Pamela Robertson
A Quick Note for My Class:
Week of: Oct. 26th - October 30th
- Fall Party October 30: Bring Costumes to School Fall Party
- Fall Parade 2;30 on the field Parents need to check in
- Friday October 30th Trunk or Treat
- Individual Picture Retake Day: Monday, October 19th
- Elementary &Pre-K Class Picture Day: Tuesday, October 20th
- Pay for Dress of Choice: Wednesday, October 21st
- Field Trip to the Aquiarium: Friday, October 23rd
- Dress of Choice and Fall Party (PreK-5th): Friday, October 30th
- Fall Party (Pre-K-5th): Friday, October 30th
- Trunk or Treat 5:30: Friday October 30th
- Spirit Wear Day: Friday, November 6th
- Pay for Dress of Choice (Red, White, & Blue): Tuesday, November 10th
- Veteran's Day Assembly: Tuesday, November 10th
- Dress of Choice: Friday, November 20th
- Thanksgiving Break (No school): Nov. 23rd-27th
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.
- Please make sure your student is wearing comfortable shoes for PE.
- Please send your student with a labeled water bottle and a nut free snack daily.
- To avoid lost or broken student items, please leave toys and personal items at home.
- Please label all student items with your student's name & grade level.
- Please keep checking your student's Thursday Folder and make sure they bring it back to school.
- Dress for the weather! Don't forget labeled coats, hats, and gloves when necessary.
- We will go outside if the temperature "feels like" it's above 20 degrees, so please have students bring coats, boots, and cold weather gear as needed.
- Your student's Homework Folder will go home on Fridays and it is due at the end of the month. All of second grade will have the same homework: Reading Logs, Spelling words and math fact practice. In your students clever page there are many math apps they can practice if they would like more practice. (Ixl, 99Math and Prodigy)
- On the back of your student's Homework Folder, they have their Clever QR Code. Your student can go onto Clever at home and access reading and math resources!
SPECIALS & STEAM Schedule:
STEAM Rotation:
TECH: Red
ART: Orange
STEM: Green
MUSIC: Blue
Mrs. Robertson's Reading Class(CKLA)
- Lesson 11 Grammar: Quotation Marks and Contractions
- Lesson 12 Writing: Draft a Narrative Book Report
- Close Read “The Pancake, Part I”
- Lesson 13 Writing: Edit a Narrative Book Report
- Close Read “The Pancake, Part II”
- Lesson 14 Writing: Edit and Write a Final Copy
- Close Read “The Hare and the Hedgehog”
- Please be sure your child is reading at least 20 minutes a day.
Mrs. Robertson's Math (Into Math)
- Module 4.1: Identifying Odd and Even numbers
- Module 4.2: Write equations to represent Even Numbers
- Module 4.3: Represent equal groups
- Module 4.4: Add to find the total number of objects in an array
- Module 4.5 Practice with Arrays
- Practice test
- Test for module 4
Writing: How To Writing Topic
- Write about a topic, including a beginning and ending sentence (topics and conclusion), facts and examples relevant to the topic, and specific steps (if writing explanatory text).
- Group similar information into paragraphs.
- Use linking words or transitions such as also, another, and, etc. to connect ideas within a paragraph.
- Form sentences and paragraphs to communicate thoughts and ideas.
- Apply basic spelling conventions.
- Use basic capitalization and punctuation in sentences to convey meaning.
- Handwriting and journals
CKLA Knowledge: Domain 7: Westward Expansion
- Lesson 1 Going West
- Lesson 2 Mr. Fulton’s Journey
- Lesson 3 The Journal of a Twelve-Year-Old on the Erie Canal
- Lesson 4 The Story of Sequoyah
- Lesson 5 The Trail of Tears
- Pausing Point
- Lesson 6 Westward on the Oregon Trail
- Lesson 7 The Pony Express
- Lesson 8 Working on the Transcontinental Railroad
- Lesson 9 The Buffalo Hunters
History: Westward Expansion
- Pioneers head West
- Robert Fulton New means of travel
- Erie Canal
- Railroads
- Routes west: The Oregon Trail
- The Pony Express
- Native Americans
- Sequoyah and the Cherokee Alphabet
- The Trail of Tears
- Iron Horse
- Hills, mountains, valleys, rock arches, plains, geysers, volcanoes, sand dunes, and beaches are types of landforms.
