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GRADE

Wolman Elementary

2014-2015

Block Schedule8:00 - 8:30 Announcements in Homeroom8:30 -10:30 Block 110:30 – 10:50 Recess 10:50 – 11:04 Restroom / Lunchboxes11:04 -11:34 Lunch 11:34 – 11:55 Block 111:55 – 12:25 ELT12:25 – 2:40 Block 22:40 – 3:30 Specials3:30 Pack up/Dismissal

Math/Science BlockNumber TalksGuided Math -Fact Fluency- Math Stations-Whole Group InstructionScience Social Studies Integration

ELA BlockFocus PoetryReading WorkshopWord WorkWriting WorkshopSocial Studies Integration

•Reading is incorporated into every subject throughout the day. We will be integrating social studies topics during this time also.

• Focus Poetry– Shared Reading

• Interactive Read Aloud• Readers Workshop:

– Mini Lesson– Independent Reading/Conferring

– Guided Reading/Strategy Groups • small groups focusing on comprehension and fluency

It is important that your child read nightly for 20 minutes even if it is not homework.

Reading Level Expectations

• Reading Level at end of first 9 weeks: J

• Reading Level at end of second 9 weeks: K

• Reading Level at end of third 9 weeks: L

• Reading Level at end of fourth 9 weeks: M

Book Bags• Students will be bringing home a variety of books

in their binder or book bag.• Please allow your child to read this book to you to

show-off the skills he/she has learned in class. Use this opportunity to praise and encourage your developing reader.

• Book Logs are due daily. • All lost or damaged books will be the financial

responsibility of the student.

HAPPY READING!

Word Study

• The study of the patterns of spelling through activities such as:

– Making Words

– Word Wall activities

– Word sorts

• Word Study helps develop abilities in phonics, word recognition, vocabulary, and decoding and spelling new words in reading at writing.

WritingStudents will be participating in Writing Workshop. •Mini Lesson•Independent Writing/Conferring•Sharing

Formal Writing Pieces

•Personal and Fictional Narratives•Poetry•Letters•Persuasive Paragraph •Research•Procedural

Topics that your child will be studying this year:•Citizenship•Communities•Constitution Day•Physical Geography•Government•Map Skills•Famous Americans•Katy/Texas•Junior Achievement (covers objectives in economics)

•Inventions and Innovators•Earth Week•Celebrations and Culture•US Symbols and Landmarks

• Place value with numbers up to 1,200

• Addition and subtraction up to 1,000 with and without regrouping

• Graphing using a bar graph and pictograph

• 2D and 3D Geometry

•Telling time to the minute intervals

•Money and Personal Financial Literacy: Including pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and dollars

•Units of measurement: inches, centimeters, feet, yards, and meters

•Basic multiplication and division

•Fractions using halves, fourths, and eighths

Most of our math time will be spent using hands-on manipulatives and teaching problem solving skills. Some of the objectives that your child will learn this year in math include:

Topics that your child will be studying this year:

• Body Systems• Germs• Physical Properties and Changes• Energy• Force and Motion• Organisms and Environments• Resources

Homework is an important part of school

2nd grade homework should not take longer than 45 minutes.

Students will have a reading and writing homework menu. Please have student complete one square for each subject each week in their reading/writing homework journal. The squares with a star are mandatory and should be done the week specified.

Math Homework: Each week, students will receive a page handed out every week from their teacher and brought home in their PIRATE binder and an assigned page from their Problem Solving Booklet.

Students are expected to turn in all homework every Friday. A mark will be given on the student’s expectation card if it is not turned in and 6 marks in a nine weeks grading period will result in an “N” on the student’s report card.

Students will write important information in planner on Mondays for the week. Please check your child’s planner on Monday evenings.

Grading System

90-100 A 80-89 B 75-79 C 70-74 D 69 and below F

•Progress reports will be sent home for each child at the end of the 4th week of each 9 weeks.

BehaviorOur classroom, as well as school expectations are for children to be

Respectful, Responsible, Ready to Learn and Safe.

Students are rewarded for good behavior in many ways including: verbal praise, certificates, tickets, stickers, stamps, positive notes or calls.

An expectation card will come home every night in the students PIRATE binder. The expectation card needs to be signed once a week; however,

please sign any time there is a mark in the folder.

Expectation Cards0-5 marks in the same category = S (Satisfactory) on Report Card6 – 10 marks in the same category = N (Needs Improvement) on Report Card11 or more marks in the same category = U (Unsatisfactory) on Report CardTotal of 10 marks in scattered areas = N on Report Card for Disciplines SelfTotal of 16 marks in scattered areas= U on Report Card for Disciplines Self

Volunteer to help in the front office, library or for home projects!

Help with making games for the classroom!

Class wish lists posted outside rooms.

Transportation and Absence • What do I do when I want to change my child’s

transportation?• A parent/guardian has to send a written note

with signature to the teacher/front office.• You may also fax a note to the front office with

your signature and copy of your driver’s license by 2:00 pm and 10:00 am on early dismissal days. Fax number is 281-644-1875.

• If your child is going to be absent, please call or email the front office by 10:00 am. The phone number is 281-234-1700. This year we also have a direct link to the website where you can fill out the form online.http://www.katyisd.org/campus/RJWE/

Pages/Absence.aspx

Field Trips

We have a field trip this year!

Flat Stanley

Main Street Theater

April 2015

SnacksPlease send a HEALTHY snack with your child each day. Some of these would include:

•Apple, orange, banana, etc.

•Pretzels

•Cheese

•Granola bars

•Crackers

Please do not send chips, candy, sugar coated cereals, or “messy” snacks such as yogurt or pudding cups.

Your child may bring a water bottle to class but please make sure it has a sports bottle type lid. Do not send plastic water bottles

with screw on lids.

Treats•If you wish to send birthday treats with your child, please send them in the morning. The treats will be eaten during recess.

•Please do not send any birthday invitations with your child. Passing out invitations is not allowed during school hours.

It’s going to be a GREAT year!