Welcome to 5th Grade



Welcome to 2nd Grade

Park Side Elementary School

1400 E. Lyon St.

537-6948

Contact information

Cheryl Hoff

Room 126 Phone ext. 7046

cheryl.hoff@marshall.k12.mn.us

Dani Semler

Room 130 Phone ext. 7048

danielle.semler@marshall.k12.mn.us

Jodie Holland

Room 129 Phone ext. 7047

jodie.holland@marshall.k12.mn.us

Brenda Deutz

Room 105 Phone ext. 7036

brenda.deutz@marshall.k12.mn.us

Dana Gaines

Room 106 Phone ext. 7037

dana.gaines@marshall.k12.mn.us

Theresa Leek

Room 107 Phone ext. 7038

theresa.leek@marshall.k12.mn.us

We are available to take phone calls from 7:45-8:00 and from 3:00-3:45.

Daily 5

Once again this year we will be using the Daily Five structure during our reading time. Daily Five allows students to be independently engaged in meaningful literacy tasks. These research based tasks are ones that will have the biggest impact on student reading and writing achievement, as well as help foster children who love to read and write. Students receive explicit whole group instruction and then are given independent practice time to read and write independently while I provide focused, intense instruction to individuals and small groups of students.

When it is up and running smoothly, students will be engaged in the Daily Five, which are comprised of:

• Read to Self

• Work on Writing

• Read to Someone

• Listen to Reading

• Word Work

There are very specific behavior expectations that go with each Daily 5 component. We will spend our first weeks working intensely on building our reading and writing stamina, learning the behaviors of the Daily 5 and fostering our classroom community. I will also spend time learning about your child’s strengths and greatest needs as a reader in order to best plan for each student’s instruction. Your child will be taught to select “Good Fit Books” or books they can read, understand and are interested in, which they will read during Daily 5. They will be spending most of their time actually reading, which research supports as the number one way to improve reading.

Reading Calendar

Your child will be bringing home a calendar each month. As part of their homework, we would like him or her to read at least 15 minutes each night and write the number of minutes read on the calendar. We are expecting your child to read at least 350 minutes each month. This will count as part of your child’s homework grade. At the end of each month, you and your child can add up all of the minutes read and write that number at the bottom of your calendar. Research tells us that the amount of reading practice your child has directly correlates with his or her success in school. We hope you use this calendar as a way to help your child become the best reader they can be.

Homework

Your child will have homework in second grade. Spelling homework will come home on Monday. The assignment is to write the spelling words three times each and is to be returned to school by Wednesday. If this is not returned by Wednesday your child will stay in during recess to complete the assignment. This will then be counted as a missing assignment. Reading homework will some home on most Tuesdays. Math homework will come home on most Thursdays. These assignments should be returned to school as soon as possible. We try to print all homework on yellow paper. Homework assignments are reflected on your child’s homework grade. If you have questions about an assignment contact your child’s teacher.

How can I help my child at home?

1. Ask your child daily about their day. Ask them what they learned and who they played with.

2. Set up a quiet comfortable area to complete homework assignments and assist your child as needed.

3. Read to your child every day. They love being read to and it’s good for them to see and hear you being a model.

4. Listen to your child read every day.

5. Pick up a book yourself and read. Children learn from example.

The Marshall Public Schools develops the potential of each learner for success in a changing world.

We are at Park Side to learn and have fun by doing our best.

2nd Grade Curriculum Outline

Enclosed is an outline of what your child will learn during their 2nd grade school year. If you have questions, please ask your child’s classroom teacher. Thank you!

2nd Grade Staff

Science

Physical Science

Sink or Float- Matter

*Student predicts, observes, and records objects as sinkers and floaters.

*Student designs a “floater” from clay and tries to improve each design.

*Student predicts how much weight each design will hold.

*Students classify solids, liquids, and gases

Motion

*Students will observe how objects move in a variety of ways.

*Students will observe push and pull forces

Life Science

Life Cycles

*Student records observations of the butterfly’s lifecycle and can describe their basic needs.

