2nd Nine Weeks
These expectations are available in a Word doc.
Writing
The student will:
- Write daily using a variety of materials
- Write a story using pictures and some writing
- Retell a story
- Respond to literature by writing/drawing a story
- Write a narrative story, using terrific topic choice
- Kid writing – using letters and words that an adult can read, i.e. I cn pla.
- Write from left to right
- Pause in the midst of writing to reread what has been written
- Leave spaces between words
Evidence of this will be:
- Daily writing
- Daily message
- Writing portfolio
- Teacher/student conferences
- Book of the Month
Reading
The student will:
- Recognize and say the sounds of the letters of the alphabet that have been introduced
- Hold a book correctly and turn pages in the correct direction
- Respond to simple questions that relate to a story
- Create artwork and or writing relating to the story
- Make predictions based on pictures and or parts of a story
- Develop reading habits, i.e. choosing a book during free time, listening to daily read alouds
- Make connections during reading – to self, another text, the world
- Produce and recognize rhyming words
- Recognize high frequency words already introduced
- Retell a story using their own words in correct sequence
- Strategies used during independent reading: picture clues, finger on the words, recognizing punctuation, predicting, looking at the beginning sound of a word
- Work on word families, chunking, i.e. b-a-t, c-a-t, s-a-t
- Read a level “B” book with 90% accuracy by the end of the school year
Evidence of this will be:
- Teacher assessments
- Teacher observation
- Reading folders
Math
The student will:
- Recognize numerals and number names
- Connect numerals to the quantities they represent
- Create a set for a given size
- Represent quantities with pictures, numerals or words
- Count groups of objects
- Develop strategies for counting and keeping track of quantities
- Use language to describe and compare lengths
- Measure by direct comparison
- Compare quantities to compare more
- Compare quantities to determine which is more
- Use appropriate language to describe and compare amounts
- Find the total for two single digit numbers
Evidence of this will be:
- Math folder
- Teacher observation
Social Studies
The student will:
- Listens to views and discusses stories and poems about people from other places and times
- Understands that history tells the story of people and events of other times and places
- Listens to views and discusses stories and poems about people and events honored in commemorative holidays (Columbus Day, Thanksgiving)
- Listens to views and discusses stories and poems about the changes that occurred in people’s lives when they moved from faraway places to the US
Evidence of this will be:
- Teacher observation
Science
The student will:
- Be aware of what living things need to survive
- Identify and order the seasons of the year
Evidence of this will be:
- Teacher observation
Expectations For Home
The student will:
- Be responsible for communicating information
- Complete homework, when assigned
The parent will:
- Check student’s folder nightly for homework, behavior, and information
- Read and record books shared with child and return log weekly
- Maintain an evening routine, i.e. nightly reading, healthy meal, minimum of 9 hours of sleep
- Support and reinforce classroom/school rules and routines
Evidence of this will be:
- Teacher checks
- Student returns folder daily
- Class reading log
- Returned and signed report card slip