Communication to Parent/Family Student Plan

student’s name date

The following are expectations for beginning 2nd grade. Your child is working to improve in:

Reading

reading accurately – current level Expectation is level 14 – 16.
using many strategies to read
reading fluency
demonstrating the ability to blend sounds in words
easily reading high frequency words
making simple predictions
retelling a story

Writing

writing several sentences on a topic
beginning use of capitals and periods
spelling the 30 most frequently written words

Math

counting with 1:1 correspondence to 30
reading numbers to 100
writing numbers to 100
counting by 2’s to 20
counting by 5’s and 10’s to 100
telling what’s missing without counting (to six objects)

Your child is being given extra assistance in the classroom with:

daily guided reading groups with classroom teacher
daily writing with classroom teacher
daily practice with counting and basic facts
small group work with classroom teacher
on-going assessments
daily practice with high frequency words
additional instruction during library or silent reading time
before and after school reading/writing/math instruction
homework club
daily homework contract between parent, student and teacher
Title I
school volunteers
• SMART program (extra reading time)
• volunteer reading aloud to child, or listening to a child read
• extra writing practice
• extra math practice
Peer Helpers

Parents and Families can help by:

·  reducing TV/video game time
·  getting child to school everyday on time
·  provide space, materials and a regular time to do homework
·  writing with your child (greeting cards, thank you notes, letters, grocery lists, messages to one another)
·  talking about books at dinnertime – encouraging predictions of what might happen in the story
·  obtaining a library card for your child and visit regularly
·  checking out books on tape to provide a good model for reading
·  helping to work with words
·  rereading familiar books
·  reading to/with your child each evening (a minimum of 15 – 20 minutes)
·  playing games such as I Spy With My Little Eye, Boggle, Scrabble, Jr, Connect Four, Sorry, Memory/Concentration, cards, dominoes, battleship
·  look for opportunities to count objects in and around the home (setting table, counting windows, toys, letters in words, legs on chairs…..)
·  sort and count coins; make change for amounts up to $1.00
·  play number games with cards or number cubes (dice) which involve adding numbers
·  involve your child in cooking activities such as: counting, measuring, doubling quantities
·  keep track of how many days until a birthday or other special events

Students:

·  read everyday
·  retelling stories to parents
·  come to school ready to learn
·  do their best work
·  complete their homework
·  come to school on time