Curriculum Night
Mr. Ziemkowski’s 2nd Grade
Snoqualmie Elementary’s Mission:
“Working together to provide a safe,
nurturing and engaging environment
which inspires creativity, academic
excellence and enthusiasm for
learning. “
Curriculum Night Overview
► Content
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Area Snapshots
Reading
Writing
Math
Social Studies
Science
► Home
Support
 Homework
 Stay Informed
 Foster Positive
Attitude
► Classroom
Volunteers
Content Area - Reading
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Expectations:
 Students will become fluent
readers.
 Students will apply reading
strategies to a wide variety
of texts.
 Students will demonstrate
comprehension of texts at
their level.
 Students will self-select
appropriate texts.
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Instruction:
 Focus Lessons
► Target
Comprehension
Strategies
 Guided Reading
► Small
Group Instruction
 Readers’ Workshop
► Independent
Reading
 Readers’ Theater
► Fluency
Practice
 Shared Reading
 1-on-1 Tutoring
► Phonics,
Fluency, Sight
Words, & Writing Skills
Content Area: Writing
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Expectations:
 Students will develop ideas
into detailed, cohesive text.
 Students will fix-up their
writing for spelling and
conventions.
 Students will write in a
variety of forms – nonfiction,
poetry, narrative, letters,
and lists.
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Instruction:
 Writers’ Workshop
► Writing
Process
► Focus Lessons
► Small Group Instruction
► Conferences
► Sharing
 Word Study
► Individualized
Word Sorts
 Sitton Spelling
► Spelling
for Writing
► Total Word-Skills Curriculum
Content Area - Math
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Central Theme
 Understanding Place Value For
Whole Numbers
234
2 hundreds + 3 tens + 4 ones
200 + 30 + 4
234 ones or 23 tens + 4 ones
1 hundred + 12 tens + 14 ones
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Instruction:
 Growing with Math
► Hands-On Activities
► Language-Based
► Modified/Supplemented
to
Match New State Standards
 Math Facts
► Flash
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Expectations:
 Students will apply number sense.
 Students will understand and solve
basic math facts and 2-digit
addition and subtraction problems.
 Students will solve story problems
using different strategies.
 Students will communicate
mathematical ideas in writing and
orally.
Cards
► Games (Home & School)
► Math Fact Fluency Tests
► Strategy Focused
 Count On
 Doubles
 Make a Ten
Content Area – Social Studies
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Expectations:
 Students will understand
information and apply skills
taught in social studies.
 Students will understand
how certain historical
events, ideals, or
technological developments
influence people, places,
resources, and cultures.
 Students will use
geographical tools to
understand the placement of
people, places, resources,
and/or environments.
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Instruction:
 Social Studies Alive: My
Community
► 1st
Grade = Family
► 2nd Grade = Community
► Field Trip – October 5th
 Africa
► Safari
to Kenya
► Animal Research Project
Content Area - Science
► Expectations:
 Students will
understand information
and apply skills taught
in science.
 Students will record
scientific observations
accurately.
► Instruction:
 Science Companion
► Life
Cycles
 Butterflies
► Solids,
Gases
► Fossils
Liquids, and
 Doing Science
► “I
Wonder”
Circle
Home Support
► Homework
► Stay
Informed
► Foster Positive Attitude
Home Support
Homework
► Reading
 20+ Minutes Daily
 Options:
► Reading
► Reading
► Reading
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To
With
Alone
Math
 Home Links
 Daily Math Fact Practice
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Spelling
 Take Home Work
 Word Study Practice
 Weekly Spelling Test
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Science & SS
Home Support
Stay Informed
► Weekly Newsletter & Homework Packet
 Most Mondays
 Homework due Friday
► Classroom
Connection Blog
 Regular Updates (1-2/week)
 Helpful Links
 Media Resources
► Classroom
► Videos
► Websites
Photos
Home Support
Foster Positive Attitude About School
► Reinforce Importance
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School Night Routine
Homework
On-Time Arrival
Attendance
► Stay
Connected
 Check Folder/Calendar
 Praise Growth
 Voice Concerns
Classroom Volunteers
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At School
 Reading Helpers
 Special Events – PTSA Events/Music Performance/Walkathon
 Prep Work
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At Home
 Occasional Prep Work
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On Trips
 Field Trip Supervision
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Volunteer Disclosure Form Required
 Photocopy of Driver’s License
Before You Go..
►3
Things You Learned
► 2 Of Your Child’s Reactions To 2nd Grade
► 1 Question
Next…
► Other
Sessions @ 7:00
► PTSA Meeting
 Gym – (7:30)