2. My name is Angela Thomas Please feel free to email me at anytime at
The school’s phone number is
Remind 101:
Please join me!!
Take out your phones and send a text to:
81010
With the

3. Communication: 2nd grade newsletter weekly via e-mail.
Stevenson school wide communication will be sent out weekly via called the “Bear Necessities.”
P.T.A. class coordinators will plan class parties and support special projects in the class. Be sure to include your contact information on the sign up sheet if you want to know how to help or be involved in various ways.
Sign up for Billie Stevenson news via
Facebook and Twitter.
Sign up for the Remind reminders via
or text from your child’s teacher!

4. Super Hero of the Week **Coming Soon!
Each child will have the opportunity to be “Super Hero” of the Week. The teacher will provide a poster for your child to decorate and return on Monday of their special week.
Each “Super Hero” will also get to share a science experiment of choice with our class. Please be sure to practice and prepare before they do this during class.

5. *After recess we have a healthy snack*
7:30-7:45
7:45
8:00
9:15-9:25
10:30-11:15
11:26-11:56
1:15-1:30
3:00
Breakfast in the Large Café
Cub Choice is Offered
Class Begins
Tardy Bell Rings
Recess
*After recess we have a healthy snack*
Specials
Lunch
Dismissal

6. Specials Team Schedule
This is also my conference time!!
10:30-11:15
PLC’s Tuesday 10:00-10:30
Specials Team Schedule
Art PE
Music
Monday
All Teams in PE
All Teams
Tuesday 4
1 & 2 3
Wednesday 2
3 & 4 1
Thursday
Friday

7. Lunch visitors
We welcome parents and guests to eat lunch with their Cub at the tables by the windows in the cafeteria.
However, please use this time to spend with your child only. If your child wants a friend to join then you may have lunch with your child at our lunch table.
Due to food allergies there should be no sharing of food.

8. *Please review & initial conduct cards daily
C.U.B.S Folder:
These will come home every night- please be sure to check your child’s folder for important notes that will either need to brought right back to school or can be left at home.
*Please review & initial conduct cards daily
Cub Trackers:
These will come home every Thursday- please be sure to send the folder back to school on Fridays!

9. *Spelling Words Nightly *Read With Your Child Every Night
*Content Practice Page Will Also Be Sent As Needed!!

10. Grading:
Although I do check all the work that we do, I do not record every grade for averaging.
All completed and/or graded work will be sent home weekly. Please be sure to go over all papers with your child.

11. Grading:
If your child is missing an assignment he/she will receive a 1 in the gradebook. You will be contacted, and your child will have 1 week to get the assignment completed and turned in.
If an assignment is below a 70 I will schedule a time for your child to come in for a reteach and reassess opportunity. Please initial when this goes home, and return with your child when they’re scheduled to come in.

12. Grading:
Formative assignments (daily work) can be re-done for an 85. This can be done for 3 assignments per subject area per grading term.
Summative assignments (tests) can be re-done for an 85. Each test can be re-done 1 time for as many tests needed during a grading term.

13. Absences & Tardies 8 AM & 10 AM attendance is taken
Students have 1 day for every day missed to make up assignments
Please call the office when your child will be absent
Remember to send a note when your child returns so that the absence will be excused
Students are marked tardy if they arrive after 8 AM.

14. Transportation & Dismissal
* A change in transportation must be called in or a note must be sent. Please do not rely on as I may be out or the server may be down.
Car riders: dismissed out back
Walkers/Bike Riders: dismissed up front under the porch on the left side of the building (please make sure your child walks his/her bike until off school property).
Bus & Daycare: Wait in the cafeteria

15. Conduct and Work Habits
Conduct Card and Coding
Work Habits and Coding
Dojo Points
Cub Cash
Classroom Coupons

16. Time: 9:25-10:30
Our lessons will typically start with the teacher reading aloud to the students.
Students will then read independently working on a specific skill.

17. Time: 9:25-10:30
Guided Reading books will go home weekly.
There may be a short assignment sent as homework that will be reinforcing the skills we learned in Guided Reading Groups

18. Time: 8:15-8:35
Grammar skills be taught during this time. Students will show understanding through their writing.
Students will work through the writing process preparing published work for our end of the year showcase.

19. Spelling is taught according to patterns.
Up to 30 words will be sent home
Students will be tested on 15
In addition students will be tested on 5 new high frequency words & 1 review word

20. Time: 8:35-9:15
Students thoroughly enjoy writing through the process
We are working to publish work for our showcase in the Spring!

21. Time: 12:00-1:15
Many skills will be introduced this year including:
* Addition & Subtraction with regrouping * Telling time to the minute
* Counting coins up to $1.00
* Working with #s to 1,200

22. Time: 2:40-3:00
This year our focus is Good Citizens in the Community
We will also work with maps & landforms
We will do an exciting project at the end of the year titled Kid Biz to sum up our study of Goods, Services, and Money

23. Time: 2:00-2:40
We will cover many skills through investigations including:
Science Tools
Safe Practices
Scientific Method
Animals: adaptions, habitats, life cycles
Changes & Objects in the Sky
Properties of Matter
etc…

24. 2nd Grade Swimming the week of September 11th
* More info will be coming about further field trips. We’ll be sure to give you plenty of notice in case you would like to join!

25. Volunteer Opportunities
There will be several opportunities to help volunteer here at Stevenson!!
Volunteers that I would love to have in my classroom include:
Scholastic Book Orders
Spelling City
P.A.C.K. Parents
Join the PTA

26. Save the Date!
2nd Grade Music Program
Tuesday, October 24th