Homework

Monday:  15 min of reading for Reading Log, Monday DOL sheet

Tuesday:  15 minutes of reading for Reading Log, Tuesday DOL sheet

Wednesday:  15 minutes of reading for Reading Log, Wednesday DOL sheet

Thursday:  15 minutes of reading for Reading Log, Thursday DOL sheet

Friday:  No DOL sheet, 15 minutes of reading for Reading Log (due on Monday)

Please continue to review the High Frequency words with your child at home.

Reading logs come home in the Monday Weekly Take-Home folder.  Return completed the following Monday.

Please allow your child to complete the DOL sheet independently.  Remember that we check these together in class, and we use it as a springboard to teach any new concepts.

From Your Teacher ...

 Parent volunteers are always appreciated in our class.  Let me know when you are available to help!

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 "Trinket" donations are always needed for our:   Prize Box, Birthday Box and Friday Auctions.

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 Be involved in your child's education! It makes a difference! 

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 I promise to work hard to prepare your child for 3rd grade.  This includes teaching responsibility, being more independent, good work and study habits, citizenship, and appropriate classroom behavior.  Please help me reinforce these things as needed. I am here to help your child, and I promise to do it with love and fairness, but also with structure and reinforcement.  I want your child to love school, and to develop a love for learning!  A positive attitude helps boost learning!

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 If any problems arise, I will contact you (by phone, email or note).  PLEASE do the same with me.  I can only answer a question or help solve a problem, if I know there is one.  I want every child (and parent) to have a POSITIVE, REWARDING 2nd grade year! 

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BEHAVIOR BUCKS:  Each week, your child can earn or lose "Behavior Bucks" for conduct.  This is an extra motivational tool, and is not necessarily linked to a misbehavior.  Students will be able to spend their earned bucks at our Friday Auctions.  In order to have wonderful auctions, we are in need of girl and boy prizes.  Where can you get these prizes?........the Dollar Store, Wal-Mart, Family Dollar, Big Lots, etc  (even fast food toys and party prizes are great)!

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AGENDAS:  Please check and sign your child's agenda each night.  This ensures that a parent has seen any important information that I have sent home in the agenda.  Students will put their homework sheets in the clear back-pocket, so be on the lookout for those!  You can send or write notes to me in the agenda, and I may write notes to you, too.  I will also put your child's daily conduct report in the agenda.  Things such as cafeteria charges, library late notices,  PTA information, and office memos may be sent home in this back-pocket as well.

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2nd Grade DRA:  By the end of the 4th quarter, each student needs to be at DRA Level 28. How can you help your child improve his/her DRA, be a better reader and have better comprehension? ..... Ask questions as your child reads: Who? What? When? Where? Why? What happened at the beginning, the middle and end? What was the story's problem and solution? 

WRITING:  Students will start the year off by identifying parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives), and writing sentences with a subject and predicate (the WHO and WHAT that makes a complete sentence).  We will very quickly move in to writing informational paragraphs using Writer's Workshop. 

SPELLING:  Students will receive weekly word lists.  They need to study these words (knowing how to spell, read and use in a sentence).  A test will be given each Friday.  Each list is made up of  words from our High Frequency word list for 2nd graders. 

MATH:   Students need to STUDY addition and subtraction facts! 

If you feel your child needs additional help in any of the areas above, please contact me. I can provide additional materials for practice, and ideas for help at home. Thank you for being an active part of your child's education. It takes parents, students and teachers working together!

Our Daily Schedule

Classroom Expectations

1. Listen when others are talking.

2. Follow directions.

3. Keep hands, feet and objects to yourself.

4. Work quietly and do not disturb others.

5. Work and play in a safe manner.

6. Show respect for school and personal property

 

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