Ms. Reed's Class is Soaring into 2010
This is the link to read the stories in our book.
IMPORTANT DATES
Spelling Test Friday
Phonogram Quiz Thursday
Reading Assessements FCAT Weekly on Friday
Reading Selection Test Thursday
Math Games -Click on the Math Games and Activities link on the left side of this page to play more games.
This year is going to be an exciting adventure for both parents and students. 2nd Grade is a time of discovery and learning new skills to help our students "soar". We will be practicing previously learned skills while filling up our "nests" with new ones.
ABC's of Second Grade
ATTENDANCE: Good attendance is very important to success in school. If your child has to miss school, please remember to write a note to the office telling why your child was absent.
ARRIVAL TIME: Students will benefit most by arriving between 8:50-9:15 am. The extra minutes will allow them to unpack, get organized, view TV announcements, and be relaxed and ready to start a great day.
BEHAVIOR: Acceptable behavior is expected each day. Students will be reminded when their behavior is wonderful or in need of improvement. A color coded visual reminder is displayed so the students know if their behavior is on track.
Green=good day Yellow=caution,but still good Orange=behavior journal
Red=behavior journal/call home Blue=behavior journal or referral/visit principal
COMMUNICATION: If at any time you need to discuss something about your child, please feel free to contact me at the school by calling, writing a note or email. I am alway happy to discuss your child's progress.
OUR READING SERIES !
The MacMillan-McGraw Hill Reading Series is available online and YOU can access stories and activities.
Vocabulary games, spelling activities, comprehension checks, slide shows, MUCH more! Click on STUDENTS, then the 2nd Grade book. Click the UNIT and story and you're all set. Click here:
The STUDENT textbooks of our Reading Series is available online. Click to read our stories:
Click on this link and use the class code Sibbald123
www.mhln.com
ACCELERATED READER
Accelerated Reader is a reading program where students read a book on the Accelerated Reader list and then take a comprehension test on a computer. Students earn points based on the percentage of correctly answered questions. Each child will take a STAR test on computer, to determine his reading level and AR "colors". Each child will bring home AR library books or you can visit your local library for books. Encourage your child to check out Fiction and Non-Fiction books. Practicing reading is essential to becoming a better reader! If you student is in need of super interesting books, try logging onto James Patterson's site
www.readkiddoread.com for great book recommendations.
Phonograms
The phonogram program is introduced in kindergarten and reviewed until all 70 sounds are learned. Through these sounds we teach reading, language, writing and spelling. The following sites will be helpful in learning and reviewing phonograms. Just click on a title and away you go. Also, head on over to our class links to find a great (the best) video of the Spalding Phonograms. I will be teaching and testing all 70 of them throughout the year.
Fry's 500 Most Frequently Read Words
This program systematically increases a student’s ability to recognize the words which most frequently occur in written English. Students must gain the ability to recognize these words very rapidly in order to become fluent readers.
Word Families
This activity introduces 20 word families, with six examples provided for each word family. Learning word families is a fast way to increase a students reading vocabulary. It also helps the student learn that the ability to decode one word can assist in decoding other words with similar alphabet letter patterns.
Letter Recognition
The letter recognition activity provides students an opportunity to practice learning both the capital and lowercase letters of the alphabet. Voice assistance is provided for those students who are unable to name the letters independently. Five to six letters are covered in each lesson. After the student is taught the letters with voice assistance, they move to the practice list to independently name the letters.
Consonant Digraphs
Consonant digraphs are consonant letters that appear together and represent a single sound that is different from the sound of either letter.
Vowel Digraphs
Vowel digraphs are two vowels together, the first is pronounced and the second is silent.
Consonant Blends – Reading Words
Three letter blends are three consonant letters that appear together in words and represent sounds that are smoothly joined. Each of the sounds can be heard.
Math
The following sites offer great ways to help your child learn their math facts:
Also, check out more sites in the links section.
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These subject areas have a numeric grade:
Reading: weekly story tests, phonogram tests, unit tests, Show What You Know tests
Language Arts: grammar, spelling
Math: Chapter tests, addition & subtraction tests,
District Assessments
All other subject areas are assessed with S, N or U.
Effort Grades are also assessed in each subject as "S, N or U".
If you have any questions, please contact me. I can be reached by clicking onto the email link or calling the school at 458-0033.
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