back to school night mrs. kennedy’s second grade 2015

Back to School NightMrs. Kennedy’s second grade

2015

Morning Routine

• HNN – Hillside News Network• Calendar• Word Work• Snack - Healthy Choices

Reading Workshop

• Mini lesson• Graphic organizers, compare

characters, connections, comprehension, sequence of story

• Just right books• Book Baggies – homework reading

Poetry Unit

• Different kinds of poems• Read different poems• Respond to poems• Write their own poems

Author Studies

• Study the style of writing, patterns across books, write like the authors

• Kevin Henkes• Eric Carle• Patricia Polacco• Cynthia Rylant

Writing Workshop

• Mini lesson• Writing Notebooks and Folders• Writing Units – narrative, small

moments, opinion, fairy tales, revising & editing, nonfiction, poetry

Non-fiction Reading and Writing

• How to books• Topics of interest• How to read non-fiction• Write their own non-fiction articles

Spelling

• Phonics First – multisensory approach to learning sounds and sounding out words

• Spelling patterns and sorting• Spelling groups• Spelling homework choices• Spelling games and activities

Math

• Number Sense and Place Value• Fluent in addition & subtraction• Problem solving – multi step word

problems• Measurement & Data – Money, Time,

Length, Graphs• Geometry and Fractions• Go Math homework pages

Social Studies

• The need for laws• Recognize certain historical figures• Holidays and American Symbols• Economics• Maps

Science

• Habitats of plants and animals• Earth’s Materials• Astronomy and Space Science• Science Lab with Mrs. Jost

Health

• Personal Health• Nutrition• Safety

Extras

• Homework – Homework helper• My Webpage• My email address –kennedyj@nvnet.org• Conferences – Dec. 2 – afternoon (12:40 day for students) Dec. 3 afternoon Dec. 10 - evening• Class trips• Class parents• Birthdays

Reminders• Please send in the home folder

everyday.• Please sign the homework helper &

reading log.• Please read and sign the Friday

Notebook every weekend.• Students should have something for

the hallway in the morning.• Please sign up for a conference time.

Thank you!

• Thank you for coming and I look forward to a great year with you and the children!