Ms. Arico's Class
Quaker Hill Elementary Grade 2 Teacher
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2009 Welcome to Ms. Arico's Second Grade Class! 2010


Hi!
Welcome to our classroom! We have an exciting year ahead of us.
In addition to the second grade curriculum, students will complete a writing prompt in the fall, winter and spring. Additionally, students will have DRP testing in March. Below is a brief overview of what we cover in second grade.

READING
Students will be placed in Guided Reading groups to work on various reading skills. These groups will be changed, throughout the year, depending on the needs of the students. Whole group instruction will also take place each day to introduce or reinforce various reading skills using trade books-Pegasus Reading Program.

WRITING
Narrative stories will be our focus in writing. These are stories that have characters, a setting, a problem, and a solution. Students will be taught how to use sophisticated language and vivid elaboration to bring their stores to life. The students will also write poetry and different styles of non-fiction reports.

SPELLING
Each week students will have a list of spelling words focusing on a specific skill. Students will engage in activities at school and at home (through homework) to provide practice in learning the words. We will have a test each Friday to assess student learning of the weekly words. The expectations of our spelling program is that students retain the skills learned and apply these skills across the curriculum.

MATH
The following math topics are covered in second grade:
Number Facts
Place Value
Graphing
Algebra
Estimation
Measurement
Time
Money
Fractions
Problem Solving


SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES/HEALTH
Our topics for study over the course of the year are as follows:
Life Cycles of Plants
Properties of Soils
Properties of Materials
Food Resources
Family Histories
Community
Maps and Geography
Nutrition
Substance Use Prevention
Family Life
Personal/Consumer Health


Homework Reminder:
Students will be assigned math, spelling and reading homework every Monday through Thursday. Homework will take approximately 30 minutes. Students are to turn in their monthly reading log on the first school day of each new month. Students will have a spelling test every Friday and a math test at the end of each unit.
Specials Schedule:
A-Day
  • Library
  • Spanish
B-Day
  • PE
C-Day
  • Music
  • Spanish
D-Day
  • Computer
  • PE
E-Day
  • Art
  • Spanish
  • F-Day
    • Music

    Say YES to Respect!
    My Quia activities and quizzes
    Customary Measurement
    https://www.quia.com/jg/1573645.html
    United States Presidents
    https://www.quia.com/hm/484761.html
    Meet Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    https://www.quia.com/rr/423327.html
    Be My Valentine
    https://www.quia.com/hm/484814.html
    Winter Word Scramble
    https://www.quia.com/jw/311875.html
    St. Patrick's Day Vocabulary
    https://www.quia.com/hm/484794.html
    Alphabetical Order Game
    https://www.quia.com/rd/148206.html
    Analogies - Beginning - 2
    https://www.quia.com/quiz/1659624.html
    Category fun, Grades 2 - 4, #5
    https://www.quia.com/cb/421230.html
    2nd Grade Mapping Skills 1
    https://www.quia.com/quiz/1662695.html
    Weather Vocabulary Hangman
    https://www.quia.com/hm/485933.html
    STATE YOUR MATTER
    https://www.quia.com/rr/424359.html
    Earth Science Jeopardy - 2nd Grade
    https://www.quia.com/cb/422509.html
    Keyboarding HomeRow
    https://www.quia.com/cb/422523.html
    300 Most Frequently Used Words
    https://www.quia.com/hm/486563.html
    2nd Grade Spelling
    https://www.quia.com/hm/486564.html
    2nd grade math
    https://www.quia.com/hm/486566.html
    2nd Math Trivia
    https://www.quia.com/cb/423139.html
    Addition Battleship
    https://www.quia.com/ba/248526.html
    Addition Facts 1
    https://www.quia.com/quiz/1664749.html
    Addition Facts
    https://www.quia.com/quiz/1664750.html
    Addition Facts 5
    https://www.quia.com/quiz/1664751.html
    Addition using numbers 0-10
    https://www.quia.com/rr/425160.html
    Addition Facts Review 1 - 9
    https://www.quia.com/quiz/1664732.html
    Calendar Quiz
    https://www.quia.com/quiz/1664760.html
    Count by 10's.
    https://www.quia.com/pp/161511.html
    Counting Money
    https://www.quia.com/rr/425174.html
    Count by 3's.
    https://www.quia.com/pp/161492.html
    Colors - Battleship
    https://www.quia.com/ba/248843.html
    Colors
    https://www.quia.com/hm/486892.html
    Food and Drinks
    https://www.quia.com/cb/423407.html
    Spanish number Hangman
    https://www.quia.com/hm/486875.html
    Body Parts
    https://www.quia.com/quiz/1665634.html
    Jepardy- animals, sports, colors, months, numbers
    https://www.quia.com/cb/423447.html
    Days of the Week
    https://www.quia.com/jw/313375.html
    Calendar Activity
    https://www.quia.com/cb/423450.html
    Jan Brett trivia (are you a Jan Brett fan?)
    https://www.quia.com/rr/425552.html
    "To be" past tense
    https://www.quia.com/rr/425570.html
    Spelling List #14
    https://www.quia.com/ba/249001.html
    Counting Money
    https://www.quia.com/rr/426107.html
    2nd Math Trivia
    https://www.quia.com/cb/424141.html
    Addition, sums 10 to 18
    https://www.quia.com/jg/1579564.html
    Map Vocabulary
    https://www.quia.com/jg/1579566.html
    1-10 addition facts
    https://www.quia.com/jg/1579570.html
    Say YES to RESPECT!
    https://www.quia.com/cb/425622.html
    Say YES to Respect!
    https://www.quia.com/rr/429052.html
    Deserts
    https://www.quia.com/quiz/1739108.html
    Deserts
    https://www.quia.com/ba/260128.html
    Bianca The Pug
    https://www.quia.com/cz/233884.html
    Unit 17 Spelling Words
    https://www.quia.com/jg/1614574.html
    Useful links
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