Welcome to nd 2 Grade Classroom Rules Listen

Welcome to nd 2 Grade!

Classroom Rules • • • Listen when others are talking. Follow directions quickly. Show respect for school and personal property. Keep hands, feet and other objects to yourself. Work and play in a safe manner.

Our Daily Schedule 8: 05 -8: 25 Breakfast 8: 25 -8: 35 Morning Meeting 8: 35 -9: 15 Intervention 9: 15 – 9: 30 ELA 9: 30 -10: 15 Specials 10: 15 -11: 30 ELA Continued 11: 30 -12: 00 Lunch 12: 00 -12: 55 ELA Continued 12: 55 -1: 40 Math 1: 40 -1: 55 Recess 1: 55 -2: 55 Math Cont. 2: 55 -3: 35 Science/Social Studies 3: 35 Dismissal Specials: We are on a 5 day rotation for specials, please make sure your students wear PE appropriate shoes on their PE days.

Reading • We LOVE to read in Willis and follow a Guided Reading Curriculum. • Whole Group Time • Small Group Time • Reading Stations • Shared Reading • Independent Reading

Word Study • Spelling • 20 spelling words go home for homework, they follow a pattern (10 for now, will increase) • 5 weekly sight words following the Dolch List (will be raised to 10 at a later date) • 1 Grammar sentence that the students must write correctly as we dictate it. • Every Friday we have our Spelling, Grammar Sentence and Sight Word Test.

Grammar & Writing • Writer’s Workshop • Modeled writing • Authentic writing folders • Mentor Sentence (focusing on a grammar skill)

Math Everyday Math Curriculum Math Journals Whole Group Instruction Small Group Instruction Math Stations and Games Fact Fluency • Daily Math Review • • •

Science • • Science Journals Experiments Interactive learning Is taught on a 2 week/ 1 week rotation with Social Studies (science is taught for 2 weeks / socials tudies is taught for 1 week)

Social Studies • • • Social Studies Journal Interactive learning Community learning Character building Research Is taught on a 2 week/ 1 week rotation with Social Studies (science is taught for 2 weeks / socials tudies is taught for 1 week)

Technology • Regularly used websites: • • • Reading Eggs Tumble Books Multiplication. com Study Island Exact Path Single Sign-On Spelling City Daily Tablet Time Weekly Computer Class

Homework Folder • • Comes home the first day of each week. Spelling, Reading, Math Daily Spelling will have 4 assignments due on Friday Read 20 minutes daily (readers coming home soon) Math completed daily Reading passage read daily All homework is due on Friday. Other Homework • There will be occasional projects that are due from time to time.

Absent Work • All missed work must be made-up the next day. They will have the amount of days they missed to make up work (some may be sent home) • If a student misses on a day a test is given, they will make it up the next day back in class.

REDO Work / Late Work / Make Up Work Willis Policy Redo Assignments: If your student receives a grade of 69 or below on an assignment, he or she will have an opportunity to redo the assignment. There MUST be a parent/guardian signature on the failed assignment to indicate that parents are aware of the failing grade. All redo assignments will be time sensitive- 2 weeks maximum from date assignment was returned to student. All redo assignments will be completed during regular school hours or during tutorials. Maximum score allowable is 70. Late Work: In grade PK – 2 nd grade, late work will be completed during recess or center time. In grades 3 – 5, late work will be accepted at a penalty of 10 points per day, late up to five days. If work is consistently late, the teacher will call and request a parent conference. Make-Up Work: Students who are absent will have one day per each day absent to complete make-up or late work.

Supplies • We are always in need of glue sticks, Kleenex and Pencils. The students use them VERY quickly.

Volunteering • • At School Field Trips Christmas Party Valentine Party Field Day Fall Festival Guest Reader’s Weekly teacher needs All volunteers MUST fill out a volunteer form online. Let me know if you need help finding it.

Websites are a work in progress. When they are up and running, we will notify you through our Class Remind.

Contact Info. • Email is the fastest way to reach us: jdefrancisco@willisisd. org clembrich@willisisd. org smouton@willisisd. org amalouf@willisisd. org cmorgan@willisisd. org • Remind (instant text) • Phone #: 936 -856 -1241