Welcome ParentsJeff - 2

							Welcome Second Grade
      Parents
        Mrs. Moore
   Overview of Second Grade
        2012-2013
           Open House

• Please complete your information
  sheet before leaving – this helps to
  give me more insight about your
  child.
• Please sign in on the sheet and
  include your e-mail
• Please write any questions on your
  index card and place them in the
  questions basket.
       Mrs. Melissa Moore

• 17th year teaching
  - 1 year teaching 2nd grade - Jefferson
  – 3 years job sharing 6th - FMS
  – 8 years teaching 3rd grade - FES
  – 4 years teaching 2nd grade - FES
• Graduate of BSC
• Masters in Elementary Education
• mmoore@kenton.k12.ny.us
*best way to contact me
     Philosophy of Teaching
• Child Centered
• Aware of students background
• Cooperative efforts between home and school
• Classroom structure and responsibilities
• Positive reinforcement of good behavior and
  consequences of bad choices
• Parent Involvement / Support
• Safe opportunity to learn
Expectations
      • Very high
      • Common Core
        Learning Standards
      • Responsibility
      • Homework
      • We need to prepare
        them for future grades
        and exams
      • Follow through at
        home
              Turn – A Card
• Flip Chart behavior
  modification system
• White – Yellow –
  Orange –Pink – Sign
  Calendar
• Reminders for
  classroom behavior
  and responsibilities
• Pink Card – Parent
  notification
Who’s Ready First?
         • Group behavior
           modification
         • Tally marks
         • Rewards given
         • On – Task
         • Ready to work
         • Positive reinforcement &
           praise
         • Catch them being good!
           Individual Grids
• Each child has a monthly grid.
• When they are on task or deserve a
  reward they are asked to color in a piece.
• When the piece is full they move on to the
  next grid.
• This positively reinforces expected
  working behaviors
           Morning Routines

•   Check in attendance
•   Order Lunch
•   Math -am work
•   Home Work Agenda
    Calendar – parents
    please check and sign
    nightly
•   Sharpen Pencils
•   Visit library-exchange
•   Choose DEAR books
•   Warm - UP
Visitors

    • Security and safety

    • Please check in
      with the office
      before coming to
      room 104.
                    ELA
• Fountas and Pinnell Levels – I,J,K,L,M
• Fluency, Understanding, Inferencing,
  Synthesizing information
• Informational Texts / Fiction
• Higher level of complexity
• Academic Vocabulary
• Writing – narrative, opinion, informative
• CCLS
  Social Studies Curriculum
– Communities -
   Citizenship
– Exploring Earth –
   Natural Resources
- Early Americans
   - Colonies
- Needs and Wants
   - Trade
- Government
    - Federal, community




www.mhschool.com
           Science Curriculum
•   Weather, Seasons
•   Life Cycles
    – Plants and Animals
•   Matter & Energy
•   Earth Science
    – Natural Resources
•   Living Things
    – Plant and Animal
       Communities
    Space
                         Math
•    Operations and Algebraic Thinking
    –  Represent and solve problems involving +,-
    –  Add and subtract within 20
    –  Work with equal groups of objects to gain
       foundations for multiplication
    Number and Operations in Base 10
    – Understanding Place value for +,-
    Measurement and Data
    – Estimate lengths in standard units, relate +,- to
       length
    – Time and $$$
    – Represent and interpret data – graphing
    Geometry
    – Reason with shapes and their attributes
              Computer Use

•   2x per week
•   Word Processing – stories and poems
•   Laptops – centers
•   Fast Math
•   Games
•   Science and social studies research -
    ikeepbookmarks.com
    mmoore 104
Centers

   • Utilize Laptops
   • Science and SS
     activities
   • Math Games
   • Fast Math
   • Craft/playground
   • Finish any work
                Our Schedule
Monday:
Music 10:45-11:25
Lab – 1:15-2
Tuesday:
P.E. 10:50-11:40
Wednesday:
Phys. Ed. – 1:05 – 1:45
Lib exchange – 1:45 - 2
Thursday:
Art - 1:15 – 2:05
Friday:
Music – 10- 10:40
Alternating Art
10:45 – 11:25
       Parent Reminders




• Take Home folder – please sign and check
• Healthy snacks –
• $4.75 for weekly reader
              Assessments

• Assessments are
  give in the areas of:
  –   Science
  –   Social studies
  –   Reading
  –   Math – unit checks
• Report Cards – 4X a
  year
Snacks
 • AM working snack time
 • Must be a healthy snack
 • Water bottles
   -please take home to
   wash nightly
   – sport caps are best
           Parent Helpers

• Room Parents
  will call you for parties
  throughout the year –
  let them know if you
  are available to help

PTA – table in the hallway
www.pta.org/4446.htm
Field Trip
            Sign Up For Fall
              Conferences

•   Communication is key
•   Please sign up for a fall time
•   I will try to keep the same time for spring
•   Please see special area teachers
•   Please sign in and give your e-mail
                Wish List
•   Band-Aids
•   Hand soap
•   Wipes
•   Shaving cream
•   Hand sanitizer
•   Craft supplies
 Thanks for coming to open house!
• I promise to
  believe half of
  what your child
  tells me… if you
  promise to believe
  half of what your
  child tells you!