7:15-7:50 Unpack/Morning Work 7:50-8:00 Announcements/Attendance/Pledge 8:00-9:55 Language Arts Block (read aloud, phonics, writing, reading groups, language arts) 10:00-10:45 Specials 10:45-10:50 Restroom Break/ Water 10:50-11:04 Class Meeting 11:06-11:36 Lunch (A!) 11:36-11:40 Restroom 11:45-12:10 Recess 12:15-1:15 Math 1:15-2:00 Social Studies/Science/Health 2:05-2:15 Clean up/ Pack up/ Announcements, Dismissal

Cheatham Hill uses a standards based report card for all grades. Common assessments linked to the new Georgia Standards of Excellence will be used to ensure consistency and accuracy in the grading process. Academic performance will show the student’s proficiency on the GA Standards of Excellence in reading, writing, and math and the GA Performance Standards in science and social studies. Behavior and effort will be reflected in a separate area on the report card.

Purple folders should be brought to school every day. In order to be consistent throughout second grade, all classes will be asking your child to read 15-20 minutes Monday through Thursday. Also since reading is your child’s only homework, we ask that they also complete the monthly Rocket Reader form by the end of each month.  All homework and parent papers should be returned in the purple Parent Communication folder.

H=Keep your hands to yourself. A=Always be respectful. The entire school has moved to a new behavior system using the acronym CHAMP. C=Check your feet. H=Keep your hands to yourself. A=Always be respectful. M=Make good choices. P=Pay Attention. We will explicitly teach these expectations and hope that you too will have a discussion regarding the same with your child. We will also have a Behavior Reflection Sheet that will need a parent signature if need be. Consider no news good news! 

The best way to reach me is through email (joni. traylor@cobbk12 The best way to reach me is through email (joni.traylor@cobbk12.org) or sending a note to school with your child. If you haven’t already done so, please join my Remind101 by texting 81010 and typing the message, @traylorri I am also available by calling the front office (678-594-8034) or sending a note in your child’s purple folder. I will return your call as soon as possible.

The second grade has some exciting field trips this year. Tentative field trips: Wellstar In-house Lessons (Health) Nana Nature (Science) Jim Sawgrass (Creek Indian) Tellus Museum (Space) Sparkles (STEM) (?) Fire Safety Village

Please sign up as a classroom volunteer if you are available Please sign up as a classroom volunteer if you are available! We would love to have you! Please attend our Room Parent meeting on August 16th at 8:15 am if you are interesting in being a Room Parent this year.

Children are allowed to bring in a special birthday treat during lunch time only (11:06-11:36) In order to avoid hurt feelings, birthday party invitations cannot be distributed at school unless every child in the class of the same gender is invited

Conferences are scheduled this year for October 14th to 18th Conferences are scheduled this year for October 14th to 18th. School will be dismissed two hours early each day this week. However, if you ever feel the need for an additional conference, please let me know at any time!

Your child is encouraged to bring a healthy snack Your child is encouraged to bring a healthy snack. We will be eating snack in the morning before lunch (around 9:30). The daily dozen include: fresh fruits & vegetables, dried fruits, trail mix & nuts, plain popcorn, pretzels, rice cakes, crackers, cheese, graham crackers, peanut butter, goldfish, granola bars

Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones. Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s. Read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form. Fluently add and subtract within ten using mental strategies Use addition AND subtraction to solve one-step word problems within 20

Students are responsible for 20 minutes of reading each night Reading Standards for Quarter 1 include: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Quarter 1 standards: Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.   With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.

August 12th: Safety Village Field Trip August14th: Picture Day August 28th: Early Release Day August 30th: Boosterthon Dance Party Fall Break: September 23rd-27th Field trip dates to be decided (please be on the look out for permission slips!)

If you have the time, your kids would love it if you wrote them a note 