The document provides information for parents of students in 2nd grade, including details about classroom activities, field trips, homework expectations, grading policies, testing, and reading goals. It emphasizes the importance of parental involvement, daily reading at home, and helping students meet new reading level benchmarks to prepare for 3rd grade.

1. Welcome to 2 nd Grade!

2. Meet the Team

5. Class Fees You may write a check to Baranoff Elementary. Be sure to include your child’s name. If you pay in cash, please put it in an envelope with teacher and child’s name. If you need to pay in installments, please discuss with teacher. You will receive a receipt from the teacher.

23. AISD is moving toward a goal of ensuring that students are prepared for college, career, and life.

24. Texas & national standards are evolving to include expectations for college readiness.

25. Those expectations for college readiness are central to the design of the new STAAR Assessments.

26. The foundations for college-readiness are established in Kinder, 1 st and 2 nd Grades!

31. Student A 20 minutes x 5 = 100 minutes Student B 4 minutes x 5 = 20 minutes

33. Multiply minutes a month x 9 months. Student A reads 3600 minutes in a school year. Student B reads 728 minutes in a school year.

34. Student A reads the equivalent of ten whole school days a year.

35. Student B reads the equivalent of only two whole school days a year.

37. One would expect the gap of information retained will have widened considerably and so, undoubtedly, will school performance.