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Mrs. Savic's Second Grade Class

Week of: April 27th-May 1st

Everything You Need to Know This Week: 
 
  • There is no homework this week!
  • Please remember to write back in your child's Friday Journal
  • DIBELS and MATH MAPs testing will take place this week
  • 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:  

May

  • Spirit Wear Day: Friday, May 8th
  • Field Day: Tuesday, May 12th
  • Earned Free Dress (2nd Grade): Wednesday, May 13th
  • End of Year Party (Carnival-1pm-5pm AVA Field and MS Gym): Saturday, May 16th
  • 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

 
  • DIBELS
  • Lesson 18 Grammar: Building Sentences
  • Read " The Burning of Washington, D.C."
  • Lesson 19 Reading: Informational Text
  • Read “The Attack on Baltimore”
  • Lesson 20 Assessment: Spelling Assessment
  • Reread “The Attack on Baltimore”
  • Lesson 21 Reading: Informational Text
  • Read “Francis Scott Key and the National Anthem”
  • Lesson 22 Reading: Close Reading
  • Close Read “Francis Scott Key and the National Anthem”
  • 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 113 Creating and Reading a Bar Graph With a Scale of 2
  • Lesson 114 Identifying Right Angles
  • Lesson 115-1 Multiplying by 2 Facts
  • IXL Learning
  • Xtra Math
  • Prodigy
 
  • Keep practicing your math facts at home! 
 
 

Writing:

Current Writing Topic: Fictional 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 a fictional narrative. 
    •  Create a title and an ending that are relevant to the narrative.
 
 
CKLA Knowledge: Domain 2: Early Asian Civilizations

 

Lesson 1 The Indus River Valley, Part I

Lesson 2 The Indus River Valley, Part II

Lesson 3 Hinduism

Lesson 4 The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal

Lesson 5 The Blind Men and the Elephant

Lesson 6 Diwali

Lesson 7 Buddhism

Pausing Point

Lesson 8 The Yellow and the Yangtze Rivers

Lesson 9 Paper, Writing, and Calligraphy

Lesson 10 The Magic Paintbrush

Lesson 11 The Importance of Silk

Lesson 12 China’s Great Wall

Lesson 13 Confucius

Lesson 14 Chinese New Year

Domain Review and Assessment

 

Science: Organisms and Their Habitats

  • Plant Needs 
    • Plants have body parts (roots, stems, leaves) to survive and grow. 
    • Plants are living organisms and typically grow in fixed locations.
    • Though there are many different types of plants, they have common needs (air, water, minerals, light).
 
  • Plant Diversity
  • Plants are diverse in size, structure, and ecological needs. 
  • Plants live in environments to which they are suited; those environments also differ: 
    • Deciduous forests (oak trees) 
    • Tropical forests (vines, epiphytes) 
    • Meadows and prairies (grasses) 
    • Deserts (cacti) 
    • Tundra (plants of small size) 
    • Ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams 
    • Oceans are home to less than a dozen known species of plants.
  • Many plant habitats change in cycles over time—seasons—and plants are adapted to survive during those changes.
 
  • Animal Needs
  • Adult plants and animals reproduce. 
  • Many kinds of animal parents take care of their offspring until the offspring become mature enough to care for themselves.
 
  • Animal Diversity
  • Animals are diverse in size, shape, and ecological needs.
    • Animals vary in their structure.
      • Invertebrates: without backbones (snails, insects, coral) 
      • Vertebrates: with backbones (mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians)
    • Animals live in environments to which they are suited; those environments differ:
      • Deciduous forests (squirrels, raccoons) 
      • Tropical forests (moles, worms) 
      • Meadows and prairies (prairie dogs) 
      • Deserts (lizards, scorpions) 
      • Tundra (arctic fox, polar bears) 
      • Ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams (fish, oysters) 
      • Oceans (There are numerous species of animals in the world’s oceans, such as sea stars and whales.)
 
  • Ecosystems: Plant and Animal Relationships
  • Many plants and animals live in a specific habitat. 
  • Organisms that share a given space affect each other.
    • Animals depend on plants for food and shelter. 
    • Plants depend on animals (for example, pollination, seed dispersal).
  • There are also groups of living things that are neither plants nor animals (fungi, algae, bacteria).
 
 

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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Name
2nd Grade Teacher Branka Savic
Position
2nd Grade Teacher
Email
bsavic@aspenviewacademy.org
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