Welcome to Mrs.Kraft's Second Grade!
My name is Mrs.Dotty Kraft and I am your child's reading/language arts teacher for the 2009-2010 school year.I am looking forward to an exciting year ahead!
This year we will have three second grade classrooms. All students will be taught by all three second grade teachers.I look forward to working with you and your child in order to make this a wonderful school year!
If you have any questions call me at school or email me at DKraft@pgcps.org.
The second grade teachers are:
Ms. Forbes, Ms.St.Clair, Mrs.Burr, Ms.Hawkins and Mrs. Kraft
Mrs. Burr will teach Science, Social Studies, and Vocabulary, Mrs. Kraft will teach Reading/Language Arts and Ms. Hawkins will teach Math and Health. We will rotate through specials once every six days. Make sure your child wears appropriate PE clothing. I will let you know when they will have PE.
This site will have assignments, covered skills, and notes for my Reading/Language Arts classes.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
A letter has been sent home about ordering from Scholastic Book Clubs online. If you prefer that I place your order, just send a check to school made out to Scholastic Book Clubs. Do not include tax!
Our next special's day is November 23rd.
The focus for the November Reading Log is poetry.
Book Logs are different from reading logs. The book logs are where the books are listed that your child has read. If your child is reading a chapter book just list the chapters on each line.Book-It begins October 1st and continues through the month of March.
PLEASE SEND IN BOXTOPS FOR EDUCATION- classrooms compete to bring in the most and the classroom that has the most is rewarded!
The reading logs your students are assigned each month are not optional activities. They each count as one test grade. They are assigned at the beginning of each month and are a reinforcement of the reading and comprehension skills taught that month. Please be sure your student completes these activities!
Mrs. Kraft's homeroom and Mrs. Hawkin's homeroom-
Skills for:Around the Pond:Who's Been Here?
double consonants
monitor/clarify
realistic fiction
drawing conclusions
noting details
categorize and classify
multiple meaning words
antonyms
exclamations
Spelling Words for Mrs. Kraft's homeroom-11/13/09-11/20/09
Spelling Words for Mrs. Hawkin's homeroom-11/13/09-11/20/09
Mrs. Burr's homeroom
Skills for: Blue Moose
antonyms
sequencing
verbs
nouns
adjectives
questioning
noting details
evaluate
compound words
cinquains
haiku
Spelling Words for Mrs. Burr's homeroom 11/13/09-11/20/09
Homework
Monday-November 23,2009
Reading/Language Arts-Read for at least 20 minutes. Work on your reading log.
Spelling-New spelling words will be sent home Monday 11/30/09
Tuesday-November 24, 2009
Reading/Language Arts-Read for at least 20 minutes.
Work on your reading log.
Spelling Day-
School is closed until Monday.
HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Wednesday-November 25, 2009
Reading/Language Arts-Read for at least 20 minutes.
Work on your reading log.
Spelling- Day
Thursday-November 26, 2009
Reading/Language Arts-Read for at least 20 minutes.
Work on your reading log.
Spelling-Day
Friday-November 27, 2009
Reading/Language Arts-
Read for at least 20 minutes.
Complete your weekend news.
Please be sure that your child reads aloud to you for at least 15 minutes every day. Have them speak to you about what they have read.Please be sure they enter their books in their book log.
Listed below are the supplies your student should have:
3 sharpened #2 pencils daily
2 red colored pencils 1 pair scissors
2 glue sticks
5 marble composition books
1 box 24 crayons
wide ruled loose leaf paper
1 pencil pouch
1 dual sided ruler-cm and inches
1 box soft tissues
1 pump bottle antibacterial soap
1 small hand sanitizer
girls-1 box quart size Ziploc bags
boys-1 box gallon size Ziploc bags
2 pocket folders(1 3-prong folder)
Pants or shorts should be worn during PE.They need to wear athletic or tennis shoes with socks, no sandals,flip flops or high heeled shoes.
Please make sure that your student is prepared for class every day by coming to school with at least two pencils that are already sharpened.Names need to be written on all homework sheets.
When your child reads to you, help them to improve their comprehension by asking them questions about what they have just read. Ask them to retell the story to you in their own words, giving as much detail as they possibly can. Ask them who the characters are, what was the setting, did they enjoy the story and why/why not. Ask them if there was anything that they didn't understand in the story, and if there was, ask them what they did to clarify it. Help them make a connection to the text by asking them if any of the characters in the story reminded them of themselves, or if any of the events or pictures in the book reminded them of something that has happened in their lives. Help them to make a connection to other texts by asking them if the story/book reminds them of another one.
Mrs. Kraft's wish list:
Multicolor xerox paper
Clorox or Lyson sanitizing wipes
100 piece puzzles
Construction paper
Neon colored card stock
Tissues
pencils
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