Welcome to Back to School Night!

1
Welcome to Back to School Night!

• Second Grade Team
• Ms Claybourn
• Mrs Lawrence
• Mrs Durocher

2
Thank You Thank You

• Thank You!!!

3
Second Grade CurriculumLanguage Arts
Houghton Mifflin

• Reading
• The students are assessed in reading three times
  a year for literacy skills in phonics,
  comprehension and fluency
• Four reading groups are formed
• 1) EIRM or intensive
• 2) Strategic
• 3) Benchmark
• 4) Challenge
• These groups are flexible so students can move in
  and out of groups to fit their needs.

4
Dive! Formerly known as RTI

• Dive will start in October for all students.
• This is a district wide program.
• One of the three teachers will lead a specific
  reading group.
• The goal of Dive is to provide targeted
  instruction to meet the needs of all students.
• Early Intervention Reading Model

5
The Anthology

• Students will be using the same anthology
  regardless of reading level for teaching
  comprehension strategies and skills. However, the
  enrichment group will read additional leveled
  readers to extend and enrich vocabulary.
• A.R. Computerized Reading Program Tracks
  Additional Independent Reading and checks for
  basic comprehension. All students can participate
  during Sustained Silent Reading each day.
• AR. Accelerated Reading is a bit of a misnomer
  because this program can be used for all levels.
  Goals can be set for individual readers.
• Be a reader! Read Aloud to Your Child!!

6
Practice Books

• These are the student workbooks that reinforce
  the phonics skills and vocabulary that are being
  taught.
• The workbooks stay at school until the entire
  book is completed, then it gets sent home.
• 2nd Grade Focus is comprehension and vocabulary
  development.

7
Journal Writing

• Students write in their journals for 30 minutes
  everyday. Understanding what a paragraph is and
  how to write more descriptively and for different
  purposes.
• Most of the time, the students will get to free
  write in their journals. Sometimes a topic is
  given such as a school event, science or social
  studies topics.
• Every child will have a writing partner who is
  not their elbow seat partner. Students ask each
  other questions about their partners writing and
  in doing so improve their writing by engaging in
  speaking and reflective thinking.

8
Spelling

• On Mondays students receive a spelling list and
  various spelling activities are done throughout
  the week.
• Monday and Tuesday are preview days. Thursday or
  Fridays are test days. Words will be dictated and
  sentences written.
• Second graders will use a tricky word spelling
  list in their desks to look at while journal
  writing.
• Spelling achievement will be monitored by
  observing spelling mastery in daily writing and
  in writing assessments.

9
Math Houghton Mifflin

• Math Homework Book will be sent home. Pages
  assigned will be posted on class website on
  Fridays and due following Friday.
• This program teaches the students to use various
  problem-solving skills to arrive at an answer.
  Not only do they use pictures to show their
  thinking, they are asked to explain it as well.
  Explaining to their friends how they got the
  answer is an important part of language and logic
  development.
• Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental
  strategies. By the end of 2nd grade know from
  memory all basic addition and subtraction facts.
  From memory means about a 3 second oral response.

10
Science FOSS Kits

• Students participate in fun, hands-on science
  activities.
• - Balance and Motion
• - Rocks and Soil
• - Insects and Plants

11
Social Studies Scott-Foresman

• These are consumables that the students take home
  after every lesson.
• Topics include
• Long Ago and Yesterday Ancestors
• Map Skills
• Our Government
• Producers and Consumers
• People In History Biography

12
Health The Great Body Shop

• Safety, Nutrition, Stay Active, and Emotional
  Well-Being.
• Dress your second grader in tennis shoes or comfy
  shoes all week

13
Music

• Primary music is led by Adrienne Larsen.
• She is asking for 1 or 2 parent volunteers
  to help with instruments and awarding stickers.
• Students have music lessons every other Tuesday
  for 40 minutes 820 -920.
• She will continue to have music share days when
  parents are invited to observe and participate in
  a music lesson with their child.

14
Library and Computer

• Library is once a week for 30 minutes on
  Thursdays 1230 to 100.
• Students may check out 2 books and may take one
  book home to read. Please keep in your childs
  backpack when they are not reading it.
• Students who do not return their library books
  may not check out a new book the following week.
  
• Students will have the opportunity to go to the
  computer lab once a week for 20 minutes.

15
Homework

• Homework will be posted on line at iusd.org/ea
  next week!
• The Math Homework Book should be kept in your
  childs backpack, The hard copy of that book is
  not replaceable but is online and pages can be
  printed at home.
• Spelling Practice, alphabetical order and
  syllabication
• 20 minutes of reading each night. Use a reading
  log to record reading or any sheet of paper.

16
Snack and Lunch

• Money may be deposited into your childs
  electronic debit account for snack and lunch.
  Please avoid sending cash.
• Lunch costs 3.25 Breakfast costs 2.50
• Also, please provide a healthy protein and/or
  carb snack at recess for your child. No sugary
  snacks please.
• FREE and REDUCED Lunch applications are DUE OCT.
  1st each and every year.

17
Implementing Common Core?

• During the 2014-2015 school year all IUSD
  elementary teachers will have continued training
  on the CA Common Core State Standards.

18
How will the CCSS affect students this year?

• In IUSD, we have had a long commitment to
  continuous improvement. The IUSD Continuous
  Improvement Efforts have been developed to help
  guide effective instructional strategies in the
  classroom. The CIEs, coupled with the CCSS,
  should provide students more opportunities with
  problem solving, collaboration, research and
  innovation.

19
Where can parents find more information?

• Throughout the year, there will be parent
  information via the IUSD News Flash, IUSD website
  and regional parent nights.
• Resources for parents
• K-8 Californias Common Core Standards Parent
  Handbook
• www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/stpagu.asp

20
BirthdayBooks!!

• In order to avoid food allergies please choose a
  birthday book from the list of recommended
  science reading to build and refresh our
  classroom library.
• Use a photo and dedication to personalize and
  wrap with paper. We will sing happy birthday at
  the beginning of the day!

21
Fieldtrips

• Discovery Science Museum will visit with an
  grade level assembly Balance and Motion
• Travelling Scientist from Orange County Dept of
  Insects and Critters
• Social Studies Group from San Diego Long Ago and
  Today
• COST FOR ALL FIELD TRIPS PTA is supporting
  this 1,000 per grade level.

22
Volunteer Opportunities

• Parent Volunteers
• Room Parents
• Plan end of trimester activities for our class
• Serve as a liaison between the classroom and PTA
• Help in the classroom/Home
• Copy Cats
• Grab Bag
• Marble Jar Healthy Treats
• Music Lessons Every Other Tuesday 820 to 920
• Conferences 30 minutes
• Conferences will be held on the week of
• October 20th through October 25th . Please sign
  up tonight!
• These will be minimum days but one day Oct 21st
  is a NO STUDENT DAYconferences all day long

23
Please Choose Parent Conference time at round
table before you leave

• Oct 20 through Oct 25
• Thank You for being here this evening!!!
• Sheila Claybourn 949 936 5725
• sheilaclaybourn_at_iusd.org