Welcome, Parents!

1. Welcome, Parents! Please find your child’s seat and information packet. Read the note your child left for you. You may take this home! Enjoy some cookies! Introduce yourself to your “tablemates” 

2. Parent Information Night Room 6 Becca Holland August 28, 2014

3. Agenda Introductions My Goals and Teaching Philosophy Classroom Community and Management Overview of the Curriculum A Day in Room 6 Homework Birthdays, Volunteering, etc. Letter to Your Child  Please jot questions / comments on purple papers

4. About Ms. Holland Grew up in Daly City. This is my 4th year at Las Lomitas. UCSD for bachelor’s, teaching credential, and M.Ed., math emphasis certificate Taught Prek-K, 1st, 2nd, and combination class.

5. MyTeachingPhilosophy Whole child approach: social, emotional, academic beings. Mistakes are a good thing (if you learn from them)! Positive environment where students feel safe and appreciated. “Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”

6. My Goals Maintain a safe environment (physically, emotionally). Teach the California Common Core State Standards. Meet each student’s needs Communicate effectively with parents Inspire curiosity and a love for learning!

7. Classroom Management Intrinsic motivation Positive reinforcement. “Hooray Chart” for individual student behavior. Behavior goals and table points for positive reinforcement.

8. Social & Emotional Learning • Second Step • Being assertive • Conflict management • Emotion management • Independence • Buttoning jackets • Opening lunch / snacks • Tying Shoes • Conversation skills • Morning meet & greet • Speaking & listening

9. Communication • Newsletters (every two weeks or so) • Information about curriculum • Housekeeping business • Home-school connection • Email is best, but voicemail works too. • rholland@llesd.org (R for Rebecca) • “Notes for Ms. Holland” basket

11. “Notes for Ms. Holland”

12. Curriculum: Language Arts • Reading Teams • Writing Workshop • Weekly Spelling • Additional

13. Curriculum: Language Arts Read-Alouds Shared Reading Guided Reading Teams • Small, leveled groups that meet each student’s needs • Decoding skills, fluency, and comprehension

14. Curriculum: Language Arts Writing Workshop Mini-lesson to introduce a new skill 20-40 minutes of writing time Units: narrative, informational, persuasive, poetry

16. Curriculum: Language Arts Spelling • Individualized lists • Monday pre-quiz • Practice at school & home • Friday quiz until mastery is reached

17. Curriculum: Language Arts Additional • Daily edits • Phonics • Reader’s theater

18. Curriculum: Mathematics • Math in Focus • Ms. Ackerman & I are piloting • Very similar to Primary Math • Singapore math pedagogy • Conceptual before procedural • Interactive • Doing math in context • Depth vs. breadth

20. Curriculum: Mathematics Supplemental Mathematics: • Math facts quizzes • Bellwork • Math Champ Challenge • Math sprints • Math games & explorations • Calendar

21. Math Topics Covered in 2nd Grade Fall: Numbers to 1,000 + and - with renaming (borrowing) Multiplication and division Winter: Measurement Mental math strategies Money Fractions Spring: Time Tables and graphs Geometry

22. Curriculum: Science • Scientific Skills Addressed: • Observation • Experimentation • Appreciation for Nature • Making Predictions • Recording Data • Curiosity!

23. Curriculum: Science Plant & Animal Life Cycles Rocks & Minerals Forces and Motion

24. Curriculum: Social Studies Map skills- CA, North America and Our World Life then and now Ancestors and Heritage People Who Make a Difference Rules, citizenship, and government Economics- supplying goods and services

25. Curriculum: Visual & Performing Arts • Performing arts • Student of the week • Reader’s theater • Songs and dance • Visual arts: • Exploring and creating using various media • Identify and use the elements of art • Use Color expressively

26. A day in room 6 • 9-10:15 Session 1 • Reading / Writing • 10:15-10:35 Recess • 10:35-11:00 • Calendar • News & announcements • 11:00-12:07 Math • 12:07-12:50 Lunch • 12:50-2:05 • PE / Music/ Computers • Silent Reading • Science, Social Studies, Art • 2:15-3:30 Session 2 • Reading / Writing

27. Specialist Schedule: Physical Education- M, W, F Music- Tuesday Library- Wednesday Computer Lab- Thursdays

28. 2nd Grade Homework Practice Reading, spelling, math Red folder each Mon. 20-30 minutes / day Contact me if there are issues Neat, in pencil, accurate, and complete Parents sign completed packet Due Friday in blue tub Corrected packet is returned

29. Reading at Home • Model good reading habits. If it looks like reading is important and enjoyable in your life, you are sending the message that reading is important to your child. Read with your child, to your child. They learn to read in the classroom. They learn to be readerson your lap.

30. Asking your Child About School • How was school today? • Good. • What did you learn today? • Nothing

31. What Did You Do Today? When children come home at the end of the day,The question they're asked as they scurry to play,Is, "Tell me, what did you do in school today?""NOTHING! I did NOTHING in school today!"Maybe nothing means that I played with blocks,Tied my own shoes, or found precious rocks.Maybe our monarchs hatched today,Or maybe I learned a new game to play.Maybe today was the very first timeMy scissors followed a really straight line!Maybe I sang our song from beginning to end,Or maybe I made a brand new friend!When you're only seven, and your heart has wings,NOTHING can mean so many things! -Source Unknown

32. Instead: Will you teach me a math game you learned this week? Who is the star of the week? Tell me about a game you played during P.E. What piece are you working on in writing workshop? Tell me about the book Ms. Holland read out loud today.

33. Birthdays, Volunteers, etc. • Birthdays • Sing Happy Birthday song • Card from class • No food please! • Volunteers • Library • Computer Lab • Prep materials • Lunch servers • Memory book • Help for special projects, events, etc. via newsletter • Field trips • Sites & dates TBD • Chaperones requested through newsletter

34. Apple for the Teacher • Support enrichment in the classroom! • Funds for fieldtrip • In-class visits from museums and Mad Science • Adding to the classroom library • Supplies for extra projects My list is available on my class webpage. Please consider picking an “apple” for room 6. Thank you!

35. Thank You! Please leave questions (purple papers) for me in the red bin by the door. Leave a note for your child to read tomorrow morning (heart paper). I’m looking forward to a wonderful year with you!