2008-2009
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  2008-2009
Syllabus |
Major
Assessment/Calculations of Grades: Evaluation of Student Progress:
Teacher
observation, classwork, quizzes, tests, projects, and class
participation will assess second grade students. Specifics about each
subject are as follows:
Language Arts – The language arts grade includes spelling,
reading, and language. Reading comprehension tests are given after each
selection in the basal. Students are expected to complete weekly
reading assessments independently. The test will not be read to
students unless they have an individualized education plan with this
accomodation. Spelling test are given weekly on Friday. Unit reading
test will be given after four of the six units, as directed by the
School District of Greenville County. Additional reading, spelling, and
language quizzes will be given periodically. Students' writing will be
assessed periodically using rubrics.
The language
arts grade is computed according to these percentages: 40% Writing and
Language skills, 10% Spelling tests, 40% Reading skills, and 10%
Reading tests.
Math – Written assessments are given at the end of each
chapter. Additional math quizzes will be given periodically. The math
grade is the average of the assessments that are given in Houghton
Mifflin Math. If a student does poorly and needs to be retested again I
average the two tests for one grade.
Science and
Health – grades are combined. These grades are a combination
of written tests, projects, and class portfolios.
Social Studies – grades are a combination of written tests,
research, and class portfolios.
Grading
Scale
In all subjects, the student will be assessed using the grading scale
established by the School District of Greenville County:
A 93 – 100
B 85 – 92
C 77 – 84
D 70 – 76
U 69 or below
Students will receive numerical grades on all progress reports and
report cards in accordance with Greenville County School District
policy.
Student
Records
Grades for each
subject will be recorded in the teacher’s grade book.
Portfolios will be kept for each child. Weekly progress reports and
work folders are sent home. Supplementary progress reports will be sent
home as needed. Conferences are held with all parents at the end of the
first nine weeks period. Additional conferences are scheduled as
needed. Please call 355-4737 to schedule a conference. Report
cards are issued at the end of each nine weeks period.
Homework
Policy
Students are
generally assigned homework in Math, Reading, and Spelling Monday
through Thursday. A classroom newsletter is sent home every Monday
containing the spelling and vocbulary words for the week along with the
homework assignments. Their homework is kept in their
homework folders. Assignments in Health, Science, and Social Studies
are given as needed. The teacher will check each day to see whether or
not a child has completed his homework assignments. Failure to complete
homework will result in points being deducted from the child's homework
grade and a note home. This note must be signed and returned.
Missed
Work/Make-Up Policy
It is the
student’s responsibility to make up work and tests within
five days after returning to school. Refer to the Brook Glenn Student
Handbook for the district’s policy on make-up work.
Attendance
and Tardy Policy
Absences
The student
must attend 170 days of the 180-day school year. Any absence in excess
of 10 days may cause the student to lose credit for the year. Students
are expected to bring notes from home or a physician if they miss
school due to illness. The school office notifies parents when absences
are in excess of 10 days.
Tardies
If a student
arrives after the 8:00 am bell, he/she is marked tardy and must go to
the office to get an excuse. The school office notifies parents when
tardies are in excess of district guidelines.
1. Identifying/writing adverbs that tell when, where, and how
2. Using adverbs to make sentences more exact
3. Writing book titles correctly
4. Identifying/using suffixes less and ful
5. Telling fact from opinion
6. Using a chart to plan a book report
7. Long vowels/phonograms
ake a child ineligible to receive perfect attendance for the nine week.
Consequences
for Violating Class and School Rules/Policies
Individual
Plan
Students are
expected to follow the School District of Greenville County’s
Discipline Plan outlined in the Brook Glenn Student Handbook. In
addition a student is expected to follow our school-wide rules.
If a student chooses to break a rule:
Lose green bus and receive a warning.
Lose yellow bus and have silent lunch
Lose orange bus and receive a note or phone call home. Students will
also have to fill out a reflection form.
For severe disruptions, the student will be sent to the office with a
discipline referral.
