Welcome to 2nd Grade
2nd Grade Teachers for 2022/2023 School Year
2-300 Ms. Stefanou 2-301 - Ms. Bernardino 2-306 - Ms. Wurgler and Ms. Lee 2/3-307 Ms. Geraghty 2-309 Ms. Feliciano
Second Grade Benchmarks, (November)
- Children must come to school on time and prepared
- Children must return all homework assignments completed, and be able to take home all assign books and materials
- Children must be able to listen to directions, follow through, and stay on task
- Children must be reading at a J, K, L level. They should be able to read uninterrupted 20 minutes daily and keep a reading log up to date.
- Children must be able to express their thoughts and complete sentences. This is to be done both orally and written.
- Children must be able to tell a clearly sequenced, personal narrative with a beginning, middle, and end.
- Children should be able to edit and revise their written work. All sentences must begin with capital letters and end with punctuation.
- Children must identify place value up to the thousands place
- Children must be able to tell the value of a digit up to the thousands place
- Children must be able to add and subtract basic math facts fluently (0-10)
- Children must be able to read, understand, and solve a one – step word problem
- Children must know how to spell their last name, recite their phone number and address
- Children must be able to tie their own shoes, zip, and button their own clothing
The following are some suggested websites where you can find activities to help your child
- www.raz–kids.com - Reading
- www.starfall.com -Alphabet activities in reading
- Http://www.coolmath4kids.com -Math
- Http://pbskids.org/games -An assortment of activities
- www.aplusmath.com -Math
- Http://www.ixl.com - Math.
Here are some questions you can ask your child about their reading; choose a few each night to engage in conversation with your child about their nightly independent reading.
Before Reading:
★ Looking at the title, cover and illustrations/pictures, what do you think will happen in this book?
★ What makes you think that?
★ What characters do you think might be in the book?
★ Do you think there will be problem in the story? Why?
★ What do you already know about the topic of this book?
★ Does the topic or story relate to you or your family? How?
★ Do you think it will be like any other book you’ve read? If so, which one, and how do you think it will be similar?
During reading:
★ What has happened so far in the story? Can you tell me using sequence words? (first, then, next, after, finally, etc.)
★ What do you predict will happen next?
★ How do you think the story will end?
★ Why do you think the character did ____________?
★ What would you have done if you were the character?
★ How would you have felt if you were the character?
★ When you read, what pictures did you see in your head?
★ How did you imagine it looked like?
★ What are you wondering about as you read? What questions do you have?
★ Think about the predictions you made before reading; do you still think the story will go that way? Why or why not? How do you think it will go now?
After reading:
★ Why is the title a good title for the book/story? If you had to give it a different title, what would be another good title for it?
★ Were your predictions correct? Where did you have to fix your prediction as you read?
★ If there was a problem, did it get solved? How did the character try to solve the problem?
★ What happened because of the problem?
★ Did any of the characters change through the story? Who changed, and how did they change?
★ Why do you think the author wrote this?
★ What is the most important point that the author is trying to make in his/her writing?
★ What was your favorite part? Why?
★ If you could change one part, what would you change?
★ If you could ask the author a question, what would you ask?
★ Can you summarize the story in sequence order (use your fingers and sequence words: first, second, then, next, etc.)
★ Is there a character in the story that reminds you of someone you know? If so, who are they like, and why do you think that?
★ Does this book remind you of another book you know?
★ Does it remind you of something you’ve experienced in real life?
For fun: Have them act out a scene from the book, draw you a picture of their favorite part to decorate the refrigerator, or write a follow-up story. They can pretend they are a book reviewer reviewing the book on TV, or they can write a letter or postcard to the author. There are many creative ways to engage students in reading and have them share their reading with you!
Before Reading:
★ Looking at the title, cover and illustrations/pictures, what do you think will happen in this book?
★ What makes you think that?
★ What characters do you think might be in the book?
★ Do you think there will be problem in the story? Why?
★ What do you already know about the topic of this book?
★ Does the topic or story relate to you or your family? How?
★ Do you think it will be like any other book you’ve read? If so, which one, and how do you think it will be similar?
During reading:
★ What has happened so far in the story? Can you tell me using sequence words? (first, then, next, after, finally, etc.)
★ What do you predict will happen next?
★ How do you think the story will end?
★ Why do you think the character did ____________?
★ What would you have done if you were the character?
★ How would you have felt if you were the character?
★ When you read, what pictures did you see in your head?
★ How did you imagine it looked like?
★ What are you wondering about as you read? What questions do you have?
★ Think about the predictions you made before reading; do you still think the story will go that way? Why or why not? How do you think it will go now?
After reading:
★ Why is the title a good title for the book/story? If you had to give it a different title, what would be another good title for it?
★ Were your predictions correct? Where did you have to fix your prediction as you read?
★ If there was a problem, did it get solved? How did the character try to solve the problem?
★ What happened because of the problem?
★ Did any of the characters change through the story? Who changed, and how did they change?
★ Why do you think the author wrote this?
★ What is the most important point that the author is trying to make in his/her writing?
★ What was your favorite part? Why?
★ If you could change one part, what would you change?
★ If you could ask the author a question, what would you ask?
★ Can you summarize the story in sequence order (use your fingers and sequence words: first, second, then, next, etc.)
★ Is there a character in the story that reminds you of someone you know? If so, who are they like, and why do you think that?
★ Does this book remind you of another book you know?
★ Does it remind you of something you’ve experienced in real life?
For fun: Have them act out a scene from the book, draw you a picture of their favorite part to decorate the refrigerator, or write a follow-up story. They can pretend they are a book reviewer reviewing the book on TV, or they can write a letter or postcard to the author. There are many creative ways to engage students in reading and have them share their reading with you!