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Welcome to 2 nd Grade Curriculum Night.
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Welcome to 2nd Grade Curriculum Night Download a free QR App on your smartphone and use each students clues to see if you can find your child's desk.When you find your child’s desk write a note on his or her desk, using an expo marker. Your child is going to be so surprised in the morning.
Introduction and Philosophy Mrs. Vance • Teaching Experience • Background • Family PHILOSOPHY • No one is perfect…I am NOT perfect! • Everyone does their personal BEST! • Learning = FUN • My classroom = FAMILY • Behavior should not impede the learning of others. • I believe in the teachable moment!
ATTENDANCE • Doors open at 7:00. Students eat breakfast and/or go to the gym. • Report to Homerooms at 7:30 • Tardy at 7:45 • Absences: • Send a written excuse on the day your child returns to school after an absence. If your child sees a physician, please obtain a note from them to send to school.
LUNCH & SNACK Lunch: • Our lunchtime is 12:42-1:12. • Come eat with them! • Sign in at the office/leave when kids line up • No outside food Snack: • 10:00 • Please make it healthy • No red drinks.
PARTIES Class Parties: • We will have two main parties: Winter Holiday & end of the year. • You may send in treats for other holidays. Birthdays: • Invites must be for all students if you plan on passing out in class. • You may send in treats for students to have at lunch.
TRANSPORTATION • Please communicate daily in student’s agenda if there are any changes. • Do not rely on email changes during the day. • Always notify the office.
COMMUNICATION • Agendas-checked daily - BEHAVIOR • Phone Calls-allow 24 hours for a returned phone call • Website http://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/denna_vance/site/default.aspx • ASP money in envelope and labeled • Lunch money in envelope and labeled • Homework in blue folder
CURRICULUM • Reading - working on fluency, comprehension, & retelling of stories. • Language Arts/Writing - editing sentences for spelling, punctuation, capitalization and usage. Learning to write a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end. • Genres: Narrative, Informational, Persuasive • Social Studies - maps, communities, government, citizenship, economics, and Georgia. • Math - addition/subtraction with regrouping, skip counting, place value, time, money, data and probability, measurement, geometry, and multiplication as repeated addition • Science - matter, life cycles, space, energy, seasons and STEM units. • Technology – tons of experience in different areas.
Common Core Georgia Performance Standards(on my website) • https://www.georgiastandards.org/Common-Core/Pages/CCGPS-Large-Print-by-Grade-Level-K-12.aspx
READING COUNTS AND SCOOTPAD • These programs are up and running. • Please encourage your child.
HOMEWORK • Busy Schedules • Meant as a review • 15-30 minutes per night plus reading time • What if I forget? • YOU ARE THE TEACHER AT HOME! Let’s support each other!
GRADES • Progress Reports - Every 4 weeks • Report Cards - Every 9 weeks O = outstanding (90-100) S = satisfactory (80-89) N = needs improvement (70-79) U = unsatisfactory (69 and below) **Corrections** Any paper that comes home with a failing grade may be corrected with the parent, signed and sent back to school for a 70%.
ADDITIONAL SPECIALS • Science Lab- Mrs. Bailey • STEM Lab- Mrs. Garland • Fridays at 10:20 – 11:05
DISCIPLINE Expectations HAWKS 6 Tribes, 1 Nation Have respect at all times Act responsibly Work hard and stay focused Keep trying your best Show self-control
CONFERENCES • We will have 2 scheduled conferences this year. I will begin scheduling by the end of September . • More may be held at request of parent or teacher.
Thank you so much for being great parents! • Make sure you signed in. • Make sure you left your student a note on your child’s desk. • Thank you for coming!