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, Ms.Burr, Ms.Hawkins and Mrs. Kraft
Ms. 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: Important wish list items:
HAND SANITIZER
and
TISSUES
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:
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. Place one chapter on each line.
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!
The first reading log for February is due February 9th. The reading strategy is Monitor/clarify.
Mrs. Kraft's homeroom and Ms. Hawkin's homeroom-
Skills for:Officer Buckle and Gloria
action words
monitor/clarify
drawing conclusions
fantasy/realism
cause/effect
words for nouns
letter writing
adjectives
sequencing
writing to persuade
suffixes
special nouns(Proper Nouns)
Spelling Words for Mrs. Kraft's homeroom-1/29/10-2/5/10
car
smart
arm
park
yard
part
barn
hard
party
farm
Spelling Words for Ms. Hawkin's homeroom-1/29/10-2/5/10
department
carpet
smartest
harvest
barnyard
partner
sharpen
artist
target
pardon
garden
backyard
Spelling Words for Ms. Burr's homeroom-1/29/10-2/5/10
amateur
symbol
formal
glisten
value
capture
disobedient
fearsome
comforting
imply
announce
remove
Homework-REMEMBER TO BRING BLUE RIBBONS TO MRS. KRAFT AS YOU COMPLETE READING AND LANGUAGE SKILLS ON STUDY ISLAND. THE CLASS THAT EARNS THE MOST BLUE RIBBONS WILL BE GIVEN AN ICE CREAM SUNDAE PARTY!
Monday-February 8,2010
Reading/Language Arts-Read for at least 20 minutes.
Work on your reading log.
Spelling- Day
Tuesday-February 9,2010
Reading/Language Arts-Read for at least 20 minutes.
Work on your reading log.It is due today! Begin your new reading log!
Spelling Day-
Wednesday-February 10, 2010
Reading/Language Arts-Read for at least 20 minutes.Work on your reading log.Work on Study Island skills.
Spelling -Day
Thursday-February 11, 2010
Reading/Language Arts-Read for at least 20 minutes. Work on your reading log.
Work on Study Island Skills.
Spelling -Day 1 will be Tuesday 2/16/10
Friday-February 12, 2010 Teachers only today!
Reading/Language Arts-Read for at least 20 minutes.
Work on your reading log!Work on Study Island Skills.
Complete your Weekend News.
Spelling- Day
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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