1. Jennie Reid Elementary Title I - Open House September 14, 2017
Academic Success for All Students!
Jennie Reid Elementary Title I - Open House September 14, 2017
Mrs. Rodriguez
Second grade
College Bound and Proud!

2. All About Me All About Me Letter sent home during Meet the Teacher
Education
Background
Personal
We will be promoting University of Houston as our college for the year.

3. University of Houston - let’s go coogs!

6. Daily Schedule

7. My Expectations
My expectations for my students:
Try their best each and every day
Listen and follow all directions the first time
Be respectful to all of our classmates and to the teacher
Practice reading and math each and every day
Have fun learning!

9. Campus discipline plan
Rules:
Respect others rights and property by words and actions.
Follow directions.
Demonstrate proper conduct in all school areas.
Weekly Conduct Grade
E= 0-1 conduct marks
S= 2-4 conduct marks
N= 5-6 conduct marks
U= 7 or more conduct marks
*There is a grade given each week for conduct and it will be listed on the progress reports and report cards.

10. Attendance
It is very important that all students are here every day and on time.
Please do not pull your student out early if at all possible. We are learning every minute of the day and a lot is missed by pulling your student out early. *New for Early outs without a Doctors’ note disqualifies students from receiving a Perfect Attendance certificate,
All students must provide an excuse note within three days of the absence or it will be considered unexcused.
Any transportation changes should be sent in writing (not ) the day of the change.
Last minute changes should be called into the office to assure that all students get home correctly.
Please do not leave transportation changes on my voic . I do not check my voic during instructional time.

11. AFFECTS OUR SCHOOL RATING/ DISTINCTIONS EARNED
CAMPUS GOAL: 98%
LAST YEAR: 96.6%
Help us protect and value the instructional time students receive while on campus by avoiding truancy: tardies, absences, early-outs, unless students are ill.
AFFECTS OUR SCHOOL RATING/ DISTINCTIONS EARNED

12. Home-school communication
Green folders are sent home daily.
Please check daily for your child’s conduct grade and notes sent home.
Reading folders will be sent home every day.
Please practice reading with your child every night.
See the list in your child’s reading folder for questions to ask your child before, during, and after reading.
After reading with your child, please sign the reading log.
Return reading folders the next day as we will often be starting a new book.

13. 2nd Grade curriculum and Programs
TEKS Resource Curriculum (YAG)
Reader’s Workshop
Writer’s Workshop
Fountas and Pinnell Phonics
I-Station
Accelerated Reader (AR)
Math Everyday Counts
Xtra Math (see handout)
Other Teacher Made Materials

14. IStation
WHAT IS iSTATION? Istation is the leading provider of fully integrated computer-based assessments and intervention reading programs. Istation automatically places students into a highly animated and engaging intervention program based on the results from their highly interactive and animated computer adaptive assessments (known as ISIP, Istation’s Indicators of Progress). The company’s intervention products are standards and research-based and are targeted at students in all grade levels who are at-risk of failure and in need of intervention. Our class will have access to Istation daily and weekly. ***They will also have home access as well- more information coming soon.

15. Reader’s workshop
Reader’s Workshop is a program that we will using this year to help with our reading skills.
It consists of the following parts:
Guided Reading- reading groups based on ability with the teacher
Read- Aloud with Accountable Talk- stories read aloud and discussed with the students using specific skills (inferencing, predicting, making connections, etc.)
Beach Read- books read aloud for fun
Word Work- phonics lesson taught daily and spelling practice (test given on Friday)
Shared Reading- weekly poems read and discussed (setting, theme, characters, vocabulary, grammar)
Reading Workshop w/ Independent Reading- daily lesson taught on a reading skill and then the students practice the new skill with independent reading time

16. Accelerated Reading
Accelerated Reading is an incentive based computer program that we use to test a student’s reading comprehension.
Students will have the opportunity throughout the day to test on previously read books.
Each student is given a goal of 10 points for each 9 weeks (test must be passed with 85% accuracy to earn points).
At the end of the 9 weeks, there will be an AR celebration for those students meeting their goal.
We will send home point updates at progress report and report card time.

18. Writer’s workshop
It is based upon the same principles as Reader’s Workshop.
We will have Writer’s Workshop daily with independent time to write.
Sample Units: Realistic Fiction, How-to, Poetry
At the end of each unit, we will select one story and “publish” it.
Example:
Whole group lesson- students are taught a writing skill
Shared Writing- we write a story together using the new skill
Independent practice- students practice writing stories using the new skill
Share Time- class comes back together to share and discuss our stories

19. Assessments and homework
2nd Grade Assessments:
Spelling
Vocabulary
Reading Comprehension
Accelerated Reader (AR)
I-station (monthly)
DRA Testing (Reading level testing- 3 times a year)
Report Card Testing (every 9 weeks)
MAP testing (academic testing 3 times a year)
Homework
Daily Reading Homework (See Plastic folders)
Sight Words, Spelling, Math Facts
Homework Packets (Mon-Mon)

20. Grades
In Second Grade, we give numeric grades and follow the normal grading scale (A, B, C, D, and F).
We give the following grades:
Science- 2/week
Social Studies- 2/week
Math- 2/week
Language Arts- 2/week
Reading- 2/week
Composition- 2/week
Conduct- 1/week
Work Habits- 1/week
Reading Level- every 9 weeks
Handwriting- every 9 weeks
The students will also receive grades in P.E., Health, Art, Music, and Technology.

21. visitors are welcome!
All visitors will need to go through the front office VSOFT is a program that will ask for your driver’s license and make a tag for you to be in the building. You will need to register with office staff one time, and thereafter we will scan your license Visitors are always welcome to have lunch with students at the designated tables (except on STAAR days); for safety reasons we ask that you please sit with your child only. PLEASE remember these policies are to ensure a safe and secure environment for all students.

22. Pto- parent-teacher organization
We encourage all parents to join PTO. This does not mean that you have to attend meetings. If you would like to be involved in the meetings and PTO events, contact Angie Tercero. The money from your membership pays for Field Trips and other fun events at JRE Memberships are $5.00 per family New spirit shirts are available- $12.00 for students and $15.00 for adults.
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23. How to help at home
Ask your child what they learned today
Review over your child’s work with them
Practice your child’s spelling words every night
Read, read, and read!
Ask questions before, during, and after reading with your child
Practice math facts (addition and subtraction)

24. Upcoming events
Sept. 27th Progress Reports go home Oct. 9th Student Holiday Oct. 14th Nature Center Clean-up (9a-12p) Oct. 16th – 20th Book Fair Week Oct. 19th Games with Grandparents/Math and Science Night/2nd Grade performs Oct. 23rd Red Ribbon Week Oct. 31st Character Parade! Dress as a book character! Happy Halloween! Nov. 3rd AR Celebration Nov. 6th Picture Day!

25. Mrs. Rodriguez Contact Info
Room ext. 14 Conference time- Monday – Thursday 1:15-2:10

26. We thank you for your partnership!
At Jennie Reid, we are preparing students not just for school, but for life… college counts!