Welcome to Open House!
Mrs. Carla Powers
Second Grade
Parent Materials
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Agenda
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Curriculum
Handbook is now on the district website, under the Parent Resources heading
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Student
Questionnaire
Second Grade Goals
Goals for the Students:
*to
learn organization skills
*to
increase independence
*to
accept responsibility
*to
build self-confidence
*to
become problem solvers
Goals for Reading:
*to
enjoy reading
*to
read for information
*to
improve decoding skills
*to
increase comprehension
*to
retell a story in sequence
Goals for Writing:
*to
expand sentences to include more information
*to
improve mechanics- capitalization, spelling, punctuation, and grammar
*to
learn to write a paragraph including a topic sentence, supporting details, and
a concluding sentence
*to
begin to edit one’s own writing
Goals for Math:
*to
begin to memorize basic addition and subtraction facts
*to
solve word problems
*to
learn to count money
*to
learn to tell time before and after the hour
*to
learn to regroup when adding or subtracting 2 or 3 digit numbers
Social Studies
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Economics
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Communities
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Geography
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Government
Science
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Hands
on Science Lab
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Focus
on Scientific Method and the process of an experiment
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Interdependent
Relationships in Ecosystems, Structure and Properties of Matter, Energy,
Animals
Health
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Personal
and Family Health
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Safety
and Injury Prevention
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Nutrition
and Physical Activity
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Tobacco
and Alcohol Prevention
Technology
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Computer
Lab
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Utilized
in the classroom
Character Education
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Each
month a new trait is introduced and discussed.
Second Step
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Program
helps teach Empathy, Impulse Control and Anger Management
Assessment
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Completion of Assignments- class & homework
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Participation and Cooperation
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Math Assessments
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Running Records – Early Literacy Profile
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Cognitive Abilities Test – COGAT in January
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Daily Observation
Spelling – Fundations
Program
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Teaches
children to become word solvers by focusing on the structure of words and 6
main syllabication rules.
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Instruction
emphasizes phonemic awareness, phonics-word study, high frequency word study,
fluency, vocabulary, handwriting and spelling.
Homework
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Use
of Take-home folders and agenda books
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Should
take around 20 minutes (District Policy), plus read every night!
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Take-home
book baggie
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Math
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Spelling
Homework Activities
Behavior Management
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“Smiles
For Good Behavior”
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Individual
tickets, class compliments, Table Tallies, Fun Friday
Communication
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Class
Newsletters
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School
phone number 858-3590
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[email protected]
E-mail Notification - www.commack.k12.ny.us
Backpack
Mail on the Commack web site
School Activities and
Policies
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Extra
Help by invitation or request– Fridays @ 8:50am. Children must be escorted into the building
and signed in.
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Field
Trips – chaperones chosen by lottery
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Birthday
Celebrations – snack for 22 people and Mr. Simpson
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Allergy
Safety-Students with food allergies must bring their own snack
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Secret
Reader
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Early
Dismissal - Please sign out in lobby and avoid picking up between 3:00 – 3:45pm - we exit out the second grade door
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Students
must return to school with a note when they are absent
Sign-ups
v December Parent/Teacher Conferences
THANK
YOU FOR ATTENDING!