Ms. D. Guel's Class
Welcome to 2nd Grade!!!
Need to contact me?
E-mail: dguel@aristoiclassical.org
Conference Period: 10:40-11:10
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Announcements & School News: ***Report Cards go home March 29 ***April 3 - PSIA Dinner Theatre ***April 6 - No School ***April 11 - Spring Portraits - Personal dress clothes or school dress code ***April 14 - PTO Spring Festival ***April 24, 5:00-9:00 p.m. - Spring Creek Spirit Night ***April 26, 11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. - CiCi's Spirit Day
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Additional Supplies Not Listed:
Dry Erase Markers (for student use)
Crayola map pencils
Baby Wipes
Index Cards
Teacher Wish List:
*Colored Pens or Sharpies
*Clorox Wipes
*Classroom Library Books: Chapter Books, an Atlas
*Treasure Box goodies
*Stickers
*Sticky Notes (any size & color)
Our Daily Schedule:
| 7:45 - 7:55 | Communitas |
| 8:00 - 10:30 | Language Arts |
| 10:30 - 11:20 | Specials* |
| 11:20 - 11:50 | Lunch |
| 11:50 - 1:00 | Math |
| 1:00 - 1:30 | Recess |
| 1:30 - 2:45 | History/Science |
| 2:45 - 3:15 | D.E.A.R. & Pack up |
Library: Mondays @ 9:00
*Specials: Art - Mon.; Music - Wed.; P.E. - Tues., Thurs., Fri.
Current Novel:
Feel free to send your child's copy to school as we read along together!
2nd Grade Scope & Sequence
A brief look at what we will cover this year:
Language Arts*:
| *Beauty & the Beast | *The Blind Men and the Elephant | *A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens |
| *Charlotte's Web by E. B. White | *The Emperor's New Clothes | *The Fisherman and His Wife |
| *How the Camel Got His Hump | *Iktomi stories - legends of the Plains Indians | *The Magic Paintbrush - a Chinese folk tale |
| *El Pajaro Cu - a Hispanic folk tale | *Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie | *Talk - a West African folk tale |
| *The Tiger, the Brahamn, and the Jackal - a folk tale from India | *The Tongue-Cut Sparrow - a Japanese folk tale | *Greek Myths |
| *American Folk Heroes and Tall Tales |
Mathematics*:
| *Recognize & write #'s to 1,000 | *Place value up to 1,000 | *Fractions: 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10 |
| *Money - identifying, adding & subtracting, etc. | *3-digit addition & subtraction | *Beginning multiplication |
| *Measurements: linear, weight, capacity, temperature & time | *Geometry: solid figures, lines, line segments, symmetry, congruent shapes, measuring perimeter |
Science*:
| *Cycles in Nature: seasons, life cycles & water cycle | *Insects: how they're helpful & harmful, characteristics, metamorphosis | *The Human Body: cell, the digestive system, taking care of your body |
| *Magnetism | *Simple Machines: lever, pulley, wheel-and-axle, inclined plane, wedge, screw | *Science Biographies |
History*:
| *Geography: maps, continents, oceans, North & South America | *Early Civilizations: Asia - India & China | *Modern Civilizations & Culture of Japan |
| *Ancient Greece | *American Government | *The War of 1812 |
| *Westward Expansion | *The Civil War | *Immigration & Citizenship |
| *Civil Rights |
Online Resources for home:
The Math Worksheet Site.com - Customize your own math worksheets
Super Teacher Worksheets - Practice a variety of skills from Reading, Writing & Grammar to Math to Science & Social Studies
Saxon Math Online - Practice Saxon Math skills online at home
Saxon Phonics Online - Practice Saxon Phonics skills online at home
Stay Tuned! More to come . . .
*Subject to change
