Welcome to Second Grade!

Miss AliEnglish Teacher

Miss Ali•

iI am originally from Cornwall, England.

• I studied a BEd (Hons) in Primary Education with aged 5-11.

• After this I moved to Warsaw, Poland where I lived for 6 years and worked at a British international school with children aged 5, 6 and 7.

• I moved to Cancun in July 2015 and I to be living and working here. I worked with Kinder 3 last year but I am really looking forward to the year ahead in Grade 2.

Language Arts ProgramUnit 1: Neighborhood Visit Unit 2: Nature WatchUnit 3: Tell me about itUnit 4: Heroes and HelpersUnit 5: Changes, Changes Everywhere

Science and Social Studies

• Unit 1: Plants• Unit 2: Peru• Unit 3: Animal Camouflage • Unit 4: Dinosaurs• Unit 5: China

Classroom rules and expectations

- Be responsible and organized.- Respect other people and their belongings.- Use kind words and actions.- Listen to the person that is speaking.- Raise hand to speak.- Follow instructions carefully.- Always try your best.

Assessment Participation33%

o Class Discussionso Cooperative worko Presentationso Eventso Dojo

Evaluations 34%

o Formal o Quizo Projects

Homework/Classwork

33%o Practice Booko Workbooko ResearchoAny work done in class

Homework/Classwork 33% of their grade

• Language arts – practice workbook pages, other worksheets, centers, hands on activities or websites

• Science & Social Studies: Working on parts of a project, worksheets, centers, hands on activities or websites

Participation 33% of their grade

• Class Dojo• Discussions• Events• Participation• Cooperative work• Presentations

Grading

Evaluations34% of their grade

• Formal (at the end of each unit)• Quiz (every week)• Projects

Star Of The WeekMonday: Student poster\photographs

Tuesday: Favorite English book and favorite song

Wednesday: What I want to be when I grow up (presentation of their own

design)

Thursday: Parent letter and snack to share with class

The "Star of the Week" is an opportunity for your child to share in English with their classmates their favorite things. Your child will bring one thing to share per day. There will be 1 child per week taking part in 'Star of the week‘.

Extra information• Raz kids- please try and read 5 books a week, we will read raz

kids at school and I will set for homework, but please read on other days if you can.

• Homework will be on my website and agendas. It may change from week to week, so please check this daily.

• Homework – yellow dot for absent to complete at home or a red dot for not completed – please check through book.

• Spelling city on my website- linked to weekly spellings. Will use this in class and for homework.

• Birthdays will be celebrated on a Friday (the week of the birthday) as there is no star of the week this day.

My website

http://2ndgradeias.weebly.com/Thank you for coming!!

Questions?