A Day in the Life of a 2nd

Grader2nd Grade: Ms. Russell’s Class

OverviewPart I: Daily Class Routine and Aca-demic Goals (25 minutes)Part II: Important Changes for Term 2 (5 Minutes)Part III: Questions and Answers (5 Minutes)Part IV: Class Exploration Time (5 Minutes)

Part I: Class Routines and Academic Goals

8:00-8:15 Arrival O Students are expected to have three

sharpened pencils, two books, one eraser, and a full water bottle at the start of each day.

O Silent readingO Turning in and checking homeworkO Getting ready for the day

8:15-8:30 Morning Meet-ing

O Calendar and Calendar MathO Share circle, group activitiesO Announcement and messages about

the day

8:30-9:10 Science or So-cial Studies

O Science – Reading based and supplemented with experiments and projects. GOAL: Life Cycles, Habitats, Weather, Type of Matter, Force and Motion

O Social Studies – American textbook and cur-riculum, project based learning, 6 Cs. GOAL: Understanding different types of communi-ties and cultures, developing the 6 Cs

9:10-10:00 SpecialsO PE and Korean: 3 times per weekO Art and Music: twice per weekO Drama: twice per week during terms

2 and 3

10:00-10:25 Snack and Recess!

10:25 – 11:15 Read-ing

O GOAL: At 3rd grade reading proficiency as measured by the DRA and ATOS reading level tests

O Reading NotebooksO Group read alouds to build reading skillsO Reading Centers

O Independent ReadingO Guided ReadingO Word WorkO Writing Center

11:25-12:10 Spe-cials

O Two specials per day

12:10-1:05 Lunch and Recess

1:05-2:00 WritingO GOAL: Narrative, Informative, Per-

suasive, and Expository writing, focus on paragraph writing

O Writer’s WorkshopO Emphasis on the writing process

O PrewriteO Rough DraftO Editing and RevisingO Final Draft

2:00-2:55 MathO GOAL: US Common Core Math Cur-

riculum, Everyday Math textbook se-ries

O Short group lesson focused on new skills and strategies

O Math journalsO Math Centers

O Computer center (Arcademics.com)O Various Math games

2:55-3:05 Pack UpO Writing in homework logsO Eating afternoon snackO Packing up and going to lab

3:05-4:00 Labs

Notes: Spelling/Handwrit-ing

O Spelling lists are given once a week on Monday, tests are on Friday.

O Spelling lists are typically vocabulary words or 2nd grade sight words.

O Handwriting is taught during reading block and throughout the day.

Notes: HomeworkO Students are given a small amount

of reading and math homeworkO Homework should be done individu-

ally, nothing I give as homework is a new concept

O Goal of homework: increase stu-dent’s sense of responsibility, pre-pare them for grades 3 and 4

Notes: Tickets and Re-wards Coupons

O Students earn tickets for good be-havior and academic performance.

O Tickets can be taken away (see poster)

O Students use tickets to buy reward coupons.

Part II: Important Changes for Term 2

1) Swimming during PE class

O Students will have swimming on Tuesday mornings from 8:15 to 10:00.

O They should come to school on Tues-day wearing their swimsuits under-neath their clothes.

O If students needs to miss swimming you must tell the office in advanced.

2) Drama Class

O Students will have drama class start-ing at the end of October.

O Drama will be on Mondays and Wednesdays.

3) The Homework Log is now a book

O Please check the homework log and sign it daily

O You can also send me notes in the homework log

4) Portfolios

O The CDS First Program is changing to digital portfolios

O Those will be available next week on Tuesday

O Information on how to use the portfo-lio will be posted on my website

Part III: Q&A

Part IV: Class Explo-ration

Please feel free to look around the classroom or talk to me one-on-one.

The next activity is outside: meet on the playground.