Post Curriculum Night

Good evening 2B families,

Thank you for attending curriculum night.
If you were unable to attend: Email me for the presentation and I will send home the resources that were on your child's desk. (we wrote your kiddo a note if you did not attend in response to their note for you. We will be sure to send the note/info. home tomorrow) Please reach out to me if you have any questions.

All families:
Please see the following links for additional curriculum resources to support and challenge your scholar/ parent curriculum info.

Writing Stoplight Color Codes
Growth Mindset

Second Grade Archway Curriculum Overview

Archway Lincoln Second Grade Curriculum Map

Higher Order Thinking Questions to Ask After Reading

Second Grade Supplemental Reading List

Parent Guide to Shurley Grammar

Archway Tips for Reading With Your Child

The second parent session tonight had time for questions and we were asked about reading levels / your child's reading level etc...
Answer:
Later this first quarter you will be notified of your child's A-Z reading level. We generate this level based off of your child's reading scores and DIBELS results. There will be weekly homework targeted at your child's level for both fluency and reading comprehension (sometimes these are diff levels, depending on the child). There will be directions for the leveled nightly fluency homework we provide each child when we start fluency later this quarter.

Another area we covered tonight I'd like to ensure all parents are well informed of is...Rocket math: NEW HOMEWORK STARTING TOMORROW!
Tomorrow, Friday-August 17th we will send home your child's second grade math fact fluency homework. Our math fact fluency is rocket math. Your child has been leveled and you will see a sheet/addition level in a protective sheet coming home. This is to stay in their orange folder. Please check their orange folder tomorrow for specific instructions regarding this new nightly homework assignment / future action item of what to do when they pass their level to keep the protective sheet updated.

If you feel your child could use enrichment for any subject to further challenge them - please reach out to me. I have many resources and would love to target the areas your child could be pushed to further grow/develop and deepen skills they are demonstrating mastery of. Growth is the primary goal for each and every scholar on an individual level.

My best,

Breanne Hadley

Reminder

Good afternoon 2B Families,


Curriculum night is tomorrow (Thursday 8/17)
Please review the attached agenda or the evening.




The flow of the evening is as follows: 



All Families in the Gym    6:00-6:15  (Headmaster Opening Remarks)

Families with the last name  A-L: in the classroom  6:20-6:50

(M-Z stays in Gym for Specials presentation)

Transition      6:50-7:00
Families with the last name M-Z:  in the classroom 7:00-7:30

(A-L go to Gym for Specials presentation)



*If you have multiple grade levels to visit, choose at your discretion





I am looking forward to a growing second grade year and serving your scholar with their pursuit for truth, goodness, and beauty. Thank you for allowing me the blessing of being your child's teacher.



Partnering with you,



Miss Hadley

8/13 - 8/17

Greetings Parents!

Here we are at the end of our first full week together. It has been an exciting and fulfilling one; Mr. Edmonson and I are so pleased to start our year on this beautiful note.

Indoor Recess fun!

Indoor Recess fun!

Lab Snap Shot - Exploring Magnets

Lab Snap Shot- Exploring Magnetism

Announcements

 We have a new bench this year on that playground to promote friendship, called the buddy bench. The purpose of this bench is for students who are unable to find someone to play with to sit and look for others playing a game that they would like to join. We encourage students who see someone sitting on the bench to go over and ask them to play. So far we are seeing being used with truly beautiful results! 

Upcoming Dates

1.Thursday August 16th: K-2 Curriculum Night on campus 6-7:30 pm.

2. Tuesday August 21st: Student Picture Day.

A Look in the Classroom

1. Poem: Our first poem will be going out on Monday. We will be reciting Seashell by Federico Garcia Lorca. Please have your scholar practice the poem nightly. They will be reciting the poem on Friday, 8/24.

2. Spalding: We will continue to practice all 70 phonograms throughout the week. Spalding words will start in our pink journals. Teachers will lead instruction for spelling words starting with hand motions, markings, and rules.

3. Grammar: This week we will be learning about another fundamental part of speech: verbs. We will be focusing on action verbs. See how many action verbs your child can show you. 

4. Writing: Writing instruction will begin this week. The 5 parts of a sentence will be reviewed. You can practice the jingle we will learn at home with this link. Please make sure your scholar is always writing in complete sentences at home.

5. Reading: Last week we studied the first story element of character. This week we are moving on to the next story element: setting. The setting is where and when the story takes place. Discuss the setting of any stories that your scholar reads to you at home. 

6. Literature: We are going to be reading the first of our Core Knowledge short stories. We are starting with The Fisherman and His Wife. We will be closely examining the characters and setting of this story. 

7. Math: Our first math unit "Numbers to 1,000" comes to a close this Friday. Throughout this unit scholars have practiced counting, reading, and writing whole numbers to 1,000 and identifying the place value for each digit. Students have also practiced counting back by hundreds, tens, or ones from a number within 1,000. We have reviewed ordering and comparing whole numbers using the symbols < , > , and =. Scholars have also reviewed what it means to rename 1 ten as 10 ones and 1 hundred as 10 tens. Our number sense is deepening through these reviewed concepts and the students have explored these objectives using concrete manipulatives. 