Presentation
of Rules and Procedures
The class
worked as a group on the first day of school deciding on things we
should and should not do at school. I listed each student’s
rule on the board. We then condensed the rules to and sent them to the
student committee who developed our schoolwide rules.
Reward
System
To encourage
appropriate behavior with treats, stickers, stamps, Good News Notes,
etc.
Communication
with Parents
Communication
with parent is by weekly newsletter and Friday sheets. The Friday
sheets must be signed and returned to the teacher. The Friday sheet
also has a list of all skills taught the previous week and the skills
that need extra review at home. The newsletter includes topics of
study, spelling and vocabulary words, upcoming events, reminders, and a
list of all skills to be taught the next week. Parents also receive
notes and phone calls when necessary. Conferences will be held when
scheduled.
Daily
Schedule
8:00-8:30
Prepare of the day and morning work
8:30 – 9:00 Working with words
9:00 – 9:45 Math
9:45 – 10:30 Guided Reading
10:30 – 11:15 Writing Block
11:15 – 11:30 Social Studies/Science
11:30 – 11:55 Lunch
11:55 – 12:20 Social Studies/Science
12:20 – 1:05 Related Arts
1:05 – 1:30 Teacher read aloud and data notebooks
1:30 – 1:50 Recess
1:50 – 2:20 Self-Selected Reading
2:20 – 2:30 Pack up/Dismissal
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Guided
Reading Grade Level Objectives: |
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August
1. Main Idea
2. Summarizing
3. Making/Confirming/Revising Predictions
4. Use variety of strategies to derive
meaning: begin reading fluently |
September
1.Character/Plot/Sequence
2. Answer questions about text
3. Draw conclusions and make inferences
4. Describe character, setting, and plot
5. Identify problem and solution
6. Listen and respond to various types of literature
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October
1. Analyze story elements
2. Compare/Contrast elements in a story
3. Cause/Effect
4. Making/Confirming/ Revising Predictions
5. Story elements
6. Recall details
7. Distinguish between fiction and nonfiction
8. Respond to text orally
9. Gather information using variety of sources
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November
1. Answer questions about text
orally/written
2. Make
predictions about stories
3. Draw
conclusions and make inferences
4. Follow 3
step directions
5. Use
graphic representations
6.
Identify, describe characters, setting, and plot
7. Identify
characteristics of genres such as fiction, poetry, drama, etc |
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December
1. Make connections between
reading, prior knowledge, etc
2. Ask and answer questions about text
3. Draw conclusions and make inferences
4. Categorize and classify ideas
5. Respond to texts through a variety of methods |
January
1.
Recall details in text
2. Ask
and answer questions in text
3.
Make predictions
4.
Draw conclusions and make inferences
5.
Determine cause and effect
6.
Identify characteristics of genres
7. Use
a dictionary, thesaurus
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February
1. Ability to retell stories
2. Draw conclusions and make inferences
3. Use graphic organizers
4. Identify elements of style such as word choice
5. Compare and contrast settings, characters, events, or ideas
6. Identify the author’s purpose
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March
1. Read and recognize
contractions
2. Recall details in text
3. Use a variety of strategies to derive meaning
4. Participate in creative dramatics
5. Identify prefixes, suffixes to determine meaning of words
6. Use a dictionary or thesaurus |
April
1. Identify author’s purpose
2. Read independently for extended periods
3. Recall details in text
4. Make predictions
5. Determine cause and effect
6. Use graphic organizers
7. Identify problem and solution in fiction or drama
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May
1. Use strategies to derive
meaning
2. Recall details
3. Answer questions
4. Make predictions
5. Draw conclusions and make inferences
6. Determine cause and effect
7. Contrast/Compare information, ideas, elements within a text |
Language Arts Grade Level Objectives: |
August
1. Identifying rules for good listening/speaking
2. Identifying groups of words that make sense
3. Using capital letters/end marks
4. Consonant blends
5. Writing manuscript
6. Identify beginning, middle, ending letters/sounds in polysyllabic
words
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September
1. Identifying words that name
places
2. Writing complete sentences
3. Using words that name places
4. Long vowels/phonograms
5. Short vowels/phonograms
6. Writing Manuscript letters
