SECOND GRADERoom 119

Worried!

Scared!

Feel like crying!

PYP: PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAMME

• Lifelong learners

• Encourage curiosity, ask questions,

wonder

• Think aloud, take risks

• Validate, don’t give answers

UNITS OF INQUIRY

• WHO WE ARE Relationships and well being.

• HOW WE EXPRESS OURSELVESImagination and creativity.

• HOW THE WORLD WORKSForms of energy.

UNITS OF INQUIRY

• SHARING THE PLANETConservation of resources.

• WHERE WE ARE IN PLACE AND TIMEPhysical geography and human interactions.

• HOW WE ORGANIZE OURSELVES

Products and the role of different people in a process.

READING• DRA (Developmental Reading

Assessment)

• RAZ-Kids Books

• Just Right Books

• Five Finger Rule

• Book-in-a-bag: reading log, parent support and active participation

• Library: flexible schedule

HOW CAN I HELP IN READING?• Provide time every day for your child to

read on his/her own.

• Read aloud to your child … don’t forget your mother tongue.

• Listen to your child read.

• Read aloud and talk.

• Ask your child to retell one of the

books he/she is reading.

• Stop and wonder.

• Encourage your child to re-read a sentence when it doesn’t make sense.

• Point out punctuation marks as you read aloud. “Oops, an exclamation mark! I’d better read that a little

louder”.

• Point out ways to figure out words: • Sound it out.• Look at the picture.• Break the word into smaller words.• Read on.• Think what would make sense.

• Help your child find Just Right Books.

• Talk about books you enjoyed as a child.

WRITING

• Developmental process/stages• Invented/Temporary spelling• Word study and spelling

checks• Writing process:

Prewriting (generate ideas) Drafting Revising Editing Publishing

EDM: EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS

• Students are actively involved in their learning (whole class, small group, individual)

• Revisits concepts regularly (spiral curriculum)

• Frequent practice of basic skills (journals, home links and games)

HOW CAN I HELP IN MATH?

• Create a homework routine.

• Read the Family Letters (online) and Home Links.

• Ask your child to explain.

• Use questions to help.

• Be accepting of mistakes.

• Play math games.

• Share real-life math situations

HOMEWORK

• Homeroom = 15-20 minutes• Spanish = 10-15 minutes

• Reading is in addition to other

assignments.• Students: responsible for their work:

quality and independence.• Establish a routine: consistency

regarding place and time.• Parents: supervise and interact, sign

Student Planner daily.

BEHAVIOR TRAFFIC LIGHT

• Based on “Class Agreements”

• Daily performance and self-assessment

• Immediate school-home communication

• Parent support

SNACK AND LUNCH

• Nutritious, varied.

• Promote trash-free lunchboxes.

• Avoid unnecessary wrappers.

PARENTS ARE PARTNERS IN EDUCATION

• Class interruptions.• Communication via e-mail, notes.• Sign Student Planners.• Label all belongings.• Written excuse for child’s absence.

VISIT OUR WEBPAGE

Click on the link below to access our webpage.http://www.amersol.edu.pe/primary/grade2/ms-maricarmen-montoya/index.aspx

Give a man a fish and you feed him for

a day.

Teach a man to fish and you feed him for

a lifetime.

Thanks for coming!

Questions?

¿Preguntas?