Stephanie BlaneySecond Grade 2014-2015

Homework• Homework Folder

• Assignment Book

• Typical Week: Math and Language Arts

• Occasional science, social studies, or out of school projects

Homework• Math Homework: Due the next

day• Language Arts: Writing,

Reading, and Spelling are due every Friday

• Spelling Tic Tac Toe must be signed by a parent

• Review Homework Policy

Reading Homework Sample

Spelling Tic Tac Toe Sample

Reading at Home

Cougar Pride Behavior Sheets

P: Be PreparedR: Be RespectfulI: In ControlD: DisciplinedE: Effort

Pride Behavior Sheet Policy

Getting In Touch With The Teacher

• Email: blaneysg@npenn.org• Homework Folder: Return to school side• Phone and Conferences

*I will do my best to respond within24 hours.*

• Send in a note or email with any transportation changes or if your child is going home with a friend

• If you are aware of any future absences or vacations, please send a note or email

• Please send lunch money in an envelope and include: lunch number, full name, and teacher name

Getting In Touch With The Teacher

Reading Program• Shared Reading• Spelling/Phonics• Vocabulary• Grammar• Flex Groups-instructional level• Writing

• Reading Responses• Harcourt Website:harcourtschool.com

Passwords: Farr or Strickland or Beck

Reading and Rhyme• Poetry is a great way to improve reading fluency• The students will be collecting poems throughout the year• Folders can be taken home on Fridays• Students can recite poems for the class if they would like;

please initial mastered poems

Social StudiesFeel free to look through your

child’s book on their desk!

Some of our topics include: communities, needs and wants, government, and caring for the

environment

Science

• Soils (Clay, Sand, Humus)• Changes (Solids, Liquids,

Gases)• New Plants (Brassica, Rye

Grass, and Wheat)

Go Math• Place Value• Numbers to 1,000• Basic Facts• 2 Digit Addition and Subtraction• 3 Digit Addition and Subtraction• Money and Time• Measurement• Data • Geometry• Fractions Introduction• Think Central Website: www.k6-thinkcentral.com

- Turn off pop up blocker- Good for extra practice- Not required or graded

Math FactsGoal: To memorize addition and subtraction facts.

NEW! Flash Cards- Keep flash cards in school bags- Students meet with me to try

their facts and then get a new set if memorized

- Addition cards: pink- Subtraction cards: green- Save cards for review and

practice

Conferences

• If you haven’t already, please sign up for a conference time before you leave.

• If you have other students at Kulp, please let me know that too.