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
Have a Great Summer Vacation
School Supply list for incoming 2nd Grade (2022-2023)
Welcome to Second Grade!!!!!
The following is a list of supplies and materials your child will need for the new school
year. Please label each of the following supplies with your child’s name and class. (If you
choose to bag the supplies please place your child’s name and class on the bag):
Supplies to bring in on Thursday, September 8, 2022:
Supplies to bring in on Monday, September 12, 2022:
Looking Ahead: Important Information
Homework will be given each night. Homework, packets, and projects expected to be done completely and handed into the teacher by the due date. Please give your child the freedom to work on it alone. Afterward, you can have your child explain and share his/her work with you. This way you can be involved in your child’s learning experience. We need your support to make sure this is a great year! We believe that good parent-teacher communication is essential for your child’s success. Please feel free to get in touch with us if you have any questions or concerns. You can contact your child’s teacher by sending a note to school with your child, send a message on
Classtag, or call the school. We will get back to you as soon as possible. We look forward to a very exciting school year!! Have a safe and wonderful summer. We will see you on Thursday, September 8, 2022.
Thank you,
The Second Grade Teachers
The following is a list of supplies and materials your child will need for the new school
year. Please label each of the following supplies with your child’s name and class. (If you
choose to bag the supplies please place your child’s name and class on the bag):
Supplies to bring in on Thursday, September 8, 2022:
- 1 School bag-Backpack Style ( No Wheels Please)
- 5 hard-covered marble notebooks (No Spiral Notebooks!)
- 7 folders with pockets (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, white, black)
- 1 pencil case
- 1 box of crayons ( 24 crayons or smaller is fine)
- 1 pack of colored pencils
- 1 pack of markers
- 1 child-safe scissor
- 2 glue sticks
- 2 12 pack of No.2 pencils
- 1 packs of post-its
Supplies to bring in on Monday, September 12, 2022:
- 1 box of tissues
- 1 roll of paper towels
- 1 bottle of antibacterial soap
- 1 box of wet wipes
- 1 container of Lysol or Clorox wipes
- 1 box of gallon size (large) Ziplock bags
- 1 ream of copy paper
Looking Ahead: Important Information
Homework will be given each night. Homework, packets, and projects expected to be done completely and handed into the teacher by the due date. Please give your child the freedom to work on it alone. Afterward, you can have your child explain and share his/her work with you. This way you can be involved in your child’s learning experience. We need your support to make sure this is a great year! We believe that good parent-teacher communication is essential for your child’s success. Please feel free to get in touch with us if you have any questions or concerns. You can contact your child’s teacher by sending a note to school with your child, send a message on
Classtag, or call the school. We will get back to you as soon as possible. We look forward to a very exciting school year!! Have a safe and wonderful summer. We will see you on Thursday, September 8, 2022.
Thank you,
The Second Grade Teachers
A copy of the Summer Packet and Summer Supply List can be download and print. Summer Packet and Summer List PDF file.
Summer Homework Packet for incoming 2nd Graders (2022-2023)
Dear Families and Students,
Welcome to 2nd Grade! This is an important school year for learning . We know that summer is here and we are ready to take vacations and spend time with family and friends. Time for fun and relaxation . Over the summer it is extremely important to have your children work a little each day to continue making progress and strengthening their skills. In math please have your child practice addition and subtraction facts to 20. This will help to make the math curriculum easier. Children should read independently for at least 20 minutes a day. Children can visit the local library to find book of interest. Please ask your children questions about the books they are reading (We have attached a book talk sheet with some questions to help ). Students can also practice reading and math skills using website they used in class. Writing is an important part of second grade. Students should journal each day. They can write a few sentences each day about their interests, activities they did throughout the summer, what they notice in their community, or create their own stories. We look forward seeing you next year.
Please use these websites to help support your children:
Respectfully,
The Second Grade Teachers
Welcome to 2nd Grade! This is an important school year for learning . We know that summer is here and we are ready to take vacations and spend time with family and friends. Time for fun and relaxation . Over the summer it is extremely important to have your children work a little each day to continue making progress and strengthening their skills. In math please have your child practice addition and subtraction facts to 20. This will help to make the math curriculum easier. Children should read independently for at least 20 minutes a day. Children can visit the local library to find book of interest. Please ask your children questions about the books they are reading (We have attached a book talk sheet with some questions to help ). Students can also practice reading and math skills using website they used in class. Writing is an important part of second grade. Students should journal each day. They can write a few sentences each day about their interests, activities they did throughout the summer, what they notice in their community, or create their own stories. We look forward seeing you next year.
Please use these websites to help support your children:
- RazKids
- PebbleGo
- IXL
- SplashLearn
- Math Playground
- XtraMath
- GetEPIC.com
- Sora app through NYC Students account
Respectfully,
The Second Grade Teachers
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!
