Welcome to Curriculum Night:

2nd Grade

Agenda:•Arizona College and Career Ready Standards

•Grading

•Curriculum

•Homework

Curriculum• Arizona College and Career Ready Standards• Quarterly curriculum maps available online at

www.husd.org. Our comprehensive curriculum includes:

Reading Writing Math Science Social Studies Music, Art, and PE

Curriculum Maps Online

Visit our website to find your student’s curriculum maps by grade level and content area.

District Grading Practices

Higley teachers will teach the Arizona academic standards and assess how students are progressing. When teachers report student progress they will follow these guidelines:

1. Scores are related to achievement of the standards

2. Variety of assessments used to gather evidence of achievement

3. Assessment procedures support student learning

Report Card Indicators

The K-5 Grade Reports to Parents include the following levels of performance:

4 = Above benchmark / Exceeds current grade level expectations

3 = Meets benchmark / At grade level expectations

2 = Approaching benchmark / Improving but not consistent

1 = Below grade level / Needs more time and support

Blank = Not yet introduced

GOAL

K-5 Assessment and Grading Handbook Online

Visit our website for frequently asked questions!

Homework The purpose of homework is to practice concepts and skills that are taught. It may be used to review previous concepts and skills or to prepare for upcoming concepts and skills that will be taught.

• A homework packet will be sent home each Monday (Tuesday if there is no school Monday.) The packet will consist of a reading comprehension activity and math practice.

• Students need to complete two activities from the spelling menu each week. Spelling lists will be sent home on Monday after the pretest.

 • Students read for twenty minutes each night. Reading aloud

to parents or other family members and discussing the book is highly recommended.

 • Students practice math facts on the xtramath website (or

practice math facts with flash cards if a computer is not available.)

 • Occasionally, additional assignments may be sent home.

There will also be several book reports throughout the year.

Reading & Language Arts

• 2nd grade Literature Anthology• Leveled Readers • Vocabulary Readers• Phonics• Comprehension Strategies• Nonfiction focus• Spelling Words• Vocabulary Words• Phonics Skills• Language Skills• Writing Applications

Reading Strategies

• Guided reading• Independent reading• Partner Reading• Fluency Practice• Teacher Read-alouds• Reading nightly• AR Reading(Accelerated Reader)

Writing6 Traits of

Writing

1. Ideas and content

2. Word choice3. Voice4. Organization5. Sentence

fluency6. Conventions

Writing Process

• Prewriting • Drafting• Revising• Editing• Publishing

Write from the

Beginning

Creative stories, paragraphs, poetry, letters, journaling, summaries, nonfiction reports……..

• Explain how problems are solved• Numbers – Skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, 10’s, 3’s

4’s, and 6s, counting to 1000.• Addition and subtraction with regrouping

(2 & 3 digit)• Comparing 3 digit numbers• Graphing, patterns, place value• Word problems, Money• Telling time to 5 minutes• Fractions• Geometry- solid figures, polygons, area• Measurement-length (U.S Customary and

Metric)• Introduction to multiplication/division

Math Facts

• Memorize basic addition and subtraction facts

• Timed tests- to promote memorization

• Xtramath.org• Flash cards at home!

• Maps, continents & oceans• Communities/citizenship• Economics- goods & services• American Indians/Pilgrims• Ancient Civilizations• Famous Americans in history• Character Counts• American symbols• History- Revolutionary War, Early

civilizations, Westward expansion

• Mammals & habitats• Human body• Inventions & inventors • Weather- clouds • Matter- Solids, liquids and

gases• Life cycles of insects-

butterflies

SPECIALS

• Music• Art• Computers• Library• P.E.

ParentVue• Go to HUSD website.

• Use activation key directions.

• ParentVue is typically updated weekly.

• If you didn’t receive activation directions, please add your name to the list.

Classroom Information

~ Healthy snacks (no candy) and water bottles –

we have a long afternoon. Some classrooms are nut free. Lunch is at 11:30am.

~ Agendas – Need to be Signed Nightly

~Please check your child’s homework folder nightly for flyers and other important information

Thank youfor coming!

If you have any questions relating to your child specifically, please fill out the “Questions and Concerns” form and your child’s teacher will follow up with you in the next week.