miss colleen fish room 132. please take some time to make your student their own bookmark! please...
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Miss Colleen Fish
Room 132
Please take some time to make your student their own bookmark!
Please read their letter they wrote for you.
Please take a look inside their desk to notice some of their work:◦Yellow Folder: Writing Workshop◦Red Folder: Social Studies/Science◦Blue Folder: Work Folder
Personalized Bookmark/Desk
Please remember to check the white PTO contact sheet◦Make sure you make any necessary
changes◦Initial near your name if everything looks
okay
Please fill out the volunteer sign up sheet if you would like to help in our classroom
Contact Information/Volunteering
Check the website often!
Accessed through Dallin School website◦Helpful reminders◦Updates◦Helpful websites for curriculum◦Forms and documents
Classroom Website
Homework is due on Friday except for the Reading Response Journal, which is due Wednesday.
Completing and returning homework is very important!
If you’re noticing that your student is struggling and reaching their frustration level, send in a note and I will work on the homework with them
Homework
“Wave Jumps”◦ Builds community as students work toward a common goal◦ Jumps are given for behavior in Specials
Behavior Signals◦ Green- Keep up the good work!◦ Yellow- Think about the choices you’re making, 5 minutes to
think about your behavior◦ Red- Stop! There will be appropriate consequences
Friday Afternoon Club◦ 20 minutes of free time on Friday afternoon◦ Students need to have good behavior all week in order to
keep their 20 minutes.◦ Minutes can be taken away, but not given back
Classroom Management
Typical Day in Second Grade:• Morning Work• Fundations• Meeting• Snack• Special
• Monday- Art• Tuesday- PE• Wednesday- Library• Thursday- PE• Friday- Music
• Math• Recess/Lunch• Quiet Work – time to catch up on work• Daily 5• Writers Workshop• Social Studies/Science• WIN Block (What I Need)• Pack-up and Dismissal
Morning Routines◦Students are responsible for: handing in
any notes, returning homework, put STAR binder in desk, do their Morning Job
Morning Work◦Math packet related to the Common Core
Standards◦Unfinished work or Smart Choice
Morning Routines and Work
Letter-Sound Relationships Sound blends, segmenting, letter
formation, etc. Word Wall Words Dictations Tools include:
◦ Tile boards◦ Phonics games◦ Personal white boards◦ Word Wall◦ Letter cards
Fundations/Phonics
Calendar Weather Money Days Backwards PlaceValue/Tens Frames Morning Message
Also a time to talk about our schedule, updates, questions
Morning Meeting
Unit Topics:◦ Mathematical Thinking at ◦ Grade 2◦ Addition facts 0-20, Subtraction facts 0-18◦ Coin identification and value◦ Adding coins and dollars◦ Making change◦ Time (hour, half hour, quarter hour – for analog
and digital, elapsed time, months and days of the week)
◦ Measurement◦ Data analysis (charts, graphs, diagrams)
Math
Daily 5FundationsGuided ReadingCelebrity ReaderWriting Workshop
RAZ Kids Independent Reading
Shared ReadingRead Alouds
English Language Arts
Allows students to write about topics that are of interest to themselves, but are things they have experienced and can write about
Brainstorm, draft, revise/edit, publish
Mini-lessons based on Lucy Calkin’s Writing Program
Writing Workshop
Done during the first part of the year
Students are introduced to literature, music, art, and discussions around:◦Geography and mapping skills◦Explore cultures: Japan, Continents◦Historical Events/Holidays◦Current Events (as related to topics covered in
school)
Social Studies
Science is done during the second part of the year. Topics include:◦ Moon: phases, location over time, environment, exploration◦ Balancing and Weighing◦ Whales◦ Butterflies
Children start to use the scientific method of asking questions, making predictions, making observations
Great Body Shop◦ Learn about health, safety, nutrition, decision making
Science/Great Body Shop
Goal: Build community and learn to work together
Provides opportunities for social learning and is a comfortable way for students to share or listen when their classmates express concerns and share experiences
1-2 times a week for 20-30 minutes
Open Circle
Celebrity Reader
Reading Response Journal
Recess and Lunch – Extra time this year
Snack
If you need to come into the building you must go through the front entrance, sign-in and get a guest pass. This includes at dismissal time. If something needs to be delivered to a student, leave it with the secretary and she will make sure it gets to the student as soon as possible.
Other Things in 2nd Grade
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