| 2nd Grade |
| Mrs. Hagge |
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| Mrs. Hagge |
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| Welcome to my web page. My name is Krista Hagge and I have been teaching at WACO since 1996. I have taught in the Challenge program, fourth grade, and currently teach second grade. |
| Assignment Books/Homework |
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| Students are responsible for filling out their assignment books each day. Spelling words are written in the assignment books as the students'take home list. Parents are asked to initial the assingment book each evening. Daily assignments for students are to read ten minutes and study spelling words. Review of basic addition and subtraction math facts is also encouraged. |
| Social Skills and Class Rules |
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A continuous goal for our class is to work as a community. We will practice social skills and reinforce WACO's Guidelines for Success.
Guidelines for Success
A Successful WACO student…
*is respectful
*is cooperative
*is responsible
*has a positive attitude towards self, others, and tasks
*takes pride and tries to do his or her best
*is a good citizen
Class Rules: Listen when others are talking, follow directions, keep hands, feet and objects to yourself, work quietly and do not disturb others, show respect for school and personal property, work and play in a safe manner, raise hand to speak, and work on being a successful WACO student.
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| An Overview of Curriculum |
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Calendar: This is a time where students review telling time, money, dates, and other skills.
Accelerated Reading (AR): This is a time when students choose books at their reading level, read the book, and take a comprehension test on the computer.
Handwriting: Handwriting is integrated throughout the day. Students practice proper form of the letters in spelling and writing assignments.
Working with Words/Spelling: Students have a spelling list each week. The list is given Monday and the final is on Friday. The list is written in the student’s assignment book. We do activities with the spelling words throughout the week focusing on a particular spelling pattern.
Writing: At writing time we work on grammar and writing skills. The Six-Trait Writing Program is a main focus in instructing writing. The traits are: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation. Students may do choice writing, work on publishing a story, or work on an assigned activity.
Lanuage Arts: The Scotts Foresman reading series covers phonics and word study, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension. It also includes writing, grammar, and spelling. Students work in small and large groups to cover skills. The Text Talk program is also being used to increase the vocabulary.
Math: We use the math text along with manipulatives to learn the majority of our math concepts. Math concepts focused on in second grade are basic addition and subtraction facts, place value to the tens place, adding two-digit numbers with renaming, identifying coins and values of coins, time telling to the five-minute intervals, and solving one-step story problems.
Science and Social Studies: These classes alternate during the week. A unit theme is featured, and different activities are done with the units to learn concepts. Science themes include: Pebbles, Sand, and Silt, Balance and Motion and Plants. Social Studies themes include: Our Community, All About Earth, Our Past, All About Work, and Our Government. |
