Welcome to Second Grade!

Mrs. Caulfield September 17, 2014

About Mrs. Caulfield

• I live in Pennington with my husband, daughter, and son- Katie (21) and Jim (20)

• 11th year teaching at Toll Gate• Previously a paraprofessional at Toll Gate• My children attended Toll Gate

• Undergraduate Degrees in Economics and Political Science

Lawyer-tax and pension planning

Daily ScheduleMorning Meeting &

Responsive Classroom Approach

GreetingSharing

• Building Community

• Questions and Comments

News and Announcements• Calendar and Weather

• Jobs

Activity

W.I.N. (What I Need)

• Students are organized into flexible groups according to their needs. Some students will be pulled out for Tier II reading/phonics instruction. The remainder of the class will work to strengthen independent reading skills.

Language Arts

• Writers’ Workshop– Expository, Creative, Persuasive– Process Writing – Journaling

• My Week at School Journal• Reading Response Journal

– Grammar, Punctuation, Sentence Construction• Spelling

– Fundations Language Program– Word Families– Games, songs, and class work

• Handwriting– Fundations Handwriting Program

Reading and Literacy• Readers’ Workshop

– Small Group instruction with leveled reading materials

• Sight words, word attack strategies, comprehension strategies, oral fluency

– Center Activities• Reader Response• Word Work (Grammar, Phonics, etc.)• Spelling• Computers (RAZ Kids)• Story Structure • Comprehension Strategies

• Independent Reading• Partner Reading

MathematicsEveryday Math Program (“Chicago Math”)

“Spiraling” Curriculum: Beginning, Developing, and Secure Skills

Curriculum TopicsAddition and Subtraction Number StoriesPlace Value Patterns and RulesMoney FractionsTime Measurement3-D & 2-D Shapes Decimals

Preliminary Multiplication and Division

Pre-assessment Interactive Games to Reinforce Concepts Enrichment Activities and Packets

Social Studies & Science• Communities & Map Skills

– Lego Communities– “Me on the Map”– Flat Stanley

• Native Americans- Plains, Southwest, Northwest and Woodland

• Light and Matter• Sun and Moon• - Planetarium Field Trip

• Ecology and Habitats - Habitat play -Camden Aquarium Field trip

ALL PROJECT BASED•

Special Area Classes

Art

Gym

Media

Music

Spanish

Special Activities

-Lego Community

-Flat Stanley Project

-Planetarium Field Trip

-Native American presentation at the Pennington Library

Aquarium Field Trip

-Habitat Play

-2nd Grade Picnic

-End of Year Writing Celebration

Snacks and LunchSnacks

• Approximately 10:15 each day• Please avoid snacks with peanuts or tree nuts• Please send healthy foods and drinks to provide good energy

• Birthday Celebrations-Quarterly

Water Bottles• Please encourage your child to bring a water bottle to keep in

his/her cubby for use throughout the day.

Lunchtime• Lunch from 12:35-1:05• Recess from 1:05 – 1:25 • Ice cream may be purchased. • Cafeteria Lunch Accounts

Homework

• Approximately 20-25 minutes per night Monday through Thursday

15 Minutes of Reading each night– Your Child is responsible for completing reading log

each night– Reading logs should stay in homework folder; They

are checked by me each Friday morning.

• Fridays: Parents read My Week At School Journals and write back to child in the journal.

Communication• Homework Notebooks

• Also can check homework on my website:hvrsd.org/staff/m.caulfield

• Or-just go to TollGate Webpage and find my name under “Teacher Websites”

• E-mail: margaretcaulfield@hvrsd.org

• Phone: (609)737-4008 extension 1018

Questions?