2nd Grade Curriculum Night

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2nd Grade Curriculum Night

• Thursday, September 27, 2012
• Kimmel Farm Elementary School

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? 2nd Grade Teachers ?

• Annette Dezarn
• Sarah Ellington
• Kristin Hansen
• Allie Mabe (new from 5th grade)
• Ann Sisson (new from kindergarten)
• Molly Tuttle (new from Old Town)
• Cherie Yarbrough

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Why Common Core?

• Contrasting standards across states
• Student mobility
• Global competition
• Todays jobs require different skills

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What are the Common Core State Standards?

• Aligned with college and work expectations
• Focused and coherent
• Include rigorous content and application of
  knowledge through high-order skills
• Build upon strengths and lessons of current state
  standards
• Internationally benchmarked so that all students
  are prepared to succeed in our global economy and
  society
• Based on evidence and research
• State led

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Language Arts

• Reading
• Balance of literature and informational texts
• Text complexity
• Writing
• Emphasis on argument and informative/explanatory
  writing
• Writing about sources
• Speaking and Listening
• Inclusion of formal and informal talk
• Language
• Stress on general academic and domain-specific
  vocabulary

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Realistic Expectations

• Transition year between curriculums
• Filling in the gaps
• Switching to Common Core which contains higher
  expectations
• What does this mean?
• Showing growth vs. making the grade

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How can I help my child at home?

• Provide a quiet area for your child to complete
  homework (not in front of the TV)
• Do not do everything for your child. They need
  to become responsible and independent.
• Get flash cards (addition subtraction)
• Be a cheerleader (encourage not discourage)
• Read with your child EVERY night
• Contact your childs teacher with issues
• you may be facing at home.

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How Can I Help My Child Become a Better Reader?

• Please advise your child to try at least three of
  these strategies before telling them the word
• - Use the pictures as a clue
• - Skip the unknown word and read on to see if
  the
• context clues help you
• - Look for a smaller word within the word
• - Does the word look similar to another word
  you know
• - Take a guess and then ask yourself if your
  guess
• makes sense
• These are just a few strategies but its a great
  place to start! The goal is for students to
  automatically use these strategies when reading
  independently.

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How Can I Help My Child Become Responsible and
Independent?

• Children in the 2nd grade are becoming more
  independent and should be encouraged to take more
  responsibility for their materials and their
  schoolwork. Some ways parents can help include

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Responsibility cont

• 1. Help your child set personal goals
• Talk to your son or daughter about how important
  school is and how important it is to do his or
  her best.
• Start good habits now by encouraging your child
  to go to bed at a set time.
• Encourage your child to eat a nutritious
  breakfast.

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Responsibility cont

• 2. Encourage your child to manage their own
  materials
• Come up with an evening routine that makes your
  child responsible for preparing their materials
  for the next day. They can use a checklist
• Homework Completed
• Paperwork Signed
• Folder and book bag packed neatly
• Outfit picked out
• Lunch Box/Lunch Money

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Responsibility cont

• 3. Encourage them to complete homework
  independently.
• Help your child manage their time wisely by
  setting aside a specific time each day for
  homework.
• Provide a quiet place for your child to work.
• Be there to help if your child gets frustrated
  but you do not need to do the work for them.
  Instead, a parent might ask questions to get
  
• the child thinking in the right direction.

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Spelling allows students to

• Develop proper work habits and study skills for
  spelling homework and classwork.
• Focus on learning a spelling pattern that will
  allow them to spell many new words not just ten
  words on a list that have been memorized
• The goal of spelling instruction is learning a
  spelling pattern and applying it to new words NOT
  the memorization of a list.)
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  Cont

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Spelling cont

• Link the unknown to the known which is where all
  learning should begin (If I know cat, I can spell
  flat.)
• Remember, you have to learn to crawl before you
  walk and learn to walk before you can run.

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Questions, Comments, Concerns
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Information from this Power Point can be found
at

• http//www.corestandards.org/
• www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us