Welcome to the 2 nd Grade Back to School Night Presentation

1. Welcome to the 2nd Grade Back to School Night Presentation Presented by: Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Martin, Mrs. Friend, and Mrs. Harris

2. Integrates thinking, reasoning, and creativity for a lifetime of learning.

3. Mathematics GoalMathematics Curriculum – Curriculum 2.0 All students will achieve mathematical proficiency by developing both conceptual understanding and procedural fluency. The end result is the ability to think and reason mathematically and use mathematics to solve problems in authentic contexts.

4. Welcome to Grade 2 Mathematics • A new model for curriculum, assessment, and instruction • Aligned to the Common Core State Standards • A unique integrated curriculum designed to develop a college-ready mindset in all students by fostering critical and creative thinking and academic success skills • Will provide enrichment/acceleration for our most advanced students and scaffolding for students in need of support

5. MCPS and CCSS Strand Comparison

6. Intertwined Strands of Mathematical Proficiency Applying Computing Reasoning Engaging Understanding

7. Common Core State Standards Mathematical Practices

8. Student Samples

9. Thinking and Academic Skills Using Thinking and Academic Success skills to learn content provides students opportunities to apply their learning to new situations.

10. Thinking and Academic Skills Critical Thinking Critical thinking involves being objective and open-minded while thinking carefully about what to do or what to believe, based on evidence and reason. Examples are Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation. Creative Thinking Creative thinking involves putting facts, concepts, and principles together in new ways and demonstrating a novel way of seeing or doing things. Examples are Elaboration, Flexibility, Fluency, and Originality. Academic Success Skills Academic Success Skills involves possessing attitudes and behaviors that enable students to reach their full potential in academic settings. Examples are Collaboration, Effort/Motivation/Persistence, Intellectual Risk Taking and Metacognition.

11. Math Block Time Frame • 5 minutes: warm-up • 25 minutes: focus lesson • 40 - 55 minutes: guided math groups/independent practice/math stations Teachers are differentiating instruction to meet students’ needs. • 5 minutes: closure • 75 - 90 minute math block.

12. What Topics Will Your Child Be Learning In Second Grade Math?

14. place value strategies properties of operations • models, drawings, written methods

16. Partition Shapes rows and columns • Attributes • Partition Shapeshalves, thirds, and fourths • Geometry

17. Reading, Writing, Spelling, and Language Block 60 – 90 minutes Guided Reading: reading stations, independent reading, buddy reading, follow-up activities to guided reading, word work. Teachers are differentiating instruction to meet students’ needs. 30 minutes: Writing 120 minute language arts block.

18. MCPS GUIDED READING LEVELS KINDERGARTEN 1ST GRADE 1 2 3 4 5 67 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 4 15 16 17 J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 5TH GRADE 4TH GRADE 2ND GRADE 3RD GRADE

19. Other Science Units of Study • Growth and urvstructure • ival wit Growth And Survival Within A Habitat Earth’s Natural Features And Properties of Materials Relationship Between Parts And The Whole Properties of Earth’s Materials Properties And Changes of Celestial Objects color transparency texture structure hardness magnetism

20. My Job Your Job Our Job In Social Studies Our Students Will Learn About: Rights & Responsibilities

21. Geographic Characteristics Goods and Services Natural, Capital, and Human Resources Transportation and Technology Exploring Different Cultures bird’s eye view

22. The 2nd Grade Play Wackadoo Zoo • Every year the 2nd Grade puts on a 2nd Grade Musical. This is an opportunity for students to be immersed in music, choreography, costumes, staging while learning many facts about animals. This experience has shown over the years to boost self confidence and a sense of community and belonging to a group.

23. Levels of Performance Instruction begins at the grade-level standard. How the student performs at the grade-level standard determines level of proficiency. Exceptional (ES) Exceptional at the grade-level standard. Instruction on the Measurement Topic Proficient (P) Meets the grade-level standard by demonstrating proficiency of the content or processes for the measurement topic. How the student responds Inprogress (I) In progress toward meeting the grade-level standard. Not yet or minimal (N) Not yet making progress or making minimal progress toward meeting the grade-level standard.

24. Grade 2 Standards-based Report Card Subject Measurement Topic

25. Homework Plan for Second Grade • Our homework plan involves 3 Mandatory parts! • Nightly reading! • Recorded on an at home reading chart turned in 3 times a quarter. • Nightly Math Practice! • Your child will receive math practice sheets reviewing concepts already covered in class. This is meant to be independent practice. Please check to see if it is completed. We will check for mistakes in class. This will help us to know where your child needs assistance so we can meet with them in small groups to address their needs. There will also be a weekly challenge problem to work on during the week. We will discuss solutions to the problem on Fridays. • Two quarterly projects! • Each Quarter your child will be assigned 2 at home projects. One project will be reading and language arts based and the other project will involve another subject area. Your child will have approximately 3-4 weeks to complete the project. The schedule of projects is on the back of this paper.

26. Testing in Grade 2 • MCPSAP-PR (Montgomery County Public Schools Assessment Program- Primary): This is a Montgomery County test that is given three times a year. Once in the Fall, Winter and Spring. It is a reading test to test comprehension and word recognition. • MAP-P(Math Assessment Primary) ): This is a Montgomery County test that is given two times a year. Once in the Fall and once in the Spring. It is a math test to show the progression of skills attained in math. • Global Screening:This is the test that is given to all second graders in the spring to recognize students of high ability and thinking skills. The results will be mailed to your home at the end of the school year.

27. Donations Please • We have lunch at 1:00pm. This is somewhat late for our students. We eat a snack daily at 11:00. • Please send in a small snack with your child. • If you would also like to contribute snack for the class to share please feel free to send in a peanut/ nut free snack.

28. Field Trips Strathmore Hall • November 19-22, 2013 (Date to be determined) • Free Mad Science • Spring 2014 • In school field trip • Approximately $7.00

29. Before you leave tonight!!! • Sign in on the clipboard in your child’s classroom. • Sign up for a November Conference • Add your email to our class email list • Sign permission for photographs • Read the letter your child wrote to you. • Write a note to your child. • Take the folder on your child’s desk it has a lot of important information.