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your child if you would like to send in something for his/her birthday. If you are sending in a cake, please have it pre-cut. We do not want sharp knives in the classroom. Please check with your classroom teacher about allergies or dietary restrictions. Please send personal birthday invitations privately, outside of school. Room Parent Each class needs a room parent. The role of this parent is to help the teacher organise special events when help is requested. Please remember, the role of the room parent does not include classroom problem solving. Room parents should not ask the teacher questions on behalf of the other parents. If you or your child is having a problem in the class, please contact the classroom teacher. This is the proper protocol within the school. Volunteers Please contact your child’s teacher if you are interested in volunteering in the classroom. Responsibilities might include: working with individual children, working with small groups, helping the teacher with classroom organisation, uploading photos onto the Wiki etc... Curriculum Information – Grade Two If you would like to learn more about the Grade Two curriculum, please go to the school website: www.intschool-leipzig.com/. Here is some general information. ENGLISH: In English the children learn to recognise, read and write in various genres. In addition, children will be taught to recognise and use grammatical features within the context of the genres they are studying. Of course we are always working on improving the children’s vocabulary. The genres covered in Grade Two will be: Narrative Stories with Familiar Settings Myths, Legends and Fables Adventure and Mystery Stories Poetry / Plays Poems / Plays based on observation and the senses Poems from different cultures Humorous Poems Non-Fiction Writing Instructions Letters Non-chronological Reports Handwriting - The children will learn to write using cursive script from December. Before this we will consolidate the formation of their printed letters and pencil grip. We will give instruction regularly in class and children will be given opportunity to practice and will be encouraged to use cursive writing in their writing books. A sample of the handwriting style is enclosed. Reading – In addition to home reading, children will work in reading groups in the classroom. This provides an opportunity for the teacher to hear the children read independently and work on comprehension strategies. Other reading activities will develop their vocabulary, phonics, spelling and recognition of high frequency words (words that the children will encounter most often and will need to be able to recognise by the end of the year.)
Spelling – Children will continue learning English spelling conventions to assist their spelling strategies. Each week we will focus on a particular sound and children will explore how to spell using that sound. We will sometimes have review weeks. The spelling words that the children must learn each week are linked to that week’s sound. MATHEMATICS: The focus in Grade Two is building and strengthening numeracy and mental Maths skills learnt in Grade One. We will be playing games and using concrete materials to help learn additional skills. There will also be opportunities to apply their knowledge to real life situations. The students will use a 1cm grid exercise book to help them learn to set out their written work neatly. The general Maths concepts taught are: Number • Place Value: numbers to at least 1000, partitioning, rounding • Addition & Subtraction: number bonds to 100, develop their own written calculations • Multiplication & Division: times tables: x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, x10, division with remainders • Fractions: recognizing fractions, simple equivalence, simple mixed fractions, ordering numbers, fractions of numbers Geometry • 2D & 3D Shapes: characteristics of shapes, nets, symmetry, right angles • Position: clockwise and anticlockwise, coordinates on a grid Measure • Money: totals to 100c, change from 100c, begin to use Euros and cents • Length, Mass, Capacity: read scales, use a ruler to the nearest half centimetre • Time: vocabulary of a clock and calendar, analogue clocks to the nearest 5 minutes, digital clocks to the nearest minute, simple time intervals Data Handling • Real life situations: tally charts, frequency tables • Graphs: pictograms (symbol representing one or two units), bar charts (intervals labeled in ones or twos), Venn or Carroll diagrams (two criteria) Problem Solving • Word problems: single (all four operations), two-step (addition and subtraction only), write own • Number problems, puzzles, patterns, simple relationships and general statements • Strategies to check answers, including estimation • Oral and written reasoning ART: There is a double period of art per week taught by the class teacher. The aim if possible is to try and complement other subjects being taught. The focus is on the elements, skills and materials used in art. Topic areas this year will include: � Understanding Colour & Investigating Pattern � Environmental Art/Sculptures INTEGRATED UNITS: Each class has 4 periods of Integrated Unit time each week. This could be a unit based on Science, History or Geography. The topics to be studied are: SCIENCE • Flowering Plants o This unit looks at what plants need to grow well and why it is important that they grow. • Materials
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