A Year inSecond Grade

GPS Behavior Norms&

Ropes CouncilThe second graders are expected to follow the GPS behavior norms at Riverside School.

The behavior norms are: • Be Here • Be Safe • Be Honest • Care For Self and Others• Let Go and Move On

These behavior expectations are taught and reinforced through activities during our daily ROPES Council time. Students participate in activities, games and stories that encourage reflection and positive behavior. 

Reading with Balanced Literacy• Read Aloud & Interactive Read Aloud

– The teacher reads aloud to the students.– Students are actively listening and responding orally.

• Shared Reading– The teacher and students read together focusing on specific

reading skills.

• Guided Reading– The teacher reads with small groups of students with similar

reading abilities.– Appropriate text support students reading skills while teaching

new skills.• Independent Reading

– Students read independently for enjoyment and practice the reading strategies taught during instructional time.

– Children will respond to their reading in a Reader’s Notebook.

Reading Genres• Fiction• Nonfiction• Biography• Poetry• Folktales and Fairytales

Common Core and Math in Focus, Singapore Math

• Operations and Algebraic Thinking• •represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.• •add and subtract within 20.• •Work with equal groups of objects to gain foundations for multiplication.

• Number and Operations in Base Ten• •Understand place value.• •Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract

• Measurement and Data• •measure and estimate lengths in standard units.• •relate addition and subtraction to length.• •Work with time and money.• •represent and interpret data.

• Geometry• •reason with shapes and their attributes

Language Arts• Word Study

• Grammar• Handwriting

• Vocabulary

Writing Workshop• Gathering• Drafting• Revising• Editing• Publishing

Writing Genres• Personal Narratives• Persuasive• Biography• Poetry• Fiction• Nonfiction

Science• Chemistry: Properties of Matter• Geology and Earth Dynamics: Soil• Botany: Plant Life Cycles

Social Studies

•People Who Supply Our Needs•Civics•Ancestors•A Culture Study of Mexico

Homework

Specials• P.E. - 1 hour twice a week• Art - 1 hour• Music – 30 min. twice a week• Media – 30 min. (2 books)

What can parents do to help their child prepare for second grade?

• Read with your child, working up to 30 minutes daily

• Practice addition and subtraction math facts, flash cards and oral drills

• Practice counting money & telling time• Write in a summer journal about books you

read or personal experiences