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Back to School Night in Second Grade!

Back to School Night in Second Grade!. Mrs. P., Ms. K., Mrs. Caruso. Our Team . Ms. P (2 nd Grade Teacher) Ms. K (Instructional Aide) Ms. Caruso (GW Intern) Nurse Hogan Ms. Z (Literacy Coach). Welcome. A Day in the Life of Second Grade begins with Morning Meeting: Greeting and Share

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Back to School Night in Second Grade!

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  1. Back to School Night in Second Grade! Mrs. P., Ms. K., Mrs. Caruso

  2. Our Team • Ms. P (2nd Grade Teacher) • Ms. K (Instructional Aide) • Ms. Caruso (GW Intern) • Nurse Hogan • Ms. Z (Literacy Coach)

  3. Welcome • A Day in the Life of Second Grade begins with Morning Meeting: • Greeting and Share • My name is X and I am Y’s parent. One thing I would put on my writer’s notebook is . . . • Message • Schedule • Energizer-Me too!

  4. A little bit more about me . . . • This is my 7th year of teaching and my 4th time working in second grade; however, this is my first time working as a general education teacher. • I also work as a part-time literacy coach for the DCCC. I love teaching writing. • My husband and I live near Eastern Market in Capitol Hill.

  5. Reader’s Workshop: 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 min • Mini-lesson focused on a particular reading strategy and standard: • http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/2 • C.A.F.E. Time • Comprehension (Guided reading and read to self) • Accuracy (Word Work) • Fluency (Listening Center) • Expanding schema (Station work around language standards)

  6. Writer’s Workshop-45 minutes a day to 1 hour • Builds off of Reader’s Workshop and learning to “Read like writers” • Mini-lesson focused on craft, structure, and conventions. • Focuses on writing from the students’ experiences and authentic and purposeful contexts and audiences!

  7. Community Building • Our classroom uses the Responsive Classroom approach to community building and classroom discipline. • Please see our Class Constitution to see the class rules YOUR students came up with to support their own hopes and dreams for second grade.

  8. Content Areas Science Social Studies American Indians World Cultures and Geography Life Then and Now: A Pioneer and Inventions Study • Birds • H2O and Weather Matters • Plants, Insects, and Habitats

  9. Math Workshop-90 minutes a day Tues-Fri • Today’s number and calendar work. • Problem of the Day • Mini-lesson • Small group practice • Fluency Activity and Exit ticket • http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/2/NBT

  10. Our Curriculum Sequence

  11. Responsive Instruction Formative Assessments Summative Assessments DCCAS in: Reading Math Report Cards DIBELS and TRC • End of unit tests • Rubrics • Anet quarterly assessments • Class work • Homework

  12. Homework • Homework is assigned in a packet distributed at the beginning of the week and should be initialed and returned in the HW folder daily. • In the first quarter students will be assigned 1 assignment a night plus their reading log. Later in the year, math homework will be assigned every night. • Spelling homework will begin after pre-assessments are completed. Bi-weekly spelling packets will be sent home to practice high frequency words to help increase writing fluency.

  13. Scholastic Book Orders

  14. Field Trips and Celebrations • Class Parent: Val Guerrier (Tasmine’s Mom ) • vguerrier76@hotmail.com • Birthday celebrations on Fridays during lunch • We are hoping to plan field trips to the American Indian Museum this October-November, the Kennedy Center in December, and either the Botanical Garden or the Insect Zoo at the Natural History Museum.

  15. Communication • http://www.rosselementary.org/ • kelly.worland@dc.gov • 571-230-0910 (cell)—feel free to call or text

  16. Thank you!! • Questions? • Feel free to call, text, email me, drop by or put your questions or comments at the Parking Lot.

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