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Welcome to 2nd grade at Faubion PreK-8 School! Explore our comprehensive program that includes academic support, parental engagement, positive behavior initiatives, daily schedules, language arts, writing, integrated science and social studies, and math curriculum. Get involved now!
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Rooms 5, 6, 8Mrs. Arias, Miss Boon and Mr. Walker Welcome to 2nd Grade!
Faubion PreK-8 School • Faubion is a Title One School • High levels of support for all students • Extra staff – classroom teachers, instructional specialists who work with staff and students, educational assistants • PK Program • Well-stocked library • Fieldtrips • Free Breakfast Program • Free Lunch Program for every student - fruits and veggies provided every day. • Parent engagement and educational opportunities • Title One Compacts between students, parents & teachers signed this fall. • TAG testing for all second grade on Monday, October 13 - Jamie Makara, Faubion TAG coordinator, Meridith Cauldwell- Title One Reading Specialists 2
Common Core Standards implementedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s0rRk9sER0&safe=active • Aligned with college and work expectations • Focused and coherent • Includes rigorous content and application of knowledge through higher-order thinking and reasoning skills • Intentionally benchmarked so all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society • Students’ reading, writing, and speaking skills are grounded in evidence and research
Communications • - Weekly Message to families on homework cover page • - Report Cards - a sample for you is provided tonight • - Faubion Web site www.pps.k12.or.us/faubion • - Thursday Folders • - Bulldog Barker newsletter - every month • - PTA Membership • Conferences 10/29-10/30
PBIS/Classroom Management • School wide adoption of Positive Behavior Interventions and Support • The emphasis on school-wide systems of support that include proactive strategies for defining, teaching, and supporting appropriate student behaviors to create positive school environments. • Be responsible, Be respectful, Be safe, Be a professional student • Rewards- Students receive Paw-sitive paws and Paw-sitive referrals sent home • Classroom Expectation: Class Constitution built by students • Students may receive minor consequences of copying the class constitution
Daily Schedules • Our daily schedules are posted outside our classroom doors. We have copies available for you to take home tonight. • Included in our daily routines: • - 8:30-8:45 - Grab n’ Go Breakfast - 5th year! • - Flouride is given after breakfast each morning • - A healthy snack is provided each day-5th year! • - Brain Breaks - 10 min. most afternoons • - 11:40-12:25- Daily Lunch and recess time • Note: Late Openings-Doors open at 10:30am on the third Wednesday of every month, except November.
Language Arts • Scott Foresman/ Reading Street. • Small group plan for differentiated instruction: on-level, strategic intervention and advanced. • Skills overview: oral language, phonics, blending sounds, decoding with common word parts, spelling, high frequency and amazing words. • Reading covers: comprehension, vocabulary and fluency using high level questioning strategies. • Language Arts: writing, grammar, speaking, and listening. • Independent learning activities including Daily 5 (supplemental) • The program also integrates: science and social studies standards. • Weekly handwriting practice - D’Nealian style • DIEBELS diagnostic assessment used to measure progress throughout the year
Writing • Portland Public Schools: Grade 2 Writing Units of Study • Lucy Caulkins • Writing Workshop • Small differentiated groups-guided instruction • Individual conferencing on a weekly basis • Independent writing time • Editing and Publishing • Narrative, Informational, Persuasive and Research Writing 8
Unit 1: Exploration Teaching Point: What can we learn from exploring new places and things? Unit 6: Traditions Teaching Point:How are traditions and celebrations important to our lives? Unit 2: Working Together Teaching Point:How can we work together? Integrated Science/Social Studies: Scott Foresman Unit 3: Creative Ideas Teaching Point:What does it mean to be creative? Unit 5: Responsibility Teaching Point: What does it mean to be responsible? Unit 4: Our Changing World Teaching Point: How do things change? How do they stay the same? Unit 1: Animals, Tame and Wild Teaching Point: describe the basic needs of living things
Math • Bridges Curriculum • Number Corner, whole group lessons and independent choice time workplaces • Unit 1: Sorting, Patterning & Number • Unit 3: Addition, Subtraction & Probability (Mid Oct. - November) • Unit 2: Hungry Ants-story problems (Decemeber) • Unit 4: Shapes, Symmetry, Area & Number (Jan.-Feb.) • Unit 5: Branching into Larger Numbers: Money & Place Value (Mid Feb.- Mid April) • Unit 7: Games, Graphs & Toys (Mid April-end of year) • Family Support link: • http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/resources/materials/parents/parents2 • Independent Supplemental Math Support: Minute Math • and Daily Math Warm-Ups
Home/School Activities • Students will receive homework every week through May. • Assignments will cover what has been learned at school during the current and previous weeks. • Completion of homework is very important and is used for grading at report card time. • Students should read at least 15 to 20 mins everyday • Ability needs will be addressed. (differentiation) • Limit students to only the daily assignment requests. • Homework goes home on Monday and is returned on Friday.
Enrichments • Physical Education • Room 8- Monday- 12:30- 1:00 Wednesday- 9:15-9:45 • Music • Room 8- Wednesdays- 9:45- 10:15 • Library • Room 8-Thursdays-2:15- 2:40 • Visual Arts • Room 8- Wednesdays- 10:45- 11:30 • Counselor-Mrs. Martin Quarter 2 • Room 8- Tuesday- 2:00- 2:30 • Chinese (mandarin) • Thursday 2:40- 3:00 • Concordia University Partnership • Concordia students assist and provide support in the classroom on a weekly basis • Ipad 2:1 ratio
Potential Field Trips • Fall and Spring visits to Whitaker Pond • Play downtown • Zoo • OMSI • Neighborhood walks • We will ride Tri-Met, take school buses and walk for our field trips this year. • Chaperones will be needed for every field trip. Please let us know if there is a field trip you prefer to attend and we will make every effort to accommodate your request. District volunteer forms will need to be up- to-date in order to attend. 13
We are Moving! • This is our last year in this building! • We are moving to a swing site (Tubman) after this school year • We will be in this swing site for two years • This is all I Know!
Faubion School learning community appreciates your support. • We are looking forward to a wonderful and successful year. • Our doors are always open. Don’t hesitate to call us at: 503.916.5686 or email us at: • Erin Arias - earias@pps.net • Sandra Boon - sboon@pps.net • Kevin Walker- kwalker4@pps.net