Welcome to Second Grade Open House Stephanie La

Welcome to Second Grade Open House Stephanie La. Vigne

Explore Our Classroom! ü Index Card: Please write any questions, comments, or concerns you have for me. You may leave it on the desk with your name. ü Heart Paper: Please write a note to your child. ü Packet: Includes helpful handouts for you to keep and read through at your pleasure. ü Communication: Please review the pages at your child’s desk

A Little About Me ü King Philip Graduate ü Second year teaching second grade at Delaney ü 5 th Year Teaching Grade 2 ü Degree: ü Lesley University – M. Ed Elementary and Special Ed

Who’s Who in the Classroom? Sunita Stocking ELL and Literacy Coach Deb Zion Paraprofessional Laurie Ellis Sabra Kim Math Specialist Paraprofessional Daniela & Raffaella Paparo Guidance

Communication ü Please always email me with questions or concerns about your child ü Notes are always required for dismissal changes. Please include names. ü Please do not use e-mail or voice mail for time sensitive information. E-mail: lavignes@wrenthamschools. org Voice mail: (508) 384 -5433 Ext: 4130

Communication Please fill out the contact sheet on your child’s desk. I will be regularly emailing you a newsletter with important information about our classroom. Class Dojo I will be sending you an email invitation for Class Dojo so that I can send picture updates about second grade.

Core Values Respect Communication Collaboration Responsibility Continuous Growth and Learning

3 R’s In our school/classroom, we are: Respectful Responsible Ready to Learn

Student Expectations ü ü Try their best each and every day Show respect at all times Take responsibility for their actions Read every day…practice makes progress! ü Build reading stamina ü Homework is neat & turned in on time ü Math facts are practiced daily (memorization & fluency)

Typical Daily Schedule • • • 8: 10 -8: 30 -9: 00 -9: 30 -9: 50 -10: 50 -11: 30 -12: 10 12: 20 -1: 05 1: 10 -2: 15 -2: 30 2: 45 Arrival/Morning Work Morning Meeting Fundations Snack Reader’s Workshop Writer’s Workshop Recess/Lunch PE Math Pack Up/ Jobs/Read Aloud Dismissal

Message Morning Meeting • We will start each day with a morning meeting using a responsive classroom style • Gather as a whole group to help create community and reinforce social skills in fun ways – Greeting – Sharing – Activity

Readers Workshop üMini Lessons on accuracy, fluency and comprehension üIndependent Reading üReading Groups üShared Reading üPartner Reading üRead Alouds (picture & chapter books)

Reader’s Workshop The children will practice the reading skills they learn in school during our Reader’s Workshop time and nightly at home. In a few weeks, I will start sending book bags home with your child so they can read the same books at school and at home. Please send the book bag in daily. Book bags will not go home over the weekend.

Just Right Books As part of Reader’s Workshop I am teaching the second graders how to choose a just right book. It’s a just right book if… ü I can read almost all the words ü It’s interesting ü I can understand it. For a student to read a book independently they need to be able to read 99% of the words on their own. Please listen in as your child reads to monitor for accuracy and comprehension.

ü Whole class general education program: reading & spelling ü Components: ü ü ü Phonemic awareness Phonics word study High frequency word study Fluency Handwriting Spelling ü Used in conjunction with Reader’s Workshop

Language Arts Assessments **Tracking Students’ Progress** ü Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment ü Fundations Unit Assessments ü STAR Reading Assessment ü Writing Assessments

Computer Programs ü Accessible at home & school ~ class work & homework ü Interactive reading program www. raz-kids. com ü Listening for modeled fluency ü Reading for practice ü Recorded readings ü Comprehension quizzes ~ check understanding ü Interactive books www. tumblebooks. com ü Book. Flix ü Math websites (math facts) www. reflexmath. com/go (Math skills) www. mobymax. com

Writers Workshop ü Lucy Calkins Writing Program ü Narrative, Opinion, Informational ü Inventive spelling progressing toward conventional spelling

Spelling • Encourage invented spelling or sounding out words (research shows it helps children become better spellers) • It’s better to have student misspell “juicy words” than write only words they can spell • Encourage correct spelling of words they can copy or common sight words • Students can sound out words and underline them to check later

Handwriting ü Fundations ü Please encourage proper letter and number formations. Letters grow from top down! ü Assignments ~ completed in best 2 nd grade handwriting ü Have students own their numbers and letters to fix reversals

2 nd Grade Math Common Core Standards ü ü Operations and Algebraic Thinking Number and Operations in Base Ten Measurement and Data Geometry

Math Workshop Mini Lesson on math skill Practice and Review of skills during centers ü Math games ü Independent work ü Teacher time ü Computer websites Throughout the year the students will learn ü How to use math tools ü Prove their thinking in math through writing and drawing ü Strategies to solve problems

Math Facts ü Goal: Fluently add & subtract within 20 ü Practice, practice! ü Throughout the year I will be assigning different homework activities to help your child learn his or her facts ü Although we practice math facts in school, your child’s success is strongly dependent upon your support at home. Your child should be studying and reinforcing their math fact knowledge at home. ü Learning these facts will make solving more challenging math problems easier

Science Curriculum ü Focus on asking questions, defining a problem, developing and carrying out investigations, and communicating the evidence ü 3 Units: ü Pebbles, Sand Silt ü Habitats ü Solids and Liquids

Social Studies Curriculum ü Topics of study: ü Map Skills ü Continents and Oceans ü Holidays and Traditions ü Biographies ü Country Studies

Homework ü Friday through Thursday (Weekends: Play, Have Fun!) ü New assignments will be sent home on Friday. Assignments are due the following Thursday ü Reading : Read Nightly ü Math : Math facts practice: nightly

Conferences & Report Cards ü Report cards will go home three times during the school year ~ November, March, and June ü Conferences will be held twice during the school year ~ November and March ü Conference sign-ups sent home few weeks prior to meetings using Sign-Up Genius ü I am more than happy to meet with you at any time during the year should the need arise. Please do not hesitate to contact me.

Special Subjects Monday: Music (1: 50 -2: 40) Tuesday: Gym (12: 20 -1: 05) Wednesday: Gym (12: 20 -1: 05) Thursday: Art (10: 30 -11: 20) Friday: Library (9: 15 – 9: 40) Technology (9: 40 -10: 30)

Special Activities ü Author Visit (David A. Kelly) ü Poet Visit (Nancy Tupper Ling) ü Habitat Presentation ü Field trips (Discovery Museum in March; Stonybrook in April; Fenway Park in May) ü Field Day

Wellness Policy ü Focus on healthy snacks ü No food rewards ü Please routinely check the WPS main web page for health updates

Prepay Lunch Judy White, Director of Food Service ü Online payments ü Money stays on account through the 6 th grade.

Birthdays ü Celebrated on the student’s birthday or for summer birthdays on the student’s half birthday ü May come in to read a special story or run an activity(please email me in advance to set up a time)

Picture Days ü Delaney ü Wednesday, September 27, 2017 (Vogel Auditorium)

Volunteers in the Classroom ü Room Parent will Contact you with opportunities ü Confidentiality ü Please always sign in & wear name badge ü CORI (up-to-date)

Safety and Security ü All visitors must sign in at the office and wear a visitor’s badge. ü Sign in tardy students and sign out dismissed students in Annex Office. ü Any parent working with children MUST have a CORI on file.

Reminders ü Heart Paper: Please write a note to your child. ü Index card: Please write any questions, comments, or concerns you have for me. ü Please fill out the contact sheet and playdate form