7. Choose topics, generate ideas, use oral/written prewriting strategies
8. Generate drafts that focus on a topic
9. Edit for language conventions such as spelling, capitalization |
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October
1. Identifying writing,
common, special, exact, and irregular nouns
2. Identifying correct spellings for titles/dates
3. Identifying/writing compound words
4. Consonant Digraphs
5. Dipthongs
6. Variant vowels/phonograms
7. Writing manuscript letters
8. Choose topics, generate ideas, use oral/written prewriting strategies
9. Generate drafts that focus on a topic
10. Edit for language conventions such as spelling, capitalization |
November
1. Using literature, pictures,
places for writing sentences (Writing steps)
2. Writing main idea/detail sentences
3. Variant vowels/phonograms
4. Long vowels/phonograms
5. Print legibly
6. Generate drafts that focus on a topic
7. Revise writing for purpose and audience
8. Use writing to learn, entertain and describe
9. Participate in interviews, reading and writing conferences
10. Respond in complete sentences
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December
1. Using literature, pictures
for writing narrative paragraphs (writing process)
2. Identifying/writing past & present verbs
3. Identifying using forms of: be, do, see, come, sing, go, have, run,
has
4. Consonant blend
5. Short vowels/phonograms
6. Dipthong
7. Print legibly
8. Use writing to learn, entertain, and describe
9. Participate in conversations and discussions
10. Participate in creative dramatics
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January
1. Using literature, pictures
for writing a story(Writing process)
2. Identify/write exact adjectives
3. Using a and an correctly
4. Identifying/writing antonyms and synonyms
5. Consonant blends
6. Use writing to explain or inform
7. Identify letters/sounds in polysyllabic words |
February
1. Identifying/writing contractions
2. Identifying/writing time order words
3. Using the word and to combine sentences
4. Identifying/writing a beginning/middle/end
5. Consonant diagraphs
6. Variant vowels/phonograms
7. Revise writing for purpose and audience
8. Write simple compositions, letters, etc.
9. Use Internet with teacher support
10. Use writing to learn, entertain, and describe
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March
1. Using commas properly
between the names of a state/city
2. Identifying/using the prefixes un and re
3. Using literature, pictures for writing descriptive paragraphs,
(writing process)
4. Identifying/writing pronouns
5. Long vowels/phonograms
6. Use appropriate voice level, phrasing, sentence structure, intonation
7. Participate in conversations and discussions
8. Use oral language for variety of purposes
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April
1. Using pronouns with verbs correctly
2. Identifying homophones
3. Identifying/writing parts of a friendly letter
4. Consonant blends
5. Revise writing for a purpose
6. Use writing to explain and inform
7. Follow multistep oral directions
8. Use a variety of resources
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May
1. Identifying/writing adverbs that tell when,
where, and how
2. Using adverbs to make sentences more exact
3. Writing book titles correctly
4. Identifying/using suffixes less and ful
5. Telling fact from opinion
6. Using a chart to plan a book report
7. Long vowels/phonograms
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Language
Arts is inclusive of the Writing Block, Self-Selected Reading Block,
Working with Words Block, and Handwriting.
1. During the Writing Block, students will learn to think about and use
their knowledge of phonics and grammar to write compositions.
2. During the Working with Words Block, students will explore words,
word families (patterns), spelling, and phonics
3. During Handwriting,
students will practice manuscript and cursive
writing techniques.
Language Arts is inclusive of the Writing Block, Self-Selected Reading
Block, Working with Words Block, and Handwriting.
1. During the Writing Block, students will learn to think about and use
their knowledge of phonics and grammar to write compositions.
2. During the Working with Words Block, students will explore words,
word families (patterns), spelling, and phonics
3. During Handwriting, students will practice manuscript and cursive
writing techniques.
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Science Grade Level Objectives: |
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Magnetism
1. Investigate the results of
magnetic forces on common objects
(metals/nonmetals)
2. Demonstrate and describe how the poles of magnets attract
and repel each other.
