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Curriculum Night
Waggoner Elementary Second Grade
Mrs. Kiefer
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Welcome!• Thank You for coming!• Enjoy your child’s note (take
home).• Write a love note back! Leave it on
your child’s desk. • Introduction• Website info• Classroom Routine (Schedule)
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Language Arts• Focus on the Common Core Standards• Major Components of our Reading Program are:
– Print concepts, phonemic awareness, phonics, – vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension
• Flexible groupings: whole group, small guided reading groups, partner reading, independent reading
• Adopted Reading Series: Harcourt TROPHIES (Visit their website: www.harcourtschool.com)
• Ongoing reading assessments• Grammar skills are integrated each week.• Goal: We strive to increase student vocabulary,
comprehension, and fluency. Daily practice (both at school and at home) is essential for reading success.)
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Spelling• Compliments the Harcourt Trophies reading and
language program. • Basic skills taught: phonics, spelling rules, patterns,
word origins, prefixes/suffixes.• Spelling is assessed and evaluated on an ongoing
basis through classroom writing samples, daily spelling lessons, dictated sentences, and tests.
• The true test of spelling mastery is its transfer to and application in student writing on a daily basis.
• Spelling lists will come home each week.
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Writing• Writer’s Workshop• Steps in the writing process: prewriting,
drafting, revising, editing, publishing• Forms of writing: narrative, story, poetry,
expository (observations, journals, etc.) functional (friendly letters, thank-you notes, experiments, posters, etc.) literary response, research (simple report)
• Adopted Writing/Language program: Units of Study for Second Grade by Lucy Calkins
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• Scott Foresman D’Nealian Handwriting• Emphasis on correct handwriting in all
written work• Cursive is not taught in 2nd Grade.
Cursive is part of the 3rd Grade curriculum.
Handwriting
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Listening and Speaking Skills
• Students will be taught to effectively use listening and speaking skills in a variety of situations:
– For example: oral reports, Reader’s Theatre, Writer’s workshop (author’s chair)
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Math• Focus on the Common Core Standards• Numeration: number sense, counting, place value,
money, fractions, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division strategies
• Problem Solving/Higher level thinking strategies• Data Analysis and Probability• Patterns and Algebra• Geometry• Measurement and Time• Adopted Math Programs: Investigations in
Number, Data, and Space by Scott Foresman and Mathematics by Scott Foresman/Addison Wesley
• Dreambox Learning
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Science• Major Components of our science program:
– Earth and Space: Weather– Life Science: Insects, Human Body,
Mammals- Physical Science: Solids, Liquids, Gases- Hands-on encouraging active learning- Units involve cooperative skills and learning
the scientific method.
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Social Studies• Major Components of our social studies
program:• Adopted social studies program: Social Studies:
People We Know by Harcourt• Students will… …explore the human experience through time
and recognize the relationships of events and people;…Learn about ideals, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship…analyze locations, regions, and spatial connections;
economic reasoning skills
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HealthMajor components of our Health program:
– Adopted Health Program: Health and Fitness by Harcourt
– Students will study safety and injury prevention, nutrition, personal health, hygiene, and disease prevention.
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Library and Technology
• Students will visit the Library weekly to check out books and learn library/media skills.
• We visit the Computer Lab every week and use the 6 classroom laptops to create multimedia projects, do research using the Internet, and explore various computer programs.
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Specials• P.E. is scheduled on Monday with Mr. Colson.
• Library is scheduled every Tuesday with Ms. Leopardi.
• Computer lab is on Wednesday.• Art is every Thursday with Mrs. Pope.• Music class in on Friday with Mrs.
Weissberg.
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Classroom Management• Based on Love and Logic Strategies.
- Be Safe, Be Responsible, Be respectful!• Praise rewarded for positive behaviors.• PAW-sitive slips, classroom bingo, high fives• Popcorn pieces - whole class rewards
• Consequences:1. Verbal reminder2. Refocus – fill out think sheet3. Time out – in class/pod/another class4. Parent e-mail or phone call5. Visit to the principal.
» Weekly reports will be sent on Friday.
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Homework Homework Expectations:
– Weekly homework will be assigned on on Monday, due on Friday. Please look in your child’s Communication Folder. (Note: If you need an extension over the weekend, just send a note in on Friday to inform me of the change.)
– Students are to do homework thoroughly. Parents and students sign the contract.
– Students are to do homework neatly.– The Harcourt Trophies reading book must be
brought back to school each day. We do not have extras.
-Math practice on Dreambox will support the same curriculum we are learning at school. Feel free to use other resources (learning games, paper/pencil, computer games etc. to practice math skills.
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Volunteers• We appreciate any time you can spend
with us!• Work with students, workroom, and
help with special projects.• Sign up each month on SignUp Genius.
Thank you!
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School Policies• Snacks/Class Parties
- Please do not send in any homemade treats. When asked to donate snacks/party supplies, please send in store bought items only.
- Please sign up to send in store bought healthy snacks.
• Birthdays– Please mail all birthday invitations (don’t send them
to school), this helps avoid anyone getting their feelings hurt. Please do not send in any birthday treats.
– Your child will receive birthday acknowledgment from administration, morning announcements, and myself.
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Miscellaneous• Label items (backpack, lunch box, jackets, etc.)• Always send in lunch $ in an envelope with child’s name• Car Pick-Up: USE tagboard name plate in car window…
include all last names of students in car pool (only driving through)
• Ramada Pick-up (Park and designate a specific meeting spot.)
• Return library books each Tuesday. • Bus passes will only be issued for emergencies and
parents who call the Transportation Department (480-541-1700).
• Please do not call the office after 1:00 to make an unscheduled after school change unless a true emergency arises.
Stuffed Animal Day is this Friday
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Communication• Weekly newsletter will be send via
e-mail each Friday or Monday.• Send a note with your child• Call me at (480) 541-5717• Email – [email protected]• Front office (480) 541-5600
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Thanks for Coming!!
Thanks for Coming!!I’m looking forward to a great year!!!