Room 138
Classroom Information
2019-2020
Contact Information
Should you need to get in touch with me during the day, I check my email often. If there is a change in plans, such as going home on the bus or with another student, you can email me or call the main office at 764-5963 and they will let me know of the change.
Email: [email protected]
Student Work
You can see your child’s progress in each subject area by accessing their Progressbook account. The link for your parent access is: https://pa.metasolutions.net
Data Binders house all of your child’s assessments and classwork that are tied to grades on Progressbook. They will be sent home about once a month for you to look at and celebrate your child’s accomplishments. Please be sure to leave all of the classwork in the Data Binder until the end of the semester.
Homework
Reading for 20 minutes most nights is expected. This year we will be participating in “Book-It,” a reading incentive program through Pizza Hut. Your child will have the opportunity to record their reading minutes on a monthly log. If they return their log, they will receive a coupon for a free personal pizza. :)
There are several math sites you can visit if you would like to have your child practice math concepts. There are many on my blog. Two that we will use are MobyMax (mobymax.com/oh3039) and Sheppard Software (sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm) in class. Your child’s username and password are their lunch number for MobyMax. There is no login required for Sheppard Software.
I will be sending home math pages that go with our new math curriculum resource called "Bridges." These optional pages will sometimes correlate to what we are doing in class. They might also be a review from first grade or an extension of second grade content.
Books Home
Students can check out one book at a time from our classroom library. They will bring it home in a plastic bag in order to keep the book safe. Please return the book within 2 weeks. I will sometimes encourage students to bring a book home to read that I think is just right for them.
Birthdays
Birthdays are very exciting for us, and we love to celebrate each child’s special day. SCE has a “no food” policy for birthday celebrations. Please DO NOT send in ANY food items (this includes candy) for your child’s birthday. We would still love to celebrate your child’s birthday! Please feel free to send in a small non-food item if you would like. You can consider stickers, small party favors, donating a book to the classroom library or the school library, donating a recess game, etc. You can also feel free to have your child choose to have extra recess that day, extra read aloud time, electronics time, etc. There are so many fun ways to celebrate birthdays! If your child has a summer birthday and you would like to still celebrate at school, you can send in something or have them choose a celebration on their “half birthday.”
Schedule
9:00 Arrival/Unpack/Check-In 12:00 Lunch and Recess
9:20 Reading Workshop 12:45 Bathroom Break
10:15 Snack 12:55 Math
10:20 Writing Workshop 2:00 Science or Social Studies
11:10 Bathroom Break 2:50 Related Arts
11: 20 Word Study 3:40 Dismissal
11: 40 Read Aloud