Welcome to Grade 2 at Gems

International School!
Tonights Agenda


The School Mission Statement
A little bit about the Primary Years Program
The 180 Day Cycle
The 8 Day Cycle
PSPE (Personal, Social and Physical Education
Differentiated Learning and Spinning at GIS
Everyday Mathematics
A Typical Day in Grade 2
Homework
Contact Us!
Questions and Forms

Our Mission Statement
At Gems International School our mission is to
provide a school experience that is joyous, meaningful
and purposeful. Our Program of Inquiry sustains
students natural curiosity and the desire to learn
while promoting integrity along with dispositions,
understandings and skills to make a difference. Our
approach builds compassion and empathy along with
self-efficiency and resilience so our students take
action, seek diversity and embrace change toward a
more positive world view.


PYP
Transdisciplinary
Skills




PYP Attitudes
Courageous
Our Learner Profiles
encourage students
to be
Courageous

Transdisciplinary
Themes

Central Idea
Who We Are
Choices of role models reflect the
beliefs and values of individuals and
societies.
Where we are in
Time and Place
Physical geography influences lives
and communities.
How We Express
Ourselves
People create messages to target
certain groups.
How the World
Works
Forces and motion are fundamental to
all matter in the universe.
How We Organize
Ourselves

Currency is a human-made system
that helps value goods and services.
Sharing the Planet
When interacting with natural habitats
people make choices that have an
impact on other living things.
Where we are in place and
time
Social Studies Outcomes
Describe the influence of landforms
and geographic
features on human population and
cultures.
Locate and distinguish between
landforms.

Learner Profiles:
Inquirers and Knowledgeable
Central Idea:
Physical geography influences lives
and communities.

Language Outcomes:
-Know and use various text features
to locate key facts or information in a
text
-Write informative text
- Use glossaries and dictionairies to
determine and clarify the meaning of
words and phrases.
Attitudes:
Curiosity and Enthusiastic
Transdisciplinary Skills
Research Skills
The 180 Day Cycle
Our school calendar year has 180 day cycle which is
split into 3 terms. At the end of each term there is a
MAP test which is undertaken by grades 1 5 to assess
Language and Math. Alongside this we also have our
own internal Assessments and parent teacher student
conferences.


The 8 day
Cycle
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8
7:45 - 8:00 Morning Meeting
Personal and Social
Education/ Islamic
Language/ Math/
Social Studies/
Science
Personal and
Social Education/
Islamic
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Social Studies/
Science
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Social Education/
Islamic
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SNACK AND RECESS 9:45- 10:10
Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic
PE ARTS MUSIC PE ARTS MUSIC PE LIBRARY
LUNCH
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Dismissal
Hopes and Dreams Day does not count as a day in the 8 day cycle
PSPE
Once in an 8 Day Cycle we are lucky to
receive support from Ms. Monica, our
school counselor. She will co-teach along
side the homeroom teacher to helps
students deal with Personal, Social and
Physical Education.

The counselor is also available for
individual meetings with students. Please
sign the counselor form at the back of the
room. To give permission for your child to
visit the counsellor.
During Islamic lessons (4 times
in an 8-day cycle) non-Islamic
students will stay in class and
complete PSPE classes. During
this time there will be
discussions and activities
surrounding personal, social
and physical education. Other
times we will catch up on
unfinished work or play
educational games. No new
information will be taught
during this time to ensure
Islamic students are always up
to speed.
Differentiated Learning
During math and language
classes students are placed
in ability groups where their
individual needs are met.
Students will mixed across
the entire grade level to
either support their learning
needs or extend their
learning further. During this
time, we have support from
the ELL and the SEN team
Spinning
Everyday Mathematics
Everyday Mathematics is a
comprehensive Pre-K through 6th
grade mathematics curriculum
developed by the University of
Chicago School Mathematics
Project and published by McGraw-
Hill Education. It is currently being
used by about 4.3 million students
in over 220,000 classrooms.

http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/
In grade 2 at GIS we ensure math and language are both taught for a
minimum of one hour day
A typical day in Grade Two..
7:45-8:00: Homeroom Time
8:00-8:45: Language/ Social Studies/ Science
8:45- 9:45: Math (Spinning Time)
9:45- 10:10: Break Time.
10 minutes for eating a morning snack.
15 minutes for Outside Recess
10:15- 11:00 Arabic
11:00- 11:45 Specialist Classes (Art, P.E, Music, Library)
11:45- 12:30 Lunch and Recess
12:30- 1:15: Language (Spinning Time)
1:15- 200: Language/ Social Studies/ Science
2:00- 2:40 Math
2:45-2:50: Home time
Our Essential
Agreements

Across the classes we have made the following agreements in
order to play and learn successfully.
1. We are COURAGEOUS! We try new things and arent afraid of
hard work.
2. We are CARING! We help each other and we are good friends.
3. We are PRINCIPLED. We do the right thing. We keep
our hands and our feet to ourselves.
4. We are good COMMUNICATORS. We listen to others
ideas and we speak in nice voices.
We listen when others are talking.
5. We are THINKERS and INQUIRERS ! We want to
learn new things.
Homework
In grade two we expect children to work on
classwork outside of school for approximately
30 minutes each evening. This can include
bedtime reading! We will send homework on
Sundays and expect it to be returned on
Thursdays. We will occasionally send home
some fun weekend homework too.
Please remember you can
always contact us by email. As
parents and teachers we can
work together for your childs
education.










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