Mrs. Lucchino’s Second Grade

Mission Statement  We are here to learn, make

friends and have fun. We will do this by listening, helping others, and doing our best

work. This will happen because we choose to do it.

Scholastic Book Orders

• All orders are to be done on line. I will send home the booklets and the information to put in the order on line

I am not able to take paper orders.When the book orders are received I

will send them home with the students.

Enrichment

• Independent Activities • ACC Math • Enrichment folders• Practice math facts• Computer• Math Activities (Flash Cards &

Games)• HAWKS Time

Report Cards

Computer generated report cards & Progress Reports

Progress Reports will be specific to

the NC Core Curriculum

Report Cards will be overall goals

AR levels

Classroom (2 Stickers)

• Blue 1.0 – 1.9 • Pink/Red 2.0 – 2.9 • Green 3.0-3.9• Yellow 5.0-5.9• Brown 4.0-4.9

AR Tests

• AR tests can only be taken one time at WHE• 80% to pass the test• We do not keep the points in 2nd grade.• Students must sign up for a test and record their score.• You can access the AR website at home and keep track of your child’s AR progress. Sign up to receive emails with AR reading results.

BALANCED LITERACY• Letterland: The focus is on phonemic

awareness, spelling rules and fluency.• Reading Series: Students will learn

about story elements, predicting, inferences, author’s purpose, cause and effect, fact and opinion, retelling a story and fluency.

• Literacy Café: Students learn reading strategies and apply them to books that are a good fit and are of interest to them.

This year, we will build upon the Letterland skills that were learned in first grade. Some important skills that will be introduced are: *Six syllable types

*blends and diagraphs *r-controlled vowels *magic e *suffixes –ed and -es *short

vowels*prefixes dis-, un-, re, and pre- *contractions*consonant doubling *multi-syllable words*new spelling patterns ph, gh, -tion, -ture

Common Core StandardsNew curriculum standards adopted by most states, these are geared toward student proficiency for college and career readiness. Standards are aligned throughout all grade levels, so that each grade provides the foundation for the next. English Language Arts:• Includes reading foundational skills such as phonics, fluency

and comprehension• Focuses on nonfiction and texts in addition to fiction and

poetry• Writing centered on mechanics-capitalization, punctuation,

and grammar• Vocabulary acquisition through sentence meaning, root word

knowledge, and use of a dictionary or glossary for spelling and definition

• Speaking and listening skills are developed to conform to the conventions of spoken English

Reading Standards• Foundational SkillsKnow and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in

decoding wordsRead with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension

• Informational Text: Literary Nonfiction and Historical, Scientific, and Technical Texts

Determine meaning of words and phrases in text, various text features to locate key facts, identify main purpose

Explain how specific images clarify text, how reasons support author’s points, compare and contrast two texts on the same topic

• Literature: Stories, Novels, Drama, and PoetryAsk and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questionsRetell stories and determine central lessonDescribe characters and how they respond to events in a storyDescribe story structureAcknowledge different points of view of characters

Writing Standards • WritingWrite opinion pieces, informative/explanatory texts, and narrativesFocus on a topic and strengthen writing by revising and editingUse digital tools to produce and publish writingParticipate in research and writing projectsRecall information or gather information from sources to answer

questions

Speaking and Listening Standards• Comprehension and CollaborationFollow agreed-upon rules for discussionsAsk for clarification or further explanation as needed about topics

and texts being discussed

• Presentation of Knowledge and IdeasTell a story with appropriate facts and relevant details in coherent

sentencesProduce complete sentences appropriate for the situation to provide

details or clarification

Language Standards• Grammar and Usage when Writing or SpeakingUse of collective nouns, irregular plural nouns, reflexive pronounsForm and use of irregular past tense verbs, and adjectives and adverbs

• Use of Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling Correct use of capitalization with proper nouns, use of commas and

apostrophes, generalization of spelling patternsConsult a dictionary to check and correct spelling

• Knowledge of LanguageUse knowledge of language when writing, speaking, reading, or listening

• Vocabulary Acquisition and UseUse sentence context as a clue to word meaningsDetermine new word meaning when a known prefix is addedUse a known root word to determine meaning of and unknown word with the

same root and knowledge of individual words to determine meaning of compound words

Use glossaries and dictionaries to determine word meanings

Mathematics:• Operations and algebraic thinking skills are

developed• Numbers and operations in base ten are taught to

develop understanding of place value• Measurement will be addressed and includes

length in standard units, time, and money• Data will be represented through the use of

several types of graphs• Geometry instruction includes plane and solid

shapes • Fractions as represented by equal parts of a

whole

• Operations and Algebraic ThinkingRepresent and solve problems using addition and subtraction , including one

and two step word problemsAdd and subtract numbers to 20 (Learn basic Math Facts)Foundations for multiplication through working with equal groups of objects

• Numbers and Operations in Base TenUnderstand place value to 1,000Use understanding of place value to add and subtractCompare numbers up to three digits using < and >

• Measurement and DataEstimate and measure lengths of an object using standard toolsDetermine how much longer one object is than another and give the

difference in standard unitsTell time to the nearest five minutesSolve word problems involving pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, an dollar

billsDraw line plot, picture, and bar graphs to represent data

• GeometryRecognize and draw triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and

cubesDivide shapes into equal shares and describe the shares