Welcome to Back to School Night!

1. Welcome to Back to School Night! Dear Parents, Please: • Sign-in and check out the volunteer opportunities that are open for our class. • Sit at your child’s seat. • Use a post-it to leave a brief note on your child's desk. This will be glued into their notebook for them to look back at. Ms. KielSecond Grade Room 162

2. About Ms. Kiel • This is my 10th year teaching. I have taught Kindergarten, First and Second Grades • I have a master’s degree from Old Dominion University • Grew up in Williamsburg Virginia and have been living in the Northern Va. area for the last 9 years.

3. Second Grade Curriculum • Units of Study for Teaching Reading  (Lucy Calkins) • Second-Grade Reading Growth Spurt • Becoming Experts: Reading Nonfiction • Bigger Books Mean Amping Up Reading Power • Series Book Clubs • Units of Study for Teaching Writing (Lucy Calkins)  • Narrative Writing: Small Moments • Non-Fiction  • Persuasive Writing  • Poetry • Units of Study in Phonics • Science  • Science Fusion, FOSS, Delta will be used to teach the following units: Weather, Animal Life Cycles, Habitats, Earth’s Resources, Force, Motion, Energy, Matter, and Magnets • Social Studies • Trade Books and developed units will be used to teach the following units: Civics, Geography, American Indians, Famous Americans, Past vs. Present, Inventions, Economics, and Holidays • FLES • 2x/week • Health • 1x/week

4. Responsive Classroom Belongingness, Significance, and Fun • Morning Meeting • 4 parts  Greeting, Share, Activity, Morning Message • Hopes and Goals • Rules: • Student generated • Develop problem solving skills for social situations • C.A.R.E.S. • Every action has a consequence: • Positive: • Make friends • Stay safe • Lots of learning! • Negative: • Take a Break • Loss of privilege • You break it, you fix it

5. Homework • Monthly Project Based Homework • Sent home: first school day of the month • Due Back: last school day of the month • Read for 20 minutes each night • Reflex Math (3X/week) until student reaches green light

6. Project Based Homework

7. Classroom Celebrations • Halloween • Global Celebration • Valentine’s Day

8. Activity Fee ($30) • Field Trips • The Children’s Science Center Lab • Planetarium (free) • National Museum of American History • Central Library (free) • Bus Transportation • Class Supplies • Classroom Celebrations

9. Bloomz & Scholastic Book Orders • Scholastic Books Club Orders (Online or Paper) Online Ordering on www.scholastic.com Click on Book Clubs Our Class Code: QCM84 Book catalogs are sent home via Friday Folder. • Parent Sign-Ups on Bloomz Our Class Code: 375J5Y Sign-Up for: • Fall P-T Conferences • Field Trip Chaperone • Other needs as they arise

10. Birthdays & Dismissal • If your child will have a different dismissal route for his/her way home, you must send a note with your child OR e-mail me before noon! • If dismissal plans change after 12noon, call the front office with this information. The office staff will notify me of this change. • In second grade, we will hold quiet birthday celebrations in the classroom. In lieu of edible treats or goody bags, your child is invited to donate her/his favorite children’s book to our classroom library. The book will be read aloud to the class on the day of his/her birthday celebration. • We do not allow students to distribute birthday invitations in school.

11. Volunteer Opportunities • Room Parents (sign up today) • Art in the Classroom (sign up today) • Field trip chaperones

12. Thank you for coming! • Parent-Teacher communication is important . Please keep in touch via email. I welcome your questions, comments, or concerns. • Sarah.Kiel@apsva.us