Rooms 5 6 8 Mrs Arias Miss Boon

Rooms 5, 6, 8 Mrs. Arias, Miss Boon and Mr. Walker Welcome to 2 nd Grade!

Faubion Pre. K-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 implemented http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=5 s 0 r. Rk 9 s. ER 0&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 3

Communications • - Weekly Message to families on homework cover page • - Report Cards - a sample for you is provided tonight • - Faubion Web site www. pps. k 12. 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 5

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 - 5 th year! - Flouride is given after breakfast each morning - A healthy snack is provided each day-5 th year! - Brain Breaks - 10 min. most afternoons - 11: 40 -12: 25 - Daily Lunch and recess time Note: Late Openings-Doors open at 10: 30 am on the third Wednesday of every month, except November. 6

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 2: Working Together Teaching Point: How can we work together? Unit 6: Traditions Teaching Point: How are traditions and celebrations important to our lives? 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 mean to be responsible? Unit 4: Our Changing World Teaching Point: How do things change? How do they stay the same? it

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 2 – 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! 14

• 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- kwalker 4@pps. net