3. TEKS
2 digit +/- with and with out regrouping, measurement, time, money, fractions,
geometry, multiplication, sorting attributes…
Cultures, traditions, settlers, explorers, immigrants, communities, economics,
local government, citizenship
Letter Writing, Poetry, Journal and Reflective Writing, Autobiographies, Graphic
Organizers, Paragraphs, Narratives
Health
Science Process Skills, Life Cycles, Weather, Forces & Motion, Magnets, Sea
Turtles
Technology- PPTs, Word, Photos, Excel
Reading-
fiction, non fiction, biographies, mysteries,
poems, readers theater, fluency
4. Computer Lab!!! Thursday 12:15
Mac desk top computers
Visit every other week
Innovation Station in the classroom
iPad Test Class
PCs in the classroom for typing and web
quests
***Please Sign the Talent Release Form***
Gives permission to post your child’s projects on our website
5. Winter Market Day
Students will learn to be both a producer and a consumer
through an interactive Economics Unit.
Flat Stanley
Spring
Students will enhance letter writing, geography and
presentation skills through finding a family friend to accept a
Flat Stanley to show around their hometown and return a
letter from Flat Stanley teaching the class about where he
vacationed.
PARENT INVOLVEMENT IS KEY TO SUCCESS!!!
6. DRA & TPRI are administered 3 times a year to
identify your child’s reading comprehension,
reading fluency & spelling abilities.
District Benchmark Tests at the end of the year to
see your child’s progress and identify growth areas.
This data is used as a tool for the teacher’s to
guide instruction.
7. By the end of second grade a student in Baranoff is
expected to be reading 90words per minute. This is
commonly referred to as Fluency.
Have your child read aloud as often as possible to
enhance speed and accuracy.
Fluency Homework given weekly. Student is to
read the passage and parent will mark off the one
minute mark each day. The goal is to get past that
mark each day.
8. We are moving beyond learning to read AND more
into reading to learn.
Students need to read various genres:
Narrative historical fiction
Fantasy test taking
nonfiction instructions
poems recipes
magazines biography
Comics mystery
9. Pretest given to ALL on Monday
Pretest determines Basic or Challenge List
18 or more correct = Challenge List
Graded on 100% scale
Basic = 20 words
Challenge = 10 words
Choice of Homework Activities
HOMEWORK DUE DAILY IN JOURNAL
M, T, W = Choice of activities
Th= PreTest in Journal
10. Reading / Fluency
Read a minimum of 15 minutes per night
Spelling
4 nights of written practice
Math
5 minutes of +/- flashcards
Skill Review as needed
PLEASE INITIAL HW SHEET EACH NIGHT
Homework is due the following day.
11. Name ______________________________________
Spelling Words
Sept. 22-26, 2008
Short a
Basic:
black blast tap class
sad grand grass plant
past stamp stand brand
brass past brad snap
flash snack smash trash
Challenge:
branches catcher flashlight grandchild plaster
scratch snatch champion graph craft
Homework
Please initial nightly by the reading and math, indicating that your child has completed the assignment for the night.
Spelling Math Reading
Monday spelling Flashcards (-) 5 Min. X___ 15 Min. X___
Tuesday spelling 2-5 & 2-6 sheet 15 Min. X___
Wednesday spelling Flashcards (+) 5 Min. X ___ 15 Min. X___
Thursday Practice test 2-7 & 2-8 sheet 15 Min. X___
ALL spelling homework is done in the spelling spiral. The practice test for Thursday night needs to be given by an adult. It is a written test done in the spelling homework spiral. Remember that all homework
is checked the day after it is assigned, unless otherwise noted. Fluency will always be due on Friday.
CLASS NEWS
Monday -
Tuesday – Mrs. Romo out at a training, QSV turn in day #1
Wednesday – Mrs. Romo out at a training
Thursday – Progress reports go home
Friday – Baranoff shirt day (wear your Barnaoff shirt or school colors - every Friday is Baranoff shirt day)
If you have not turned in your activity fees yet please try and get them to me as soon as possible.
12. Late work will be completed during Flex Time.
Consistent failure to complete or hand in
assignments in a timely manner will result in a
Parent/Teacher Conference.
Late Work will be sent home as needed for
completion.
3 or more late homework assignments prevents
opportunity for Citizenship Award. The grade for
Homework will be lowered on the report card
depending on the amount of Late Homework. The
grade for Completes Work in a Timely Manner will
be lowered on the report card for consistently late
classwork.
13. You don’t understand! 1
Your work doesn’t make sense.
Your answers are wrong.
You need more practice.
You have some understanding. 2
You didn’t do all you could.
You have some right and wrong answers.
You need to practice more.
14. You understand 2nd grade skills! 3
You show your work with words, numbers,
sentences, pictures and diagrams!
Your work is clear to anyone who reads your
work.
Your thoughts and ideas make sense.
You have checked for mistakes and gone back to
correct.
Your work shows QUALITY.
WOW!!!
15. Your work is exceptional & above grade
level! 4
You have full understanding of the skills.
You used many ideas and strategies.
You use creative thinking and play with different
strategies until you find one that works.
Your work convinces others.
You have made no mistakes.
Your work shows QUALITY.
You come up with different ways to
solve on your own.
You are able to teach others.
Your work appears ABOVE GRADE LEVEL!