*Students describe the life cycle of plants.

Dinosaurs

*Students will know that some animals are endangered or extinct.

*Students will compare and contrast plant eaters and meat eaters.

*Students will observe and describe predator and prey relationships.

Earth Science

Environment

*Environment project shows how personal use of materials, energy, and water affects the environment.

Weather

*Students study cycles in nature- (water, seasons).

*Student performs thermometer experiments.

*Students will measure, record, and describe weather conditions.

*Students will identify cumulus, cirrus, and stratus clouds.

Reading

Reading Comprehension Skills:

Making connections

Inference

Synthesize

Create Images

Ask Questions

Determine Importance

Monitor Understanding

Fix-Up Strategies

Grammar:

• Simple Sentences: Beginning/Ending Punctuation, Word Order, Complete Thought, Subject: Naming Part of a Sentence, Predicate: Telling Part of a Sentence, Subject-Verb Agreement, Telling and Asking Sentences with Ending Punctuation, Commands and Expressive Sentences

• Nouns: Common, Proper, Possessive Pronouns: Personal, Singular, Plural

• Verbs: Action, Linking, Past and Present, Helping, Irregular

• Contractions and Adjectives

Writing Activities throughout 2nd Grade:

The children will be prewriting, drafting, revising, editing and publishing for a variety of purposes. The writing traits we will focus on are conventions, ideas, organization, presentation, sentence fluency, voice, and word choice.

Handwriting: D’Nealian printing

Math

Number and Operations

Addition Facts and Strategies Number Concepts and Patterns

Subtraction Facts and Strategies Place Value to 100

2-Digit Addition and Subtraction

Explore 2-digit Addition 2-digit Addition

Explore 2-digit Subtraction 2-digit Subtraction

Data, Probability, Money, and Time

Data and Graphs Probability Counting Money Using money

Telling Time

Geometry, Patterns, and Measurement

Solid Figures Plane Figures and Spatial Sense

Patterns Length, Perimeter, and Area

Weight, Mass, Capacity, and Temperature

Fractions and Greater Numbers

Fractions Place Value to 1,000

Compare and Order Greater Numbers

3-Digit Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division

3-Digit Addition and Subtraction

Multiplication and Division Concepts

Health

Heart, Nutrition, Germs, Personal and Home Safety, Drugs, and Personal Hygiene

Social Studies

Governing the People

Students will learn how Americans choose leaders and make laws

The World Around Us

Students will learn about the geography of the land, how the climate and seasons affect how we live and how the regions in the U.S. compare to other regions around the world.

People Long Ago

Students will learn how life is the same, yet different, from long ago. We will study what Marshall was like 200 years ago and compare it to today.

A World of Many People

Many different people and cultures are a part of our country. The children will learn about different world cultures and how groups share their traditions and customs with others.

People in the Market Place

We depend on many different workers to help us live. Students will learn about the jobs people do to earn money and how they choose to spend their money.

Student Day/Absences

▪ Students need to be in school by 8:00 am each day.

▪ School is dismissed at 3:00 each day.

▪ When illness or family obligations necessitate a student’s absence, parents are asked to telephone Park Side Elementary School at 537-6948 between 7:30 and 8:00 am, or leave a message on the school’s voice mail to inform the office personnel of the student’s absence. If parents do not phone, school personnel will phone the parent at home or their place of employment.

Child Pick Up

If you have a need to have your child released from school early or needs to leave school for an appointment we ask that you contact the office or your child’s teacher with this information. Please pick your child up in the school office. This way the office staff is aware of the release from school.

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Conference Schedule

Conferences will be held from

on the following dates:

October 26&28 3:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.

November 4 3:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.

January 11 3:45 a.m. - 7:45 p.m.

January 13 3:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.

March 24 3:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.

Early Dismissal Dates

** Students are dismissed at 12:00 pm**

September 15

October 20

November 17

December 15

January 19

February 18

March 16

April 20

May 19

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