Mrs. Pommer
Room 8
Our Classroom
 Responsive Classroom
 Students feel safe, work hard, take
responsibility and have fun
 Workshop based learning
 Differentiated instruction
 Respect for ourselves, others and our
school
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Check out our Webpage!
>rsd17.org
>schools, Burr
>staff& faculty
Balanced Literacy Block
Reader’s Workshop
 Whole Group mini lesson
 Independent reading
 Small group reading
instruction at your child’s level
 Partner reading and discussion
 Read aloud time
 Strategy lessons
Balanced Literacy Block
FUNdations Program
• Building on learning from Kindergarten and
Grade 1
• Emphasizes phonemic awareness (words are made up
of discreet sounds), phonics (the letter-sound correspondence)
and high frequency words through teacher
modeling and active learning.
Balanced Literacy Block
Writer’s Workshop
 Whole group mini lesson
 Narrative, poetry,
persuasive, information
 Practice edit/revise
activities
 Publishing and Author
share
 Conferring with
peers/teacher
Math
Workshop model
Whole group mini lesson
Active engagement
Independent and small group
practice
 Math games
 Fact fluency
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Math Concepts
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Fact strategies
Place value
Money
Addition and
subtraction
Geometry/Parts of a
whole
Measurement and data
Time
Arrays and
introduction to
multiplication
Science
 Soils
 Plant growth and
development
 Project Lead the Way Unit
Solids and Liquids
Social Studies
 Communities
 Maps and globes
 Holidays around the world
Homework
 Weekly Reading log
 Suggested 10 minutes per night for a total
of 70 minutes of reading per week
 Given on Monday, due on the following
Monday
 Additional fact practice as needed
Communication with Families
 Notices in Homework folder
(Please check this nightly)
 Newsletters on Friday
 Telephone (x108)
 Class Website; check it out at
www.rsd17.org, Burr Elementary,
Staff, click on the globe next to
my name
 Email: [email protected]
How Families Can Help
Second Graders Succeed
 Check in about your child’s day
 Ask specific questions…
 “Show me what are you learning in math?”
 “Who did you eat lunch with today?”
 Have an open line of communication with school
 Provide a quiet place to read and do any homework
 Help your child to get a good nights sleep
How Families Can Help
Second Graders to Become Lifelong
Readers and Mathematicians!
Be a “reading role model”
Establish a regular reading time
Read aloud (involve siblings)
Take a trip to your public library
Get them hooked on a book series
Give books as gifts
Include your child in everyday math like cooking, going
grocery shopping, or rolling change
 Play games that involve math such as Monopoly, cribbage,
or Scrabble
 Be positive about math—math is fun!
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We are off to a great
start in second grade! We
are looking forward to an
amazing year!
Please keep in touch!
Mrs. Pommer
[email protected]