September 14, 2025
Midterm progress reports will be sent home on Friday, September 19. Please visit Aspen on a regular basis to be informed of grades and missing assignments. Missing assignments need to be submitted immediately.
Please review your child’s midterm progress report, sign and return the bottom portion of the report by Monday, September 22. Parents/Guardians interested in meeting with teachers may include their requests on the return slip or via email.
Finally, field trip forms are also due on Monday, September 22.
September 7, 2025
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Students will take the Math Topic 1 Assessment on Friday, September 12 and the. Please refer to the graded homework to help your child review. The following concepts will be assessed:
- Use counting on to add numbers and add numbers in any order. (Lesson 1-1)
- Use doubles and near doubles to add quickly and accurately. (1-2)
- Use the strategy of making a ten to add quickly and accurately. (1-3)
- Use number patterns on an addition facts table to complete addition equations. (1-4)
- Count on and count back on a number line to subtract. (1-5)
- Think addition to subtract quickly and accurately. (1-6)
- Make a 10 to subtract quickly and accurately. (1-7)
- Add and subtract quickly and accurately using mental math strategies. (1-8)
- Solve addition and subtraction word problems. (1-9)
- Use words, pictures, numbers, and symbols to construct viable math arguments. (1-10)
For explanations of these lessons, please click the Homework tab on this page and look under the Family Engagement corresponding to each lesson.
Midterm progress reports will be sent home on Friday, September 19. Please check the parent portal (ASPEN) or your child’s Google Classroom for missing grades and encourage your child to submit late assignments. The reports are a reminder of how your child is doing up to date. Grades will be affected by missing assignments. However, if assignments are submitted later, the grades will reflect the completed assignments.
Thank you for your support.
Keniesha Charleston and Jeanine Woods
August 31, 2025
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Happy Labor Day!
We are excited to invite you to Back-to-School Night on Tuesday, September 5 from 4:30–6:00 p.m. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to connect and for you to learn more about what your child will experience this school year. Please note that our time will be limited, so we will not be able to hold individual conferences during this event. If you would like to discuss your child in more detail, you are welcome to email me to set up a time at a later date.
Also, this week, our class will begin the I-Ready Beginning-of-the-Year Reading and Math assessments. Testing will take place on Wednesday through Friday in the morning.
These assessments help us understand each child’s current learning levels so we can better support their growth throughout the year. Please make sure your child arrives to school on time, gets a good night’s rest, and eats a healthy breakfast so they are ready to do their best.
Thank you for your support,
The Second Grade Team
August 24, 2025
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Thank you so much for all your support to make the first week of school an awesome one!
Please make sure your child is doing assigned homework each night and returning it the next morning to the classroom. Homework is 10 percent of the grade, and it is an important learning experience of second grade. The graded homework also provides us with valuable insight to inform instructional planning and implementation.
Each night your child is required to read any book for 30 minutes under your guidance. Please assist your child logging the reading information on the Second Grade Reading Log. The log will be due the following Monday and each week thereafter. Math worksheets are assigned each night, except the night after a math Unit Progress Check. This upcoming week, students will write in their Composition Book, which will be sent home on Monday. If you are unsure about daily homework assignments, you can always check our blog by clicking on the homework tab. Here is the link for our blog. https://sites.google.com/cps.edu/second-grade/home It is updated every Sunday.
Thank you for your support,
Second Grade Team
August 16, 2025
Welcome to the 2025-26 school year. We are looking forward to an exciting year of learning in second grade.
Please be cognizant of the following information about the beginning of the school year:
Every day, your child is expected to line up at 8:45 a.m. near door number 2. This door is in the center of the old building, facing the playground. Students will line up behind the 103 (Ms. Wood’s class) and 106 (Ms. Charleston’s class) signs taped/painted on the concrete. We, of course, will be there to greet your child as we line up to enter the building. Instruction will begin promptly at 8:45.
A free breakfast will be served each day in the classroom from 8:45 to 8:55. Please support your child’s education by arriving on time every day. At the end of the day, students will be dismissed at 3:45 p.m. from door number 2. This is the same door we entered the building in the morning. For safety reasons, please be consistent about who is picking up your child at the end of the school day or inform us if there is a change.
Lunch is free for all students. If your child is bringing a lunch to school, he/she must have it upon arrival. Please send a refillable water bottle with your child. The water fountains in school are for refilling bottles only.
If you have any question or comment, please email us at kncharleston@cps.edu or jcwoods4@cps.edu
Regards,
Ms. Charleston and Ms. Woods
The Second Grade Team
Essential Classes Schedule
Ms. Charleston’s Class 1:45-2:45
Monday- Gym
Tuesday- World Language
Wednesday- Music
Thursday- World Language
Friday- Gym
Ms. Woods' Class 1:45-2:45
Monday- Music
Tuesday- World Language
Wednesday- Gym
Thursday- World Language
Friday- Music