2 summer cvr-ltr2017 - st raymond elementary school reading list title author lexile level teach us,...
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SecondGrade
DearStudents,
WelcometoSecondGrade!Weareveryexcitedtohaveyouinourclassnextyear!Secondgradeisa
funandexcitingyearfullofnewbeginningsandexperiences!
Inordertopreparefor2ndgrade,youwillneedtocompletethefollowingsummerwork.First,you
willberequiredtoreadtwobooks.Oneisassignedandtheotherwillbeabookofyourchoice,from
theattachedlist.Fortheassignedbook,IraSleepsOver,youmustcompletetheBookReport.This
formwassuppliedtoeachstudentatStep-UpDayandisdueonthefirstdayofschool.Forthebook
ofyourchoice,youwillberequiredtotakeanAcceleratedReadertestduringthefirstweekof
school.Pleasereviewthelistcarefully,andchooseabookthatyouwillreallyenjoy!Wehavealso
attachedaSummerReadingLogthatyoucanfilloutwithanyotherbooksyoureadthissummer!
Alongwithreading,youwillbeexpectedtocompleteassignedIXLMathandIXLLanguageArtsskills
practice.Pleaserefertotheattached—SummerWork,Grade2.Inadditiontotheassignedwork,if
youwouldlikemoremathand/orgrammarpractice,pleasecompleteanyofthe
IXLMathorLanguageArtsskillsintheGrade1Library.IXLisagreattooltousetoreviewthe
materialtaughtin1stgrade,andextrapracticeoverthesummerwillhelpyoutofeelveryprepared
for2ndgrade!
Wehopethatyouhaveawonderfulsummervacation.Ifyoudoanytraveling,pleasesendusa
postcardtotheschooloffice.Wewilldisplayyourpostcardsintheclassroomatthebeginningofthe
year.WelookforwardtohearingallaboutyoursummerwhenyoureturninAugust.Havefun-you
deserveit!
Haveagreatsummer!
YourSecondGradeTeachers
SummerWork,Grade2SummerworkatSt.Raymondisanimportantcomponentoftheacademicprogram.Thepurposeofsummerworkisto:1)Providespecificinstructionalpracticeonthoseessentialstandardsforentryintothenextgradelevel,and2)Providestructuredpracticeofessentialskills.Studentsaretopracticetheskills(asdetailedbelow)aminimumof400minutes(200minutesIXLMathand200minutesIXLLanguageArts).Thisencourages20minutesofpracticeforeachcontentareaweekly.Studentsmaycompleteminutesinthemannerthatbestsupportsfamilytravelandsummerplans(i.e.moreminutessomeweeksandfewerminutesotherweeks).Studentshaveunlimitedaccesstogradelevelcurriculumandaretocontinuetopracticethroughoutthesummerevenifmasteryoftheassignedstandard(100%)isaccomplished.Teacherswillviewthetimespentpracticing,problemspracticed,thenumberofskillsattempted/mastereduponreturntoschool.Classcreditwillbeassignedforcompletion.Pleasenote:
∑ Letterand/ornumbercanbesubjecttochange(IXLsystemupdates).Pleasecheckthattheskillpracticedmatcheswhatiswritteninparentheses.
∑ StudentswillbeabletologinfromFriday,June9–Friday,August18.TheIXLMathandLanguageArtswillcloseforsystemmaintenance,Saturday,August19.
I. IXLMath:Grade1SkillsLibrary MathPractice(20-30minutesweekly)
Skill(s):CountingandNumberPatternsA.9(Countingbytwos,fives,andtenswithpictures)A.18(Whichevenoroddnumbercomesbeforeorafter?)A.19(Skip-countingpatterns-withtables)
Skill(s):SubtractionH.9(Subtractionfacts-numbersupto18)H.11(Subtractionwordproblems-numbersupto18)H.5(Completethesubtractionsentence)
Skill(s):AdditionD.8(Additionfacts-sumsto18)D.10(Additionwordproblems-sumsto18)
Skill(s):PlaceValuesM.1(Placevaluemodelsupto20)M.3(Placevaluemodelsupto100)M.5(Writenumbersastensandones)
Skill(s):AdditionstrategiesE.3(Addingdoubles-completethesentence)
II. IXLLanguageArts:Grade1SkillsLibrary LanguageArtsPractice(20-30minutesweekly)
Skill(s):SentenceTypeT.5(Choosetherightendmark)T.6(Statement,question,command,orexclamation?)
Skill(s):NounsW.3(SelecttheNouns)W.4(Identifynounsinasentence)W.5(Sortcommonandpropernouns)
Skill(s):ActionVerbsZ.3(UseActionVerbs)
Skill(s):ContextCluesTT.1(Usecontextcluestoidentifythemeaningofaword)
III.SummerReadingAssignment:two(2)books,one(1)BookReportFormandARTests(see
attachedforcompleteinstructions)
∑ Source:ReadIraSleepsOverbyBernardWaberandasecondtextselectedfromtheapprovedSummerReadingList.(seeattached)
∑ Assignment:CompleteBookReportformforIraSleepsOver.(seeattached)∑ Assessment:CompleteanARtestontheselectedtextuponreturntoschool.
SummerReadingList
Title Author LexileLevelTeachUs,AmeliaBedelia PeggyParish 100LNatetheGreatandtheBigSniff Majorie&MitchellSharmat 110LArthurTrickstheToothFairy MarcBrown 150LDannyandtheDinosaur SydHoff 200LGoodDriving,AmeliaBedelia HermanParish 230LNatetheGreat,SanFranciscoDetective Majorie&MitchellSharmat 230LCliffordVisitstheHospital NormanBridwell 250LHenryandMudgeandtheTallTreehouse CynthiaRylant 290LFrogandToadAllYearLong ArnoldLobel 300LFranklin'sClassTrip PauletteBourgeois 310LGusandGrandpaatBasketball ClaudiaMills 310LDayswithFrogandToad ArnoldLobel 320LAmeliaBedelia'sMasterpiece HermanParish 340LDolphin'satDaybreak MaryPopeOsborne 350LHenryandMudgeandMrs.Hoper'sHouse CynthiaRylant 350LClifford'sSportsDay NormanBridwell 360LFlatStanleyatBat JeffBrown 360LFlatStanleyPlaysBall JeffBrown 360LJohnnyAppleseed ChristinDitchfield 370LLionsatLunchtime MaryPopeOsborne 370LFranklin'sNewFriend PauletteBourgeois 380LHouroftheOlympics MaryPopeOsborne 380LTeacherFromtheBlackLagoon MikeThaler 380LTheCaseoftheFoodFight JamesPreller 390LFrogandToadareFriends ArnoldLobel 400LMagicSchoolBusHopsHome PatriciaRelf 400LCliffordTakesaTrip NormanBridwell 410LMouseTales ArnoldLobel 440LNatetheGreatandtheHungryBookClub Majorie&MitchellSharmat 450LMagicSchoolBusSpinsaWeb JoannaCole 460LIvyandBeanBook1 AnnieBarrows 510L