PARENT INFORMATION Hello to all second grade parents.  I am looking forward to working as a team with you this year as your child begins their "journey to learn" in my classroom.  Please stay tuned to this page for further updates on information by clicking on Current Info.  This portion of the Parent Page will change  at times during the school year.

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Grading and Assessments

    Daily work, tests, participation, projects and other types of assessments will all be used to determine your child's grades.  The grading system can be found on page 6 of the elementary handbook.  Grades are given in letter grades (A,B,C,D,F) for reading, spelling, English, and math.  Handwriting, science, and social studies are given as S, S-, and U in second grade.
    Classroom work, especially in the areas of social studies and science will become more independent as the year progresses.      Problem of the Day is an additional math activity that allows students to earn points by independently working on a problem presented on that chart each day.  These provide a variety of problem solving challenges and when they reach 10 points they can choose a prize.
    Any questions about grades or a specific paper are welcome.  Everyone makes mistakes!  I appreciate your interest in your child's work.

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ATTENDANCE
    Details about attendance and absences can be found in the elementary handbook.  Absences are recorded by half days.  Students are tardy if they are not in the classroom at 8:10 a.m. with exception to late buses or bad weather and dismisses at 3:12.
    If possible please  let the classroom teacher know ahead of time for planned absences.  This is helpful in planning classroom activities that your child might miss if they can be rearranged.  It also gives the teacher an opportunity to prepare any work that needs to be done ahead or go home with the student.   Arrangements to do other missed work can be finished during recess or go home if necessary.

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Current Info.

Well its almost Christmas and we're excited!!! Also, we're looking forward to moving into the new school. It sounds like we're hoping to be in late January. I took some pictures of our classroom to show the students. We wrote Christmas/Winter stories and poems to read to other classes. Our class chose to spend the money we would have used for a gift exchange for TOYS FOR TOTS. We chose two games for our gifts from the class. We've been "tick-ticking" with clocks in math. I hope you parents can ask your child to tell you the time every so often at home. That will help us here. Our Native American unit was completed this week. We learned about several different regions and how they lived. Please keep reading with your child over break and have a Merry Christmas!