Ms. Edwards Second Grade Class

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Ms. Edwards Second Grade Class

• Welcome, Parents!

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Welcome to Second Grade!

• I will introduce you to Second Grade and our
  classroom.
• If you have any questions during my presentation,
  please ask.

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All About Me

• My background
• I grew up in Chicago.
• I attended Illinois State University and
  graduated in 1975.
• I received my Masters Degree in Education
• My experience
• Ive been teaching for 26 years.
• I have also taught first grade, and kindergarten.

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My Goals

• To give your child the academic and social skills
  they need to progress to third grade.
• To provide a supportive and fun classroom
  environment.
• To help them make new friends and discover new
  interests.

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Class Subjects

• The subjects we cover during second grade are
• Reading and Writing
• Math
• Science
• Social Studies
• Music and Art

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Reading

• We use a reading series that ties reading,
  writing and spelling together. There is a strong
  phonics base to this program. There are six
  themes that allow for integration of our featured
  authors, as well as some of the literature in our
  grade level collection.

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Reading Additions

• We will be supporting our reading program with
  additional supports.
• We will be monitoring childrens reading by
  using a computer reading program called SRI and
  incorporating Reading Counts to help children
  select appropriate reading level books for their
  enjoyment.

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Writing

• Our goal is for the student to progress with
  basic sentence structure and punctuation
  appropriate for their levels moving on to
  paragraph writing and a variety of writing.

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Math

• We will explore
• Number Sense
• Problem Solving
• Addition and Subtraction to 18
• Money
• Time
• Geometry

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Science

• We will be doing units of study this year with
  our new science textbooks. Our first unit is Life
  Science.

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Social Studies

• We have a Social Studies program called History
  Alive! which is interactive and integrates other
  areas of the curriculum.

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Music and Art

• The children have music with the music teacher
  twice a week, Wednesday and Friday. Art is on
  Monday.
• Physical Education is with a teacher three times
  a week.(W,Th,F,)

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Classroom Community

• Our classroom is a community. In our community,
  we have rules to help us get along with each
  other.
• Our class rules are
• Be respectful and responsible.
• Be organized and follow directions.
• Be on time.
• Be prepared.

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Homework

• I will assign about 45 minutes of homework every
  week. This includes 20 minutes of daily reading.
  Each week we will be required to write sentences
  that go along with our weekly spelling words. A
  packet goes home on Monday with worksheets.
• Your homework packet and spelling sentences are
  due on Thursday morning.
• Spelling Tests are Thursday.

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Work Folders

• Your child has a red Take Home Folder which comes
  home on Friday with papers from the week. Please
  go over the papers with your child, empty the
  folder and sign it on the appropriate date. Your
  child then returns the empty folder to school on
  Monday.

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Tardiness

• School starts at 900 A.M. after our morning
  assembly.
• If a student is not in the classroom by the time
  the second bell rings, please have them check in
  at the school office before coming to class.

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Field Trips

• We have some fun field trips planned for this
  year!
• We will attend the Nutcracker Ballet at ISU in
  December.
• We will go to Decatur in May.
• All field trip information will come home prior
  to the trip with all necessary information.

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Important Dates

• Testing Sept. 17-21.
• Butterfly Science Program Sept.27
• Picture Day Sept. 26
• Pet Show and Tell October 12
• Nutcracker Ballet Dec. 7

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Lets Have a Great Year!