Welcome to Open House Find your childs seat

Welcome to Open House! • Find your child’s seat • KEEP papers on the left and fill out/leave papers on the right Your child wrote you a letter. Please write them a letter on the back and leave it on the left side of the desk for them to read in the morning. 2017 -2018 Mrs. Salamone

All About Mrs. Salamone teaching career personal • 2 nd year at Mt. Bethel Elementary • 14 th year teaching (13 years in 2 nd grade) • 12 years in Dekalb County Kingsley Elementary (Dunwoody) • Gifted Certified • Masters in Curriculum and Instructional Design

What does the PTA do? • • $25, 000 in stipends to teachers/year 3, 000 volunteer hours/year 4 Family Engagement Nights Community Outreach Character Education Visiting Author Reflections and MUCH MORE!!!!! What can I do for the PTA? • Volunteer • Participate in Read-a-Thon (August 21 st – August 25 th) • Visit us at www. mtbethelpta. org

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• August 21, 2017 • Safety is top priority. • School extended by 45 minutes. Specifics on dismissal will be communicated. • Not going outside to view live. • Parents may check out students early up until 1: 30. • Watching NASA Broadcast.

BEE Folder • Goes home DAILY (exception Friday) • Specials calendar is added monthly for you (lunch menu IF NEEDED) • Data sheet (coming soon…) • Thursday-Behavior and Work Habits Report as well as any graded papers/daily work

Class Schedule 7: 45 Announcements 7: 50 -8: 00 Morning Meeting 8: 00 -8: 45 Writer’s Workshop 8: 45 -9: 15 Orton Gillingham 9: 15 -10: 15 Reader’s Workshop/snack 10: 15 -10: 45 Recess 10: 45 -11: 45 Math 11: 48 -12: 18 Lunch 12: 20 -1: 00 Unit Study (science/social studies) 1: 00 -1: 15 Read Aloud/pack up 1: 15 -2: 00 Specials (PE/STEM/Art/Music) 2: 05 Afternoon announcements

Math Curriculum • • • Students will participate in Math Workshop model mini-lesson, M. A. T. H centers, closing Differentiated centers with student choice while teacher works with small groups Students will take informative & summative assessments. Assessments may determine small groups for skills. We will review any missed concepts from post-test. Students will have a chance to re-test.

Math Facts Goal • All Georgia students master their math facts in Second Grade. • End of Year goal is 90 -100% of 100 problems correct in 6 minutes. • Weekly assessments (Friday).

Orton-Gillingham: A Methodology for Teaching Reading & Spelling to ALL Students! • Whole class & small group lessons • Differentiation in reading and spelling based on student ability • No “spelling tests. ” As we teach a phonics rule or pattern, students will read & spell words with that rule or pattern. Your donations at work. • Assessment through dictation and application of phonics rule/pattern. (ex. –ck rule) These words do not need to be memorized. • Trick words: words that do not follow a rule or pattern. MUST BE MEMORIZED for reading and spelling. 3 Trick words will be introduced at a time and will be memorized for spelling and reading. (ex: said)

Reader’s Workshop Balanced Literacy Approach • Start with a mini-lesson for the whole class. • Activity to apply skill: group, partner, or individual. • Guided Reading: small group instruction, books are on your child’s reading level, books may go home in BEE folder for reinforcement – please return next day (so we can read them again). • Strategy groups to work on reading strategies.

Thematic Units Social Studies Themes include: -Native Americans (Sequoyah, Tomochichi, Mary Musgrove) -Famous Georgians (Oglethorpe, Martin Luther King, Jr. , Jimmy Carter, Juliette Gordon Low) -Geography of Georgia (Rivers and Regions) -Economics. • • • Science Themes include: Matter (Solids, Liquids and Gasses) Energy & Forces Space (Sun, Moon, Stars) Seasonal Changes in trees and sky Life Cycles

Writer’s Workshop • • Students will begin with a mini-lesson / skill. Students will then apply the writing skill in a daily activity. Students will also be called to meet with the teacher to set individual / differentiated writing goals in a conference. Students will also have the opportunity to publish written work on the computer as well as practice typing skills. Quarter 1: Narrative Writing Quarter 2: Informational Writing Quarter 3: Persuasive Writing Quarter 4: Review All

Homework • • Read 20 -30 minutes each night Study math facts Occasionally, work will be sent home if it was not completed in class OR if a student needs additional support Just be together as a family!

