Mrs. Bain’s Second Grade Class Welcome, Parents!

Welcome to Second Grade! If you have any questions during my presentation, please stop me at any time!

All About Me  Background  Auburn University graduate  Beginning my 4th year of teaching at WMR  3 years of teaching 2nd grade and 1 year of teaching 1 st  I enjoy cooking, reading, Auburn athletic events, and spending time with my husband Tanner.

Grading Scale EGSNUEGSNU

2 nd Grade  A great year of growth and maturity awaits you!  A solid building year for skills to strengthen  Begin to reason, concentrate, building relationships and develop a view of themselves

Reading  Read Aloud each day with your student!  DIBELS Testing Aug 28  Small group intense instruction at an independent level  Walk To Read-fluid groups

Writing  Develop a love and desire to write  Use many forms for expression daily  Journal  Writing Workshop each Friday for formal instruction  Produce a published work 5-6 weeks  Dictation sentences on Spelling Test

Math  Hands on activities  Independent practice  Problem Solving Skills and “Math Talk”  Basic Facts, Time, Money, Measurement  REGROUPING

Science  Empower students to become “scientist” in their daily life  Scientific Method and Note booking  Hands on activities

Social Studies  Finding my place in the world  Start small and think big!  Projects and reports

Technology  Mrs. Bain loves technology!  Technology is used every day by teacher and students in many forms  Audio,computer,visual,SMARTBoard, SENTOS  Success Net offers activities that correlate to our textbooks Success Net  Check out our classroom website! Check out our classroom website!

Fruit Break 9:00  During a Read Aloud  No chips, sodas, candy bars  Juice Box or water would be great !  NO PEANUTS PLEASE!

Specials  Monday- Computer and Counseling  Tuesday- Media  Wednesday- Music and Art  PE and Recess daily

Our Classroom Promise  Our classroom is a safe and loving place where students can become life long learners  It is a noisy place because learning is an active task!  Behavior Plan-weekly sheet in Friday Folder  School Wide: Do The “Wright Thing” incentive plan

Our Classroom Promise  Student Derived rules:  1. Keep your hands to yourself  2. Use truthful and kind words  3. Listen to Mrs. Bain and your classmates.  4. Try your best.  5. Respect others.

Homework  20 minutes of reading is expected each night  A way of communicating what we are learning about  Written daily in the planner folder please sign each night  Thanks for fostering independence in your student!

Reminders:  Family Tree  Return PTA and Office Forms  Book Orders  Special Activity Sign Ups  Guest Readers  Parent List

Let’s Have a Great Year!