Academic Success for All Students! Jennie Reid Elementary Title I - Open House August 29, 2019

1. Academic Success for All Students! Jennie Reid Elementary Title I - Open House August 29, 2019 Mrs. Rodriguez Second grade College Bound and Proud!

2. All About Me • All About Me Letter sent home during Meet the Teacher • Education • Background • Personal • We will be promoting University of Houston as our college for the year.

3. University of Houston - let’s go coogs!

6. Daily Schedule

7. My Expectations • My expectations for my students: • Try their best each and every day • Listen and follow all directions the first time • Be respectful to all of our classmates and to the teacher • Practice reading and math each and every day • Have fun learning!

9. Campus discipline plan • Rules: • Respect others rights and property by words and actions. • Follow directions. • Demonstrate proper conduct in all school areas. • Weekly Conduct Grade • E= 0-1 conduct marks • S= 2-4 conduct marks • N= 5-6 conduct marks • U= 7 or more conduct marks *There is a grade given each week for conduct and it will be listed on the progress reports and report cards.

10. Attendance • It is very important that all students are here every day and on time. • Please do not pull your student out early if at all possible. We are learning every minute of the day and a lot is missed by pulling your student out early. *Early outs without a Doctors’ note disqualifies students from receiving a Perfect Attendance certificate, • All students must provide an excuse note within three days of the absence or it will be considered unexcused. • Any transportation changes should be sent in writing (not email) the day of the change. • Last minute changes should be called into the office to assure that all students get home correctly. • Please do not leave transportation changes on my voicemail. I do not check my voicemail during instructional time.

11. Help us protect and value the instructional time students receive while on campus by avoiding truancy: tardies, absences, early-outs, unless students are ill. AFFECTS OUR SCHOOL RATING/ DISTINCTIONS EARNED CAMPUS GOAL: 98%

12. Home-school communication • Green folders are sent home daily. • Please check daily for your child’s conduct grade and notes sent home. • Reading folders will be sent home every day. • Please practice reading with your child every night. • See the list in your child’s reading folder for questions to ask your child before, during, and after reading (coming home soon). • After reading with your child, please sign the reading log. • Return reading folders the next day as we will often be starting a new book.

13. 2nd Grade curriculum and Programs • TEKS Resource Curriculum (YAG) • HMH Reader’s Workshop • HMH Writer’s Workshop • Reading Eggs • Accelerated Reader (AR) • Math Everyday Counts • Xtra Math • Study Island (Math)

14. Reader’s workshop • HMH Reader’s Workshop is a program that we will use to help with our reading skills. • It consists of the following parts: • Guided Reading- reading groups based on ability with the teacher • Read- Aloud with Accountable Talk- stories read aloud and discussed with the students using specific skills (inferencing, predicting, making connections, etc.) • Beach Read- books read aloud for fun • Word Work- phonics lesson taught daily and spelling practice (test given on Friday) • Shared Reading- weekly poems read and discussed (setting, theme, characters, vocabulary, grammar) • Reading Workshop w/ Independent Reading- daily lesson taught on a reading skill and then the students practice the new skill with independent reading time

15. Accelerated Reading • Accelerated Reading is an incentive based computer program that we use to test a student’s reading comprehension. • Students will have the opportunity throughout the day to test on previously read books. • Each student’s goal is individually assigned specific to his/her reading level range for each 9 weeks (test must be passed with 80% accuracy to earn points). • At the end of each 9 weeks, there will be an AR celebration for those students meeting their goal. • We will send home point updates at progress report and report card time.

17. HMH Writer’s workshop • It is based upon the same principles as Reader’s Workshop. • We will have Writer’s Workshop daily with independent time to write. • Sample Units: Realistic Fiction, How-to, Poetry • At the end of each unit, we will select one story and “publish” it. • Example: • Whole group lesson- students are taught a writing skill • Shared Writing- we write a story together using the new skill • Independent practice- students practice writing stories using the new skill • Share Time- class comes back together to share and discuss our writing samples.

18. Assessments and homework 2nd Grade Assessments: • Spelling • Vocabulary • Reading Comprehension • Math Facts • Accelerated Reader (AR) • BAS Testing (Reading level testing- 2 times a year) • Report Card Testing (every 9 weeks) • MAP testing (academic testing 3 times a year) • Homework • Daily Reading Homework (See Plastic folders) • Sight Words, Spelling, Math Facts

19. Grades • In Second Grade, we give numeric grades and follow the normal grading scale (A, B, C, D, and F). • We give the following grades: • Science- 2/week • Social Studies- 2/week • Math- 2/week • Language Arts- 2/week • Reading- 2/week • Composition- 2/week • Conduct- 1/week • Work Habits- 1/week • Reading Level- every 9 weeks • Handwriting- every 9 weeks The students will also receive grades in P.E., Health, Art, Music, and Technology.

20. visitors are welcome! • All visitors will need to go through the front office • VSOFT is a program that will ask for your driver’s license and make a tag for you to be in the building. You will need to register with office staff one time, and thereafter we will scan your license • Visitors are always welcome to have lunch with students at the designated tables (except on STAAR days); for safety reasons we ask that you please sit with your child only. • PLEASE remember these policies are to ensure a safe and secure environment for all students.

21. Pto- parent-teacher organization • We encourage all parents to join PTO. We encourage you to attend the meetings as well! • If you would like to be involved in the meetings and PTO events, contact Kandi Zacher (PTO President). • The money from your membership pays for Field Trips and other fun events at JRE • Memberships are $5.00 per family • New spirit shirts are available for $10.00.

22. How to help at home • Ask your child what they learned today • Review over your child’s work with them • Practice your child’s spelling words every night • Read, read, and read! • Ask questions before, during, and after reading with your child • Practice math facts (addition and subtraction)

23. Upcoming events • **Sept. 2ndLabor day! Holiday! • *Sept. 8thGrandparents day! • Sept. 18th –Progress Reports go home. • Oct 2ndEarly Release • Oct 10thPicture day! • Oct. 14thStudent Holiday! • Oct. 17thMath and Science Night 5-6:30 • Oct. 18thReport Card day • Oct. 18thAR Celebration (1st Nine weeks) • Oct. 28thRed Ribbon Week • Oct. 31stCharacter Parade! Dress as a book character! Happy Halloween! • Nov. 7thHouston Zoo Field Trip!

24. Mrs. Rodriguez Contact Info • Room 14 • 281 604 4508 ext. 14 • Conference time- Monday – Thursday 1:15-2:10 • Rodriguezcha@lpisd.org

25. We thank you for your partnership! At Jennie Reid, we are preparing students not just for school, but for life… college counts!