2 nd grade curriculum stay connected…. jill courtneyext: 6852 kathi dishong ext: 6859 sara mayes...

22NDND GRADE GRADECurriculum

Stay Connected…

Stay Connected…

Jill Courtney ext: 6852Kathi Dishong ext: 6859Sara Mayes ext: 6891Kayla Randolph ext: 6862

Green Elementary972-236-0600 

If you need to reach us, please either email or call. Our conference period is from 9:00-9:45. We will get back to you within 24 hours during the week and Monday morning, if you contact us on the weekend.

Comprehensive Comprehensive LiteracyLiteracy• Our goal is to instill the love of reading in each student.

• Daily 5/Stations• Reading across the curriculum• To/With/By

Reading TO the students (Daily Read Alouds)Reading WITH the students (Guided Reading, Shared Reading, Poetry, One-On-One Reading)Reading BY the students

READ to your child for 15-20 minutes every night!

Literacy-Daily 5/Stations

Read to Self-Work on Stamina

Listen to Reading-students listen to a story to work on fluency, accuracy and inflection

Read to Someone-helps with comprehension by asking questions during reading

Word Work-students work with sight words, word

chunks, spelling patterns and strategies

Work on Writing-students work on different elements of writing

Reading at an “APPROPRIATE”

level:• When readers move to levels too far above

their current grade level, the content often becomes developmentally inappropriate.

• Just right books should be based on a student’s fluency and comprehension level. They need to understand what they are reading, if not, they are simply word calling.

• We encourage readers to read a variety of books including: too easy (builds fluency), just right (on target), and challenging (stretch what you know).

What about Fluency?

• Fluency and comprehension work together

• Very slow readers with good comprehension need practice in speed and phrasing before moving to higher levels

• Developmentally appropriate expression improves through the grade levels

WritingWritingStudents work on different aspects of their writing such as:oPrewriting ideasoPersonal Narratives- writing about small momentsoUnderstanding the writing process- drafting, revising, editing, and publishingoWriting about Reading-

o Respond to what they are readingo Making connections while reading

oNon-Fiction WritingoPoetryoUsing Authors as Mentors

Spelling/Word Spelling/Word Work/ChunksWork/Chunks• A specific Spelling Strategy will come

home each Monday. Please work on this strategy at home, and we will be working on it here at school. • “Spell Check” on Fridays-Students will show that they can use the learned strategy by writing down words that the teacher dictates.

MathMath• Numerical fluency & understanding of numbers (place value to 1200, compare & order numbers to 1200)

• Problem solving including word problems• Addition & subtraction facts & fluency to 20 using strategies• Adding & subtracting 2&3 digit numbers• 2D/3D Figures, Fractions, Measurement – time, money, length, and area

ScienceScience•Science Journals are used to record data and information.•Science Experiments – hands on experiments using the scientific process. •Students will become meteorologists, astronomers, physicists, zoologists, botanists, geologists, and engineers!

We’re looking forward to a wonderful, fun-filled year of learning and getting to know

your child.