Listed below are explanations of the reading programs that will take place in second grade this year. Each program has a specific goal to encourage children to read. This listing is to help provide a clear understanding of how each program is run, its purpose, and how they can interrelate. Information about each program has been sent home.
Year-Long Reading Programs
KIDS READ
Second Grade Program
Description: Students are assigned a day of the week in which they read to a small group of students. Students are to be prepared by practicing the book ahead of time.
Goal: To provide children with opportunities to read to and listen to their peers.
Programs with Timelines
October 1 - February 28
BOOK-IT
School-wide Program
Description: Students keep track of minutes read on a calendar.** Students may earn Pizza Hut Personal Pan Pizzas for meeting the goal set by second grade. A student may earn up to one pan pizza each month.
Goal: To encourage reading at home and earning pizza!
October 1 - June 1
READING ACROSS AMERICA
School-wide program 97-98
Description: A school-wide program where the goal is to "read across America." Students keep track of the number of minutes read each month on a calendar.** The minutes are then added at the end of each month, divided by 60 to determine the number of miles traveled or earned. The miles are turned in and added to the scool's map.
Goal: To meet Parkview's goal to increase literacy.
**To simplify keeping track of minutes, one calendar will be provided
for both of these programs.
HOW DO THEY ALL FIT TOGETHER?
In second grade, any reading done for one of the programs can overlap with the others.....
Example: If a student reads two books for a total of 30 minutes, s/he may:
read that book for Kids Read
write a book report for it and turn it in for Take Time to Read
count the minutes for both Book-It and minute/miles for Reading Across America
READING - Houghton Mifflin Co and Rigby
Selections are organized into thematic groups. Each theme in a book offers opportunities in thinking, reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Other books and related activities will be integrated at your child's level.
MATH - Mimosa, Publisher
Contents are carefully sequenced and interrelated so that each topic builds upon the concepts and skills in previous topics. The topics covered are patterning and grouping, measurement, money, time, addition, subtraction, and multiplication.
SCIENCE - Foss, Publisher
Students use FOSS (Full Option Science System) science materials in a hands-on discovery process approach.
WRITING - Process Writing
The emphasis of the writing program is on the writing process. The students are introduced to a variety of productive strategies that they can use to become more effective writers. The children work on journal writing, group writing, and individual writing.
HEALTH - Merrill, Publisher
The students learn about mental health, family, social health, growth and development, nutrition, exercise and fitness, drugs, disorders, consumer and personal health, safety and first aid, and community and environmental health.
SOCIAL STUDIES - ISD 196
The social studies program is designed to provide the opportunity for each student to acquire the knowledge of content and concepts. The children study the following units: neighborhood, communication, history of transportation, mapping and geography, occupations, and neighbors around the world.
SPELLING - McDougal, Little, Publisher
By focusing similarities found in a group of words, the program gives students an understanding of the elements that affect spelling - structure, sound, and function. Enrichment spelling lists will be provided for some of the students.
IN ADDITION:
Handwriting - Zaner Bloser, Publisher
Art - Davis, Publisher
SPECIALISTS:4 out of 6 cycle days
Phy-ed - 5 out of 6 cycle days
Library - 1 cycle day
S.E.T.S-Science Enrichment Technology Specialist
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