Welcome to
Curriculum Night:
2nd Grade
Agenda:
•Arizona College and Career Ready
Standards
•Grading
•Curriculum
•Homework
Curriculum
• Arizona College and Career Ready Standards
• Quarterly curriculum maps available online at
www.husd.org. Our comprehensive
curriculum includes:
 Reading
 Writing
 Math
 Science
 Social Studies
 Music, Art, and PE
Curriculum Maps Online
Visit our website to find your
student’s curriculum maps
by grade level and content
area.
District Grading Practices
Higley teachers will teach the Arizona academic
standards and assess how students are progressing.
When teachers report student progress they will
follow these guidelines:
1. Scores are related to achievement of the
standards
2. Variety of assessments used to gather evidence
of achievement
3. Assessment procedures support student
learning
Report Card Indicators
The K-5 Grade Reports to Parents include the following levels
of performance:
4 = Above benchmark / Exceeds current grade level
expectations
GOAL
3 = Meets benchmark / At grade level expectations
2 = Approaching benchmark / Improving but not consistent
1 = Below grade level / Needs more time and support
Blank = Not yet introduced
K-5 Assessment and Grading Handbook Online
Visit our website for
frequently asked
questions!
Homework
The purpose of homework is to practice concepts and skills that are
taught. It may be used to review previous concepts and skills or to
prepare for upcoming concepts and skills that will be taught.
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A homework packet will be sent home each Monday (Tuesday if
there is no school Monday.) The packet will consist of a reading
comprehension activity and math practice.
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Students need to complete two activities from the spelling menu
each week. Spelling lists will be sent home on Monday after the
pretest.
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Students read for twenty minutes each night. Reading aloud to
parents or other family members and discussing the book is highly
recommended.
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Students practice math facts on the xtramath website (or
practice math facts with flash cards if a computer is not
available.)
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Occasionally, additional assignments may be sent home. There will
also be several book reports throughout the year.
Reading & Language Arts
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2nd grade Literature Anthology
Leveled Readers
Vocabulary Readers
Phonics
Comprehension Strategies
Nonfiction focus
Spelling Words
Vocabulary Words
Phonics Skills
Language Skills
Writing Applications
Reading Strategies
• Guided reading
• Independent reading
• Partner Reading
• Fluency Practice
• Teacher Read-alouds
• Reading nightly
• AR Reading
(Accelerated Reader)
Writing
6 Traits of Writing
Writing Process
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Ideas and
content
Word choice
Voice
Organization
Sentence
fluency
Conventions
Prewriting
Drafting
Revising
Editing
Publishing
Write from
the Beginning
Creative stories, paragraphs, poetry,
letters, journaling, summaries, nonfiction
reports……..
• Explain how problems are solved
• Numbers – Skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, 10’s, 3’s 4’s,
and 6s, counting to 1000.
• Addition and subtraction with regrouping
(2 & 3 digit)
• Comparing 3 digit numbers
• Graphing, patterns, place value
• Word problems, Money
• Telling time to 5 minutes
• Fractions
• Geometry- solid figures, polygons, area
• Measurement-length (U.S Customary and Metric)
• Introduction to multiplication/division
Math Facts
• Memorize basic addition and
subtraction facts
• Timed tests- to promote
memorization
• Xtramath.org
• Flash cards at home!
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Maps, continents & oceans
Communities/citizenship
Economics- goods & services
American Indians/Pilgrims
Ancient Civilizations
Famous Americans in history
Character Counts
American symbols
History- Revolutionary War, Early
civilizations, Westward expansion
Mammals & habitats
Human body
Inventions & inventors
Weather- clouds
Matter- Solids, liquids and
gases
• Life cycles of insectsbutterflies
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SPECIALS
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Music
Art
Computers
Library
P.E.
ParentVue
• Go to HUSD website.
• Use activation key directions.
• ParentVue is typically updated
weekly.
• If you didn’t receive activation
directions, please add your name
to the list.
Classroom Information
~ Healthy snacks (no candy) and water bottles –
we have a long afternoon. Some classrooms
are nut free. Lunch is at 11:30am.
~ Agendas – Need to be Signed Nightly
~Please check your child’s homework folder
nightly for flyers and other important
information
Thank you
for coming!
If you have any questions relating to
your child specifically, please fill out the
“Questions and Concerns” form and your
child’s teacher will follow up with you in
the next week.