16. Second Grade Conduct Form
Name _______________________________________
August/ September 2009
School Rules: Consequences:
Be responsible Verbal warning
Be respectful Written warning in folder
Be honest 5 minutes of time owed
Be self-disciplined Pink slip/time owed/ no flex
time
Office referral
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Signature
24 25 26 27 28
School
Summer
Starts reading logs
due
X _____
31 1 2 3 4
Begin 3rd-5th
turning in curriculum
class fees night X _____
7 8 9 10 11
Labor day K-2nd
no school curriculum X _____
night
14 15 16 17 18
Class fees
are due
X _____
21 22 23 24 25
28 29 30
X _____
Rewards: No written warning = Friday stickers
Monthly: No more than 3 warning=Reward day
17. Sticker Chart Neat work
Students earn stickers Strong Effort
through a variety of Strong Participation
ways…
20 stickers = Treasure Box Act of kindness
No more than 3(W) = Returning HW on time
Reward Day Returning important
papers on time
Helping a classmate
18. A note with a basic explanation is needed for ANY
absence.
3 or more absences in a Nine Weeks results in
ineligibility for Perfect Attendance Award.
Students are given 3 days to complete work for a
one day absence and extended absences will be
dealt with individually.
The Absent Folder will house all
needed makeup work. Contact
me if you would like to pick it
up the same day. Please return this folder.
19. Children’s Museum for Paid for in Student
science exhibit Fees
Innerspace Caverns Class T-shirts required
McKinney Roughs Purpose is to extend
Zach Scott Theater 2nd grade learning
Wednesday Oct. 27 Parents welcome
Siblings are not
10am
preferred
Parent Reservation in
advance is required.
20. A note must be written to the teacher if your child is
going home a different way than usual.
Please make contact with teacher via email or fax if
there is a change during the day.
If you do not get a confirmation, please call the
office!
Try to make dismissal changes prior to 2 pm.
If a note or email is not written, your child will be sent
home the way you have specified to me on the first
days of school.
21. WOW & FLEX replace the term RECESS
WOW is State Mandated.
WOW is structured physical activity.
WOW is required on days student does not have PE.
FLEX is free time on play ground.
FLEX is extra time in the schedule and is not
required.
FLEX becomes STUDY HALL when class work or
homework are not completed.
22. Sent home on Thursdays.
Please review with your child.
Discuss with your child to gain an
understanding of what is understood/learned
and what needs more practice.
If there is a note to return to teacher, please
do so after you and your child have reviewed
together, otherwise, it is not necessary to
return.
23. October 18th
Review your student’s strengths and identify goals
Reading Abilities
Math Skills, Social Behavior
Set goals together
About 20 minutes long
Times and Dates will be sent home soon for you to sign up.
I will also be available for a few after school times, as well.
24. Students are responsible for themselves.
Students must remember to take lunch kit to lunch or turn
lunch money in in the morning.
Students are to pack their HW Folder each day and return
with the folder the next morning.
Students do not call home for forgotten things.
Students do not go back to the classroom for food or money.
The cafeteria provides a basic lunch in this case. (only if this
becomes to be a frequent issue)
25. Students are to bring the appropriate
homework and folder to school each day.
A Verbal Warning will be given in folder the
first time…and discipline procedures will
proceed from this point if it becomes routine.
26. Student is responsible for emptying backpack and
folder contents each morning and turning in
materials to appropriate locations.
A reminder will be given to the class but the teacher
cannot be expected to go through each child’s
backpack or folder each day.
27. Every Other Thursday 12:15
Students are encouraged to check out a
variety of reading material, rather always
joke books or Eye Spy, etc…
28. Student A reads 20 minutes every night;
Student B reads only 4 minutes a night … or
not at all!
Multiply minutes a night x 5 times each week.
Student A 20 minutes x 5 = 100 minutes
Student B 4 minutes x 5 = 20 minutes
29. Student A reads 400 minutes a
month.
Student B reads 80 minutes a
month.
Multiply minutes a month x 9
months.
30. Student A reads 3600 minutes in a school
year.
Student B reads 728 minutes in a school
year.
Student A reads the equivalent of ten whole
school days a year.
Student B reads the equivalent of only two
whole school days a year.
31. Student A will have read the equivalent of 60
whole school days and Student B will have
read the equivalent of only 12 school days.
One would expect the gap of information
retained will have widened considerably and
so, undoubtedly, will school performance.
32. How do you think Student B will feel about
him/herself as a student?
Which student would read better?
Which student would know more?
Which student would write better?
Which student would have a better
vocabulary?
Which student would be more
successful in school… in life?
33. Mrs. DeVetter next door will be teaching your child Science this year.
Please contact her with any questions regarding to science.
kdevette@austinisd.org
Miss Zeigler will be with us from University of Texas through part of
December.
Email is the best way to get in touch with me and I will follow up as soon as
possible, via email, phone or face to face.
Snack Time…please send healthy snacks if possible!
Birthday Treats…2:15 works best with our schedule if you would like to
bring a snack for your child’s birthday.
-Please don’t bring balloons or invitations to school.
34. If you would like to work with the
students in the classroom and you have
not had a background check done yet,
please get that done through Eva
Ornelas, the school counselor.
35. Please remember
Sign In.
Take papers and flash cards home from desk.
Look around…GOOD NIGHT
Feel free to look through your child’s desk :)
36. Phone 841-7100
Planning Time M-F 1:05-1:50
Email me rmicklet@austinisd.org
Visit www.monarchs506@pbwiki.org for classroom
blog, spelling list, flashcards, and interactive
websites listed on MY WEBPAGE!
Very cool…check it out! Sign up for the RSS Feed.
***If you have a change in dismissal procedures-
do not assume the voicemail or email is checked! If
you do not receive confirmation by 2:00, please
contact the office!
