Life in Second GradeMrs. Moulton

Ms. Gu

Daily Schedule

Recess/ Snack

• Recess- 10:00-10:15am• Please pack a snack for your child to

eat during this time. • We are a peanut and tree nut free

classroom. Please do not send in any snacks that contain any nut products.

ClassDojo - positive/negative points •Parent access to instant messages and weekly reports•Expected vs. Unexpected Behaviors

-Respect, Responsibility, Caring, Fairness, Trustworthiness, Citizenship

•Blue Folders - Calendar

Rules and Expectations

Rewards

• Table points for tables following directions and showing good character

• Earn treats and coupons – tables and individually

Take-Home Folder• Your child will come home with their

homework folder each day. It is their responsibility to share it with you and return it to school the next day. This folder contains:– Daily Behavior Chart

• Sign daily– Homework

• Reading Fluency Practice • Mandarin• Math homework sheet

Behavior Chart• Sent home every month.• Students should share their daily behavior log

with parents. • Parents, please review this each night.

Challenge Team• Students will change classrooms based

on their reading level. • They will work on the five main

components of reading based on their needs– Fluency– Comprehension– Sight Words– Phonics– Phonemic Awareness

Reading• Fluency- 110wpm• Comprehension-90%• Individual goals• Reading groups based on reading

level• Site Words- 350• Phonic skills- within words vowel pairs

Grading• Please check Powerschools to

monitor your child’s progress.• User ID available in front office.• This is in lieu of progress reports.

Homework• The homework sheet/newsletter will come home in the

homework folder on Monday.• They are due on Friday. • Please review your child’s homework before it is returned

on Friday and make corrections with them if necessary.• Students will have 20 minutes of reading, and a word sort

to do each night. • One writing assignment will also be on the back of the

homework. This is enrichment and optional until January.• Math homework goes home after each lesson

(approximately 3x per week)• Mandarin homework is listed on the weekly newletter.

11:45-12:15am Lunch

• We go to Recess first• The students go into lunch at

11:55am

**We are in need of parent volunteers to help at lunch**

Newsletter/Homework

Curriculum• Arizona Career and Readiness Standards (see website for a

detailed look at all the standards)• Reading: Reading Street Weekly Story, Daily 5• Friday assessment on comprehension and vocabulary• Phonics: Based on Words Their Way – no Friday spelling test –

students assessed in small group based on individualized word list. Grade is reported as a standard on the report card.

• Writing: Write from the Beginning• Social Studies: Harcourt

Second Grade History Strands introduce how the United States became a nation. The impact of exploration is revisited through the introduction of western expansion of the New Nation. The development of cultures and civilizations and their contributions are expanded into the continent of Asia.

Curriculum• Math: Engage NY

– Quarter 1 –Module 1-3 Addition, subtraction, comparison within 20

– Quarter 2- Module 4-5 Addition, subtraction within 200– Quarter 3- Module 5-7 Addition, subtraction within 1000 foundation of multiplication & division– Quarter 4- Module 7-8 length, money, data, time, shapes,

fractions• Mandarin: *colors, clothes, appearance, sports, pets, transportation,

direction, countries, weather, places Quizlet

• Science: Life cycles, matter, human body, weather

Social Studies

Reading• Reading Street• Oral Reading Fluency• December Benchmark – 100 wpm• May Benchmark – 111 wpm• DIBELS benchmark scores are kept in your

child’s Data Binders.• Literary Elements (plot, characters, setting,

theme, problem, solution)• Social Studies and Science share a cross-

curricular relationship with Reading Street.

Writing• Write From the Beginning & Beyond• Includes Thinking Maps and Mini-

lessons to produce quality pieces of writing.

• Thinking Journals and Non-fiction Journals are utilized by each student.

Phonics• Words Their Way• Moving away from “Friday Spellers”.• Students are actively constructing

their own knowledge of spelling patterns.

• Students sort and create tree maps with word cards in class.

Math• Engage NY• Pre & post tests for each module• Homework after each lesson• ACE

Mandarin• BetterChinese• Quizlet• Homework every week• Writing • Read short passages per week• Flash cards• Speak as much Mandarin as they can in

class

PDSA• Goal setting system for our class.• Our class focus is READING FLUENCY or

COMPREHENSION (based on benchmark scores.)• Plan

– What are we working on?• Do

– What will we do to learn it?• Study

– What were the results of our efforts?• Act

– What’s our next plan of action?

Conferences

• Conferences will be held the week of September 24th and March 3rd.

• A sign-up preference form will be sent home the week before.

• Conferences are 15 minutes. If you feel more time will be needed we will need to set a day convenient for both of us.

Birthdays• You may send in a birthday treat

for their special day. Please send in the treat in the morning. Currently, we have 26 students in our class. All treats need to be store bought items and peanut free.

Website• Please visit our class website for

class updates, and curriculum information.

• You can access the website through the Coronado main site. There is a teacher website tab at the top.

Contact Me• The best way to contact me is

through email. • Jenna.moulton@husd.org• Ying.gu@husd.org