3. Give examples of commonly used magnets.
4. Investigate the results of magnetic forces on common objects
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Animals
1. Identify the
basic needs of animals, including shelter and living space.
2.Describe the relationship between animals and their habitats.
3. Group animals based on their habitats
4. Investigate how some animals go through distinct stages during their
lives while others generally resemble their parents throughout their
life cycles..
5.Describe how animals interact with each other.
6. Describe ways in which animals interact with the environment. |
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Weather
1. Measure and record
temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
2. Measure and record precipitation.
3. Compare drought and flood conditions.
4. Investigate how weather affects water supply and water conservation
5. Understand that weather changes from day to day and season to season |
Property
of Objects and Materials
1. Measure length, mass,
volume, and temperature of various materials.
2. Describe and demonstrate the effects of force
3. Describe how force can change the properties of materials.
4. Compare the amount of force needed to move objects of
different weight
5. Identify, describe and compare solids, liquids and gasses.
6. Demonstrate and describe how water and other materials
change from one state to another.
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Social Studies Grade Level Objectives: |
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August
Unit 1
Families and Friends
All Kinds of Groups
Living Together
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September
Unit 1
Cities and Suburbs
Rural Communities
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October
Unit 6
Government and People
Citizens Make A Difference
Leaders
National Government
Our Nation and the World
Our National Holidays
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November
Unit 5
First Americans
Explorers Travel the World
Jamestown and Plymoth
A New Country
Our Nation’s Story |
December
Unit 5
Past Heroes
Comunities Change
Communication Changes
Unit 3
Families From Many Places
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January
Unit 3
Sharing Cultures
America’s Symbols
We Celebrate Holidays
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February
Multicultural Study
People
Places
Foods
Traditions
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March
Unit 4
Needs, Wants, and Choices
Work
Goods and Services
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April
Unit 4
People Save Money
From Field to Market
People and Nations Trade
Unit 2
Your Address
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May
Unit 2
Land and Water
Weather and Climate
Regions
Resources
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Math Grade Level Objectives: |
August
1. Recognizing patterns with shapes, numbers, and
colors
2. Rote counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s to
100
3. Odd and even numbers to 100
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September
1. Addition and subtraction facts to 18
2. Counting backwards
3. Counting on
4. Fact families
5. Missing addends
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October
1. Geometry
2. Plane figures
3. Perimeter of plane figures
4. 3 dimensional shapes
5. Symmetry
6. Place Value to 1,000
7. Using models
8. Ordering numbers
9. Greater/less than
10. Estimating
11. Ordinal numbers to 50
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November
1. Place Value to 1,000
2. Adding and subtracting one, two, and three digit numbers
3. With/without regrouping
4. Rounding to tens
5. Solving word problems
6. Estimating
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December
1. Adding and subtracting one, two, and three
digit numbers continued
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January
Time
(clocks and calendars)
1. Time to 15 minute and 5 minute intervals
2. Telling time on digital and analog clocks
3. Solving problems using a model calendar
Money
1. Identifying the value of a set of coins and bills
2. Matching equivalent sets of coins
3. Estimating costs
4. Making change using coins
5. Solving problems
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February
Money
continued
Estimate and
measure
1. Length (nonstandard units, inches, feet, yards,
centimeters, meters)
2. Weight (pounds, kilograms)
3. Temperature (Celsius and Fahrenheit)
4. Capacity (cups, pints, quarts, gallons, liters)
5. Solving word problems
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March
Fractions
1.Identifying halves, thirds, and fourths
2. Adding and subtracting like fractions
3. Recording, reading and interpreting data
4. Using graphs
5. Using tallies
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April
1. Creating simple experiments
2. Determining fair chance
3. Describing results
4. Making predictions
5. Demonstrating knowledge of geometry
6. Finding the area of a rectangle
7. Identifying parallel, perpendicular, and intersecting lines
8. Exploring right angles
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May
Multiplication
1. Forming groups
2. Forming rectangular arrays
3. Multiplying by 0 – 5 and 10
4. Using fact families
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