Welcome to Back to School Night

1. Welcome to Back to School Night Mrs. Fahres RoomG6 Second Grade

2. Introduction I am very excited to be teaching second grade again this year! It is my favorite grade to teach. This is my tenth year of teaching in the Etiwanda School District and my eighth year here at Terra Vista. I have lived in the Rancho Cucamonga area my entire life and I am happy to be teaching in the area I grew up in. I have been married to my husband Ryan for 9 years now. We are both teachers. I have a wonderful eight year old son named Corey and a spunky toddler named Dylan. When I’m not at school, I enjoy scrapbooking, playing the piano, and spending time with my friends and family.

4. Contact Info • Email: jennifer_fahres@etiwanda.org • Class website: http://www.teacherweb.com/CA/TerraVista/MrsFahres/ • Phone Number: (909) 945-5715

5. What’s new at Terra Vista • Common Core • Kagan Strategies • Watch Dog Dads • Mileage Club

6. Classroom Supplies Items always needed and appreciated in the classroom  • Stickers • Kleenex • #2 Pencils • Clorox Wipes • Colored Pencils • Black Expo White Board Markers • Zip lock baggies (gallon and sandwich bag sized)

7. O U R S C H E D U L E • 8:15 – 8:45 Morning Work • 8:45-9:30 Language Arts • 9:30 – 9:45Recess / Snack • 9:45 –11:15 Language Arts cont. • 11:15 – 11:55Lunch • 11:55 – 12:30Silent Reading/A.R. • 12:30 – 1:30 Math • 1:30 – 2:35S.S./Science/Art/P.E. • 2:35 – 2:45 Pack-Up/Dismissal • *Schedule is tentative and subject to change. • *Every Monday is a Minimum Day at 1:15 p.m. dismissal.

8. Homework • Grading Scale • Homework will be given on the first day of the week and due on the last day of the week. • Please check homework for accuracy and completion. • Each assignment will be given 1 point. • Homework grade will be reflected in the citizenship area of the report card. • REMEMBER: Please initial nightly reading and sign at the top.

9. Any Graded Work will be sent home on Fridays! Please sign only after checking and reviewing your child’s work with him/her.

11. Classroom Information • Classroom Rewards • Classroom Discipline System • Star of the Week

12. Our Curriculum • Houghton-Mifflin Language Arts/Literature Common Core Standards • Anthologies • Project Read • Mountain Language • Small Group Instruction • Accelerated Reader • Step-Up To Writing • Prompts from Houghton Mifflin • Teacher created prompts • Seasonal prompts • Journal Writing • Class Stories

13. Our Curriculum • Macmillan McGraw-Hill Math Series Common Core Standards • Number Sense and Patterns • Addition Strategies • Subtraction Strategies • Data and Graphs • Two-Digit Addition • Two-Digit Subtraction • Money • Multiplication & Division Concepts • Fractions • Numbers to 1,000 • Geometry • Measurement & Time • Three Digit Addition • Three Digit Subtraction

14. To view and use Math Pages at home, go to http://macmillanmh.com/ose/ and submit the Access Code: A740B464B0. You will be able to access ALL Math pages, including tests. I will not be using these tests, so they may certainly be used for practice and review.

15. Our Curriculum • Harcourt Social Studies CA Standards • Unit 1 Families, Now & Long Ago • Unit 2 The Land Around Us • Unit 3 Governing the People • Unit 4 Using Our Resources • Unit 5 People in the Marketplace • Unit 6 People Make a Difference • Houghton-Mifflin Science • Unit A Life Cycles • Unit B Earth’s Resources • Unit C Motion and Forces • Unit D Magnets and Sound

16. Accelerated Reader • Student point goals are individualized to each child’s reading level. • Students will read books with their ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development) which is a range of book levels they can read that is neither too hard nor too easy for them • Each child’s ZPD will be determined by his/her STAR reading test taken 3x/year (once each Trimester). • Students must have an 80% or higher accuracy on their average quiz score for comprehension. • Each Trimester, students who successfully meet or exceed their individualized point goal at 80% or higher accuracy will get to attend the A.R. parties.

17. Accelerated Reader Cont. • Students will now have access to countless books on the new system, not just books in our school and classroom libraries. To see if a book is an A.R. book go to www.arbookfind.com • Parents will be notified of their child’s A.R. progress through the Home Connect Feature where parents can view their child’s A.R. reports online • To access go to www.etiwanda.org/library and click on Renaissance Place Home Connect to enter your user name and password (see handout) • Each time your child takes an A.R. test you will be emailed their score and you can see their average quiz percentage and see how close/behind they are in obtaining their goals

18. Get your ESPRI Account See your Child’s Grades - Progress Reports - Attendance - and More ! Go to www.Etiwanda.org, View the Video and Sign-Up Today

19. Parent Volunteer Handbook A volunteer serving in any capacity must sign the volunteer form provided in this District Volunteer Handbook. The Handbook also contains helpful guidelines and information about your generous role as a volunteer. Pick up a Handbook from me or from the School Office.

20. District Testing Schedule Second Grade 2013-2014 Reading Fluency Assessment (DIBELS): 3 times a year Reading Accuracy Assessment (STAR): Computer Program 3 times a year District Benchmark Assessments (Math & Literacy): 3 times a year STAR Tests (State Exams): April, 2014 (pending state approval)

21. Birthday Celebrations

22. Let’s have a GREAT school year!