Ms. Bonsall’s 2 nd grade class Welcome, Stars!!

Welcome to Meet the Teacher Night! Ms. Bonsall’s school phone Ms. Bonsall’s cell phone number Please leave me a message on my cell phone, and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible. Text messages are even better! Conference Time: 8:30-9:15am Tuesday-Friday Please contact me ahead of time to schedule an appointment.

All About Me  My background  100% Texan  Attended Klein schools  Graduated from Sam Houston State University – B.S. in Elementary Education  Master of Education in Counseling  Interests:  Dog and turtle lover  Reading, reading, reading, and more reading  Getting married!  Pretzel M&Ms and Sour Punch Straws

My Goals  To give your child the academic and social skills needed to progress to third grade.  To provide a supportive, nurturing and fun classroom environment.  To help them make new friends and discover new interests.

Daily Class Schedule Specials  Monday – Wednesday: P.E.  Thursday & Friday: Music  Art: every Tuesday 1:15-1:45pm  Library: Fridays from 1:15-1:45  Lunch: 11:05am-11:35pm

Homework  Homework will be stored in the “hub” folder  Newsletter with the week’s assignment’s will be ed the Friday in advance.  Tuesday folders are still digital this year. Please check attached page for updated averages – sign each Tuesday.  Incentive chart for homework completion

How to Earn Stickers!  Monday: Parents sign homework assignment page for the week  Tuesday: Parents sign Tuesday folder  Wednesday: Math homework completion  Thursday: Reading homework completion  Friday: 3 spelling assignments completed from the menu (which will also be stored in the hub folder)  20 stickers = a free homework pass!

The “Hub”  The Hub will be our purple daily folder.  In it you will find the homework for the week, behavior calendar for the month and the spelling menu.  Students MUST bring this to and from school each day so behavior can be recorded daily and reviewed by you each night.

Behavior Calendar  Calendar will be stamped with bingo markers daily:  E = green  S = yellow  N = orange  U = red  Orange can result in a loss of extra recess and a written consequence (essay, apology letter, etc).  Red will result in a parent phone call and/or to discuss how the child earned red and what can happen in the future to avoid it.  Classroom Bingo – reward system

Reading  Weekly tests covering spelling, vocabulary and comprehension/application of the weekly reading strategy.  Book Shares – at home project. 2 per nine weeks.  Kids choose their own book  Log their reading  Create a product and present it for the class.  First Book Share project will be done IN CLASS so students can get used to the process

Math  New math curriculum  Hands on – manipulatives  Discovering and creating math concepts, not just memorization  Interactive notebook  Online quizzes and tests

School hours  Students will go to the gym when they arrive to school in the morning  Children will be released to the classroom at 8:00am  Please call the attendance office if your child is going to be absent.  School ends at 3:15 P.M. each day.

Gifted & Talented Referrals To refer your child for the Gifted & Talented program contact the school counselor, Mrs. Murphy, to request a referral packet. The referral window is August 27 th - September 27th

Volunteers Welcome! Donations of pencils, glue sticks, post-it notes, Kleenex and dry erase markers are always appreciated

Conferences  November 6th will be parent conferences  However, I am always happy to conference with you at another time during the school year (except Mondays).

Let’s work together to make this a great year!