Welcome Mrs. E. Romanowicz Grade 2 Next meeting starts at: 7:00 7:30.

Welcome

• Mrs. E. Romanowicz• Grade 2

• Next meeting starts at:• 7:00• 7:30

Our Day/Week• Agenda Message• Calendar – teaching Math concepts (place value, money)• Numeracy• Working with Words• Small Group Guided Instructions • Shared and Independent Writing• Shared Reading or Read Aloud• Science and Social Studies (Mrs. Ongaro) • Dance , Drama or Gym• Independent Reading, Religion• Visual Arts and Music – one period each week (Miss. Hage)

The Language Program

Word StudyTo be word solvers

ReadingTo make sense of what they read and be motivated to read

WritingBe able to communicate through writing using a variety of text

forms (recount, narrative, report, poetry, exposition)Apply the 6+1 Traits of Writing (organization, ideas, voice, word

choice, sentence fluency, conventions)

Mathematics

Number SensePatterning and AlgebraMeasurementGeometry and Spatial SenseData Management and Probability

Mathematics is taught through problem solving using manipulatives and daily interaction

Assessment • Your child is assessed in a variety of ways • First, information is gathered about your child’s needs as a reader

and writer• Next, instructions are delivered based on these needs• Then, a grade is assigned based on observations, conferences, work

samples, portfolios• The grade reflects how well a child achieved specific expectation as

outlined in the Ontario Curriculum document

• Level 2 –approaching provincial standard• Level 3 – Provincial standard• Level 4 – beyond provincial standard

Student Portfolio • Portfolios – Only best work is proudly taken home! • Loose sheets, evaluated Math units and Art projects are kept • Notebooks , duo-tangs and rubrics signed and returned the next

day• Only final, independently completed pieces are given a grade • Rubrics are used to determine a level of achievement

• Practice pieces are not assessed

Categories Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Knowledge and Understanding

Demonstrates limited knowledge and understanding of the text form

Demonstrates some knowledge and understanding of the text form

Demonstrates considerable knowledge and understanding of the text form

Demonstrates thorough knowledge and understanding of the text form

Thinking Generates and supports ideas with limited effectiveness

Generates and supports ideas with some effectiveness

Generates and supports ideas with considerable effectiveness

Generates and supports ideas with a high degree of effectiveness

Communication

- Expresses and organizes ideas with limited effectiveness- Communicates for specific audience and purpose with limited effectiveness

-Expresses and organizes ideas with some effectiveness- Communicates for specific audience and purpose with some effectiveness

-Expresses and organizes ideas with considerable effectiveness- Communicates for specific audience and purpose with considerable effectiveness

-Expresses and organizes ideas with a high degree of effectiveness- Communicates for specific audience and purpose with a high degree of effectiveness

Application -Transfers knowledge with limited effectiveness-Makes connections among topics, personal experiences and life situations with limited effectiveness

-Transfers knowledge with some effectiveness-Makes connections among topics, personal experiences and life situations with some effectiveness

-Transfers knowledge with considerable effectiveness-Makes connections among topics, personal experiences and life situations with considerable effectiveness

-Transfers knowledge with a high degree of effectiveness-Makes connections among topics, personal experiences and life situations with a high degree of effectiveness

Homework • Word Their Way• Information is gathered using Spelling Inventory • Your child receives instructions based on their specific need• The program consists of picture and word sorts and word games• It allows the speller to discover spelling patterns• This is based on research which shows that certain spelling

errors occur together

• Let’s try this! • Sort the word card under these headings:• - oi -oy• What spelling patterns do you notice?

Reading 20 min daily Just Right books

Helping your child to become a better reader – things to consider

• Look at the cover• Do a picture walk• Think what you already know about the topic• Predict the story line • Anticipate vocabulary • Make connections • Retell the story• Ask “thick” questions:• What is the author trying to tells us• What is the author not telling us • Who is the target audience • How might other people (of other ethnic background, gender, age)

interpret the story • Whose voice is being heard• Whose voice is not heard

Helping your child to decode a word

• Word decoding strategies• Use picture clue• Look at the first letter, what sound does it make• Slide over the sounds, or put them together fast• Look at the vowel combination: ee, ae, ai,• Look it’s a blend or a diagraph: bl, br, fl, ch, sh, • What rhymes with best• Read on and come back; what do you think makes sense• How do we say it in English• Fluency – “Reading should sound like talking”

Sacraments

Sacraments are celebrated as a schoolRegistration forms are distributed by the school and returned completed along with the Baptismal Certificate to the parish at the parent meeting

• Parent Meeting – Tuesday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m.• Reconciliation – Saturday, February 23 at 11:00 a.m.

• Parent Meeting – Tuesday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m.• Church Visit – Tuesday, April 12 at 1:00 p.m. • First Communion – Sunday, April 28 at 2:00 p.m.

Other• Morning Snack – is a healthy snack • Indoor /Gym shoes and modest comfortable clothing • Use Ziploc bags; replace as needed • Class Portal: suggested Math activities, important information• www.hcdsb.org http://schools.hcdsb.org/pete/

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