Curriculum NightSeptember 17, 2015

Curriculum NightSeptember 17, 2015

Welcome to Room 414!

Agenda• Classroom

Routines/Housekeeping• Report Cards and

Conferences• Second Grade Curriculum

Daily ScheduleMost Days: 8:25 Bell Rings8:30 Tardy bell rings Students sign in in the office8:40-9:10 Specialists9:10-9:40 Making Meaning/Phonics/Spelling9:40-9:50 restroom break, snack and read aloud9:50-11:00 Finish Content area work (Making

Meaning/Spelling/ Phonics/Writing/Stamina Reading)

11:00-11:45 Lunch/Recess11:45-12:45 Math12:45-1:15 Science/Health/Social Studies1:15-1:30 Recess1:30-1:45 Snack and read aloud1:45-2:45 Writing/Conferring or Stamina – 30 min.2:55 Dismissal (12:45 on Wednesday)

SpecialistsLibrary Books are due on or before Monday.

Wear appropriate clothing and shoes for PE on Wednesday and Friday.

Music is on Tuesday and Thursday

Computer lab is scheduled from 11:45-12:45 on Wednesday. (subject to change)

What will homework look like?

Math Homework—Home Links

Math Facts to start in January

Reading Calendar— at least 20 minutes a night/5 nights a week

No homework on Friday or over breaks.

Occasional Assignments- Autumn High-rise Clothespin Dolls Leprechaun Traps

Classroom Management

School Expectations

• Rules/Expectations• Student Responsibilities—Choices

• Shazams!

Classroom Expectations• Be Safe!• Show Respect• Make a Good Decision• Solve the Problem

School Expectations• Be Safe!• Be Respectful• Be Responsible• Be Resourceful

• Treat others as we want to be treated!

Classroom Volunteers• Sign In and Out • Wear your badge!• Volunteers will begin in October.• Volunteer Training September 23rd, from 10:0-10:30, in

the library. I hope you can attend.• Forms: WSP and Release/Hold Harmless forms need to be

done online each year and need to be returned before you can volunteer.

• Classroom Opportunities (Art Docent, Room Parent coordinator (Heather Matthews), copying, 1-on-1 or small group work with students )

• PTA Opportunities

Conferences

• Wednesday, Dec. 2nd and Thursday Dec. 3rd

• You will sign up electronically

• No School for Students!

• Report cards online November 25th, March 18th and June 16th

• Fountas and Pinnell Reading Assessment (Fall and Spring)

• District Writing assessment (Fall and Spring)

• Stanford Achievement Test (Usually the end of January)

• Cognitive Abilities Test (Usually the beginning of March)

Report Cards and Assessments

LiteracyShared/Guided Reading• Making Meaning• Read Alouds/Mentor

texts• Bookroom Books• CAFE Strategies• GLAD Strategies

Writing Units of Study• Forms of Writing:

Narrative, Informational. Persuasive and Poetry

• Writers Workshop model

Self-Selected Reading• Read to Self• Read to Someone

Word Study• Fountas and Pinnell

lessons on Phonics• Grammar, Vocabulary• Content Areas

Vocabulary• Word Work

Daily Literacy Time

Focus Lesson

TeacherGuided Reading/Conferring

StudentIndependent Reading

Read To SomeoneResponse to Reading

Word Work

Student Share/Reflect

Writing Folder Assignment

• To help generate ideas for writing, please cover your student’s writing folder with photos, pictures or words that are meaningful for your child. If they’re stuck for something to write about, they can study their folder and perhaps get an idea. This was a powerful tool when we wrote personal narratives last year!

Mathematics• Problem Solving opportunities and

strategies with Everyday Math• I will also supplement the EDM

program with other math curriculums

• Exemplars Problem Solving practice

• Logic practice• Tests at the end of each Unit• Practice at Home: Math Facts

through 20• IXL Math (online math practice)• www.ixl.com/signin/issaquah• www.everydaymathonline.com

Science• First TrimesterPlants and Organisms

• Spring TrimesterForces and Motion•Science Fair

Health CurriculumTopics are:• Emotions• Germs• Healthy

eating• The heart• Safety

ISF supports Challenger students in many ways!

Questions?

• Leave your child a letter• Sign up to be a classroom helper

• Take a look around (in your child’s desk too)