THE RICHARDSON READER

September 2
th
September 17
th
2014
Our Mission: We are hardworking, educated, responsible, and organized.
We are superheroes on a mission to achieve our goals in 2
nd
grade.
Star Students Each child will be
celebrated around their birthday
month !he students may bring in some
pictures "or e mail some# o$ their $amily
or special events to share with the
class the week starting with the date
by their name below. We will post them
$or a week
!ee" o#
%&' (estiny !.
%&)* +ordan
%&22 ,arikrishna
%&2% -ndrew
!ord Stud$ !ord %&st
.ou will $ind a list o$ words your child should
already know and a list o$ words your child will
learn in second grade in your child/s homework
binder. 0emember, there will be no traditional
spelling tests every 1riday and your child will
be assessed on how they use the words on the
word list in their writing. 2lease make sure
your child is completing his&her word study
homework.
%an'ua'e Arts
!r&t&n' E(: E( 23. ,ow can 4 write narratives
in which they recount a well5elaborated event or
short se6uence o$ events, include details to
describe actions, thoughts, and $eelings, use
temporal words to signal event order, and provide a
sense o$ closure7
E( 28. ,ow can 4 participate in shared research
and writing pro9ects "e.g., read a number o$ books
on a single topic to produce a report: record
science observations#7
E( What are ad9ectives and verbs and how can
they make my personal narratives more
interesting7
verbs
Hand)r&t&n' E( ,ow can 4 show 4 can neatly
write the lowercase letters h, n, p, c, a, d, g, e, $,
and s.7
*rammar E(: ,ow can 4 show that 4 understand
the meaning o$ good sentence structure7
"grammar, usage, mechanics, spelling#
;*. ,ow can 4 demonstrate command o$ the
conventions o$ standard English grammar and usage
when writing or speaking, create documents with
legible handwriting, and alphabetize to the second
letter7
!ord Stud$ E(: <nit ;: ,ow can 4 demonstrate
my knowledge o$ words with the long a pattern7
Read&n' E( 2). ,ow can 4 read with su$$icient
accuracy and $luency to support comprehension7
2). ,ow can 4 read with su$$icient accuracy and
$luency to support comprehension7
+ath
+ath ,-N.T-1/b- ,ow can 4 e=plain the
numbers )>>, 2>>, ;>>, 3>>, *>>, ?>>, 8>>, '>>,
%>> re$er to one, two, three, $our, $ive, si=, seven,
eight, or nine hundreds "and > tens and > ones#7
S0&en0e %&#e C$01es
E( E( );.,ow can 4 investigate the li$e cycles o$
di$$erent organisms to understand the diversity o$ li$e7
E( );a. ,ow can 4 illustrate and describe the li$e cycle o$
common animals "cats, birds, $rogs, butter$lies#
So0&a1 Stud&es *eor'&a Re'&ons
@eorgia 0egions and 0ivers
+ap s"&11s are on'o&n'-
2lease review and initial your child/s
agenda and sign his&her reading log
nightly. !hanks $or all you do
2lease send in a note upon your child/s
return $rom an absence. 2lease do not
send absent notes that are written in
the agenda as the note has to be sent to
the o$$ice. .ou may e mail the e=cuse or
have your child bring in the note. !here
is also a link $or reporting an absence on
the school/s website.
-ny transportation change must be given
in written $orm.
Aon$erences are coming up soon 2lease
re$er to the letter in the 1riday $older
regarding how to sign up. 4 am looking
$orward to meeting with you all
2icture (ay is on Beptember ))
Aogat !esting Beptember )*, )?,
and )8
Early 0elease Aon$erences
Beptember 23 and 2*
Student Coun0&1 Representat&2e
T.A
C1ass Ambassador
T.A
Mrs. 0ichardson/s Alass Bchedule
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':2>5':*> Morning Work 2rocedures
':*>5%:3* Bcience&Bocial Btudies
"writing integration#
%:3*5)>:;> Writing
)>:;>5)>:*> !(2E
)>:*>5)):*> "Bnack# 0eading
)):*>5)2:3? Math
)2:3?5):)? Cunch
):)?52:)* Aalendar&@rammar&Word
Btudy
2:)*5;:>> Bpecials
;:>>5;:)* 0ead -loud&2repare $or
(ismissal
;:)*5;:;* (ismissal
Bpecials Bchedule5 Each 0otation Casts
? (ays.
0otation ) Bcience
0otation 2 !echnology
0otation ; 2E
0otation 3 Music
0otation * -rt
0otation ? !D-
Than"s to 3e11$ !e11s and 4oseph
Thompson #or 2o1unteer&n' to be our room
parents th&s $ear- The 01ass and I
s&n0ere1$ appre0&ate $our )&11&n'ness to p1an
and 0oord&nate e2ents #or our 01ass th&s
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