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Welcome to Mrs. Park’s Second Grade Class

Victoria Marcus Lianna Najwa Ethan Genesis Karly Niloufar Walker Zach Olivia Serge Claire Ian Faris Grace Esther

About Mrs. Park Seventh year teaching in Ridgefield. Tenth year teaching in total. Taught grades Kinder to Third. Masters of Arts in Teaching Elementary Education (Montclair State University) Bachelors of Arts in Economics & Psychology (NYU)

School Hours 8:25 Students arrive at school 8:35 Students are picked up from the gym 10:00 Snack 12:10-12:45 Recess / Lunch 2:55 Dismissal (12:35 Half Day Dismissal)

Monday: MUSIC Tuesday: SPANISH Wednesday: Technology / G & T / Health (Feb.) Thursday: GYM / Art Friday: Gym Students must wear sneakers on GYM days. Special Classes

Classroom Rules Stay on task. Talk politely and work quietly. Always follow directions. Respect everyone and everything.

Individual Behavior Modification All student start out the day with a green card. Students will move down to yellow and subsequently to red each time they are caught not following directions/breaking rules. Students have a chance to move up to yellow, green, and even blue each time they are “caught doing something good.”

Individual Behavior Modification At the end of the day, students will be awarded with coins. – Blue Day: dime – Green Day: nickel – Yellow Day: penny – Red Day: nothing Class store will open once a month, and students will get to ‘shop’ with the money they earned.

Whole Class Behavior Modification Each time the entire class is ‘caught doing something good’, a pop-pom will be dropped into our class jar. When we reach our goal, we will have a class party.

Star of the Week Bring in pictures or any other favorite objects to share with the class (following Monday) Optional: Bring in treats to share with the class (following Friday)

HOMEWORK Math Homework – Vocabulary Cards – Worksheet – Online Assignment

HOMEWORK Reading Homework – Reading Log Must read for at least 15 minutes to log Monthly Goal / Reward – Reading Response (Feb.)

HOMEWORK Word Study Homework – Monday to Wednesday Student Choice – Thursday Study for Test – Not all words will be from the week’s list

Our Curriculum Reading (Mondo) – Whole Class instruction through shared reading and read-alouds – Small Group instruction through guided reading – Literacy Centers – Reading Logs / Journals – Benchmark Assessments

Our Curriculum Writing (Being a Writer) – Teacher modeled writing – Shared writing – Independent writing – Intrinsic motivation to remain on task – Ownership of their own learning – Improved self esteem – Increase in academic performance

Our Curriculum Word Study (Orton Gillingham) – Multi-sensory instruction – New green words, red words, and challenge words each week – Tested each Friday – Daily Homework (student choice)

Our Curriculum Math (Envision 2.0) – Problem solving – Addition (up to three digits) – Subtraction (up to three digits) – Place Value – Counting Money – Geometry – Measurement

Our Curriculum Math (Envision) cont… – Graphs & Data – Time – Measuring Lengths – Numbers & Patterns – Multiplication Concepts *Daily homework *Online tests assigned before class test

Our Curriculum Social Studies (Time for Kids) Maps & Globes Current Events Holidays

Our Curriculum Science (Pearson) Group work / Exploration Life / Earth / Physical Science

Websites School Website Math Website IXL Raz-kids

Important Dates School pictures: 10/5 Halloween parade: 10/31 Parent conference 12/5 First report card: 12/14 Second report card: 3/24 Final report card: 6/21 Second Grade show: TBD Field Day: TBD Pool Day: TBD

Birthday Celebrations Send in a note or to let me know the day you would like to bring in treats for your child’s birthday. Be mindful of ‘nut’ allergies Keep the treats simple. Bring in whatever is needed to serve the treat Summer birthdays can be celebrated in June.

Scholastic Book Orders Flyers will be sent home every month. Our class earns bonus points every time you order which can be used to purchase books for the class library. scholastic.com/readingclub

‘Goodies’ for our classroom store

Looking forward to a great year with you and your children! - Genesis Parent Portal - Schoolwide Newsletters