLionsatLunchtime MaryPopeOsborne 370LFranklin'sNewFriend PauletteBourgeois 380LHouroftheOlympics MaryPopeOsborne 380LTeacherFromtheBlackLagoon MikeThaler 380LTheCaseoftheFoodFight JamesPreller 390LFrogandToadareFriends ArnoldLobel 400LMagicSchoolBusHopsHome PatriciaRelf 400LCliffordTakesaTrip NormanBridwell 410LMouseTales ArnoldLobel 440LNatetheGreatandtheHungryBookClub Majorie&MitchellSharmat 450LMagicSchoolBusSpinsaWeb JoannaCole 460LIvyandBeanBook1 AnnieBarrows 510L