After 14 years of teaching, I am very excited to be teaching 2nd grade for year #9 at RCW!  As an alumni of RCW it is a great joy and honor to be teaching in my hometown.  After my husband and I got married in 2006 we moved up to Alaska where I taught for 6 years.  We loved it up there and had 3 children while away, but the pull to be near our family was too great.  When the opportunity arose to move "home" we took it.  We have spent the last 8 years raising our kids in this great community and I am honored to serve it in the capacity with which I have been afforded.  

It is my hope that when students leave my classroom that my influence doesn't end, that they continue to "choose joy" and come back and visit me.  Thank you for the privilege of serving your children!

We use the enVision math curriculum here at RCW. Below are the following topics that we teach out of the book.

Topic 1: Fluently Add and Subtract Within 20

Topic 2: Work with Equal Groups

Topic 3: Add Within 100 Using Strategies

Topic 4: Fluently Add Within 100

Topic 5: Subtract Within 100 Using Strategies

Topic 6: Fluently Subtract Within 100

Topic 7: More Solving Problems Involving Addition and Subtraction

Topic 8: Work with Time and Money

Topic 9: Numbers to 1,000

Topic 10: Add Within 1,000 Using Models and Strategies

Topic 11: Subtract within 1,000 Using Models and Strategies

Topic 12: Measuring Length

Topic 13: More Addition, Subtraction, and Length

Topic 14: Graphs and Data

Topic 15: Shapes and Their Attributes

Our reading curriculum in the HM: Journeys addition.

Unit One

Phonics:

• Short Vowels a, i
• CVC pattern
• Short Vowels o, e, u
• CVC syllable pattern
• Long Vowels a, i
• Sounds for “c”
• Long Vowels o, e, u
• Sounds for “g”
• Consonant Blends with r, l, s

Comprehension:

• Sequence of events
• Compare and Contrast
• Author’s Purpose
• Cause and Effect
• Story Structure

Grammar:

• Subjects and Predicates
• Simple Sentences
• Types of Sentences
• What is a Noun?
• Singular and Plural Nouns

Writing:

Narrative Writing-

• Sentences That Tell a True Story
• Friendly Letter
• Sentences that Describe
• True Story

Unit Two:

Phonics:

• Common Final Blends nd, ng, nt, ft, xt, mp
• Double Consonants and ck Double Consonants (CVC)
• Consonants Digraphs th, sh, wh, ch, tch, ph; Base Words and Endings -s, -ed, -ing
• Base Words and Endings -ed, -ing CV Syllable Pattern
• Contractions

Comprehension:

• Text and Graphic Features
• Using Context
• Conclusions
• Story Structure
• Main Ideas and Details
• Cause and Effect
• Understanding Characters
• Author’s Word Choice
• Fact and Opinion
• Author’s Purpose

Grammar:

• More Plural Nouns
• Proper Nouns
• Verbs in the Present
• Verbs: Present, Past, and Future

Writing:

Informative Writing-

• Informational Paragraph
• Instructions

Unit Three

Phonics:

• Base Words and Endings -s,-es
• Vowel Digraphs ai, ay
• Vowel Digraphs ee,ea
• Long o (o, oa, ow)
• Compound Words- The Schwa Vowel Sound

Comprehension:

• Conclusions
• Text and Graphic Features
• Main Ideas and Details
• Author’s Purpose
• Cause and Effect

Gramar:

• Compound Sentences
• Expanding/Rearranging Compound Sentences
• Quotation Marks
• Using Proper Nouns
• Abbreviations

Writing:

Opinion Writing:

• Persuasive Letter
• Opinion Paragraph
• Persuasive Paragraph
• Persuasive Essay

Unit Four

Phonics:

• Base Word and Endings: -ed, -ing
• Long i (i, igh, ie, y)
• Long e sound for y: Changing y to i
• Words with ar
• Words with or, ore

Comprehension:

• Story Structure
• Understanding Character
• Sequence of Events
• Text and Graphic Features
• Point of View
• Compare and Contrast

Grammar

• Pronouns
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• The verb Be
• Commas in Dates and Places
• Commas in a series

Writing

Narrative Writing

• Story Paragraph
• Descriptive Paragraph
• Fictional Story
• Fictional Narrative

Unit Five

Phonics:

• Homophones; Base Words and Endings -er, -est
• Suffixes -y, -ly, -ful
• Final Stable Syllables -tion, -ture
• Prefixes re-, un-, over-, pre-, mis-
• Silent Consonants
• Words with au, aw, al, o, a

Comprehension:

• Understanding Characters
• Conclusions
• Cause and Effects
• Text and Graphic Features

Grammar:

• Using Adjectives
• Irregular Verbs
• Irregular Action Verbs
• More Irregular Action Verbs

Writing:

Informative Writing:

• Compare and Contrast Paragraph
• Informational Paragraph
• Research Report

Unit 6

Phonics:

• Words with oo, ew, ue, ou
• Words with oo (book)
• Vowel Diphthongs ow, ou
• Reading Longer Words with Long Vowels a and i
• Vowel Diphthongs oi, oy
• Reading Longer Words with Long Vowels o and e

Comprehension:

• Story Structure
• Fact and Opinion
• Sequence of Events
• Understanding Characters
• Compare and Contrast

Grammar

• Contractions
• What is an Adverb?
• Possessive Nouns
• Choose Between Adjectives and Adverbs

Writing:

Opinion Writing:

• Response Poem
• Opinion Paragraph
• Response Paragraph
• Response Essay

Here is the following schedule for our Zoom times. These are the most important times for students to be in to get the direct instruction.  Let me know if you have any questions!

8:30 - 9:00         Breakfast and Morning Meeting

9:00 - 9:30         Reading Instruction

10:30 - 11:55     Math Instruction and Social Studies/Science

2:00 - 2:30         Musci/Tech time