Welcome to Back to school night

With Mr. Perlman

your child’s 2nd grade teacher.

Room C-10Please fill out the form while you wait for tonight’s presentation. Also, write a few sentences to

your child in the journal.

Mr. PerlmanExperience:

• 28 + years teaching

• Substitute Teacher

• Teacher Pen Ryn School

• 15 years at Walt Disney Elementary

• 12th year at Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary– 4th, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 1st, 6th

• With experience comes responsibility– Stay current, fresh and focused.

Philosophy

• Seven Principles of Responsive Classroom– based on developmental and social learning

theory• The social curriculum is as important as the academic

curriculum.

• How children learn is as important as what they learn.

• The greatest cognitive growth occurs through social interaction.

Philosophy

• Seven Principles of Responsive Classroom• There is a set of social skills that children need in

order to be successful academically and socially.

• Knowing the children we teach is as important as knowing the content we teach.

• Knowing the parents of the children we teach is as important as knowing the children.

• Teachers and administrators must model the social and academic skills which they wish to teach their students.

Morning Meeting Begins the Day4 Approx. 9:05 to 9:30

every day4 20 to 30 minutes4 Four components…

– Greeting– Sharing– Group Activity– News and

Announcements

• Children learn to greet each other by name learning social skills as they do so.

• Greetings include: Round Robin, 1, 2, 3, 4 Chant, Handshake, Jump In - Jump Out and more.

Greeting and Social Skills

• Students learn social skills during sharing. • Topics include...

– Souvenirs

– Collections

– Movies

– Pets

– Books

– Family Members

Sharing and Social Skills

• Students continue to bond and learn more social skills through a short daily activity. Some of these include: • A WHAT?, Who's Missing?, Coseeki, and

Pebble, Pebble to name a few.

Activity and Social Skills

• Students develop language skills and learn about the events of the day ahead by reading and discussing a daily message posted on a chart by their teacher.

News and Announcements

Social Skills

CooperationCooperationAssertionAssertionResponsibilityResponsibilityEmpathyEmpathySelf ControlSelf Control

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• Social skills include: Eye contact, strong voice, body language, self control, kindness, respect, assertion, listening, presenting, etc, etc.

Social Skills

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Our Schedule

• The daily schedule is in the next few slides. It is in the order it appears during the day.

Specials

• Day 1

Library2:40 to 3:20

Mrs. Shire

Specials

• Day 2

Computer Lab

2:40 to 3:20

Mrs. Moratti

Hello, welcome to the lab!

Specials• Day 3

Phys Ed2:40 to 3:20

Mrs. Sprout

Specials

• Day 4

MUSIC2:35 to 3:15

Mrs. VanDerBas

Specials

• Day 5

ART2:40 to 3:25

Mrs. Soda

FLUENCY FIRST• Reading fluency program• Use of poetry• Daily homework practice• Performance each Friday• Rubric scoring• Oral reading fluency grade

The Daily Five• Everyday during the reading block of time... • Read to self• Read to someone• Listen to reading• Work on Writing• Word Work• Guided Groups

– Small group instruction

Authentic Literature4 Classroom Library Books

– Independent Reading

4 Journeys Series Collection– Guided Reading

4 Personal Collection– varied genre – Guided Reading/ Independent Reading

4 Student Collections– Guided Reading/ Independent Reading

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Reading

4 Journeys Reading Series– Text– Practice Books– Readers– Charts and Guides for sounds and symbols

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Rebecca Sitton Spelling

One unit every 5 to 8 days. Practice in class. Composition book. Practice Book at home. Build and use the words correctly in writing.

WRITER’S WORKSHOP Every day

– Schoolwide Writimg Program Developmental Use of mentor text Teach the writer NOT the writing Writers Notebook

Math

Every Day, 11:20 to 12:30 Harcourt Math Series/ PA Common Core Curriculum Content Math Activities/Games Homework: Mon. thru Thurs. (Fri. if needed

as make-up) Math Bag of Manipulatives

Math Classroom Tools... Math Copy Book Math Writing Journal

Process/ thinking/ explanations

Problem of the Day

Mad Minutes Practice addition and

subtraction facts

Science

Life Science: The Life Cycle of Butterflies Physical Science: Balancing and Weighing Earth Science: Pebbles, Sand and Silt

Science

Social Studies

People Who Make A Difference– Unit 1: People Depend on Each Other – Unit 2: Geographic Concepts and Awareness– Unit 3: People - Culture and History– Unit 4: Living in Our Country– Unit 5: People Who Have Made a Difference

Social Studies

Homework Every night in any

combinations of subject areas.

No more than 15-20 minutes.

Check in each day. If missed, needs to be

made up at some time. Notification if missed

too many times. 15 minutes of reading

Q U E S T I O N S

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Discipline

Hopes and Dreams Developed by Children Rules for Class Developed with guidance to

make hopes come true What happens when a rule is forgotten?

Discipline

Logical Consequences From mistakes there is opportunity to grow and learn Fixing mistakes

Related, Respectful and Reasonable Class will brainstorm possible “fixes”

Apology of Action Time Out

Daily Closing Reflections

What did you learn today? What was hard for you to learn today? What do you need to improve for tomorrow? What did you have fun learning today? What behaviors are serving us well? How can you improve a behavior that isn’t

working?

Assessment Procedures (Grading)

Class Discussions/ participation Writing Assignments Role Playing Group and Individual Projects Portfolio… a collection of work samples Traditional Tests Interviewing Observations

Other Business Scholastic Book Orders E-mail Addresses

Group email list

Excuse Cards Report Cards

Second and Fourth Periods

Other questions or comments???

Return forms Tonight or send back in the

next day or so

WEEKLY REFLECTION

Every Friday of a full week.

Includes work from the week.

Sign and return. Work shared at

conference.

http://mrperlman.wikispaces.com/home

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Thank you for attending Back to School Night!!