2nd Grade Teacher Branka Savic » Mrs. Savic's Second Grade Class

Mrs. Savic's Second Grade Class

Week of: March 30-April 3rd

Everything You Need to Know This Week: 
 
  • Homework went home on Friday and is due Friday, April 3rd
  • Please remember to study your spelling words!
  • Pay for Dress of Choice: Wednesday, April 1st (Date change from 4/15)
  • Please check your email regarding our field trip to the Butterfly Pavilion on Thursday, April 23rd
  • TECH is our rotation for STEAM this week! Friday specials this week: Library
 
  • Scholastic Book Order: Please visit www.scholastic.com and place your order online by using our special class code 2KPO6.
 
FRIENDLY REMINDERS:  
  • Please write in your student's Friday Journal and return it to their backpack.
  • Please keep sending two nut-free snacks and a filled water bottle with your child daily.
  • Each week, don't forget to empty out your child's Thursday Folder. Have your child return it to school on Friday.
  • Please check your student's math and reading teacher's page to stay up to date on homework and what your student is working on in class.
  • Dress for the weather! We will go outside if the "feels like" temperature is above 20 degrees, so please have your child bring coats, boots and cold weather gear as needed. 
  • Please remember to label your child's coats, boots, gloves, etc. 
 
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:  
  • To avoid lost or broken student items, please leave toys and personal items at home.
  • Please label all student items with your student's first and last name & grade level.
  • Dress for the weather! Don't forget labeled coats, hats, and gloves when necessary.
 
STEAM & SPECIALS SCHEDULE:

STEAM Rotation: (Art, STEM, Music, Technology)

 

ART: Red

STEM: Orange

MUSIC: Green

TECHNOLOGY: Blue

 

SPECIALS: 
Monday: PE
Tuesday: Spanish
Wednesday: Character Education
Thursday: Library
Friday: Rotates (PE, Spanish, Character Education, Library)
 

Upcoming: 

April: 
  • Pay for Dress of Choice: Wednesday, April 1st
  • Spirit Wear Day: Friday, April 10th  
  • Dress of Choice: Thursday, April 23rd
  • Field Trip: Thursday, April 23rd 
  • Professional Development Day/NO SCHOOL: Friday, April 24th 
 

May

  • Spirit Wear Day: Friday, May 8th
  • Field Day: Tuesday, May 12th
  • 8th Grade Continuation: Wednesday, May 20th
  • Dress of Choice and Last Day of School: Friday, May 22nd (Dismissal at 11:30 a.m.)
 
 

WEEKLY CURRICULUM & HOMEWORK:

Mrs. Savic's Reading (CKLA) Skills Group: Skills 6

 
  • Lesson 6 Reading: Informational Text
  • Reread “Trouble with the British”
  • Lesson 7 Reading and Grammar: Informational Text and Adverbs
  • Read-Aloud “America in 1812, Part II”
  • Lesson 8 Reading and Spelling Alternatives: Informational Text and Introduce /er/ > ‘ar’, ‘or’
  • Read “The War Hawks”
  • Lesson 9 Grammar: Adverbs
  • Reread “The War Hawks”
  • Lesson 10 Assessment: Spelling Assessment
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  • Charlotte's Web chapter book reading and reading response journal
  • IXL Learning
 
  • Please be sure your child is reading at least 20 minutes a day.  
 

Mrs. Savic's Math Skills Group: Volume 2

 

  • Calendar Pages
  • Lesson 99 Measuring Using Feet and Inches
  • Lesson 100-1 Subtracting 8 Facts
  • Lesson 100-2 Finding the Area of Shapes Using Pattern Blocks
  • Lesson 101 Identifying, Describing, and Comparing Geometric Solids
  • Lesson 102 Selecting an Appropriate Tool for Measuring Length
  • IXL Learning
  • Xtra Math
  • Prodigy
 
  • Keep practicing your math facts at home! 
 
 

Writing: Narrative Writing

  • Write a familiar story that includes setting(s), character(s), dialogue, and, if appropriate, several events, using temporal words and phrases to indicate the chronology of events. 

  • "Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure."

  •  Write a personal narrative. 

  •  Create a title and an ending that are relevant to the narrative.

 
 
CKLA Knowledge: Domain 10: Human Body: Building Blocks and Nutrition

 

Lesson 1 The Amazing Human Body

Lesson 2 Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Lesson 3 Cells and Tissues

Lesson 4 Organs

Pausing Point 

Lesson 5 The Digestive System

Lesson 6 The Excretory System

Lesson 7 Nutrients

Lesson 8 A Well-Balanced Diet

Lesson 9 A Healthy Human Body

Domain Review and Assessment

 

Science: Human Cells and Digestion

The Human Body: Cells and Digestion Cells, Tissues, and Organs:

  • All living things are made up of cells too small to be seen without a microscope.
  • The human body is made up of different types of cells including: stem, bone, blood,
    muscle, fat, skin, nerve.
  • Cells combine to form tissues.
  • Tissues combine to form organs.
  • Organs combine to form organ systems.
 

The Digestive and Excretory Systems:

  • The human body has complex systems, including the digestive and excretory systems.
  • The digestive system includes body parts that take in and process food (salivary
    glands, taste buds, teeth, esophagus, stomach, liver, small intestine, large intestine).
  • The excretory system includes those body parts that eliminate some kinds of wastes
(kidneys, bladder, urethra).
 
Taking Care of Your Body:
  •  A healthy lifestyle involves performing certain behaviors and avoiding other behaviors.
  • The body needs specific foods, vitamins, and minerals in certain quantities to function
    properly.
  • Organizations make recommendations about what nutrients people need to stay healthy.
 
 
 
 

Parent Resources:

Reading every day is important!  Look at the statistic below:
 
Reading Stats
 

DIBELS Reading Assessment: is administered three times a year and also continuously monitored throughout. You will be receiving the results in Thursday folder after each benchmark.

 
NWEA (MAPS) Assessment: is also administered three times a year. You will receive these results as well in your child's Thursday folder.
 
Reading Resources: Some of these may cost money, but I wanted you to know they are out there.
 
Math Resources
 
MEET MRS. SAVIC
Welcome to 2nd grade! My name is Branka Savic, and I am pleased to welcome you to the 2025-2026 school year. This is my 19th year in education and my 2nd year teaching second grade here at Aspen View Academy. I have experience working with preschool students, kindergarten, and grades 2nd through 4th. I look forward to meeting you and getting to know you this school year. We are going to have a wonderful year together! 
 
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2nd Grade Teacher Branka Savic
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2nd Grade Teacher
DAILY SCHEDULE
8:00-8:25 Welcome/Morning Work
8:25-9:25 CKLA Skills
9:25-10:00 CKLA/Writing
10:00-10:45 STEAM
10:50-11:10 Recess
11:10-11:30 Lunch
11:35-12:35 Math
12:35-1:30 History/Science/
Knowledge
1:30-2:15 Specials
2:20-2:50 WIN (What I Need)
2:50-3:00 Read Aloud
3:00-3:20 Recess
3:25-3:30 Pack up/Dismissal