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Welcome to Second Grade Mrs. Castro –Teacher Mrs. Waters- Teacher Assistant

Welcome to Mrs. Castro's second grade classroom! Learn about our behavior management system, positive rewards, consequences, Terrific Kids program, reading requirements, AR program, writing products, math and science activities, social studies units, and homework expectations. Let's work together as a team to create a positive learning environment!

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Welcome to Second Grade Mrs. Castro –Teacher Mrs. Waters- Teacher Assistant

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  1. Welcome to Second GradeMrs. Castro –TeacherMrs. Waters- Teacher Assistant Together We Can Make A Difference!!

  2. Behavior Management System Expectations • Be a responsible citizen. • Respect other people and their property. • Be kind and considerate. • Do what you are asked to do.

  3. Positive Rewards (Yellow Folders) 10 checks- Treat Jar 20 checks – No Homework 30 checks – 15 min. Computer Pass Negative Verbal warning Green Light -visual warning Yellow Light-Walk 10 min. during recess Red Light-10 min. Silent Lunch/parent phone call Referred to Office/ Conference with Parents Consequences

  4. Table Tallies Tables can earn tallies for: • Good citizenship. • Great behavior in class. • Working together as a team • Staying on task and completing assignments. Friday – Table with the most tallies gets to go to the “Treasure Chest”

  5. Terrific Kids • Terrific Kid- All students with all checks in yellow folder for the previous week will have their names put in a hat for a drawing • Every student will have the opportunity to be “Terrific Kid”. We will have 9 “Terrific Kids” each nine weeks. • “Terrific Kids” are honored at the 9 weeks assembly, and receive a pin to go on their lanyard.

  6. Reading • Read nightly 15/20 minutes. • May be assigned in Science or Social Studies. • DRA level needs to be at least Level 24 by the end of the year.

  7. Accelerated Reader • Everystudent will participate in AR • STAR testing is done at the beginning of each nine weeks to determine “Reading Range.” • Reading Range and Points Goal are individualized to match each student’s needs • Students who make their AR Goal will be honored at Awards Assembly and receive a pin for their lanyard. They will also attend the class AR Party! • Weekly AR Reports will go home in Monday Folder • Help prepare your child for AR by asking them questions about the book • Volunteers Needed – To read AR books with students

  8. Writing Products Required: • Personal Experience Narrative (Beginning, Middle & End - Paragraphs) • Imaginative Narrative (BME, Paragraphs) • Research Report (Paragraphs) • Learning Log(Science/Social Studies/Math) • Reading Response • Poetry(Concrete or Free Verse) • Friendly Letter(heading, greeting, body, closing, signature) *Things to work on at home: Punctuation and Capitalization

  9. Math • Problem solving-not just computation anymore. • Review addition/subtraction facts- should be memorized (fluently) • Need a Volunteer-Math Super Stars • Quarterly assessment • Pre and Post testing

  10. Science • Pre and Post tests • Experiments • Notebooking: Question, Prediction, Procedure, Materials, Data, LOL, Extensions. • Units of study: Sound Air and Weather Changes in properties Animal Lifecycles

  11. Social Studies • Pre and Post testing Units of study: Communities Geography People and Heroes Past and Present Economic Concepts

  12. Homework • Essential • Planners • Teaching responsibility and organization

  13. Teamwork Makes the dream work!!

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