Waters Landing
Elementary
School
Second Grade
October Newsletter
Ms. Burr, Mrs. Everhart,
Mrs. Lavo, Ms. Mallick,
Mrs. Martinez, Mrs. Morris,
Mrs. Pearce,
Each month you will be receiving a newsletter in which the second grade team will
inform you of important dates and upcoming events. We will also give you a summary of
what your child will be learning in each subject during the month. At the beginning and middle of each quarter, you will also
receive the newsletters created by Montgomery County Public Schools to let you know important information about what
your child will be learning in reading and math and ways you can help at home.
We are looking forward to seeing you at open house on Monday, October 12th from 9:30-12:30! Please join us at
school so you can come see your child at work and his/her classroom!
Each evening, your child should be bringing home their homework folder and assignment book. Inside the back cover of the assignment book of in their homework folder, you will find 2 calendars. One is the behavior calendar. Each evening, you should see either a stamp or sticker from your child’s teacher indicating that they were respectful, responsible, and
safe at school, or you may see a note written by your child’s teacher about ways your child could have shown more respect.
Please sign or initial this box each night. The other calendar is the nightly reading calendar. Your child should be reading at
least 10 minutes each evening. After your child has finished reading, please help them record the number of minutes they
have read and initial the box in the calendar. Also please expect math and reading journal homework each night. Remind
your student to be sure to include text support in their answer for their reading homework, as this is something we are focusing on in class! Please make sure that the assignment book, homework folder, reading journal, and
reading group books are returned to school each day!
Standards Based Grading Reminders
Here is a reminder of our standards based grading rubric:
ES: Exceeds Standard: The student demonstrates an exceptional
understanding of on-grade-level content.
P: Proficient: The student demonstrates proficiency of the content
of processes
I: In Progress: The student is in progress towards meeting the
standard
N: Not Yet: The student is not yet making progress or is making
minimal progress towards meeting the standard.
Students will also be assessed on the two Thinking and Academic
Success Skills (TASS) that are addressed each quarter. During the
first quarter, we will be focusing on the skills of collaboration
(working well with others and respecting the ideas of others) and
fluency (showing thinking in multiple ways, generating many
different ideas, and expressing ideas or thoughts in different
forms).
Important Dates
Date
Event
Friday October 2nd
Early Release Day (students are
released at 1:20)
October 5th-9th
Bookfair
Monday October 12th
Open House 9:30-12:30
Friday October 16th
No school (MSEA Convention)
Friday, October 23rd
Family Engineering Night: 7:00 pm
Halloween Party 2:30
Friday October 30th
(Please do not wear costumes to
school, students may change into
costumes at school) Look for more
information coming home soon!
Science
In science, we will be learning about the properties of water. Students will also be learning about the
stages in the water cycle: precipitation, collection,
evaporation, and condensation. We will study and
compare natural features on Earth’s surface, such as mountains, valleys,
rivers, oceans, and lakes.
Social Studies
In Social Studies, we will discuss how different
organizations and leaders can help citizens and communities and how they maintain safety and order. We
will learn about democratic ideals and principles,
such as independence, the right to vote, liberty, unity,
justice, and rule of law.
Writing
In writing, students will be working on informational writing.
Students will be working in groups to research information about a
healthy food group. Students will then be able to
independently write about why that food group is
important.
The last two weeks of the first quarter students
will be writing an opinion piece about healthy eating.
S e c o nd G ra d e O ct o b e r N e w s l et t e r
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