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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)

  1. Children must come to school on time and prepared 
  2. Children must return all homework assignments completed, and be able to take home all assign books and materials 
  3. Children must be able to listen to directions, follow through, and stay on task 
  4. 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.
  5. Children must be able to express their thoughts and complete sentences. This is to be done both orally and written. 
  6. Children must be able to tell a clearly sequenced, personal narrative with a beginning, middle, and end.
  7. Children should be able to edit and revise their written work. All sentences must begin with capital letters and end with punctuation. 
  8. Children must identify place value up to the thousands place 
  9. Children must be able to tell the value of a digit up to the thousands place 
  10. Children must be able to add and subtract basic math facts fluently (0-10)
  11. Children must be able to read, understand, and solve a one – step word problem 
  12. Children must know how to spell their last name, recite their phone number and address 
  13. 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 
  1. www.raz–kids.com - Reading
  2. www.starfall.com  -Alphabet activities in reading
  3. Http://www.coolmath4kids.com -Math
  4. Http://pbskids.org/games -An assortment of activities 
  5. www.aplusmath.com  -Math
  6. 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?
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★ 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! 



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