Mrs. Savic's Second Grade Class
Week of: November 18th-22nd
Everything You Need to Know This Week:
- There is NO homework or spelling this week. Homework and spelling words will be sent home Monday, December 2nd and will be due on Friday, December 6th.
- Pay for Dress of Choice: Wednesday, November 20th
- Free Dress of Choice: Friday, November 22nd
- 2nd Graders will participate in celebrating Greek Day on Friday, November 22nd in the afternoon.
- Scholastic Book Fair: November 18-22nd. Please remember to set up an eWallet for your child for any Book Fair purchases.
- Thanksgiving Break is from Nov. 25th-29th. Enjoy your break!
- Scholastic Book Order: Please visit www.scholastic.com and place your order online by using our special class code 2KPO6.
FRIENDLY REMINDERS:
- Please write in your students' Friday Journal and return it to their backpack.
- Please keep sending two nut-free snacks and a filled water bottle with your child daily.
- Each week, don't forget to empty out your child's Thursday Folder. Have your child return it to school on Friday.
- Please check your students' math and reading teacher's page to stay up to date on homework and what your student is working on in class.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
- STEM is our rotation for STEAM this week! Friday specials this week: Spanish
- To avoid lost or broken student items, please leave toys and personal items at home.
- Please label all student items with your students' first and last name & grade level.
- Dress for the weather! Don't forget labeled coats, hats, and gloves when necessary.
STEAM & SPECIALS SCHEDULE:
STEAM Rotation: (Art, STEM, Music, Technology)
ART: Red
STEM: Orange
MUSIC: Green
TECHNOLOGY: Blue
SPECIALS:
Monday: PE
Tuesday: Spanish
Wednesday: Character Education
Thursday: Library
Friday: Rotates (PE, Spanish, Character Education, Library)
Upcoming:
November:
- Book Fair: November 18th-November 22nd
- Pay for Dress of Choice: Wednesday, November 20th
- Spirit Night at Mod Pizza: Thursday, November 21st
- Free Dress of Choice: Friday, November 22nd
- NO SCHOOL/Thanksgiving Break: November 25th-29th
December:
- Spirit Wear Day: Friday, December 13th
- Free Dress of Choice: Thursday, December 19th
- Holiday Party: Thursday, December 19th
- Teacher Workday: Friday, December 20th
- NO SCHOOL/Winter Break: December 23-January 3rd
WEEKLY CURRICULUM & HOMEWORK:
Mrs. Savic's Math Skills Group:
- Lesson 40-2: Written Assessment 7
- Measuring With One-Inch Color Tiles
- Lesson 41: Naming Fractional Parts of a Whole
- Comparing Fractional Parts of a Whole
- Writing a Fraction Using Fraction Notation
- Lesson 42: Trading Pennies for Dimes
- Lesson 43: Measuring to the Nearest Inch
- Lesson 44: Adding 10 to a Two-Digit Number
HOMEWORK: There is NO homework this week. Please keep working on math facts at home.
Mrs. Savic's Reading (CKLA) Skills Group: Skills 3
- Spelling Alternatives: The /oe/ Sound and it's Spellings
- Spelling Alternatives: Review /oe/ > 'oa' and 'oe'
- Spelling Alternatives: Tricky Spelling 'o' > /o/ and /oe/
- Spelling Alternatives for /oe/
- Skills 3 "Kids Excel" Readings:
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- "Miss Baker"
- "The Swimming Sisters"
- "Val's Training"
- "Kim's Training"
- HOMEWORK and SPELLING TESTS: There is no homework or spelling this week!
- Please be sure your child is reading at home daily for 20 minutes.
Writing:
Current Writing Topic: Fictional Narrative
- Review paragraph conventions and writing
- Writers Workshop and Step Up to Writing
- Handwriting Practice
CKLA Knowledge: Domain 4: The Greek Myths
- Theseus and Minotaur
- Daedalus and Icarus
- Pausing Point Activities
- Hercules
- Greek Day
- Vocabulary Words: unraveling, proof, aimlessly
Core Knowledge: Short Stories/Poetry
- Talk Iktomi Stories
- Beauty and the Beast
- Peter Pan
- Bed in Summer
- Tall Tales
- Buffalo Dusk
- Windy Nights
History: Constitution
- American Government is based on The Constitution
- James Madison, the "Father of The Constitution"
- Government by the consent of the governed: "We the People."
