Help with small groups, projects, parties Guest Reader: Read to the class or small groups Field Trip Chaperone: Help supervise on trips Classroom Helper: Organize materials, laminate, cut Bake Sale Items: Provide baked goods for fundraisers Art Supplies: Donate extra supplies for art projects Please sign up for any opportunities you are interested in! Thank you for your support! Questions?

1. Welcome to Open House!
Mrs. Sherman’s Class
Room 28

2. Agenda:
Introductions
Discuss classroom rules
Review homework assignments and
policy
Look at curriculum
Questions
Write notes to your child and sign up
for conferences and to volunteer

3. Introductions
• BA in Psychology from Goshen Mennonite College
• MA in Teaching, K-6 from Virginia Commonwealth University
• Eight years as a social worker
• Four years as a Reading Tutor K-6
• Seventh year teaching at Kearns
• Thirteen year old son, eleven year old daughter, husband, and
an eight year old dog

4. Classroom Rules and
Taking a Break

5. Classroom Rules
We agree to …
~ think about, say, and/or write what we need
~ help ourselves and friends to get what’s needed to learn
~ never give up
~ take turns, listen, and share during discussions
~ fill up people’s buckets
Rewards:
Pride in yourself
Praise
Stronger Connections and Learning
Consequences:
If you choose to break a rule you will need to “take a break”. If
the behavior continues after your break a logical consequences
will be given (i.e.  if you throw trash on the ground you will
need to clean it up). Positive behaviors are modeled.

6. Homework Policy

7. Homework Assignments and Policy
Core: Reading 15 minutes a night
Monday through Thursday- Reading Log. Due Thursday or Friday.
Math 5 minutes a night Monday through Thursday.
Math will be internet and board game based with a Math Log to
complete. Due Friday.
If homework is taking your child much longer than twenty minutes,
please let me know.
The weekly reading log for children to fill out will begin the last week of
September. A list of suggested spelling activities will also be provided.
Spelling lists and reading responses will be sent home as optional
assignments
I will also send home a few project oriented, optional, homework
assignments. They include researching a career. This includes dressing
up as that community worker and sharing information about it with
class friends. There is also an animal research project.

8. Reading Log
Dear Parents,
Each child must read for at least 15 minutes a night, Monday through Thursday, as part
of the daily homework. Please help your child complete this log each week and return
it to school every Thursday or Friday. Please note that for this reading homework to be
productive, the book selected should be at your child’s independent reading level.
More than one book may need to be read to reach the required 15 minutes, or a
lengthier book may take several nights to read. Children are welcome to read the
same book more than once- rereading is a great way to improve oral reading fluency.
Thanks for your help.
Sincerely,
Khristine Sherman
Due Date:
Thursday or Friday
Student’s Name:
____________________________________
Parent's
Date Book Title
Initials

9. Suggested Spelling Activities
Give a written test.
Ask your child how to spell each word out loud.
Have your child write the words “in the air” with a stiff arm. Say each letter
as it is written.
Write the words in clay with a toothpick.
Write the words in shaving cream on a cookie sheet.
Have them write the words in alphabetical order.

10. Spelling Framework
Grade Two 101 Core Words
Core about know today
after learn together
Spelling again little two
almost live under
Words also
always
many
might
until
upon
animal more use
another mother very
any much want
around never went
asked new were
back next where
because now which
been off while
before often who
began one why
below once work
both only would
boy other write
children our year
come over your
could own
does people Grade 2 Priority List
don’t picture
down place and are
each put at from
every read had have
father right in is
first saw like of
girl school said the
give should there they
goes since to was
good some what when
great story with you
help than
here their
high them
house these
how think
kind those

11. Reading and Writing in Second Grade
• Reader’s Workshop: Read to Self and Partner
Read 5x’s a week
• Reading Response Notebooks 2-3x’s a week
• Guided Reading 3-5x’s a week
• Words Their Way for Word Study 4-5x’s a week
• Writer’s Workshop 4x’s a week
• Spelling Buddies 4-5x’s a week

