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WELCOME to Curriculum Night! PLEASE …  SIGN UP to be an Art Docent helper  On side table!   WRITE down your name and email address to share with PTSA and our room parent for communication purposes  On side table!   “GUESS WHO?” Find your child’s desk and take a seat

SECOND GRADE Curriculum Night

Job Share/Co-Teaching Model Try to keep consistency by subbing for each other  whenever possible Planning together every Wednesday with the second  grade team, so we both know what curriculum will be covered each week Assessments will be given by both teachers and results  will be discussed to best support students’ learning Classroom management strategies are being used daily  and cohesively - individually, small group and whole class – we are starting out slowly and building as needed Major infractions will be handled according to our school-  wide behavior plan Any communication with parents will be cc’d (or shared  if discussed in person or on the phone) and weekly newsletters will be emailed home on Mondays Please remember to include both teachers when emailing, so  we can all work together as a team to best support students

Communication  Weekly Newsletters  Phone  425-837-7262  Email  younglovem@issaquah.wednet.edu  costam@issaquah.wednet.edu  Classroom Website  http://connect.issaquah.wednet.edu/elementary/cougar/staff/ mrs_youngloves_site/default.aspx

Daily Schedule

Specialists

Common Core/ISD Standards  Common Core State Standards  http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/  http://www.corestandards.org/Math/  The Grade Level Standards for K-8, Parent Resources for Mathematics, and the High School Course Catalogues are available on the district website.  http://www.issaquah.wednet.edu/academics/curriculumstandards.aspx  If you have questions or comments about the standards please contact the Teaching & Learning Services Dept.  425-837-7030

GLAD  Guided Language Acquisition Design  Cooperation, active learning, accountability, literacy, academic language  Visible  Desks in groups  Charts on walls  Not easily visible  Group expectations  Used throughout the year and across all subjects

Reading Curriculum Reader’s Workshop   Making Meaning  Guided Reading Groups  Independent Reading/Conferences  Self selected reading from classroom library - “just right” books  Book boxes  Reading response journals  Other Components  Phonics/Phonological Awareness  Skills  Using Evidence from the Text to Support Thinking, Making Predictions, Questioning, Schema (Making Connections), Visualizing (Mental Images), Inferring, Text Features, Summarizing, Determining Importance, Sequencing, Problems & Solutions, Fact/Fantasy, Drawing Conclusions, Vocabulary, Grammar  Daily sharing about reading  Focusing on skills used that day while reading/responding EPIC Reading   Independent reading with computer comprehension tests

Writing Curriculum  Writer’s Workshop  Lucy Calkins – Units of Study  Narrative, information/lab reports, opinion/persuasive and poetry  Writing Process  Generating ideas, drafting, revising, editing, publishing

Math Curriculum  Eureka – A Story of Units  A comprehensive curriculum written by a team of teachers and mathematicians who took great care to present mathematics in a logical progression, preparing students to understand advanced math  Developed specifically to meet the math standards adopted by our state  Connects math to the real world in ways that take the fear out of math and build student confidence  Teaches math as a “story” to build students’ mathematical knowledge logically and help them achieve deep understanding  This approach can be unfamiliar to those of us who grew up memorizing mathematical facts and formulas

Eureka for Parents  Understand that students are learning math in a way that will prepare them for the higher demands of college and careers today and in the future Focused math skills and real-world, challenging problems   Read the Parent Roadmap for your child’s grade level  At the beginning of each module… Read the Parent Tip Sheet to get an overview of the topics  your child will be learning and how you can support this learning at home  Recognize that Eureka Math lessons can be customized by teachers to meet the varying needs of students http://greatminds.net/support/parents https://www.zearn.org/

Science/Social Skills/Social Studies Curriculum  September, October, November  Sun, Moon and Stars (Shadows)  Systems and Technology  Second Step Social Skills  Community, Citizenship and Government  December, January, February  Force and Motion  Second Step Social Skills  Economics  March, April, May, June  Second Step Social Skills  History and Geography/History Trunk  Ecosystems  Organisms, Life Cycle of a Plant, Hand Pollinators, Agricultural Engineers, Wetland Ecosystem

Field Trips  In-House Activities  Kate Poaster Labs  In connection with our science units  Off-Site Activities  Downtown Issaquah Walking Tour  Tuesday, October 8 th  In connection with communities/social studies  Mercer Slough  To Be Determined… (Spring 2020)  In connection with science – ecosystems

Assessments  Fountas & Pinnell Reading Assessments  September 9 th through October 4 th  January 28 th through March 13 th  May 4 th through June 5 th  Reading/Writing Conferences  Weekly  Eureka Math Unit Tests  Mid-Module and End of Module  Science/Health/Social Studies Unit Tests  Monthly  IOWA Test March 10 th through March 13 th   CogAT (Cognitive Abilities)  January 14 th through January 17 th

Classroom Expectations Take Home Folders  Sent home and brought back to school daily  Unfinished Work Folders  Work from the week that is unfinished is kept in this folder  Each day students will be given a chance to work on their unfinished work  If work is still unfinished by Friday, it will be coming home to do over the weekend  Homework  Weekly homework menu  District K – 5 Homework Guidelines for Parents: The length of time a child should spend on  homework, including reading, and projects is 10-20 minutes in grades K-2, and 30 – 45 in grades 3 – 5. If your child regularly requires a great deal more time than this to complete assignments, you should contact your child’s teacher. If your child does not have homework or finishes early, it is always a good idea to spend time reading or reviewing math facts. Behavior  Classroom Rules/Procedures/Expectations  Individual Rewards  Tickets earned and turned in for reward certificates  Team Points  Winning team each week gets a prize  Bobcat Coin Jar  Earned as a class, rewarded when goal is met (extra recess, game time, movie, etc.) 

Schoolwide Expectations  The Bobcat Way  Explicitly taught expected behaviors for common areas such as lunchroom, playground, hallway, restroom  Students rewarded with Bobcat Coins when “caught” following the Bobcat Way  First school wide goal: 1,000 coins  School wide reward  PBSES  Positive Behavior and Social Emotional Support  Progressive Behavior Intervention Program  For minor behaviors:  Teacher reminder, break in classroom, break in another classroom (reflection sheet and parent contact), referral to office  For major behaviors:  Referral to office

PBSES Coach and Bobcat Buddy Coordinator  Dawn Fields  fieldsd@issaquah.wednet.edu  425-837-7265  PBSES  Positive Behavior Social Emotional Support/Systems Coach  Supports all students, staff and parents  Helps establish school wide expectations – hallway, bathrooms, playground, etc.  Bobcat Buddy Coordinator  Watch D.O.G.S. Program – Dads of Great Students Volunteer Program  Spend a full or half day with your child and experience their day at school

Reminders  Volunteers Using the Google Docs Form that is posted  on our classroom website  Conferences Wednesday, December 4 th  Thursday, December 5 th  Please sign up online through Skyward  Family Access COMING SOON - You will be notified by the  district  Report Cards December 2 nd  March 18 th  June 18 th – Last Day of School  NO PAPER COPIES – access through Skyward  Family Access only!  Parties Fall Harvest (October)  Valentine’s Day (February)  End of the Year (June) 

Volunteers  We appreciate our volunteers!  We also appreciate that our volunteers…  Sign in the office, grab a badge and place it visibly on their body  Stay within the classroom/area in which they are volunteering  Use a Level 1 voice when volunteering  Step out of the building when using cell phones  Note new location of volunteer workroom (new wing)  Refrain from entering the staff lounge  Keep all children out of the workroom