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Welcome! 2nd Grade Open House Wednesday, September 17th. Miss Dara Watkins. Classroom Philosophy. Classroom Community Positive Progress and Motivation Whole Brain Teaching. Classroom Rules. We follow directions quickly. We raise our hand for permission to speak.
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Welcome! 2nd Grade Open House Wednesday, September 17th Miss Dara Watkins
Classroom Philosophy • Classroom Community • Positive Progress and Motivation • Whole Brain Teaching
Classroom Rules • We follow directions quickly. • We raise our hand for permission to speak. • We raise our hand for permission to leave our seat. • We make smart choices. • We treat others the way we would like to be treated.
Our Curriculum • Daily 5 • Promotes Balanced Literacy in the classroom. Students are motivated and engaged while continually working on reading and writing. • Read to Self, Read to Someone, Word Work, Working on Writing, Listening to Reading • Teacher is working with individual students or small groups of students.
Writing Workshop • Mini-lessons • Writing Process • 4pt Rubric **We will begin learning cursive in January**
Math Expressions Common Core Aligned Math Series
Science Our science curriculum is provided by Erie 1 Boces. • Balancing and Weighing • Phase Changes • Lifecycles (Mealworms and Frogs) • National Geographic for Kids Field Trip: We will visit the Buffalo Zoo in May at the conclusion of our Lifecycles Unit.
Social Studies Themes • Communities • Harvest • History of Thanksgiving • International Holidays • Fighting for a Cause • Flag Day/States Current Events Scholastic News
Daily Homework • Reading Projects • Writing Projects
Extras • Webpage and Resources • Scholastic Book Orders • Homeroom Parents/Class Parties • FYI snack recess
Thank you for coming tonight! Please always be in touch with questions and concerns. Thank youfor all that you do for your child everyday; it makes a huge difference in every way!