WELCOME TO SECOND GRADE

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WELCOME TO SECOND GRADE
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SUPPLIES

• Backpack AT SCHOOL EVERY DAY
• Pencils and erasers
• Crayonsno giant boxes
• Glues sticks and 8 oz. bottle glue
• Sanitary wipes
• Scissors
• Wide ruled spiral notebookno ring binders
• Small pencil box

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TOYS???

• We dont need them at school. They are a
  distraction and can get misplaced.

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Here is what we will be learning in

• Math
• Reading
• Writing

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ABSOLUTE READING SKILLS

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• Use phonics to decode unfamiliar words.
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• Know common sight words appropriate to grade
  level.
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• Apply fluency to improve comprehension.
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• Understand differences between informational/expos
  itory text and literary/narrative text.
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• SECOND GRADE ABSOLUTES IN READING
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• All of the above, plus
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• Retell story sequence
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• Make conclusions and give a response to reading.
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• Predict and infer before, during, and after
  reading 
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DEFINITIONS

• decodefigure out a new word using sounds or
  chunks of the word
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• informational/expository textusually an
  explanation of something with details and facts,
  non-fiction
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• literary/narrative text a story, with a
  beginning, middle, and end, usually fiction
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• sequence the order of the events
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• predict see what might happen next
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• infer understand something not said outright in
  the reading
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ABSOLUTE MATH SKILLS

• Identify place value, ones, tens, hundreds to a
  thousand
• Write a 3 digit number in expanded form i.e. 528
  would be 500208
• Group 3 digit numbers into hundreds, tens, and
  ones in more than one way
• Place numbers in order from 1 to 1,000
• Quickly recall addition and related subtraction
  facts to 20
• Solve addition and subtraction word problems
• Add and subtract two-digit numbers
• Measure lengths in both metric and U.S.
  customary lengths
• Show data in bar and picture graphs
• Recognize the meaning of equal parts and parts
  of a whole in fractions

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ABSOLUTE WRITING SKILLS

• FIRST GRADE WRITING ABSOLUTES
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• Use capitals for names, places, days of week.
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• Use periods or question mark at the end of a
  sentence.
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• Spell words from spelling lists correctly in
  writing.
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• Spell unknown words phonetically, sounding them
  out.
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• Write complete sentences.
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• SECOND GRADE WRITING ABSOLUTES
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• All of the above, plus
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• Organizes multiple sentences on one topic with
  beginning, middle, and end.
• Shows a paragraph by indenting or skipping a
  line.
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THIS IS WHAT SECOND GRADE SPELLING HOMEWORK LOOKS
LIKE
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SPELLING HOMEWORK

• Practice the words and send it in for a homework
  sticker.
• Keep the practice list and practice these words
  all week for a 100 A score on the test.

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READING HOMEWORK

• You will get little books once or twice a week
  for homework. They will be 4-16 (!) pages. There
  will be a homework page stapled on back to return
  for a homework sticker.
• For a short video on how to help your children
  read their books go to Hood Canal Schools
  website and click on READ WITH YOUR KID.

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READING HOMEWORK PAGE
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MATH HOMEWORK

• Sometimes you will get math homework. Return to
  school for a homework sticker.
• Sometimes it can be hard to figure out the
  homework. Do what you can, but if you get stuck,
  just sign the homework and let us know what was
  confusing.
• Or call us at 877-5463.

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NOW YOUVE GOT OUR NUMBER

• Make sure we have the best number to get hold of
  you. If your child won the lottery or fell off
  the bars, what would be the fastest way to
  contact you? Make sure your teacher and the
  office know this information.

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LAST

• We miss your child when s/hes not here. Children
  need to be in class ON TIME to learn.
• Well do our best to be on time and ready for
  you, please do your best to get to school on time
  every day.
• Sometimes kids get sick. A fever or contagious
  sickness cant be avoided. Call or come by for
  homework.