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Welcome to2nd Grade
2014-2015
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Meet the Teachers
Jessica ColsonCrystal FalconAngela HagerCarrie MartinRay Ramon
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Schedule
7:20 Breakfast in Cafeteria7:35 Students come in classroom7:50 Announcements/SOAR time8:15-9:15 Science9:15-10:45 Language Arts (Reading and Writing) Snack time10:45 Specials11:35-11:50 Read Aloud/ LA continued Lunch 11:50 Martin/Hager; 11:55 Colson/Falcon/RamonRecess 12:20 Martin/Hager; 12:25 Colson/Falcon/Ramon12:55-1:15 LA/Social Studies1:15-2:45 Math2:45 Dismissal
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ScienceBig Ideas• Classify and change the properties of matter• Identify, measure, record and graph weather
information• Distinguish between natural and manmade
resources • Explain the processes in the water cycle• Compare and give examples of interdependence of
living organisms- food chains
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Language Arts
• Writing• Reading• Daily 5• CAFÉ
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WritingBig Ideas• Handwriting• Punctuation/Capitalization• Grammar• Personal Narrative• Imaginative Narrative• Expository
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ReadingBig Ideas• Comprehension Strategies• Establish purpose for reading• Making Connections
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Instruction is whole group, small group, and individual using an approach called the Daily 5.Read to Self
Work on WritingRead to SomeoneListen to ReadingWord Work
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CAFE•Comprehension•Accuracy•Fluency•Expand Vocabulary
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Lunch and Recess
• There will be 2 teachers in the cafeteria all year and 3 monitoring recess.
• If you would like to eat lunch with your child, please check in at front office. If you would like, your child may choose 1-2 other children to sit with you at the designated tables.
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Social StudiesBig Ideas• Landmarks- Denton County Courthouse, Texas Capital
Building, The White House• Government Functions- Laws, Safety and Problem Solving
and • Government Leaders- Mayor, Governor, President• Maps- Canada, Mexico, Capitol of Texas, Austin, Dallas,
Denton, El Paso, Houston, Brownsville, Texas Coast• Historical Figures- Irma Rangel, Thurgood Marshall,
Theodore Roosevelt, John Hancock, John B. Denton• Producers and Consumers
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Math
Big Ideas•Number Lines •Add and Subtract using a variety of strategies based on place value without using traditional algorithms•Compose and decompose numbers using place value up to 1200•Fractions•Add and subtract 2-digit numbers mentally•Measurement •Data Analysis
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Homework
• Reading every night Monday-Thursday.
• Agenda• Questions
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Classroom Management
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaeNSYJvrn0
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Field Trips
• Kids Dance-limited # of seats November 13 or 14
• Clear Creek- April 22nd-Need background check by Spring Break
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Keep in Touch
• Please let us know if there is a change in transportation for your child by 2pm, otherwise, we may not get the message and they will go home as normal.
• If your child is absent, you will need to send a note within 48 hours in order for it to be an excused absence.
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Other
• Water bottle permitted in spill-proof container.
• Volunteering- Background Check• Snack Bag- will come home several times
per year. • Birthdays-Cupcakes, cookies. Please no
cakes. We will celebrate at the very end of the day.
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Upcoming Events
• Sept. 25 Family Fun Math Night• October 6-10 Parent Conferences
and Early Release• October 13 Staff Development- No
School
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Questions???