What will Second Graders learn this quarter?
1st Quarter
August 26-October 31
*Our creative thinking skill focus will be fluency- generating multiple responses to a problem or an idea.
*Our academic success skill focus will be collaboration- working effectively and respectfully to reach a group goal.
Our Unifying Questions Are…
What will this look like?
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 How does demonstrating effective teamwork help me
learn?
 How can asking questions or solving problems in
different ways help me make sense of ideas?
 How do identifying and using different strategies help
me generate ideas and solve problems?
 How does working together help me generate multiple
ideas?
We will work collaboratively to learn the routines and rules of
our classrooms and school.
 We will generate many ideas about what we want it to look like,
sound like and feel like in our classrooms.
 We will solve problems in a variety of ways when it becomes
challenging to follow the Farmland 3.
 We will work collaboratively to describe observable properties
of rocks, soil, and water and how they affect the earth’s surface
and atmosphere.
 We will ask questions as we compare our immediate
environment to other geographic regions.
 We will generate multiple ideas as we explore the relationship
between rights and responsibilities.
 We will work collaboratively to explore the ideas of conflict,
compromise and democratic ideals.
 We will solve problems in multiple ways as we use line shape
and color to communicate meaning.
 We will generate multiple ideas about the similarities and
differences between literary and informational text.
 We will participate in collaborative conversations about text,
writing, art and music.
What Questions Will We Ask Ourselves in Reading and Writing?
How does automatic recognition of high frequency words support reading fluency?
How does reading orally with fluency help you understand increasingly challenging text?
How does asking and answering questions in literary and informational text deepen understanding of the text?
How does understanding the relationship between the characters, setting, plot, and the overall structure of a story or poem enhance
understanding of narrative text?
What skills and processes are used in effective collaboration?
What strategies can be used to clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words?
How do text features and images clarify informational text?
What are the components for writing narratives?
How does the writing process help you improve your writing?
What are the components for writing informative/expository text?
How does gathering information from more than one source increase your understanding of a topic?
How does reporting and presenting information about a topic clarify your communication?
How do you use standard English conventions to make your communication clear?
How Will We Learn These Things?
Why Are We Learning This?
 By listening to, using and discussing many different reading
strategies.
 By listening to, using and discussing many different types of
texts.
 By identifying character’s actions, traits, feelings and point of
view.
 By reading EVERY day both at school AND at home.
 By writing EVERY day.
 By expanding my ideas and trying new ways to communicate
in writing.
 By clarifying and focusing on my purpose for reading and
writing
 To understand that reading fluently allows me to make
meaning from what I am reading.
 To understand that understanding the structure of a story
helps to give meaning to the text.
 To understand that collaborative discussions can expand my
understanding of a text.
 To understand that using my background knowledge can give
me the power to understand new and difficult text.
 To understand that there are processes that will help me
communicate in writing.
 To understand that gathering information from multiple
sources enriches my understanding of my topic.
Vocabulary:
*Plot
*Character
*Traits
*Background Knowledge
*Text Features
*Setting
*Events
*Purpose
*Main Idea
*Fluency
What Questions Will We Ask Ourselves in Math?
How does the position of a digit in a number affect its value?
What strategies can be used to read and compare large numbers?
How are skip-counting and place value patterns related?
Why are numbers composed or decomposed in different ways?
What are efficient strategies for adding or subtracting numbers?
What are mental strategies for fluently adding and subtracting within 20?
How can you use information in a graph to understand and interpret data?
How can you model, represent, and interpret addition and subtraction situations?
How Will We Learn These Things?
Why Are We Learning This?
 By reading and writing numerals to 1,000.
 By exploring place value through hands-on manipulatives.
 By exploring place value through writing numerals in
expanded form.
 By skip counting in a variety of ways.
 By asking questions about and discussing our Base 10 system.
 By ordering and comparing numbers in a variety of ways.
 By using a variety of mental strategies for solving sums to 20.
 By adding to, taking from, putting together and taking apart
numbers and number sentences.
 By using our reading strategies to understand and solve
addition and subtraction situations.
 By using collaborative discussions to understand the meaning
and purpose of a variety of graphs.
 By using graphs to communicate and interpret data.
 To become fluent in our addition and subtraction facts.
 To develop our number sense so that we can use numbers in
more complicated ways.
 To understand the value of different digits in large numbers.
 To be able to understand data when it is presented in a
graphic form.
 To be able to use graphs to communicate data.
Vocabulary:
*Ones
*Tens
*Subtraction
*Hundreds
*Thousands
*Place Value
*Greater Than
* Less Than
* Equal
*Expanded Form
*Bar Graph
*Word Form
* Pictograph
*More
*Digit
* Less
*Numeral
*Addition
*Number Sentence
Important Dates and Information for Quarter 1
Contact Information:
 To report absences, late arrivals, early pick-ups or ANY change in your child’s dismissal routine: Call the
Main Office at 301-230-5919. There is a machine that takes messages if it is after hours. You may
email the teacher as well, but you MUST contact the office.
Teacher Name
Email
Donna Bardin
[email protected]
Lisa Ortiz
[email protected]
Rachel Kramer
[email protected]
Michele Werlin
[email protected]
Sabrina Goldberg
[email protected]
Important Dates
Mon. Aug. 26th: First Day of School
Mon. Sept. 2rd: Labor Day Holiday- No School
Wed. Sept. 3rd: Back to School Night
Thurs. Sept. 5th: Rosh Hashanah - No School
Fri. Sept. 27: Early Release Day
Fri. Oct. 18th: MSTA Convention- No School
Fri. November 1: Professional Day- No School
for Students