Mrs. Frost's Class

     Welcome to Second Grade!  I am looking forward to a year filled with education, discoveries, laughter and rich experiences.  The beginning of a new year is filled with lots of new experiences, and it will take your child some time to adjust to a new teacher, new classroom, new routine and even new classmates.  I will help to make all transitions for students as smooth as possible.   

     We will begin our Language Arts unit with Silly Stories.   We will be reading fiction and nonfiction selections this year. We will be working on writing complete sentences with a big focus on capitals and end marks.  What makes a complete sentence, subject and predicate of a sentence.   By the end of the year your student will be able to write a complete paragraph with a topic sentence, details and a concluding sentence.   We will be using the program Daily Language Instruction (DLI) everyday to learn new Language Arts skills.  DLI will introduce a Language Arts skill on Monday, the students practice the skill all week and then there is a quiz on Friday.  The program works in a spiral so the students are always using the skills they have already learned.   Make sure to ask your child about what they are learning in DLI each week.  We will also have leveled reading groups that will run Tuesday-Friday. 

Math

      In Second Grade we will continue to use the Go Math Program that your child used last year in first grade.  We will begin the year with addition and subtraction facts within 20, then we will move onto place value.  We will start Rocket Math the second week of school. Please have your student practice addition and subtraction math facts at home. The hope is that all students know their math facts instantly by the end of the school year.

2016-2017 School Year

Every Wednesday is College Spirit Day!  Wear Blue and Gold!!

August 10 First day of school

August 17 Back to School Night, Session one 6:00-6:40, Session Two 6:50-7:30 

September 7 Fall Picture Day

September 9 PTA Aloha Hop

September 13  Watch Dog Kick off

September 16 Sammy Circuit Day

September 19-22 Book Fair

September 22 Family Picnic Day

September 23 No School 

October 5 PTA Mc Teacher Night

October 7  PTA Indoor Movie Night

October 28 PTA Trunk or Treat

October 31-Nov. 4 Conference Week, Minimum days

November 1 First Trimester Awards Assembly

November 11 No School

November 21-25 Fall Break

December 13-15  Star Struck Performances, Days and Times TBD

December 19-January 2 Winter Break

January 10 Watch DOG Night

January 16 No School

January 21 PTA Pancake Breakfast

January 27 No School, Staff Inservice

February 10 PTA Sock Hop

February 13 No School

February 20 No School

February 27 Second Trimester Awards Assembly 

March 17 No School, Staff Inservice

March 31 PTA Outdoor Movie Night

April 3-17 Spring Break

April 4-5 PTA Jog a Thon

May 17 Open House and Art Docent Show

May 29 No School

June 5 Third Trimester Awards Assembly

June 7 Last Day

     The students will be recording their behavior Clip Chart Color each day on the Communication/Homework Log which will be coming home every night.  Please discuss your child's Clip Chart Color with them and sign the communication/homework log on Friday.  Please have your child return his/her log and folder with completed homework every day as we will be using them each day. 

Homework Requirements:

*Read 80 minutes a week-due Friday morning

*Practice Math Facts for 20 minutes a week-due Friday morning 

*Monday-Thursday night, complete the Math page and Language Arts worksheet that is written on the log .   

*Your signature each Friday morning will tell me that your child has completed their homework.