Mrs. Reynolds
A Quick Note for My Class:
Hello and Welcome to 2nd Grade! I look forward to working with you and your child this year! Get ready for lots of fun activities, new friends, and amazing discoveries. This will be a fun-filled year full of learning! I am so grateful to start this journey with you!
Week of: August 10th
Everything You Need to Know This Week:
- Elementary Meet and Greets are on Mon. August 10th & Tues. August 11th (Look for email to sign up!)
- First Day of School (PreK-5th) is on Wednesday, August 12th
Important Information:
- Music is our rotation for STEAM this week! Friday specials this week: Character Ed.
- Be sure to check your student's Math and Reading teacher's websites:
- Mystery Reader Sign-Up: Coming Soon!
- 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.
- Please read your student's Friday Journal, write them a note back, 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 the next Friday.
- 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
SPECIALS:
Monday: Library
Tuesday: PE
Wednesday: Spanish
Thursday: Character Education
Friday: Rotates
Upcoming:
August:
- Elementary Meet and Greets: Aug. 10th & Aug. 11th
- First Day of School (PreK-5th): Wednesday, August 12th
- Elem. & PreK Picture Day (Individuals): Wed. August 19th
September:
- Curriculum Night (K-5th): Thursday, September 3rd
- Labor Day, No School: Monday, September 7th
- PD Day (No school for students): Monday, September 21st
Weekly Curriculum:
Mrs. Reynolds' Reading Skills Group: Skills 1
- Reading Review
- Reading Practice
- Routines, Procedures, & Expectations
*Please be sure your child is reading for up to 20 min. daily at home!
Mrs. Reynolds' Math Skills Group
- Math Review
- Math Practice
- Routines, Procedures, & Expectations
*Please be sure your child is practicing their math facts at home!
Writing: Handwriting & Journal Writing
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- Handwriting Practice
- Review Paragraph Conventions and Writing
- Writers Workshop
CKLA Knowledge: Domain 1: Fairy Tales & Tall Tales
Lesson 1: The Fisherman and His Wife
Lesson 2: The Emperor’s New Clothes
Lesson 3: Beauty and the Beast, Part I
Lesson 4: Beauty and the Beast, Part II
Pausing Point
Lesson 5: Paul Bunyan
Lesson 6: Pecos Bill
Lesson 7: John Henry
Lesson 8: Casey Jones
Domain Review
Domain Assessment
History: Geography of Americas
- North America
- North America: Canada, United States, Mexico
- The United States - Fifty states: Forty-eight contiguous states, plus Alaska and Hawaii - Current territories (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands)
- Mississippi River
- Appalachian and Rocky Mountains
- Great Lakes
- Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, West Indies
- Central America
- South America
- Brazil: largest country in South America, Amazon River, rain forests
- Peru and Chile: Andes Mountains
- Locate: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
- Bolivia: named after Simon Bolivar, “The Liberator”
- Argentina: the Pampas
- Main languages: Spanish and (in Brazil) Portuguese
Science: Exploring Land & Water
- 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 Room 203:
| 8:00-8:20 |
Arrival - Morning Work |
| 8:20-9:05 |
CKLA Skills
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| 9:05-9:50 |
CKLA Knowledge
|
| 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 |
Parent Resources:
Reading every night you can is so important! Look at the statistic below:
DIBELS Reading Assessment: is administered three times a year and also continuously monitored throughout. You will be receiving the results in Thursday folders after each benchmark.
- Want to know more about DIBELS click here: Parents Guide to Dibels
NWEA (MAPS) Assessment: is also administered three times a year. You will receive these results as well in Thursday folders.
- Want to know more about NWEA click here: Family Guide To NWEA & Family Tool Kit for NWEA
Reading Resources: Many of these resources will be on Clever (You can access at home too):
- EPIC books: https://www.getepic.com/sign-in (Lots of great online books to read 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
Math Resources: Many of these resources will be on Clever (You can access at home too):
- Boddle: Boddle Math (students LOVE this)
- Prodigy: Prodigy Practice for Math & Reading
- 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)
Meet Mrs. Reynolds:
I'm Mrs. Alexandria Reynolds and I am thrilled to be teaching 2nd Grade at Aspen View Academy! This will be my eleventh year teaching. In addition to teaching 2nd Grade, I've also taught 1st and
3rd Grade. It is my passion working with children and helping them learn and grow.
3rd Grade. It is my passion working with children and helping them learn and grow.
I am from Nevada. My family and I relocated to Colorado two years ago! We are loving all there is to do here!
I graduated with honors from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Elementary Education. Before that, I graduated with high honors from the College of
Southern Nevada with an Associate of Arts Degree in Elementary Education.
Degree in Elementary Education. Before that, I graduated with high honors from the College of
Southern Nevada with an Associate of Arts Degree in Elementary Education.
My husband and I have 2 daughters. One is 8 years old, and the other one is 5. They are our world! We have a travel trailer, and we love to travel across the United States whenever we can. We also love going to Disneyland! You can say we are very adventurous! On weekends, we like to shop at farmer’s markets and attend other events. We love spending family time together.
I am looking forward to a fun school year of learning together!
