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Part I: Class Routines and Academic Goals
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A Day in the Life of a 2nd
Grader2nd Grade: Ms. Russell’s Class
OverviewPart I: Daily Class Routine and Aca-demic Goals (25 minutes)Part II: Important Changes for Term 2 (5 Minutes)Part III: Questions and Answers (5 Minutes)Part IV: Class Exploration Time (5 Minutes)
Part I: Class Routines and Academic Goals
8:00-8:15 Arrival O Students are expected to have three
sharpened pencils, two books, one eraser, and a full water bottle at the start of each day.
O Silent readingO Turning in and checking homeworkO Getting ready for the day
8:15-8:30 Morning Meet-ing
O Calendar and Calendar MathO Share circle, group activitiesO Announcement and messages about
the day
8:30-9:10 Science or So-cial Studies
O Science – Reading based and supplemented with experiments and projects. GOAL: Life Cycles, Habitats, Weather, Type of Matter, Force and Motion
O Social Studies – American textbook and cur-riculum, project based learning, 6 Cs. GOAL: Understanding different types of communi-ties and cultures, developing the 6 Cs
9:10-10:00 SpecialsO PE and Korean: 3 times per weekO Art and Music: twice per weekO Drama: twice per week during terms
2 and 3
10:00-10:25 Snack and Recess!
10:25 – 11:15 Read-ing
O GOAL: At 3rd grade reading proficiency as measured by the DRA and ATOS reading level tests
O Reading NotebooksO Group read alouds to build reading skillsO Reading Centers
O Independent ReadingO Guided ReadingO Word WorkO Writing Center
11:25-12:10 Spe-cials
O Two specials per day
12:10-1:05 Lunch and Recess
1:05-2:00 WritingO GOAL: Narrative, Informative, Per-
suasive, and Expository writing, focus on paragraph writing
O Writer’s WorkshopO Emphasis on the writing process
O PrewriteO Rough DraftO Editing and RevisingO Final Draft
2:00-2:55 MathO GOAL: US Common Core Math Cur-
riculum, Everyday Math textbook se-ries
O Short group lesson focused on new skills and strategies
O Math journalsO Math Centers
O Computer center (Arcademics.com)O Various Math games
2:55-3:05 Pack UpO Writing in homework logsO Eating afternoon snackO Packing up and going to lab
3:05-4:00 Labs
Notes: Spelling/Handwrit-ing
O Spelling lists are given once a week on Monday, tests are on Friday.
O Spelling lists are typically vocabulary words or 2nd grade sight words.
O Handwriting is taught during reading block and throughout the day.
Notes: HomeworkO Students are given a small amount
of reading and math homeworkO Homework should be done individu-
ally, nothing I give as homework is a new concept
O Goal of homework: increase stu-dent’s sense of responsibility, pre-pare them for grades 3 and 4
Notes: Tickets and Re-wards Coupons
O Students earn tickets for good be-havior and academic performance.
O Tickets can be taken away (see poster)
O Students use tickets to buy reward coupons.
Part II: Important Changes for Term 2
1) Swimming during PE class
O Students will have swimming on Tuesday mornings from 8:15 to 10:00.
O They should come to school on Tues-day wearing their swimsuits under-neath their clothes.
O If students needs to miss swimming you must tell the office in advanced.
2) Drama Class
O Students will have drama class start-ing at the end of October.
O Drama will be on Mondays and Wednesdays.
3) The Homework Log is now a book
O Please check the homework log and sign it daily
O You can also send me notes in the homework log
4) Portfolios
O The CDS First Program is changing to digital portfolios
O Those will be available next week on Tuesday
O Information on how to use the portfo-lio will be posted on my website
Part III: Q&A
Part IV: Class Explo-ration
Please feel free to look around the classroom or talk to me one-on-one.
The next activity is outside: meet on the playground.
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