12. Math
• Connecticut Common Core State Standards
• Fact Strategies (Addition and Subtraction) to 20
• Place Value to 1000
• Fluency with Addition and Subtraction within 100
• Exploring Addition and Subtraction within 1000
• Money (dollar amounts in word problems)
• Reasoning with Shapes
• Measurement with Standard Units (inches, feet,
centimeters, and meters)
• Time to the Nearest 5 Minutes
• Representing and Analyzing and Interpreting Data
(picture and bar graphs)
• Exploring Multiplication

13. • SCIENCE
• Nutrition
• Solids, liquids, and gases
• Plant life cycles
• Soil
• SOCIAL STUDIES
• Character Education
• Families
• Appreciation for the past

14. NOVEMBER Report Card Expectations
• This information will be posted every trimester on my website.
Please contact me via e-mail if you have more specific questions.
This information is subject to slight changes.
• Reading:
• Students should be able to read quickly and accurately while
heeding most punctuation.
• Students should be able to retell the stories with details and
names.
• Students should be able to answer literal and inferential questions
about the text.
• Identify and use fix up strategies while reading as needed.
• Writing:
• Students should be writing stories with evidence of beginnings,
middles, and endings.
• Students should be able to use periods properly most of the time.

15. November Report Card Expectations
• Math:
• Students should be able to be able to:
• Count by twos up to 100; Count by fives up to 100; Count by 10s
up to 100
• Count by 1s, 2s, 5s, or 10s midstream (i.e. count by 2s: start at 40
and end at 90)
• Make numbers up to 999 using base-10 blocks; Write numbers up
to 999 after reading base-10 blocks
• Add numbers up to 20; Subtract numbers from 20 or less;
Complete addition word problems.
• Science:
• Students should be able to:
• Understand a balanced nutritional diet can be obtained from plant
and animal sources. Different cultures have different foods.
• Package labels provide nutritional information.

16. Second Grade Curriculum Highlights
Mathematics Language Arts
 Numerical Reasoning  Reading
o Counting o Phonics
o Place Value o Fluency
o Problem Solving o Comprehension
o Estimation o Strategies
o Computation o Vocabulary Development
o Addition Facts o Story Elements
o Subtraction Facts o Literature Response
o  Communicating with Others
 Working with Data  Communicating Relevant Thoughts Orally
o Graphing  Listening with Attention and Understanding
 Writing
 Measurement o Using Correct Grammar and Mechanics
o Time o Applying Editing Skills
o Calendar o Using Story Structure and Details
o Money o Spelling Assigned Words Correctly on Tests
o Using Reasonable Spelling Approximations
o Writing Neatly and Legibly
Social Studies Science and Health
 Knowledge and Appreciation of the Past  Nutritional Needs
 Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens  Plants
 Geography and Geography Skills  Properties of Matter
 Concepts of Family and Community  Properties of Soil

17. Reading Tips

19. Specials Specials’ Schedule
Schedule
Day Special Time
Monday
Physical Education 11:20-11:55
Library/Computer
Tuesday 1:05-2:05
Physical Education 11:20-11:55
Wednesday
Music 1:05-1:40
Thursday
Art 11:20-11:55

20. Birthday celebrations
• No food
• Feel free to send in birthday favors if you’d like to
(Ex: pencils, small notebooks etc.)
• We will make sure to make every child feel
special on their birthday
• You are welcome to come to the class as a guest
reader to help celebrate your child’s birthday. If
your child has a summer birthday, we can set up
a day in June. There is also a sign up sheet to
come in as a general guest reader at 2:45pm.

21. Additional Information
• Please send a note if your child is getting picked
up otherwise they will get on the bus
• Send in your reading lists.
• Portable snacks with disposable bags
• Reusable water bottles
• Label all lunch boxes, backpacks, coats, and
water bottles
• Check the school backpack and folder every
night
• Peanut allergies bring in a cloth placemat

22. Thanks for Coming!
• Don’t hesitate to contact me at any time if you
have a question or concern:
– Send a note with your child
– Call the school
– E-mail me at shermank@granby.k12.ct.us
– The Granby Website
http://www.granby.k12.ct.us/
– I will send home email blasts to inform you of
upcoming events and curriculum. Please add
your address to the list if needed.

23. Volunteer Opportunities :