mrs. pursley and miss rawlins’ 2 nd grade class welcome

Mrs. Pursley and Miss Rawlins’

2nd Grade ClassWelcome

Before you leave…

• Please sign up to be our Room Parent!

• See Fall Social Sheet to volunteer

• Sign up for Art Masters (lesson dates TBD)

• Take home information packet

Welcome to Second Grade!

Our team

• Mrs. Pursley• Miss Rawlins• Ms. Jones• Mrs. Fabrizio

Our Goals To give each child the academic and

social skills they need to improve and succeed

To provide a supportive and fun classroom environment

To help students make new friends and discover new interests

Expectations

Classroom expectations Personal best Promptness and attendance Participation Positive attitude

Classroom Community

Our classroom is a community. In our community, we have rules to help us get along with each other. Follow the Bonita B’s: Be a friend! Be respectful! Be responsible! Be safe! Be your best!

Homework Homework will be assigned Monday through Friday Homework is due the following day unless stated

otherwise “Weekly Wave” Homework Schedule Reading for 20 minutes daily Homework Goal – work should be done independently

but checked and corrected Messy work will be redone Corrected work will be sent home in Finished Work

Packet Absences – see packet

Parent Support

Check homework Study and review weekly spelling words Communicate concerns early Volunteer – In Class, Field Trips, Art Masters,

etc.

State Standards and Assessment

Assessments guide instruction Unassisted / assisted

assessments Grading State testing will be in May 2013

Class SubjectsThe subjects we cover during second grade are:

Reading and Writing Math Science Social studies Music and Art P.E. / Health Computer Lab

Reading

Reading Book Fluency Reading Groups/RTI Accelerated Reader Novel Studies

Our “Flat Me” characters before we sent them to friends and relatives in far-off spaces.

At Home Reading 20 minutes daily (M-F) Reading tags with pony beads Monthly calendar January - Bananas Over Books

Writing

Writing in all subject areas Editing of work Stories, Friendly Letter, Paragraphing,

Opinions

Spelling

Houghton Mifflin Spelling Words Focus on phonics rules Regular / Challenge words Writing assignments Word Study Homework Help – in packet

Math Addition and subtraction with

regrouping Basic Facts Fractions Time Money Data and graphing Geometry Multiplication and Division Math Tiles Math tiling

Social Studies Long Ago vs. Today Map Skills United States

Government Community Economics People Who Have Made

a Difference / Heroes Tanaka Farms Field Trip

Science Earth Science –

rocks and minerals Physical Science -

balance and motion Life Science - plants

and insects

Trabuco Canyon Field Trip

Music and Art

Music teacher Art Masters

(5 lessons)

Information Literacy Library Skills Internet Research skills Book Check Out Accelerated Reader

Computer skills – word processing, keyboarding

Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Paint, Publisher

Kidspiration - Graphs and Flowcharts

Physical Education and Health

P.E. Teacher Sportsmanship Great Body Shop

Field TripsWe have lots of fun field trips planned for this year!

We will visit Trabuco Canyon Elementary on October 4th and take rock samples from the riverbed as part of our science unit on the geology.

In June we will visit South Coast Repertory to see “The Night Fairy” based on the novel by Laura Amy Schlitz.

From the office… Breakfast / extra snack Fever free for 24 hours Students may not bring medication All medication must be cleared and

distributed through the health office

Let’s work together as a team and have a great year!