Science: Organisms and Habitats
Plant Needs:
- Plants have body parts (Roots, stems, leaves) to survive and grow.
- Plants are living organisms and typically grow in fixed locations.
- Plants are diverse in size, structure, and ecological needs.
- Plants live in environments to which they are suited; those environments also differ
- Deciduous forests (oak trees)
- Tropical forests (vines, epiphytes)
- Meadows & prairies (grasses)
- Deserts (cacti)
- Tundra (plants of small size)
- Ponds, lakes, rivers & streams
- Oceans are home to less than a dozen known species of plants
- Many plant habitats change in cycles over time & seasons and plants are adapted to survive during those changes.
Animal Needs and Diversity:
- Adult plants and animals reproduce
- Many kinds of animal parents take care of their offspring until the offspring become mature enough to take care of themselves.
- Animals are diverse in size, shape, and ecological needs.
- Animals vary in their structure:
- Invertebrates: without backbones (snails, insects, coral)
- Vertebrates: with backbones (mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians)
- Animals live in environments to which they are suited; those environments differ:
- Deciduous forests (squirrels, raccoons)
- Tropical forests (moles, worms)
- Meadows & prairies (prairie dogs)
- Deserts (lizards & scorpions)
- Tundra (arctic fox, polar bear)
- Ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams (fish, oysters)
- Oceans: There are numerous species of animals in the world's oceans, such as sea stars and whales.
- Ecosystems: Plant & Animal Relationships:
- Many plants and animals live in a specific habitat.
- Organisms that share a given space affect each other.
- Animals depend on plants for food and shelter.
- Plants depend on animals (for example: pollination, seed dispersal)
- There are also groups of living things that are neither plants nor animals (fungi, algae, bacteria)
Parent Resources:
Reading every day is important! Look at the statistic below:
DIBELS Reading Assessment: is administered three times a year and also continuously monitored throughout. You will be receiving the results in Thursday folder after each benchmark.
- Want to know more about DIBELS click here: Parents Guide to Dibels
NWEA (MAPS) Assessment: is also administered three times a year. You will receive these results as well in your child's Thursday folder.
- Want to know more about NWEA click here: Family Guide To NWEA & Family Tool Kit for NWEA
Reading Resources: Some of these may cost money, but I wanted you to know they are out there.
- EPIC books: https://www.getepic.com/sign-in ( we will use this in class.)
- Reading Rockets: Reading Rockets Articles & Tips for Reading at Home
- Vooks: Animated Video Books for Students to Read Along With
- Phillip S Miller Library: Library Parent Resources
- Storyline Online: Storyline Read Alouds
- Prodigy: Prodigy Practice for Math & Reading (another student favorite)
Math Resources
- Boddle: Boddle Math (students LOVE this)
- Prodigy: Prodigy Practice for Math & Reading (another student favorite)
- Xtra Math: https://home.xtramath.org/ (great for fact practice)
- Khan Academy: Kahn Academy ( great for math support with videos that explain skills and concepts)
MEET MRS. SAVIC
Welcome to 2nd grade! My name is Branka Savic, and I am pleased to welcome you to the 2024-2025 school year. This is my 18th year in education and my 1st year teaching second grade here at Aspen View Academy. I have experience working with preschool students, kindergarten, and grades 2nd through 4th. I look forward to meeting you and getting to know you this school year. We are going to have a wonderful year together!
DAILY SCHEDULE
8:00-8:20 Welcome/Morning Work
8:20-9:20 Math
9:25-10:25 CKLA/Reading
10:30-11:15 STEAM
11:20-12:00 Recess/Lunch
12:05-12:40 CKLA/Writing
12:40-1:25 Specials
1:25-1:45 CKLA/Writing
1:45-2:05 Recess/Snack
2:05-2:35 Intervention
2:35-3:25 History/Science
3:25-3:30 Pack up/Dismissal