News From Room 21
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Welcome to Mrs. Zegel's WebsiteI look forward to the start of the 2017-2018 school year. Our overview of the year is as follows:
Meet the teacher will be on Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Welcome to 2nd Grade!
This year, your child will have many opportunities to practice their skills and strategies using computer-based programs. You will receive all sites, login names and passwords needed to access each program at Meet the Teacher Night. The websites are easily found on my school webpage www.pmschools.org/webpages/szegel
Curriculum:
Reading:
Vocabulary development
Phonics/Spelling - Fundations
Grammar
Listening
Guided Reading
Writing:
Personal narratives (memoir – story about self)
Fictional narratives (story)
Informational/Expository (essay)
Persuasive (convince)
Procedural (how-to)
Transactional (letters)
Math:
Sums and Differences to 20
Addition and Subtraction of Length Units
Place Value, Counting and Comparison of Numbers to 1000
Addition and Subtraction Within 200 with Word Problems to 100
Time/Measurement
Social Studies: Communities
Community
Suburban, Urban and Rural
Maps
Geography
Environment
Goods and Services
Needs and Wants
Community Change
Making a Difference
Being a Good Citizen
Science:
Work Like a Scientist
Technology and Our World
All About Animals
All About Plants
Environments for Living Things
Earth and Its Resources
All About Weather
The Solar System
Changes in Matter
Energy and Magnets
Assessments:
Your child will be assessed in many ways this year. Your child is informally assessed on a daily basis through verbal and written activities. Children will also be assessed to check their level of understanding of what was learned in each chapter using formal tests in Reading, Social Studies, Math and Science.
These tests give us information about your child’s current reading ability and comprehension of subject material so that we can work on targeted areas of weakness and strengths.
Test Folder:
On even numbered Fridays, your child may bring home their test folder. In their agenda, they will write: ‘Please sign test folder and return on Monday’. You will review their tests, and sign to acknowledge that you saw each one. The test folder gets sent back on Monday.
Name ____________________________________
Date
Test/Assignment
Grade
Parent Signature
Returned
Homework:
Your child will have math and reading homework every night from Monday – Thursday. Every now and then, they may bring home workbook pages to study vocabulary for science and social studies. Important upcoming dates will be written into their agenda as well. Please initial the bottom of the agenda to show that you are aware of what homework your child has completed.
Homework is also updated weekly on my website.
Specials Schedule:
Monday: Art 11::02-11:42
Tuesday: P.E. 9:40-10:20
Wednesday: Library 10:21-11:01
Thursday: P.E. 9:40-10:20
Friday: Music 2:30-3:10
Lunch: 12:26-1:06
Recess: 1:06-1:46
Contact Information:
The best way to reach me is through our class Dojo text messaging system, which you will receive a code for at Meet the Teacher Night, or by e-mail at: szegel@pmschools.org. I check e-mail throughout the day when the students are at a special, or after school.
However, if it is something that the school needs to know about immediately, such as a dismissal change, please call the school at 687-8350. This is also the best way to contact me if you need to speak directly with me regarding your child. I will do my best to call you back during a time that the students are at a special.
I look forward to a wonderful year of educating your child.
Mrs. Zegel