Welcome to Second Grade

Ria NicholasRoom 202

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Welcome to Second Grade

School Day• 8:00 – 3:15• If your child will be absent, call absent line 281-

641-3019 with symptoms. • Parent Note: Unless you send a note, the

absence will be unexcused after 2 days.• Lunch: 11:20-11:50• Conference Period: 2:10-3:00• 3:00 p.m. is the latest you may pick your child up “early”. (11:00 a.m. on Early Release Days.)

No buses this year!There will be no bus service this year. However, there

will be 2 car rider lines. If you child is a car rider, please pick up one car rider sign accordingly:

If you live east of W. Lake Houston (the same side as the school), you will pick up your children in front of the school in the circle drive.

If you live west of W. Lake Houston (across W. Lake Houston from the school), you will pick up your children by the cafeteria where the buses use to go.

Phone Numbers

Please keep us updated on all phone

numbers. We need them in case

of emergency!!!!

Specials Schedule

My specials schedule will change throughout the year; however:

• Monday and Wednesday will always be our P.E. days. (Wear sneakers!)

Breakfast/Lunch

• Breakfast: $1.30• Lunch: $2.00

• Lunch Hotline: 281-641-5838

• We will be eating lunch on early release days!

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• Healthy – not sugary–No candy–No hot chips or Cheetos

• Easy to open

• Not sticky, messy, or spill-prone

WATER

Children may bring a water bottle for recess or P.E.

The bottle MUST have a sports top.No other drinks are allowed.

For safety reasons, ALL

visitors MUST sign in at the

office!

TRANSPORTATION

• Send a note with your child if they are leaving early or have a change in transportation.

• Write your child’s name on the Transportation Checklist.

• Label the Name Tags as directed on the Welcome Back page and leave here or return with you child on Monday.

Birthdays

• No food items.• Pencils,

stickers, erasers . . . for all students in class.

• No invitations.

HomeworkHomework packets will be

given on Mondays, to be completed at your child's own pace. Parents and students, please sign the Homework Sheet, and have your child turn in completed homework on Friday.

There will be no homework the first and last week of school or the week before a vacation.

Daily Folder• Your child will have a daily folder.• It will have a daily conduct sheet.

Please initial/sign each night.• Please remove completed work from

the folder.• Please make sure your child brings

the folder back to school every day.

Behavior

• Blue: Great Day• Green: Warning• Yellow: 2nd Warning/Loss of recess time• Orange: 3rd Warning/Behavior Ticket• Red: Office Referral

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$• Activity Fee: $25 to school for purchase of

classroom consumables• Celebration Fee: $10 to PTO to fund

classroom celebrations• Field trip money will be charged

separately.

Be sure to head to cafeteria for important PTO information!

Note:Friday August 26th will be an early release day.

Dismissal will start at 11:10 a.m.

Reading:

Decoding Fluency Comprehension

Decoding (“Accuracy”)

1) Look at text features: title, illustrations, captions for clues.

2) Get mouth ready for beginning sound.3) Look at chunks/parts of words.4) Think about what makes sense.5) Re-read.6) Read on; then go back.

(What to do when you get stuck on a word):

Decoding

Fluency

Comprehension

Fluency forms a bridge to comprehension.

Fluency

Comprehension:• Recognizing story elements: characters, setting, problem, solution

(fiction)• Appreciating & using text features: titles, maps, charts, graphs,

captions, etc. (non-fiction)• Distinguishing between fiction and non-fiction• Making connections to self, other texts, the world• Creating mental images• Asking relevant questions (I wonder . . . )• Making inferences

– Making predictions– Deriving the meaning of new words from context clues– Recognizing the author’s purpose– Uncovering non-explicit meaning in texts

• Synthesizing all of the above to understand a moral or lesson

Spelling Word Study• Pre-K to mid-1st

• Pretend writingEmergent• K to early 3rd

• Writing beginning/ending sounds• Working on digraphs, blends, short vowels

Letter Name

• 1st to mid-4th

• Working on long vowel patternsWithin Word

Pattern• 3rd to 8th

• Working on syllable junctures, accents, inflections, affixes

Syllables and Affixes

• 5th to 12th • Working on Latin and Greek derivatives

Derivational Relations

Word Study Goals

Assess Students for Instruction

Support at Their Level

De-emphasize the Spelling List

Reduces rote memorization

(and forgetting)

Emphasize Learning Patterns and Rules

Promotes Independent Writing

“Word Study Test”

• List of 5 words that reflect the rule/pattern• 10 new, grade level words to apply the rule/

pattern• 5 above-level words to apply the rule/ pattern• Dictation sentences:

– Sight words– Phonetics– Rule/Pattern words (past and current)– Grammar conventions

Writing

Focused TopicSupportin

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Organization

Voice, Word Choice, Fluency

Spelling/ Grammar/

Usage Penmanship

Grammar• Start sentence with capital letter

• Correct punctuation at end of sentence

• Complete sentences: subject and predicate

• Subject/verb agreement

MathAdding and Subtracting

Telling Time

Counting Coins

Graphing MeasuringFractions

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StudentsTeacher

Academic success is like a three-legged stool. It requires support from all three participants.

Success

• Homework help (Don’t do it for your child.)

• Fuel for thought:– Healthy breakfast– Healthy snack (not sugary, sticky, or messy)– Healthy lunch– Water

• School-proof clothing

What Parents Can Do To Help:

A note about the Directory

• If you decline adding your child to the directory, we cannot include them in class photos and the yearbook.

• Please direct any questions about this to the front office.

Box TopsThank you for remembering to clip Box Tops and send in

with your child!