Second Grade News
December 2, 2011
Monday/Tuesday
Contents:
Upcoming Events
Important
Information
Materials to Bring
to the LC This
Week
Teacher’s Toolbox
Weekly Calendar
Upcoming Events
Bowling Bonanza: November 28-December 2
Winterland of Gingerbread: December 5
Hoosier’s Got Talent: December 9
Winter Break: December 22 - January 4
Visit www.insidehoosieracademies.com for more
information and to sign up for an event!
Community Events Volunteering
insidehoosieracademies.com Volunteers are welcomed in 2nd grade! If
you are available to volunteer in December,
Upcoming Trainings/Networking:
please contact Mrs. Breeden.
November 29/30: All Pro DADS at the YMCA
2011 Winterland of Gingerbread
December 1: Mom’s Coffee Social Join us at 2011 Winterland of Gingerbread
events for some seasonal fun at one of our 3
December 6: Women’s Book Club
locations listed below. Bring your own
What Do We Do Next Week? gingerbread house creation you made at
Take a look at the weekly calendar and the home to compete in the K12 Winterland of
pacing guides for suggested lessons next Gingerbread Contest or just come to one of
week. This week, 2nd graders should the Learning Centers locations and make a
complete: gingerbread house on the spot with the
ingredients we provide!
5 Math lessons
Hoosier’s Got Talent
5 Language arts lessons
Students - come share your talent with our
3 History lessons school. Contact Mrs. Breeden to sign up! A
2 Science lessons (at the LC only) mandatory rehearsal is December 6 with the
performance on December 9.
Electives Lessons (follow your OLS plan)
Come cheer on your classmates!
Monday: What to Bring? Tuesday: What to Bring?
Backpack and Lunch Backpack and Lunch
Jacket or Coat Jacket or Coat
Reminder: uniform is polo shirt and Reminder: uniform is polo shirt and
blue denim or lt. brown khaki bot- blue denim or lt. brown khaki bot-
toms. toms.
December Work Samples
December 10/11:
Language Arts Work Sample
December 17/18:
Math Work Sample
New Elluminate Sign-In Rocket Math
Each week, we practice our math facts
Beginning Second Semester, we will be
having students sign into Elluminate a slightly using the Rocket Math program in the
different way. The following format will be classroom. Students have a goal of problems
used: FirstTWOInitials of StudentLast- answered per minute. Each student’s goal is
Name_FULLStudentFirstName_Teacher. unique to their handwriting speed. When a
Example: Ho_Heather_Breeden
student reaches their goal, they move up to
the next level on the Rocket Chart. When a
These changes are being made to ensure
student does not meet their goal, the Rocket
that the correct student receives credit for
attending Elluminate sessions while still Math practice sheet is sent home for
maintaining privacy. We have grown to the practicing and students try again next time!
point where we have many students with the
same first name and last initial. Adding the Elluminate Reading Groups
second letter will help ensure accuracy Next Friday, December 9, Mrs. Breeden will
when recording attendance.
begin weekly reading groups in Elluminate.
Look for a kmail next week with your
While this change won’t take full effect until
student’s reading group and time. The
second semester, if you wish to start signing
schedule of reading groups will be available
in this way, you may. Thank you!
on the Elluminate calendar as well. As
always, these Elluminates are as your
schedule allows. They are simply another
way to offer tailored instruction for your
student!
Food and Penny Drive! Congratulations Everyone!
Hoosier Academy Indianapolis is hav- All 2nd Grade families in Mrs.
ing a food and penny drive for the Breeden’s class earned all of their
next two weeks to benefit Gleaner’s points for November!
Food Bank. Bring in your non-
perishables and pennies in for a good Way to go everyone!
cause!
What to do when your student is a Mrs. Grossman’s Elluminate Sessions
reluctant worker? Mrs. Grossman is now offering the
All 2nd grade students will have lessons Spelling and Phonics Elluminate sessions
or topics that are difficult to understand. on the Elluminate Calendar. These
Unfortunately, this is when students start lessons will correspond with the Spelling
to dig in their heels and sometimes lesson for the day and the phonics
outright refuse to work. Here are some associated with that lesson. Mrs.
classroom strategies that may help: Grossman’s sessions will begin the week
of December 12. Check the Elluminate
Make a schedule for the day and
calendar for official dates and times!
incorporate scheduled breaks
Elluminate Tip
Let the student mark off completed
items on the schedule Save the links used to open each
teacher’s Elluminate into your favorites.
Allow your student to arrange the
Each link is unique to one teacher, like
daily schedule
the door to her classroom. This way, you
Take a break with the expectation can access Elluminates even when the
that in ___ minutes you will try again calendar is acting up.
Ask the student to teach you instead Have a suggestion for Teacher Toolbox?
Reward your student for completing Send your suggestions to Mrs. Breeden—
a particularly difficult lesson let’s create a 2nd grade community
where we can help each other out and
Switch to a different topic or subject
share our great ideas! It may be a
and come back later to revisit
practical behavior or scheduling
Call your teacher for suggestions! strategy, website, or fun activity you’ve
tried or invented. Share it out!
Monday Tuesday Wednes- Thursday Friday
day
Language Unit 5 Lesson 8 Unit 5 Lesson 9 Unit 5 Lesson 10 Unit 5 Lesson 11 Unit 5 Lesson 12
Arts #68 #69 #70 #71 #72
Math Unit 6 Lesson 14 Unit 6 Lesson 15 Unit 6 Lesson 16 Unit 7 Lesson 1 Unit 7 Lesson 2
Unit Review Optional: Your Unit Checkpoint Story Problems More Story Prob-
Choice lems
History SS Unit 1 Lesson SS Unit 1 Lesson Unit 7 Lesson 7 Unit 7 Lesson 8
7 Rules and 7 Rules and Laws Writing Books by
Converting Clo-
Laws Hand
Unit 7 Lesson 6 vis: The Franks
Unit 7 Lesson 6 Life in a Monas- Become Chris-
Life in a Monas- tery tian
tery
Science Unit 5 Lesson 6 Unit 5 Lesson 6
Musical Sound Musical Sound
Unit 5 Lesson 8 Unit 5 Lesson 8
Biography: Al- Biography: Alex-
exander G Bell ander G Bell
Electives Not at the LC At home only. 2 lessons each
week.
Writing/ Unit 5 Lesson 8 Unit 5 Lesson 9 Unit 5 Lesson 10 Unit 5 Lesson 11 Unit 5 Lesson 12
Grammar #68 #69 #70 #71 #72
Mrs. B’s SS Unit 1 Lesson Unit 5 Lesson 6 Unit 5 Lesson 8
7 Rules and Musical Sound Biography: Alex-
Elluminates
Laws Unit 7 Lesson 7 ander G. Bell
Writing Books by
Unit 7 Lesson 6 Unit 7 Lesson 8
Hand
Life in a Monas- Converting Clo-
tery vis: The Franks
Become Chris-
tian
Projects Due Optional: Writing Optional: Writing
Sample Sample