Transcript Mrs. Pursley’s 2nd Grade Class - IUSD.org

Mrs. Pursley and
Miss Rawlins’
2nd Grade Class
Welcome
Before you leave…
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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
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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
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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 Subjects
The subjects we cover during second grade are:
 Reading and Writing
 Math
 Science
 Social studies
 Music and Art
 P.E. / Health
 Computer Lab
Reading
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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
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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
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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
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Library Skills
 Computer skills –
word processing,
Internet
keyboarding
Research skills
 Microsoft Word,
Book Check Out
PowerPoint, Paint,
Accelerated Reader
Publisher
 Kidspiration - Graphs
and Flowcharts
Physical Education
and Health
 P.E. Teacher
 Sportsmanship
 Great Body Shop
Field Trips
We 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…
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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!