2 nd Grade Curriculum Night Ms. Laura Denton Trail

2nd Grade Curriculum NightMs. Laura Denton Trail

ExpectationsCome to school

on time.

Be respectful

Be a hard worker

Come to school ready to work.

Always strive to do your best.

Always have a positive attitude.

Behavior in Ms. Trail’s Class• Behavior charts for a day to day basis will be used• When your child is sent home with the color red

and a note it will describe the action that they performed that was unacceptable. This is where I need you as parents to help me try to correct a certain behavior.

Monday, Wednesday Tuesday Thursday

0 What is addressed in class on these days will be sent home. It is important as a parent to go over these papers to see where your child is developmentally.

0 Tuesdays and Thursdays a spelling chart will be sent home. On these days the student are to write sentences using their vocab and other fun activities to get them familiar with these words.

Homework

Homework charts can be found on my classrooms webpage!

www.mstrailsclass2015.jps.edu

0 I really believe that reading every night will help students tremendously in every developmental aspect.

0 I will be send a reading log home with your child every Monday and just need you to check that your child has taken at least four days out of the week to read alone or aloud to you.

Reading at least 20 minutes every night

Reading logs will also be sent home weekly. Students are required to do 20 minutes of reading each night when at

home.

0Students will use different strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems.

0Place Value Unit – Students are starting a new unit on place value. They will need to be able to show how many ones, tens, hundreds are in numbers as well as compare values using <, >, =

Math Units 1 and 2

Language Arts Capitalization AdjectivesRecognizing verbs and adverbs PronounsContractions

These are just some of the projects you will see your child come home with! These are subjects that I plan to cover early in the semester!

0Traditional Letter-Grade System0Pass-Fail System0Checklists of Objectives0Letters to Parents/Guardians0Folders of Students Work0Parent-Teacher Conferences

Grading System for Ms. Trail’s Classroom

http://www.cgcs.org/cms/lib/DC00001581/Centricity/Domain/36/ParentGuide_ELA_2.pdf

The website below is a great way to familiarize yourselves as parents with the common core.

Helping Your Child at Home

0Email is one of the best ways to reach me0The Schools Phone Number0870-888-25730mstrail@sbcjps.edu

How to Contact Me

Thanks for coming!!!