Meet

1. Welcome!

2. Welcome!
The 2nd
grade teachers are
looking forward to an exciting
school year!
Mr. Beecher
Mrs. Doll
Mrs. Sander
Mrs. Myers
Ms. Mahoney
Miss
Minicozzi

3. Language Arts Curriculum
Skills we will be working
on:
✓Decoding Strategies
✓Comprehension Strategies
✓Vocabulary/Word Study
✓Fluency
What to look for:
✓Reading Homework:
Read for 15- 20 minutes

5. Reading Workshop
✓ Mini Lessons
✓ Flexible Reading
Groups
✓ Daily Five
✓ Read to Self, Read to
Someone, Listen to
Reading, Work on Writing,
Word Work, & Meet with
Teacher
✓ Your child will be bringing
home 2 library books per
week to read.
✓ Please make sure your child
returns books promptly on
Library day.

6. Word Study and Vocabulary
Skills we will be working on:
✓Identifying spelling patterns
✓Use spelling patterns in everyday writing
What to look for:
✓Example of words and the patterns they follow
✓Children will be assessed in the form of dictation sentences
Word Study units will focus on student’s identifying and applying
word patterns in everyday writing.

7. Writing Curriculum
The Writing Process:
✓ Brainstorm and Plan
✓ Write a Sloppy Copy
✓ Conference
✓ Revise & Edit
✓ Publish & Celebrate
Types of Writing:
✓ Narrative
✓ Informative-Research
✓ Opinion
✓ Friendly Letter
All published pieces will be sent home in June.

8. Math Curriculum
Skills we will be working
on:
✓Addition and subtraction
basic facts up to 20
✓Two-digit and three-digit
addition and subtraction
with/without regrouping
✓Time, Money, Geometry, &
Measurement
✓Fractions
✓Word problems
✓Skip counting
What you can do at home:
✓Practice addition and
subtraction facts to 20
✓Hands-on math activities
(counting coins & telling
time)
✓Websites to visit:
iknowthat.com
funbrain.com
gamequaruim.com
frontrowed.com
xtramath.com
sumdog.com

9. Addition and Subtraction Basic
Facts
Addition Goals
To be proficient:
✓ First Quarter: 20-29 facts in
2 minutes
✓ Second Quarter: 20-29
facts in 2 minutes
✓ Third Quarter: 25-35 facts
in 2 Minutes
✓ Fourth Quarter: 30-40 facts
in 2 minutes
Subtraction Goals
To be proficient:
✓First Quarter: Not Assessed
✓Second Quarter: Not
Assessed
✓Third Quarter: 25-35 facts in
2 minutes
✓Fourth Quarter: 30-40 facts
in 2 minutes

10. Rocket Math
Rocket Math is a research-
based individualized program
that promotes fluency and
accuracy of math facts. The
students will practice
regularly at home and school.
We will begin this program in
October and your child will be
required to practice facts for 3
minutes as part of their
homework.

11. Science Skills
✓ Objects in the Sky
✓ Balance and Motion
✓ Plants
Social Studies Skills
✓ Communities (Urban,
Suburban, & Rural)
✓ Citizenship
✓ Government
✓ Community Resources
Science and Social Studies
Curriculum
Throughout the year, your child will participate in hands-
on activities as well as finding information through
reading books in Science and Social Studies.

12. Homework
✓ Homework will be given on a nightly basis Monday
through Thursday.
✓ Homework –Have your child read for 15-20 minutes
each night.
✓ Rocket Math to begin in October
✓ Each individual teacher will assign homework
according to the needs of their class.

13. Classroom Management
Positive Reinforcement:
✓Verbal praise
✓ Clip Chart/Class Dojo
Discipline:
✓Points/Verbal Praise are used
to encourage good choices.
✓Please initial daily behavior
sheet/view your child’s
progress on Class Dojo
✓You will be contacted if your
child clips down to “Parent
Contact” or receives multiple
negative points

14. School Wide Effective Behavior
System
✓ The UNITY program will
teach every child the
school rules and
expected behaviors that
will apply throughout
the entire building.
✓ U-Use kind words and
actions
✓ N-Need to keep hands, feet,
and objects to ourselves
✓ I-I will follow directions the
first time given
✓ T-Take ownership of our
actions and learning
✓ Y- Yield and walk silently
throughout our school

15. Celebrating Birthdays
✓ You may send in a treat on the day of your
child’s birthday, but please notify us prior via
email or note.
✓If your child’s birthday falls on a weekend, you can
send a treat in on Friday or Monday.
✓ Please make the treat NUT FREE.
✓ Please send in napkins and/or paper plates
for the treat.
✓ Summer Birthdays will be celebrated on the
child’s half birthday unless the half birthday
falls over winter break.

16. ✓ We will have snack in the
morning.
✓ Please provide a NUT FREE,
healthy, dry snack.
✓ Please provide a water bottle.
No juice or milk.
✓ Water bottles MUST have a
sports cap to prevent spills.
Snack Time

17. Sickness
If your child is sick and
cannot attend school,
please call the
attendance line at 610-
369-7518, to report your
child absent. Our school
day runs from 8:45 to
3:25. If you are going to
request homework,
please do so before
noon.
Communication
Vacation
If you plan on taking a
vacation during the
school year, please fill
out a trip form and
return it to the office for
approval. Each teacher
will send home an
activity for your child to
complete during this
time.

18. Report Card
✓ Use numbers 1,2,3, & 4 as indicators of skill mastery
✓ 3 is proficient, this is where we expect your child to
be
✓ 2 is approaching the expected skill
✓ Report card skills are aligned with Common Core
Standards, therefore the report cards look slightly
different this year.
✓ Please keep in mind each quarter the skills become
more rigorous.

19. Thank you for coming this
evening. Conference
information will be sent home
via email.