RNE 2nd Grade Curriculum Night

1. Roswell North Elementary
2nd Grade
Curriculum Night
Beth Metz, Amy Clark, Lisa Turner, Dawn Goodloe,
Jay Walter, Haley Jacobs, Kim Pfaff, EB Blount

2. VOLUNTEER
Fulton County’s policy for anyone volunteering
anywhere within the school; classroom, Media
Center, or on field trips is all volunteers must
complete the Child Abuse Reporting Protocol for
Volunteers slideshow. This must be done prior to
you arriving at the school. The protocol only takes
minutes but it can take up to 48 hours for your
registration to be completely processed by Fulton
County. Once you receive confirmation that the
registration is complete, you will only then be able
to volunteer at Roswell North.

3. Implementing Writing
Workshop Framework
Using the Lucy Calkins Writing Workshop
as a resource and model

4. Why Units of Study?
 Children who leave school today
without strong literacy skills will no
longer find a job waiting for them!
We must raise the rigor of our work
with writers.
 Grade specific and CC/GSE aligned

5. The Pathway Along Which
Young Writers Progress
 Learner needs to do the bulk of the work. Think of what a personal
trainer does for a client. Should they be doing the practice? The
learner needs to write, and write A LOT.
 It is the teachers job to move each individual toward more and more
proficiency.
 Teaching writing is not about waiting for children to grow on their
own. It is about knowing
 Where a child is in a learning progression, and what comes next
 Taking them through the gradual release of responsibility model,
with feedback along the way

6. Bottom Lines For Effective
Writing Instruction
 Writers must write EVERYDAY
 Volume Matters
 The teacher is the facilitator, not the fixer
 Messy should be the assumption
 Writers need an audience
 Engagement matters
 Writers need to cycle through the process

7. STAR
• District adopted Universal Screening Test
• Administered 3 times per year in Reading and
Math
• Can be administered more often so used for
progress monitoring in RTI for struggling students
• Used to identify students ‘at risk’, ‘on level’ and
ready for ‘enrichment’

8. DRA
• Provides a standardized method for assessing
primary students’ reading development
• Documents student progress over time
• Is conducted during a one-on one conference
• Utilizes carefully selected assessment texts

9. Reading
*Use a balanced literacy approach.
*Shared Reading
*Guided Reading Groups
*Writer’s Workshop
*Word Work
*Small groups based on guided reading levels.
*Students rotate through different stations practicing
various skills.
*Students become independent thinkers and workers

10. Good readers…
• Comprehend while they are reading
• Are able to explain information
• Connect information to previous knowledge
• Use information
• Acquire information in order to develop insight
• Are fluent readers (using phrasing and
intonation)
• Have appropriate pacing and speed

11. Math
 Three continuous achievement levels: On,
Advanced, Accelerated
 Units of Study:
 Number Sense/Place Value
 Fluency in Addition/Subtraction
 Measurement, Length and Time
 Applying Base Ten (regrouping)
 Geometry/Fractions
 Developing Multiplication (repeated addition, equal
groups, etc.)

12. Project Based Learning Units
(PBL) – former STEAM Time
 Standards based Science and Social Studies units
 Students have an “end product” that they are working to
create throughout the whole unit.
 Reflection is using to help students realize learning that has
taken place.
 Some 2nd Grade PBLs
 Sun/Moon/Start
 GA Landforms
 Creek/Cherokee Native Americans
 Government
 Economics – Market Day

13. Grading
Students percentile grades.
Teachers collect grades for various
classwork assignments, projects,
tests/quizzes, homework.

14. Bear Time
Bear Time will be a time to
review skills students need
additional help with and to
create enriching activities to
reinforce skills.

15. Roswell North Elementary PTA
2016-2017

16. ROSWELL NORTH PTA:
SIGNATURE EVENTS & COMMITTEES
 Harvest Festival
 International Night
 Teacher Appreciation
 Author Visits/Literacy Arts
 Artist Day
 Roswell Youth Day Parade Float
 Health & Wellness
 Tutoring
 Spirit Wear
 Dads Club
 Public Relations
 Hospitality
 Room Parents
 Media Center Helpers
 Interior/Exterior Beautification
 Hearing & Vision Screening
 Red Ribbon Week
 Going Green
 Box Tops
 Student Directory

17. STUDENT ENRICHMENT MODEL (SEM)
 The Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM) brings
curriculum standards to life by providing both in-house
and off-site learning experiences.
 The SEM pays for enrichment experiences that would not
have been possible through standard Fulton County
public school funding.
Funding
SEM is funded 100% by the RNE PTA through membership purchases, the PTA’s once a year
fundraiser, and parent donations.

18. SEM Activities: 2015-2016
 Fernbank (IMAX and Program)
 Junie B. Jones at FOX
 Carter Center
 Funk Heritage Museum
 Safety Town
 Aquarium-In House (Spineless Wonders)
 Mobile Dairy
 Midtown Brass Quintet (Sound/Vibration)
 Atlanta History Center
 StarLAB
 LabCoat Kids
 Huck’s Lost Mine
 RDT’s Nutcracker
 Children’s Dentist
 Raw Juice Bar
 Children’s Water Festival
 High Touch High Tech (Get Buggy,
Cell-ebrate, Dissection Connection,
Force of Course)
 Teaching Museum (Junie B Jones,
Lion, Witch and Wardrobe, Fig
Newton, Anne Frank/WWII: Primary
Sources and many more)

19. MEMBERSHIP LEVELS MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
AMOUNT
(circle)
RNE STAFF  1 PTA Membership  Car Magnet $10
MEMBER  1 PTA Membership  Directory*  Car Magnet $15
FAMILY MEMBER  2 PTA Memberships  Directory*  Car Magnet $25
GREEN BEAR
 2 PTA Memberships  Directory*  Car Magnet
$35 $10 Donation to RNE
SEM
BRONZE BEAR
 2 PTA Memberships  Directory*  Car Magnet
$75 $40 Donation to RNE
SEM
 $10 Spirit Wear
Voucher
SILVER BEAR
 2 PTA Memberships  Directory*  Car Magnet
$150 $75 Donation to RNE
SEM
 $25 Spirit Wear
Voucher
 1 RNE Yearbook
GOLDEN BEAR
 2 PTA Memberships  Directory*  2 Car Magnets
$200
 $100 Donation to
RNE SEM
 $30 Spirit Wear
Voucher
 1 RNE Yearbook
 2 Reserved Seats to Your Child’s School Performance(s) ( 1st, 2nd, 3rd)
ADD’L DONATION
Tax-deductible donation to support the RNE SEM:
(circle one) $25 $50 $100 $_________

20. PTA Fundraising: Charleston Wrap
 PTA’s ONLY fundraiser for entire year
 Proceeds fund 100% of PTA activities,
including SEM
 Don’t want to sell? Opt-out!
 Opt-out donations go directly to SEM

21. Charleston Wrap – Opt Out
• Opt-out online on
RNE PTA site via
PayPal
-or-
• Opt-out form and
check to “RNE PTA”

22. Please Visit Us Online: http://www.rnepta.com
 Membership Sign-up
 Charleston Wrap Info
 Opt-out/SEM Donation Link
 Calendar of Events
 Committee and Event Info
 Board and Committee Contacts