2. Welcome, Welcome to Mrs. Snyder’s Class 2nd Grade Room 14

3. This is my 13th year teaching second grade. I taught first grade for twelve years. I have one son. His name is Patrick. He attends Lindbergh High School and will be in 10 th grade. I also have a stepson who is 30 years old. I also have a beautiful granddaughter who is 5 months old! My husband and I have been married for seventeen years. We have a Lancashire Healer named Mia. A Little Bit About Me

4. Let’s Make Good Choices Everyday !! We have developed Class Expectations: 1.Be Respectful of self and others. 2.Show Self-Control and have good manners. 3.Be nice, polite, caring, and helpful to others. 4.Be Responsible for yourself and do your work. 5.Think positive and always try your best.

5. Along with our 7 Habits, we will use these words in our daily language. Cooperation Responsibility Self- Control Respect Safety – for self and others is also discussed throughout the day

6. Lunch 11:05 – 11:50 am There are 4 choices: Bringing from home, regular, sack lunch, and an alternate choice. * Milk and snacks are available for purchase. * Please keep your child’s lunch account current. If the account goes into a negative balance, you will receive a note from the office. Please pay the money owed as soon as possible.

7. Recess Please listen to the weather report for the temperatures for the day. We will go outside unless the heat index is too high, it is raining or snowing, or the wind chill is too cold. Bring hats, gloves, and scarves for the cold days. Also, please keep all toys and balls at home. Thank you.

8. Snack We will have a working snack each day. Please provide a healthy snack such as dry cereal, graham crackers, grapes, granola bars, gold fish, pretzels etc. Donations are welcome for class snacks for those who may forget.

9. Birthdays Birthdays are fun for EVERYONE! Let’s remember to send commercially prepared and individually wrapped treats. If your child’s birthday is on the weekend, please send a note to school stating your preference of sending treats on the Friday or Monday. For outside parties, please send invitations in the mail, this will hopefully eliminate hurt feelings. Summer birthdays will be celebrated in May or we may celebrate your Half Birthday – just let me know.

10. Curriculum Independent morning work, morning messages and meetings, character themes, small group work, whole class lessons, spelling, lots of reading, language and writing skills. Math activities using manipulatives then moving towards more mental processing skills. Some of the skills we will learn are: addition and subtraction facts to and from 18, place value, geometry and graphing, money, time, fractions, and understanding and writing word (story) problems. This in a new curriculum so we will be learning together.

11. Curriculum Continued Social Studies will include the following concepts: people and places (Community), places near and far (Geography), ways of living (Culture, people at work (Economics), America’s past (History), America’s government (Citizenship) Science will include these concepts: living things, animals, life cycles, energy, rocks and minerals, and matter. * These subjects will alternate and be taught by whole class or small groups.

12. Schedule for Block Classes 1:40 – 2:30pm A, B, C, D Rotation A & C days - P.E. with Mr. Loos B day – Music with Mrs. Creech D day – Art with Mrs. Goedde

13. Happy Notes Happy Notes- Catch them making good choices! (Individual) –Individuals receive when paying attention during lessons, working quietly, displaying appropriate behaviors and during transitions. –When a child earns a given number (starting at five and increasing to 6) he/she may trade in the “Happy Notes” for tickets. Some of the tickets are: Keep an animal friend at his/her desk for the day and chew Trident gum in the morning—just to name a few. I only do this for the first semester of school.

14. Marbles in the “Bucket” Marbles are given when the entire class follow the classroom rules: Walking quietly in the halls, listening to the directions the first time, and being respectful to others, etc. “Have You Filled Your Bucket Today?” is a book written by Carol McCloud which this concept is taken from.

15. Successful Year Please check your child’s book bag and review the notes and papers EACH NIGHT. Please talk with your child about being a Leader and making respectful choices. Please, please READ with your child every night for at least 15 minutes! Please make every attempt possible to attend the Parent/Teacher Conferences in October. Please send a note to school or call if there is a change of address or phone numbers. The office and I need current information to reach you in case of an emergency. Keeping your child safe is also our job. Thank you very much for your support!

16. Parent Communication Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. My phone number is 314-729-2400 x3714. My e-mail address is: csnyder@lindberghschools.ws csnyder@lindberghschools.ws