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Ms. Arico's Class	Ms. Arico
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

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My Quia activities and quizzes

Customary Measurement

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United States Presidents

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Meet Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Be My Valentine

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Winter Word Scramble

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St. Patrick's Day Vocabulary

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Alphabetical Order Game

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Analogies - Beginning - 2

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Category fun, Grades 2 - 4, #5

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2nd Grade Mapping Skills 1

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Weather Vocabulary Hangman

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STATE YOUR MATTER

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Earth Science Jeopardy - 2nd Grade

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Keyboarding HomeRow

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300 Most Frequently Used Words

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2nd Grade Spelling

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2nd Math Trivia

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Addition Battleship

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Addition Facts 1

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Addition Facts 5

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Addition using numbers 0-10

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Addition Facts Review 1 - 9

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Colors - Battleship

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Food and Drinks

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Spanish number Hangman

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Jepardy- animals, sports, colors, months, numbers

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Days of the Week

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Calendar Activity

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Jan Brett trivia (are you a Jan Brett fan?)

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"To be" past tense

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Spelling List #14

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2nd Math Trivia

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Addition, sums 10 to 18

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1-10 addition facts

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Say YES to RESPECT!

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Say YES to Respect!

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Unit 17 Spelling Words

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