Meet the Second Grade Team

Nancy Schiff

Nancy Shiff is the second grade team leader. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Trenton State College, which is located in Trenton, New Jersey. She is certified in both Early Childhood and Elementary Education. She has been teaching at Gulledge since she moved here from New Jersey in 1995. Her previous teaching experiences included teaching pre kindergarten through 3rd grade in New Jersey andPennsylvania.
E-mail her at nancy.schiff@pisd.edu

Cindy Tran

Cindy is a a second grade teacher and has been teaching at Gulledge since 2000. She is a graduate from the University of Oklahoma. 

E-mail her at cindy.tran@pisd.edu

Julie Shannon

Julie joined the Gulledge Kindergarten team after beginning her career in
Special Education at PISD’s Haun Elementary where she was named Beginning
Teacher of the Year. After a successful career in marketing, she completed
the Region 10 Alternative Certification program in 2003-2004. Julie holds a
Bachelor’s of Science degree from Texas Tech University.
E-mail her at julie.shannon@pisd.edu

Kathy Tripp

Kathy Tripp received her degree from the University of Kansas. She joined the 2nd grade team after serving as a long term sub in 3rd grade. Previously she has taught a total of 8 years in Maryland and Kansas.
E-mail her at kathy.tripp@pisd.edu

Amy Cox

Amy Cox has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of North Texas. She joined the second grade team in August 2005. Mrs. Cox was voted by her peers to be Gulledge's 2005-2006 Beginning Teacher of the Year.

E-Mail her at amy.cox@pisd.edu

Emily Hollingsworth

 

E-Mail her at emily.hollingsworth@pisd.edu

 

 

Second Grade Curriculum

 The second grade Integrated Curriculum Overarching Concepts/Organizing Ideas are organized around the theme, Second Grade Keeps an Eye on the World. There are six Integrated Curriculum units studied each six weeks. These are:

1. Systems "How Do We Connect in Our World?"
2. Balance and Stability "Where is Harmony in Our World?"
3. Diversity "How Are We Alike and Different in Our World?"
4. Continuity & Change "What Impacts Our World?"
5. Interactions "How Are Communities Interdependent in Our World?"
6. Communication "What Does Evidence tell Us About Our World?"

In addition second grade focuses on the skills outlined below in reading, language arts and composition, and math.

Reading
Students are assessed on a regular basis to determine their appropriate instructional and independent reading level. Some concepts studied include: sequencing, cause/effect, reality/fantasy, classifying information, making predictions, drawing conclusions, main idea/details, oral summaries, written directions, parts of a book, alphabetizing, setting, and characterization.

Language and Composition Writing
Students will have experiences in using the following: prewriting, drafting, writing personal experience stories, writing friendly letters, describing pictures, recording observations, writing informal responses to literature, describing characters, describing settings, predicting story endings or the next chapter, writing new story endings or additions to stories, writing poetry, creating characters, creating settings, joining related sentences in a paragraph, writing single paragraph papers, writing topic sentences, using action words, adding descriptive adjectives, use inventive and standard spelling where appropriate, apostrophes in contractions, writing noun forms both singular and plural, and writing regular verbs, proofreading, and some revision. All students are welcome to submit a story for publishing in the Gator Press at anytime throughout the year.

Math
Second graders are responsible for learning addition facts to 18. They should be able to do the subtraction facts from the same "family" (for example 6 + 7 = 13 OR 13 - 7 = 6 ). By the end of the year, they should be able to give a correct response to these facts within 3 seconds. Other math concepts include the following: explain and write how you got an answer, rule out irrelevant information in story problems, problem solving, comparing whole numbers to 1,000, doubles, doubles plus one, adding tens, patterns, place value, comparing numbers, odd and even numbers, fractions (1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/6), counting money, addition and subtraction with and without regrouping, writing number sentences, missing addends, addition problems with 2 and 3 digit numbers, estimating length, height using standard and non-standard measurement, weight (lb.) and mass (kg.), telling time (5 minutes, 1/4 hour, 1/2 hour, hour) on a traditional and digital clock, calendar, geometric shapes, congruent shapes and symmetry.
 

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