Mrs. Stopa's Class 

Grade 2   

 Skyline Elementary

Graded by the state as an "A" school in Cape Coral, FL.

We are STAR students !

              Valentine's Day Celebration & activities

Click here for spelling homework and practice:  www.spellingcity.com 

Students may work in Spelling City instead of doing written spelling homework on Monday's and Tuesday's.

Parents, please write me a note in the planner if your child chose to do Spelling City. Otherwise, I will expect a written homework page from them.

Congratulations Qtr 2 Renaissance Students

will be announced soon!

(Renaissance criteria listed below)

Gold -

Silver -

Bronze -

Renaissance Home Connect:

The online Parent Connection to AR

By using your child's username and password, you can see your child's AR progress. Letters will be sent home with all the info you'll need!

You can check their AR progress, see what tests your child has taken and the scores.  

Click here to get to Renaissance Place:

http://renplace.leeschools.net/renaissanceserver/HomeConnect/Login.aspx

Need the AR Reading Level or Quiz # for a book? Click into the AR Bookfinder website and type in the name of your book..............

Click here:  http://www.arbookfind.com/default.aspx

                    Students in grades K - 2 will be given the Stanford 10 Test in Reading.

   Click here to learn about the Stanford tests.

   Mrs. Stopa's Second Grade Class, where every student is a STAR: 

Skyline's Vision:

Respectful students - Responsible citizens

Skyline's Mission:

Together we will inspire each other to shine in attitude, behavior, and academics.

Our Class Mission Statement:

We are STAR students!             

Our mission is to do QUALITY work every day so that we will be ready for third grade. 

Students are eligible for Renaissance when they receive their Report Card each quarter. 

Criteria for Renaissance:

Gold Card: All A's, All S's and no class or bus referrals

Silver Card: All A's & B's (at least one A), All S's and no class or bus referrals

Bronze Card: All B's & C's (at least one B), All S's and no class or bus referrals. 

Lots of different sites on lots of different subjects:

Educational Sites         Fun Sites         Grown-up Sites

Click here :      www.kidsites.com 

More WEBSITES! Scroll down to the very bottom of this Webpage for LOTS more Websites.

   MATHEMATICS

          FAST MATH            

Children work on addition and subtraction facts on a computer program called FAST MATH. All students begin at Level 1 - adding 0's and 1's. The program is customized for each child's needs. Students can track their progress on a graph. 

The following sites offer great ways to help your child learn their math facts:

• Math Fact Practice
• Make Your Own Flashcards
• Odd and Even
• Counting Money
• Click here for more fun math websites.

OUR READING SERIES ( Treasures)

The MacMillan-McGraw Hill Reading Series is available online and YOU can access stories and activities.

Vocabulary games, spelling activities, comprehension checks, slide shows, MUCH more! Click on STUDENTS, then the 2nd Grade book. Click the UNIT and story and you're all set. Click here:

treasures.macmillanmh.com/florida 

The STUDENT textbooks of our Reading Series is available online. Click to read our stories:

www.mhln.com  Click STUDENTS. Enter class code Stopa123. Click GO.

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Want to learn more about President Obama ?

How would YOU like to live in the White House? Take a tour to see where the First Family lives.......

Click:  http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/tour/

Just For Parents (click here)

The Lee County School District Website offers tips for parents:

* Tip of the day     * Weekly Quiz      * Ask the experts  

* School success        *How to help your child

READING TIPS!

Click here to see the Skyline Home Page and lots of helpful links: http://sky.leeschools.net

Here are five ideas to help your child read and write.

 Reading and Fluency: Tips for Parents from Reading Rockets

Dolch Word Study

• The Dolch Basic Sight Word List has 220 words that cannot be learned through the use of pictures.  These words have been divided into 11 lists.  

•  Students will be working on words from the Dolch word list. The Dolch words will help improve reading fluency but we will also be stressing the vocabulary words from our reading series as well.
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• I will be monitoring the progress of each student.

Phonograms
The phonogram program is introduced in kindergarten and throughout first grade until all 70 sounds are learned. Through these sounds we teach reading, language, writing and spelling. The following sites will be helpful in learning and reviewing phonograms.

The following is an excellent site to practice phonograms:

              www.phonogrampage.com

Reading Activities

Fry's 500 Most Frequently Read Words
This program systematically increases a student’s ability to recognize the words which most frequently occur in written English.  Students must gain the ability to recognize these words very rapidly in order to become fluent readers.

Word Families 
This activity introduces 20 word families, with six examples provided for each word family.  Learning word families is a fast way to increase a students reading vocabulary. It also helps the student learn that the ability to decode one word can assist in decoding other words with similar alphabet letter patterns.

Letter Recognition
The letter recognition activity provides students an opportunity to practice learning both the capital and lowercase letters of the alphabet.  Voice assistance is provided for those students who are unable to name the letters independently.  Five to six letters are covered in each lesson.  After the student is taught the letters with voice assistance, they move to the practice list to independently name the letters.   

Consonant Digraphs
Consonant digraphs are consonant letters that appear together and represent a single sound that is different from the sound of either letter. 

Vowel Digraphs
Vowel digraphs are two vowels together, the first is pronounced and the second is silent.

Consonant Blends – Reading Words
Three letter blends are three consonant letters that appear together in words and represent sounds that are smoothly joined. Each of the sounds can be heard. 

    Vocabulary Words

Vocabulary words from our reading series are listed in the box at the top of this page. Just click on "Flashcards" and our current vocabulary words will appear each time you click. Have fun practicing!

Assessments:                                                           

These subject areas have a numeric grade:

Reading: weekly story tests, phonogram tests, unit tests,

Language Arts: grammar, writing, spelling

Math: Chapter tests, Timed Fact tests, District Assessments

All other subject areas are assessed with S, N or U.

Effort Grades are also assessed in each subject as "S, N or U".

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ABC's of Second Grade 

ATTENDANCE: Good attendance is very important to success in school. If your child has to miss school, please remember to write a note to the office telling why your child was absent.

ACCELERATED READER: Accelerated Reader is a reading program where students read a book on the Accelerated Reader list and then take a comprehension test on a computer. Students earn points based on the percentage of correctly answered questions. Each child will take a STAR test on computer, to determine his reading level and AR "colors". Each child will bring home three AR library books. Encourage your child to check out Fiction and Non-Fiction books. Practicing reading is essential to becoming a better reader!

ARRIVAL TIME: Students will benefit most by arriving between 7:30 - 7:45am. The extra minutes will allow them to  unpack, get organized, view TV announcements, and be relaxed and ready to start a great day.

BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT: Skyline will continue with a program called PBS, Positive Behavior System. With this program we will strive to create a school environment that allows all students an equal ability to learn in an academic, respectful, acceptable, and creative manner. 

To view a video on Positive Behavior Support in Lee County Schools, click here.

STAR students show STAR expectations: