Download a free QR App on your smartphone and use each students clues to see if you can find your child's desk. When you find your child’s desk write a note on his or her desk, using an expo marker. Your child is going to be so surprised in the morning. Welcome to 2 nd Grade Curriculum Night

Introduction and Philosophy Mrs. Vance  Teaching Experience  Background  Family PHILOSOPHY  No one is perfect…I am NOT perfect!  Everyone does their personal BEST!  Learning = FUN  My classroom = FAMILY  Behavior should not impede the learning of others.  I believe in the teachable moment!

ATTENDANCE  Doors open at 7:00. Students eat breakfast and/or go to the gym.  Report to Homerooms at 7:30  Tardy at 7:45  Absences:  Send a written excuse on the day your child returns to school after an absence. If your child sees a physician, please obtain a note from them to send to school.

LUNCH & SNACK Lunch:  Our lunchtime is 12:42-1:12.  Come eat with them!  Sign in at the office/leave when kids line up  No outside food Snack:  10:00  Please make it healthy  No red drinks.

PARTIES Class Parties:  We will have two main parties: Winter Holiday & end of the year.  You may send in treats for other holidays. Birthdays:  Invites must be for all students if you plan on passing out in class.  You may send in treats for students to have at lunch.

TRANSPORTATION  Please communicate daily in student’s agenda if there are any changes.  Do not rely on changes during the day.  Always notify the office.

COMMUNICATION  Agendas-checked daily - BEHAVIOR  Phone Calls-allow 24 hours for a returned phone call  Website onal/denna_vance/site/default.aspx onal/denna_vance/site/default.aspx  ASP money in envelope and labeled  Lunch money in envelope and labeled  Homework in blue folder

CURRICULUM  Reading - working on fluency, comprehension, & retelling of stories.  Language Arts/Writing - editing sentences for spelling, punctuation, capitalization and usage. Learning to write a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end.  Genres: Narrative, Informational, Persuasive  Social Studies - maps, communities, government, citizenship, economics, and Georgia.  Math - addition/subtraction with regrouping, skip counting, place value, time, money, data and probability, measurement, geometry, and multiplication as repeated addition  Science - matter, life cycles, space, energy, seasons and STEM units.  Technology – tons of experience in different areas.

Common Core Georgia Performance Standards (on my website)  Core/Pages/CCGPS-Large-Print-by-Grade-Level-K- 12.aspx Core/Pages/CCGPS-Large-Print-by-Grade-Level-K- 12.aspx

READING COUNTS AND SCOOTPAD  These programs are up and running.  Please encourage your child.

HOMEWORK  Busy Schedules  Meant as a review  minutes per night plus reading time  What if I forget?  YOU ARE THE TEACHER AT HOME! Let’s support each other!

GRADES  Progress Reports - Every 4 weeks  Report Cards - Every 9 weeks O = outstanding (90-100) S = satisfactory (80-89) N = needs improvement (70-79) U = unsatisfactory (69 and below) **Corrections** Any paper that comes home with a failing grade may be corrected with the parent, signed and sent back to school for a 70%.

DAILY SCHEDULE

ADDITIONAL SPECIALS  Science Lab- Mrs. Bailey  STEM Lab- Mrs. Garland  Fridays at 10:20 – 11:05

DISCIPLINE Expectations HAWKS  6 Tribes, 1 Nation H ave respect at all times A ct responsibly W ork hard and stay focused K eep trying your best S how self-control

CONFERENCES  We will have 2 scheduled conferences this year. I will begin scheduling by the end of September.  More may be held at request of parent or teacher.

Thank you so much for being great parents!  Make sure you signed in.  Make sure you left your student a note on your child’s desk.  Thank you for coming!