Before we begin…

• Take the quiz about your child’s

favorites. No peeking at the other

side!

• When you finish, compare your

answers to your child’s. How did you

do?

• Write them a note to read

tomorrow.

Welcome toOpen House

2nd Grade 2018-19

About Me…• Marietta native

• Vanderbilt University (B.S. in Elementary Education and Mathematics)

• Masters and Specialists degrees from Georgia State University

• My 21st year teaching grades K-3

• 8th grade daughter (Hightower Trail)and 10th grade son (Pope); married almost 22 years

• VERY happy to be at Timber Ridge!

Room Reps for 2018-2019

• Shany Sadan and Erin Ellis

• We will hear from them soon!

• Additional Opportunities:

– Thursday Folders

– Field Trips - chaperones or helpers

– Class Parties

– Field Day

Attendance (from Admin.)• Attendance is a critical component to your child’s

academic progress. Attendance is an expectation

unless it is necessary that you child be absent.

• According to CCSD Administrative Rule (JB-R):

– Reasons for Excused Absences:

• Personally ill;

• Serious illness or death in immediate family (mother,

father, siblings, grandparents, step-parents, guardians;

• Observance of religious holidays;

• Order of governmental agencies (e.g., military

physicals);

• Court proceedings in which the child must appear;

• Initial deployment or return from deployment.

Attendance (from Admin.)• Letters written by parents / physicians explaining

the reason for absences must be presented to

school on the date of return OR no later than

the following day of the absences. Failure to submit a note within three school days after the student’s return will result in an unexcused absence.

• Principal reserves the right to ask for medication documentation to verify absences when more than THREE (3) absences have been accumulated in a semester.

• After THREE (3) UNEXCUSED absences, consequences MAY be applied:

• According to CCSD Attendance Protocol (JB-5):

– THREE Unexcused Absences – Teacher communication via email, phone parent conference, report card documentation:

– FIVE Unexcused Absences – District / School-generated letter, documenting school interventions:

– SEVEN Unexcused Absences – A POSSIBLE School Social Work Referral, documenting school interventions

– TEN OR MORE Unexcused Absences – Parents subject to referral for POSSIBLE truancy or educational neglect

– The school WILL WORK closely with parents on situations in which excessive absences are accumulated.

Attendance (from Admin.)

Transportation

• If you need to switch your child’s

normal mode of transportation,

please provide a dated, written note

or go through the office to make the

change.

• We cannot accept transportation

changes via email.

Thank you!

Our typical day…7:50-8:00 Announcements, Morning Work

8:00-9:40 Literacy (Daily Five, OG)

9:40-9:50 Snack and Brain Break

9:50-10:45 Math

10:45-11:30 Specials (Group C)

11:30-11:45 Number Talk

11:45-11:58 Bathroom and Handwashing

11:58-12:28 Lunch

12:28-1:00 Content (Science / Social Studies)

1:00-1:30 Writing

1:30-2:00 Recess

2:00-2:20 Update Planners, Dismissal Prep

Our typical week…

Monday – STEM lab – 9:50-10:40

Tuesday – Learning Commons book check-out

Thursday – Target and Talent Development

Guidance – Monday (every 3 weeks)

What is your child learning

this year?• Math

• Reading

• Writing

• Language Arts

• Science

• Social Studies

• Health / Technology

READING – Q1

Last year of HOW to read.

Daily Five + OG model

Phonics / word recognition –

short/long vowels, vowel teams

Asking/answering questions

about stories, understanding

characters & plot development

WRITING / ELA – Q1

Writing narratives – “small moment” stories

Including details, sequencing words, closure

Nouns - capitalize proper nouns, collective nouns, irregular plurals

Friendly letters

Vocabulary – context clues

MATH – Q1

Place Valuethrough 1,000 – read, write, count, compare, expanded form

Addition and Subtraction:fluency within 10one step word problems

Measurement & Datacoins - dimes, nickels, penniesgraphing

Story Problems one step +/- within 20

SCIENCE – Q1

Properties of Matter

Introduction to pushes & pulls

SOCIAL STUDIES – Q1

Cardinal & Intermediate directions

Regions & Rivers of Georgia

Native American history in Georgia

CLASS DOJO

• Students earn points for making good

choices. We love it!

• Students will “cash in” points for

rewards.

• You can set up an account to

monitor your child’s progress.

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• Class Rewards – Mr. Potato Head

Classroom-School Communication:

• Agenda and Take Home Folder come

home each night

• Please check the folder and read/sign

the agenda.

• Fridays – Take Home Notebook will

come home with a letter from your

child – please write your child back

using proper “friendly letter” format.

Homework

• Will focus on skills that can only improve with consistent practice:

– Reading

• 10 minutes/night – write in agenda

• Read Theory – online – starting soon

– Spelling – “red words” – 3 activities from the choice board

–Math – addition facts to 20

• Other assignments will come home as needed (incomplete work, projects)

Report Cards

Standards Based

3, 2, 1 scale for academic areas

S, P, N scale for work/study habits.

We will review the 1st report card together at conferences (week of October 15th).

Progress Reports are sent home mid-quarter.

Field Trips

Fire Safety Village – August 30

Beauty & the Beast ballet –February 14

Numerous in-house field trips

Odds and Ends…

Send a snack every day!Check our blog on a regular basis. I will update weekly.Thursday folders – work and school communication. Send empty folder back on Friday. Birthday treats – send me an e-mail to coordinate.Students need to know their ID number.Grade-level shirts – more info to come! Scholastic Book Orders – sent home a few times a year.

• I look forward to working with you

and your child!

• Please don’t hesitate to contact me

with concerns or questions:

Ammie.McGinley@cobbk12.org