Welcome to Second Gradeat Meadowdale Elementary!

How to Reach Us

• Put a note in your child’s folder.

• We can be reached by phone 425-431-7754

• or e-mail • hallt@edmonds.wednet.edu

and schultzL@edmonds.wednet.edu

Math

• Math Expressions– Daily Quick Practice of basic facts and skills

already learned.– Math lesson with

• White board practice• Math Talk• Time to practice what we learned• Working in our math books• Using manipulatives to help our thinking• Daily 5 Math

– Homework that matches lessons from class

Reader’s Workshop

• Everyday students Independent Read, write about their thinking in Response Journals, have conferences and small groups with Ms. Hall

• Benchmark Literacy Lessons– One unit every 3 weeks

• Week 1, we learn with posters• Week 2, we learn with a Big Book story• Week 3, we learn with a Readers Theater

• Word Study – we learn new words, and how to spell and read challenging words.

• Daily 5

Daily 5• Read to Self

• Read to Someone

• Listen to Reading

• Word Work

• Work on Writing

Writer’s Workshop

• This year students will write: Narrative – fiction and nonfiction stories Opinion-writing that states an opinion

about different topicsInformative – writing that teaches or

informs

• Writer’s Notebooks– Students will be able to write stories that they

choose

Science

• Learning about the Scientific Method• The Kits we receive from Edmonds– The Lifecycle of a Butterfly– Balance and Motion

• Use a Science Notebook

Social Studies

• Communities• Map Skills• Basic Geography

Homework

• Math– One page each night- Mon-Thur

• Reading – Please read for 20 minutes a night– Read at least 4 nights a week and fill out

weekly reading log

• Spelling– Practice words 3-5 minutes daily– Tests every Friday

Parent Communication

• Monthly Newsletters will be sent home.

• PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR CLASSROOM WEBSITE AT THE Meadowdale Elementary WEBSITE!

• http://teacher.edmonds.wednet.edu/meadowdale/mde-second-grade

Field Trips & Special Presentations

• November - Seattle Pacific Science Center (Approx. $7.00)

• March - “The BFG” at the Village Theatre in Everett (Approx. $7.00)

• April/May- Transit trip (Free)

Volunteers

• Please take a volunteer form home with you and fill out if you are interested in volunteering. Send it back in your child’s homework folder.

Thanks for coming toCurriculum Night!