Weekly Behavior Report and Report Card • 2 nd Grade will use the Cobb County Performance Based Report Card. Teachers will use rubrics for report card grades (3, 2, 1) • Please note that your child’s weekly behavior report (filled out most Thursdays) follows the report card format. • 2 -3 marks in the same area will result in a P on the report card. 4 or more marks will result in an N. If your child receives a mark I will reinforce the behavior as needed at school. It is just my way to communicate with you about your child’s week.

Sunday Monday 31 STEM Tuesday 1 PE Wednesday 2 Music Thursday 3 PE Friday 4 STEM Saturday 5 Amazing Day Book Fair Begins 6 7 PE 8 Art 6: 30 Open House 9 15 16 PE 10 STEM 14 Music PE 12 Great Choices Book Fair Ends (Parents Only) 13 11 PE STEM 17 PE Picture Day 18 Art 19 Sail Into Reading 20 21 PE ECLIPSE – 22 28 29 STEM 23 PE delayed dismissal 27 STEM PE 30 Art EARLY RELEASE 24 Music PTA Family Fun Night 25 PE Role Model 26 Ready to Learn Think About It Last Chance 31 PE Teacher Choice Students: Color in your calendar at the end of each day. Talk about your day with your family. Parents: Please sign the calendar if it is colored orange or red.

Interactive Notebooks • This semester we will be focusing on finding those missing puzzle pieces to help your child succeed! • This is a composition notebook that will hold your child’s notes and some assignments. *This stays in the classroom, however if you see that your child is struggling with a particular skill they may bring it home to help with homework.

Snack/Birthday Treats • • Please send in healthy snacks. No candy or juice. Only water is allowed in the classroom We have a Tree Nut allergy. Please not tree nuts in snack items. PEANUTS/PEANUT BUTTER is okay. Birthday treats will be distributed in the cafeteria during lunch. You may send the treat in early or come during lunch! Please have birthday treats precut, and if possible all of the same flavor.

Dismissal If your child is being dismissed differently from how you filled out your CRITICAL STUDENT INFORMATION sheet you will need to send in a change in dismissal form in the morning. Under NO circumstances should you email me a change in dismissal. Please contact the front office instead. In case of emergency your child will be dismissed according to how your completed the CRITICAL STUDENT INFORMATION sheet. Please be sure you have a copy of this as in a true emergency we would likely not be able to contact parents individually. Early student pick-up must be done before 1: 45 when the front office closes to focus on dismissal. If you check your child out after 11: 15 they will be counted as having attended a full day of school. We will finish math at 11: 45 and head to lunch. The office will either buzz me to say your child has been signed out or give you a green STUDENT RELEASE slip.

Volunteering • Room Representatives will contact you with opportunities to help out in the classroom. Opportunities include: Mystery Reader, Class Store, Field Trip Chaperone, class parties, special snacks, etc. • If you wish to help out as a Trained Parent Volunteer please attend one of the trainings ( you must be retrained each year). I promise to make it as easy on you as possible. • Friday, August 11 th 9: 30 -10 am • Monday, Aug. 21 st 1 -1: 30 (? )

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Communication • • Email is the best and fastest way to communicate with me! Work Email: christen. salamone@cobbk 12. org You can also leave a message with the front office staff during the school day. I do my best to get back to you no later by the end of the following school day. Please contact me again if I do not respond within 24 hours (excluding weekends) – it is possible that your email was caught in our spam filter.