A Year to Remember

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Dear Families,Welcome to Second Grade!Students
RememberEvery day counts!Enjoy
yourself,make new discoveries,set goals,and
have fun!
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a
single step. Chinese Proverb

• Our journey together began on
• August 21, 2014!
• MAKE IT A GREAT YEAR!Mrs. Stauffer

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• I live in Twinsburg, Ohio
• Mr. Stauffer and I have 3 children Brian (17
  years old)David (14 years old)Julia (11 years
  old)Dibbles (4 years old)
• My favorite color is purple.
• One of my goals this year is to keep learning! I
  plan to learn from students, parents, and other
  teachers. I also plan to attend workshops to
  learn things that will help us all in the
  classroom!

• I enjoy taking bike rides with my family,
  reading, swimming!
• I loveSMILEYS!
• My favorite restaurant is Carrabas.
• My favorite books are The Miraculous Journey of
  Edward Tulane and Oh the Places Youll Go!
• My favorite place to visit is Disney World.
• I hope to go to Australia some day!

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The more that you read,the more things you will
know.The more that you learn,the more places
you'll go. Dr. Seuss
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• Well do
• Read Aloud
• Guided Reading
• Shared Reading
• Independent Reading
• Choral Reading
• AND MORE!!!!

• We will be doing so much
• in reading this year! We
• will read great stories,
• explore poetry, participate
• with readers theater,
• develop fluency, and so
• much more!

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Magnificent Math

• Our math curriculum includes Fact Fluency
  Computational Skills Essential Skills
• - Operations and Algebraic Thinking
• Number Operations in Base Ten
• Measurement and Data
• Geometry
• Showing mathematical thinking is an important
  component of the program as well!

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Language and Spelling Skills

• Elements IncludePhonics, Core Words, Pattern
  Words (LIST A LIST B based on pretest the
  test will be administered again after winter
  break), language conventions (capitalization,
  punctuation)
• Students will
• Build visual, spelling and language skills
• Explore roots
• Strengthen proofreading skills
• And MORE!

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Dear Family, Craddock is a great school!

• We started writing workshop with narrative
  writing.

• Be sure to have plenty of sharp pencils!
• A sharp tip is a happy tip!
• Keep a pink pearl eraser handy!

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• The BIG IDEAS in Science are
• Weather
• Force and Motion
• Animals/Habitats

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• Citizenship Skills
• History
• Government
• FIELD TRIP TO BURTON!

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We are going to have a GREAT time in the computer
lab! So many skills will be learned! We
will do many projects throughout the year!
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• The specials teachers and
• activities are wonderful!
• Library
• Art
• Music
• Physical Education

Have Fun!
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• I am very much looking forward to a great year! I
• will do my best to keep you informed of your
  childs
• progress.
• I know our Caring Classroom Community
• will be filled with A Students with A
  Attitudes!
• We will learn from each other. We will respect
• each other and our differences. We will support
• each other. We will make it a great year!

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Watch your thoughts,They become words.Watch
your words,They become actions.Watch your
actions, They become habits.Watch your
habits,They become character.Watch your
character,For it becomes yourDestiny.

Source Unknown
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Final Thoughts...
BIG
Each day we will begin with a clean slate!