Room 1101 Daily Schedule

                2nd Grade, Mrs. Simmons

  7:15                 Students Arrive

  7:30                 Breakfast 

  7:45                 Morning Meeting   

  8:15                 Math  

                          (Gym on Mondays, 7:55)

                          (Music on Tuesdays, 8:10)

  9:15                 Phonics/Skills Block

  9:50                 Writer's Workshop

10:25                 Specialists

                          (Art/Library/Science)

11:15                 Prepare for lunch

11:25                 Lunch

12:00                 Reading

                          (Gym on Thursdays, 12:10)

  1:10                 Recess

  1:40                 Return to Classroom;

                          (Prepare for Dismissals)

  1:55                 Dismissals

Enrichment Schedule

Week of 03/20 - 03/23

ART

Week of 03/27 - 03/31

LIBRARY

Week of 04/03 - 04/07

SPRING BREAK

Week of 04/10 - 04/14

SCIENCE

Here are some of the things we work on in Second Grade!

Reading:

Learn and use new vocabulary

Speak clearly, share ideas, listen and respond appropriately to what is read

Read with increased fluency

Use reading strategies such as rereading, making predictions, retelling, etc.

Use word chunks to decode unknown words

Ask and answer questions about what is read

Understand what is read; make connections to text

Decode unfamiliar words, examine word patterns

Read a variety of text genres and for different purposes

Increase reading stamina

Use reading to research topics

Explore the digital reading resources offered by SPPS

Read every day!

Writing:

Plan, draft and make changes to improve writing

Create different types of writing including personal narratives, procedures, reports and poetry

Use author's craft to engage the reader

Use standard grammar, punctuation and spacing

Spell sight words correctly and other words with increased accuracy

Write responses to literature

Check that writing has a beginning, a middle and an end

Read and share with others what has been written

Write every day!

Math:

Use many ways to solve problems and explain thinking

Rename, compare and order numbers

Understand and use addition and subtraction

Understand place value

Name and understand fractions

Understand and use rounding and estimation

Describe, complete and create number patterns and other patterns

Record and interpret data

Predict and describe probability

Identify, describe and compare 2D and 3D shapes

Develop concepts of time and money

Estimate and measure using tools for standard and non-standard units

Use math every day!