- Landforms can be created quickly or slowly.
- Quick changes to landforms include rockslides, landslides, mudslides, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
- Wind and water can erode rock, sand dunes, and beaches.
- There are different solutions to prevent water from changing the shape of rock and to prevent sand erosion.
- Glaciers are frozen forms of water.
- Flowing water moves earth materials.
- The land and water features of an area can be modeled.
- Water soaks into the ground.
- Geysers and volcanoes bring underground materials to Earth’s surface.
- Sand landforms include dunes and beaches.
- Sand dunes and beaches are formed in different ways.
Daily Schedule Homeroom
| 8:00-8:20 |
Arrival - Morning Work |
| 8:20-9:05 |
CKLA Skills
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| 9:05-9:50 |
CKLA Knowledge
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| 9:50-10:05 |
Handwriting |
| 10:05-10:45 |
STEAM: TECH/ART/STEM/MUSIC |
| 10:50-11:10 | Recess |
| 11:10-11:30 | Lunch |
| 11:35-12:35 | Math |
| 12:35-1:30 | History/Science |
| 1:35-2:15 | Specials: Library/PE/Spanish/Character Education |
| 2:15-2:45 | WIN (What I Need) |
| 2:45-3:00 | SSR (Sustained Silent Reading) |
| 3:00-3:20 | Recess |
| 3:25-3:30 | Read Aloud & Pack Up |
| 3:30 | Dismissal |
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- Parent Resources:
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.
- Want to know more about DIBELS click here: Parents Guide to Dibels
- Want to know more about NWEA click here: Family Guide To NWEA & Family Tool Kit for NWEA
- EPIC books: https://www.getepic.com/sign-in ( we will use this in class.)
- Reading Rockets: Reading Rockets Articles & Tips for Reading at Home
- Vooks: Animated Video Books for Students to Read Along With
- Phillip S Miller Library: Library Parent Resources
- Storyline Online: Storyline Read Alouds
- Prodigy: Prodigy Practice for Math & Reading (another student favorite)
- Boddle: Boddle Math (students LOVE this)
- Prodigy: Prodigy Practice for Math & Reading (another student favorite)
- Xtra Math: https://home.xtramath.org/ (great for fact practice)
- Khan Academy: Kahn Academy ( great for math support with videos that explain skills and concepts)
August/ September- RESPECT - Showing high regard for an authority, other people, self and country. Treating others as you would want to be treated.
October- Responsibility: Being honest and accountable in word and deed. Having a sense of duty to fulfill tasks with reliability, dependability and commitment.
November- Empowerment: We believe children must be equipped with the ability to make good decisions independently of adults. By internalizing the habits and behaviors that demonstrate responsibility, they will be empowered to lead successful, productive lives.
December- Sharing: Developing a willingness to share knowledge, experiences and time to enrich learning, give back to the community through school projects and constantly seek ways to improve through continuous input and feedback
January- Patience: We strive to develop Aspen View students with a level of perseverance and diligence that will instill the confidence needed to succeed in whatever endeavor our students undertake
February- Excellence: Striving to do the best in everything you do, while maintaining a positive attitude and a spirit of self-confidence
March- Compassion: Caring in action. Treating others with kindness, generosity and a forgiving spirit.
April- Teamwork: We will create an atmosphere that fosters collaborative and team-focused success to enrich our students and prepare them for high school, college and a collaboration driven marketplace
May- RESPECT - Showing high regard for an authority, other people, self and country. Treating others as you would want to be treated
STEAM SCHEDULE 10:00-10:45am
*WEEKLY ROTATION*
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Week 1 |
ART |
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Week 2 |
STEM |
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Week 3 |
MUSIC |
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Week 4 |
TECHNOLOGY |