back to school night mrs. kennedy’s second grade 2015
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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 –[email protected]• 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!