A Balanced Literacy Classroom

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A Second Grade Presentation
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Math

• District Goals are aligned with Illinois State
  Standards to meet the ever-increasing need for
  math proficiency.
• The goals are achieved by integrating math into
  our ongoing daily routines.

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Why Everyday Math?

• Establishing links from past experiences
• Discussing and sharing ideas
• Hands-on activities
•  Practice through games
• Fact drill and practice

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Units of Study

• Numbers and Routines
• Addition and Subtraction Facts
• Place Value, Money and Time
• 3-D and 2-D Shapes
• Fractions
• Measurement
• Decimals

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Everyday Math Grading

• B Children cannot complete the task
  independently. They show little understanding of
  the concept or skill.
• D Children show some understanding. However,
  errors or misunderstandings still occur.
  Reminders, hints, and suggestions are needed to
  promote childrens understandings.
• S Children can apply the skill or concept
  correctly and independently.

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Homework

• Dialogue
• Discussion
• Experimentation
• Discovery
• Homework serves the purpose of follow up,
  enrichment, and involving parents in their
  childs education.
• Homework will reinforce skills taught in daily
  lessons, therefore the Everyday Math Homelink
  number may not necessarily progress sequentially.

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A Balanced Literacy Classroom

• In a balanced literacy classroom , where
  children are engaged in reading, writing,
  speaking, listening, and observing, we, as
  teachers, strive to guide and challenge your
  children as they grow to independent readers,
  writers, and thinkers.
• Rigby Literacy

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Modeled Reading

• Reading aloud to children is an everyday event in
  a balanced literacy classroom.
• We, as teachers, model ourselves as a reader who
  enjoy and value books and reads with fluency.
• Reading aloud in small and whole group creates a
  community of readers who listen, observe, and
  share.
• Books chosen for read-alouds expose children to
  new experiences and introduce them to different
  genres, popular authors, and writing styles.

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Shared Reading

• The shared reading approach involves reading in
  whole-group setting with enlarged print such as
  Big Books and poetry charts.
• Children observe, share in the reading, respond
  to the text, and reread the text together.
• Our goal for this reading approach is that all
  children emergent, early, and fluency readers,
  as well as ESL/ELL children can confidently
  participate as they support one another.

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Guided Reading

• Giving students the opportunity to read at their
  instructional level.
• Modeling strategies
• Students in the group are similar in their
  development of a reading process and are able to
  read about the same level of text.
• The goal is for children to read independently
  and silently.
• The emphasis is on reading increasingly
  challenging books over time.

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Independent Reading

• By the end of Second Grade, students will read
  with 99-100 accuracy and choose their own books
  independently.
• Children practice through everyday activities,
  D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read), and a
  Reading Center.

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Writing

• Writers think about what they want to write,
  write their ideas and speak their thoughts
• Daily writing develops skills, but more
  importantly empowers students to shape their
  ideas and find their own voices as writers

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Writing Applications

• Journal
• Friendly letters
• Poetry
• Writers Workshop
• Descriptive

• Narrative
• Persuasive
• Expository
• Research

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Types of Writing

• Modeled writing-minilessons, punctuation,
  capitalization, paragraphs
• Shared writing
• Interactive writing
• Guided writing
• Independent writing

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Writers Workshop Process

• Prewriting gathering of ideas
• First draft
• Revise
• Second draft
• Edit
• Illustrate
• Publish
• Share with an audience-authors chair

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6 1 Traits Model

• Model for instruction that focuses on
• Ideas
• Organization
• Voice
• Word Choice
• Sentence Fluency
• Conventions
• Presentation
• We will utilize mini-lessons as well as reinforce
  the traits throughout the writing process

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Spelling

• Primarily follows the program of
• Zaner-Blosers Spell-it Write!
• Learning to spell by writing.
• Encourages children to write fluently, proofread
  their own work, and learn how to spell words they
  want or need to write.
• Students learn spelling strategies through
  writing prompts, proofreading, and activities.
• Individual lists (your childs list is at their
  spelling level)

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Individual Lists
First 3 weeks -gt 3 lists per week, use Spell-it
Write program With the help of these tests
and observations of students spelling abilities
in their writing, we can determine which words
will best meet your childs needs. After first
3 weeks -gt 5 lists per week, use words from the
Spell-it Write program and from Words Their Way
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Spelling Activities

• Game Mats
• Spelling Tic-Tac-Toe
• Flip Folder
• Spelling Study Strategy
• Sorting Words
• Alphabetizing
• Sentences

Assessments

• Pretest and end-of-the-week test
• Daily observations
• Working with groups/Individual conferences

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Social Studies

• Areas of study
• Self
• Who we are
• Belonging to many groups
• Community
• Needs vs. wants
• Goods and services
• What makes a community
• World
• Geography characteristics
• Continents and oceans

Please note that there will not be a recorded
grade for social studies or science on the
report card for 2nd Grade. We will take informal
observations through hands on activities and
written assignments in order to monitor your
childs understanding of concepts.
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Science

• Balance and Motion
• Liquids and Solids
• Changes All Around
• Living Things

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Handwriting

• Zaner-Bloser handwriting model used
• Work to review and strengthen manuscript writing
  skills in the first two quarters
• Begin cursive instruction after winter break
• Start with four basic strokes
• Lowercase letters
• Capital letters
• Manuscript writing is assessed on 1st, 2nd, and
  3rd quarter report cards cursive is assessed in
  4th quarter

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Differentiation

• Differentiating curriculum in classrooms provide
  teachers with opportunities to meet the
  individual needs of students.
• All students do not learn the same way or at the
  same pace, as we do not expect them to. Mrs.
  Murr and Mrs. Winters-Moore will be preparing 2nd
  grade teachers in their planning and teaching of
  curriculum to meet the need of all kinds of
  learners.

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Fun Expenses

• Throughout the year your child will have
  opportunities to order from PTO Fun Lunch and
  various book clubs. Please mark each envelope
  accordingly.
• PTO Fun Lunch
• Childs Name
• Teacher
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• Book Club Order
• Childs Name
• Teacher

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Things to Know

• Medications including cough drops/sprays are
  handled through the nurse. Medications must be
  accompanied with a doctors note.
• P.E. shoes must be worn on P.E. days.
• Any toys that are brought to school and played
  with during class will be taken by the teacher
  and given back at the end of the day.
• All audio equipment must be shut off and placed
  in backpack upon entering the school.

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Visiting the Classroom

• Parents are encouraged to volunteer in the
  classroom of your child.
• Each teacher will be sending home information
  about times and activities that are in need of an
  extra set of hands or to help out with special
  projects.
• All volunteers should check in at the front
  office and wear their Eagle Pointe visitor badge
  when in the school.