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Back to School Night

Back to School Night. Second Grade. About Me. Raised in Joplin, MO University of Missouri/Baker Matt- engineer at Burns and McDonnell and Reserve Commanding Officer, Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Tyler- 19 Youngster (sophomore) Naval Academy

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Back to School Night

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  1. Back to School Night Second Grade

  2. About Me • Raised in Joplin, MO • University of Missouri/Baker • Matt- engineer at Burns and McDonnell and • Reserve Commanding Officer, Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii • Tyler- 19 Youngster (sophomore) Naval Academy • Mattie- 16 Junior at Shawnee Mission East • Hostess: Tavern at Mission Farms • 21 years of teaching (Yikes!)

  3. About Westwood View • It’s the best! • ITI- Integrated Thematic Instruction • Theme • Not everyone learns the same • “Being there experiences”

  4. About Second Grade It’s the best! • Italy, Australia, Canada, Antarctica, China, Brazil, Africa (Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa)

  5. Top 10 Reasons to Volunteer for 2nd Grade Activities: • 10. Other parents are fun to be around! • 9. It’s a chance for you to earn “brownie” points with your child. • 8. Mrs. Germann and Mrs. Thompson are really nice people. • 7.It gives you a chance to see how other kids learn, think, and act. • 6. You become an active participant in your child’s education. • 5. Before you know it, your child will not want you to be a volunteer. Do it while you can! • 4. You get to see other children embarrass their parents, too! • 3. You would probably look really good in a white apron! • 2. Where else are you going to get to taste vegemite and Pavlova?

  6. The #1 Reason Is: • Without your help, we cannot do all of the following important activities!!

  7. Italian Delight

  8. Race Car Construction

  9. Italian Car Race

  10. Italian Meal

  11. Zoo field trip- Australia

  12. Outback Olympics

  13. Australian Meal

  14. Making Bread in Canada

  15. Canadian Tea

  16. Chinese Restaurant & Market

  17. African Market

  18. African Dance

  19. African Meal

  20. Back to the USA Picnic

  21. There’s No Place Like Home! • “Traveling” lets us develop a global view of the world. • We learn about diversity within in our own culture. • It is stimulating!! • It helps them develop responsibility, curiosity, and empathy.

  22. Life Skills (Second Step Handout) Life skills are those skills which are necessary to lead a happy and productive life. We stress these life skills in 2nd grade: • Responsibility and organization • Empathy • Sharing • Perseverance • Excellence • Common Sense • Truthfulness • Integrity

  23. Our Day • Morning Work (8:10-8:30) • Language Arts (8:30-9:30) • Reading- Wonders, lots of books, AR • Writing- 6 trait, no cursive! • Spelling- mostly as homework • Recess (10:00-10:20) • Social Studies (10:25- 11:35) • ITI • More reading with science and social studies • Big projects • Lunch (12:00-12:25)/ Recess (11:35-11:55) • Specials (1:30-3:00)

  24. Academics • Reading • Vocabulary • Comprehension (AR) • Written Expression • Expository • Creative • Math • Computation • Facts • Problem Solving • Social Studies • Second Step Program • Science

  25. Grades • S+ 95-100% • S 80-94% • S- 70-79% • N 60-69% • U 59% and below • Morning Work • Math tests • Math quick checks • AR tests • Spelling tests

  26. Ticket System (handout) • Blue tickets:  • 1- reminder • 2- walk 5 laps at recess • 3- walk ALL recess • 4- think sheet • 5- Mrs. Knight • Gold tickets:  • Earning S+ on work • Being a good role model of the class rules • 3 gold tickets for Fun Friday each week* * No think sheets!

  27. Nuts and Bolts • Homework • Birthdays • Communication (Web Site, E-Mail) • Sign-Up Genius (Room Mom) • Mr. Samuel

  28. What can you do? • Help your child be independent • set up structure at home • allow them to learn from experience • Check email and websites • Volunteer!!! • find a substitute *School policy- siblings

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