*Our next unit in our math studies is unit 2 - Addition and Subtraction. This will start next Monday.*

8. Science: We will continue to explore magnets. Students will discover the poles of a magnet and learn how the law of magnetic attraction works.

Tests and Quizzes

1. Friday: Math Test; Place Value (use homework for review)

Please do reach out to me with any questions or concerns you may have.

Partnering with you,

Miss Hadley 

8/6 - 8/10

It was wonderful meeting all of you last Tuesday at "Meet the Teacher"
If you were unable to attend & did not receive a blue parent info/resource folder please email me and I will send one home with your scholar.


The Family Handbook
2018-19 School Calendar

Our Weekly Blog Post:
Please check back every Monday morning for an updated blog post regarding the upcoming week. 

Daily Take-Home Folder

Please empty the ORANGE take-home folder every day.  This folder will be used for nightly homework as well as a place for important forms (permission slips, field trip information, nurse passes from the day, etc).   We check the folders each morning to collect homework and other important forms that have been returned

Agenda
Agendas will be filled out every day and sent home with your child to remind them of their homework and special events. Please sign your child’s agenda every night and record the number of minutes read.  Student agendas enhance the students’ organizational skills. We check agendas every morning so this is a wonderful tool of communication.

A glance at our coming week...

History: 

History instruction will start strong with our Geography and Spatial Reasoning unit. We will discuss globes, different types of maps, cardinal directions and identifying all 7 continents and 5 oceans. We will use a continents song as an instructional aid that you may be hearing at home! 

7 Continents Song 

Science: 

We will begin our study of magnets. Students will test what materials are magnetic and nonmagnetic. We will discuss and explore the similarities and differences we observed. 

Math: Daily Math Homework Starts Monday 

Count, read, and write whole numbers to 1,000 and identify the place value for each digit. 
Read and write  2-digit and 3-digit numbers in numerals, words, and as addition of tens and ones.
Count on/back 1, 2, 10, or 20 from a given number
Rename hundreds, tens, and ones

Scholars will receive their math Workbooks and Textbooks on Monday. Workbooks are often used for their homework and some classwork assignments.  

The Workbook

The Textbook - You may see it come home from time to time as a helpful resource at/home support. It is to be sent back to school.

 

Language Arts:

Grammar:

This week we will review that a noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. When you are out and about this week you could ask your child to point out any nouns that they see. Is it a person? A place? A thing? An idea? 

Reading: Daily Reading Homework (20 minutes) Please sign the agenda after your scholar reads aloud to you for 20 minutes.

We will begin our study of Elements of a Story by focusing on characters. Both the internal and external features of a character will be examined. When reading at home with your child, have them think deeper about the character. You could ask them questions like: What words tell about the character? How does the character feel? Does the character do good or bad things? Why does the character do these things? How would the story have changed if the main character were greedy (or brave, impolite, etc.). How did the main character’s behavior (thoughts, actions, etc.) affect the other characters in the story?

Spalding: Daily Spalding Homework (Handwriting Focus) Starts Monday

Students will begin Spalding this first full academic week. 

This first week, students will review handwriting formation - starting with clock letters, line letters, and phonograms 1-70. We will focus on handwriting, proper pencil grip, and scholarly position.  

Pencil Grip Video Help: Pencil Grip Video

Spalding Handwriting: Handwriting -How to video- Clock Letter Formation

Poem: 

Our first poem will be given out next Monday August 13th.

Writing:

Formal writing instruction will begin next week. 

Literature: 

Literature this week will revolve around books highlighting virtue. We will begin to introduce how to have a Socratic discussion, emphasizing how we respond to our classmates and how to answer open-ended questions. Our first book for our Literature Studies is The Boxcar Children.

Please send The Boxcar Children in by Sept. 9th

NO NUTS- SNACKS

Snacks:

We will be having a daily snack  to help with the afternoon hunger. Please provide a light, healthy and mess free snack for your student--- NUT FREE (we have allergies in our room).

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Miss Hadley's Class is one of four second grade classrooms at Archway Lincoln. We are 2B

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Love and Logic Tip - Arguing and One-liners

How sad it is that so many young people in our world have come to believe that constant manipulation is the best way to get what you want!

Love and Logic offers a very powerful way of breaking kids of this damaging habit. The first step involves reminding ourselves that it’s ok if our kids get upset about a limit we have set. Sometimes we have to allow our kids to be upset in the short term so that they can become responsible and happy in the long term.

The second step requires going “brain dead.” The less we think about what an arguing child is saying, the more energy we’ll have at the end of the day.

The third step involves calmly repeating the very same “one-liner,” regardless of what the child says. Examples include:

•	What did I say?
•	I love you too much to argue.
•	That’s a good argument, but your last one was better.
•	I argue at 6 a.m. on Saturdays.
•	I know.