NORTH BEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM NIGHT

Welcome

BA Political Science/Sociology :CWSC BA Early Childhood/Elementary Ed.:

CWU Certification Gifted Education: Ashland

Univ., Ohio Taught Kindergarten and 2nd grade in St.

Augustine Florida and Neptune Beach Fla.

Taught Gifted Students 4th-8th in various rural Ohio Schools including Amish population.

14th year teaching 2nd grade at NBE

Second Grade is a year of growth and new skills.

Learning is a continuous and developmental process.

Hands-on activities and interactions are critical to young learners.

Understanding takes time and practice.

Our Daily Schedule

9:05 – 9:25 – Morning Work 9:25 – 10:15 – Reading 10:15-1:45 Spelling/Lang Review 10:45-11:00 Recess 11:00 – 11:45 Math 11:45-12:30 Lunch and Recess 12:30-1:15 Writing 1:15-1:45 Social Studies, Science, Art 1:45-2:15 Specials 2:20-2:45 Social Studies, Science, Art 2:55 – 3:20 – Silent Reading 3:20 – Dismissal

Balanced Literacy

District reading and writing expectations

Shared/Guided Reading Self-Selected Reading Working With Words Writers Workshop

Expose children to a wide range of literature

Teach comprehension strategies

Teach strategies for reading increasingly more difficult material

Teacher directed

Guided Reading

Increase fluency in reading

Build confidence in students as readers

Share their reading with others

Student directed

Self-Selected Reading

Teach children to read, spell and use high-frequency words

Teach patterns which allow children to read and spell many other words

Teach phonics, parts of speech, and grammar

Working with Words

Build fluency in writing

Give children an opportunity to apply their knowledge of phonics

Encourage children to use the writing process

Encourage children to increase the quality of their writing

Encourage children to use a variety of forms

Build confidence in students as writers

Writing

Homework

Reading: Encourage 20 minutes daily

Spelling: Monday – Wednesday nightly work, Test on Friday

Math: Practice Math Facts to gain speed and accuracy

Watch for daily pages coming home with ideas for practicing skills currently being taught.

Math

Basic Math FactsComputationTimeMoney GeometryMeasurementRegroupingIntroduction to

multiplication and division concepts

Thematic Units

Life Cycles (Year-long)

Science Butterflies Solids, Liquids, and Gasses Mr. Rick Hartman “The Toy Man”

Builds paddle boats with students and then conduct float test

Fossils – NatureVisionsSocial Studies

The Community – Snoqualmie Valley Africa Maps and Globes

Specialist Schedule

Monday: PE **Remember proper shoes and pants for girls!

Monday: LibraryTuesday: MusicTuesday: Technology Wednesday: PE

**shoes!!

Thursday: Music

Second Grade Field Trips

Community Walk: September 27th

The Nutcracker: December 6thPioneer Craft Day: December 16th

Woodland Park Zoo: June 2nd

EJ Roberts Park: June 9th

If interested to help -sign up on on the back table or on our Weebly Website!!

Building Success

It Takes All of Us to Build Success Child Teacher Parent

Communication is the Key Questions Concerns Celebrations