Before we begin…
• Take the quiz about your child’s
favorites. No peeking at the other
side!
• When you finish, compare your
answers to your child’s. How did you
do?
• Write them a note to read
tomorrow.
Welcome toOpen House
2nd Grade 2018-19
About Me…• Marietta native
• Vanderbilt University (B.S. in Elementary Education and Mathematics)
• Masters and Specialists degrees from Georgia State University
• My 21st year teaching grades K-3
• 8th grade daughter (Hightower Trail)and 10th grade son (Pope); married almost 22 years
• VERY happy to be at Timber Ridge!
Room Reps for 2018-2019
• Shany Sadan and Erin Ellis
• We will hear from them soon!
• Additional Opportunities:
– Thursday Folders
– Field Trips - chaperones or helpers
– Class Parties
– Field Day
Attendance (from Admin.)• Attendance is a critical component to your child’s
academic progress. Attendance is an expectation
unless it is necessary that you child be absent.
• According to CCSD Administrative Rule (JB-R):
– Reasons for Excused Absences:
• Personally ill;
• Serious illness or death in immediate family (mother,
father, siblings, grandparents, step-parents, guardians;
• Observance of religious holidays;
• Order of governmental agencies (e.g., military
physicals);
• Court proceedings in which the child must appear;
• Initial deployment or return from deployment.
Attendance (from Admin.)• Letters written by parents / physicians explaining
the reason for absences must be presented to
school on the date of return OR no later than
the following day of the absences. Failure to submit a note within three school days after the student’s return will result in an unexcused absence.
• Principal reserves the right to ask for medication documentation to verify absences when more than THREE (3) absences have been accumulated in a semester.
• After THREE (3) UNEXCUSED absences, consequences MAY be applied:
• According to CCSD Attendance Protocol (JB-5):
– THREE Unexcused Absences – Teacher communication via email, phone parent conference, report card documentation:
– FIVE Unexcused Absences – District / School-generated letter, documenting school interventions:
– SEVEN Unexcused Absences – A POSSIBLE School Social Work Referral, documenting school interventions
– TEN OR MORE Unexcused Absences – Parents subject to referral for POSSIBLE truancy or educational neglect
– The school WILL WORK closely with parents on situations in which excessive absences are accumulated.
Attendance (from Admin.)
Transportation
• If you need to switch your child’s
normal mode of transportation,
please provide a dated, written note
or go through the office to make the
change.
• We cannot accept transportation
changes via email.
Thank you!
Our typical day…7:50-8:00 Announcements, Morning Work
8:00-9:40 Literacy (Daily Five, OG)
9:40-9:50 Snack and Brain Break
9:50-10:45 Math
10:45-11:30 Specials (Group C)
11:30-11:45 Number Talk
11:45-11:58 Bathroom and Handwashing
11:58-12:28 Lunch
12:28-1:00 Content (Science / Social Studies)
1:00-1:30 Writing
1:30-2:00 Recess
2:00-2:20 Update Planners, Dismissal Prep
Our typical week…
Monday – STEM lab – 9:50-10:40
Tuesday – Learning Commons book check-out
Thursday – Target and Talent Development
Guidance – Monday (every 3 weeks)
What is your child learning
this year?• Math
• Reading
• Writing
• Language Arts
• Science
• Social Studies
• Health / Technology
READING – Q1
Last year of HOW to read.
Daily Five + OG model
Phonics / word recognition –
short/long vowels, vowel teams
Asking/answering questions
about stories, understanding
characters & plot development
WRITING / ELA – Q1
Writing narratives – “small moment” stories
Including details, sequencing words, closure
Nouns - capitalize proper nouns, collective nouns, irregular plurals
Friendly letters
Vocabulary – context clues
MATH – Q1
Place Valuethrough 1,000 – read, write, count, compare, expanded form
Addition and Subtraction:fluency within 10one step word problems
Measurement & Datacoins - dimes, nickels, penniesgraphing
Story Problems one step +/- within 20
SCIENCE – Q1
Properties of Matter
Introduction to pushes & pulls
SOCIAL STUDIES – Q1
Cardinal & Intermediate directions
Regions & Rivers of Georgia
Native American history in Georgia
CLASS DOJO
• Students earn points for making good
choices. We love it!
• Students will “cash in” points for
rewards.
• You can set up an account to
monitor your child’s progress.
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• Class Rewards – Mr. Potato Head
Classroom-School Communication:
• Agenda and Take Home Folder come
home each night
• Please check the folder and read/sign
the agenda.
• Fridays – Take Home Notebook will
come home with a letter from your
child – please write your child back
using proper “friendly letter” format.
Homework
• Will focus on skills that can only improve with consistent practice:
– Reading
• 10 minutes/night – write in agenda
• Read Theory – online – starting soon
– Spelling – “red words” – 3 activities from the choice board
–Math – addition facts to 20
• Other assignments will come home as needed (incomplete work, projects)
Report Cards
Standards Based
3, 2, 1 scale for academic areas
S, P, N scale for work/study habits.
We will review the 1st report card together at conferences (week of October 15th).
Progress Reports are sent home mid-quarter.
Field Trips
Fire Safety Village – August 30
Beauty & the Beast ballet –February 14
Numerous in-house field trips
Odds and Ends…
Send a snack every day!Check our blog on a regular basis. I will update weekly.Thursday folders – work and school communication. Send empty folder back on Friday. Birthday treats – send me an e-mail to coordinate.Students need to know their ID number.Grade-level shirts – more info to come! Scholastic Book Orders – sent home a few times a year.
• I look forward to working with you
and your child!
• Please don’t hesitate to contact me
with concerns or questions:
