Second Grade
Mrs. PerlmanAbout
Mrs.
Silva
Mrs.
Urbanowicz
About
Mrs.Silva
Mrs. Silva was born and raised in Danbury, CT and now lives in
Brookfield, CT. She went to St. Gregory the Great School and graduated
from Immaculate High School in 1998. She continued her education at
Western Connecticut State University. Mrs. Silva studied
elementary education with a concentrated in American Studies. During
her college career she worked at Costco as a pharmacy technician.
She graduated from WCSU in 2002 and and in 2006 with a Masters in Reading.
She is now a second grade teacher.
About
Mrs.Urbanowicz
About
Mrs.Perlman
**Students
are expected to master
addition
and
subtraction facts 0 through
18**
Some
fun
math activities on the web:
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Throughout
second grade students
will learn how to write
a
narrative story. Students will
work on:
an
entertaining
beginning
a
description of the
setting
suspense leading to the main
event
the main event
a
solution to the
problem
an
extended ending
Students
will also be introduced
to the Columbia Writing Project.
Second
graders will be writing
stories that relate to their daily lives
and
sharing their everyday
adventures in their writing.
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At the end
of each unit a culminating
activity will take place.
These
activites may
include:
Stepping Stones
Tour of Sherman
Math Night
Field Trips
Larson's Cornmaze
WCSU productions
Cinco de Mayo Celebration
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Shared Reading Themes
Throughout
the year students will
be reading stories as a class that will
introduce
them to many different
genres.
Theme 1 - Silly Stories Focus on Poetry
Theme 2 - Nature Walk Focus on Fables
Theme 3 - Around Town: Neighborhood and Community
Theme 4 - Amazing Animals Focus on Biography
Theme 5 - Family Time Focus on Chapter Books
Theme 6 - Talent Show
Independent Reading/Book Club
Throughout
the year students will
be reading stories with a partner
and having discussions with one another about their stories. Students
will
develop their reading comprehension strategies which will help
them become great thinkers. Students will be meeting with the teacher
and
their book clubs for further instruction.
Links to
some fun activities
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/
Nutrition
Students
will be taken on a
nutrition adventure that will teach them
to make
wise food choices and plan
a helpful diet using the Food Guide Pyramid.
http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/activities-main.asp
Soil, Pebbles, Sand and Silt
Students
learn to classify rocks
by size, shape, color, and texture.
They learn
to separate a variety
of rock sizes with screens and water.
Soil
samples will be collected and the
uses of earth materials are explored.
Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Plants
Students
will develop a curiosity
and interest in plants as living things.
Students
will become familiar with
the structures of
flowering
plants (roots, stem,
leaf, bud, flower, and seed).
Map Skills
The
students learn about the businesses that provide goods and
services
in a
community.
Map key symbols are
used to locate
and
understand
information shown on
maps. The cardinal directions
on the
compass rose are used to
determine directions.
History of Sherman
The
history of Sherman is studied
back to the time of the purchase of
land from
the Indians.They look at
the changes of the schools,
the post
office, the hardware
store and the IGA.
Since our
town is named for Roger
Sherman, information is shared
about his
jobs as a surveyor,
cobbler, and statesman.
Central and South America
Want to know more about Mexico? Here's a good site to explore further:
http://www.pocanticohills.org/mexico/mexico.htm
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/rainforest/popups.asp
Last Updated 11-9-2006