Dear Parents/Guardians, Welcome! I am excited about having your son or daughter in my class.

I would like to take this o ortunity to ex lain some rules, rocedures, and ex ectations that I have !or our classroom and your child. "ur classroom does have structure, but the children also have many o ortunities to work in coo erative grou s and with artners. #ttached to this letter, you will !ind detailed, im ortant in!ormation about our classroom rocedures. Please take time to read through the ages. I! you have any $uestions regarding this acket, or anything else as the school year rogresses, lease !eel !ree to contact me at school %&'()**+,-. I can also be reached by email at skuebler.warrick.k/*.in.us. #!ter reading the in!ormation, lease sign the last age and return it with your son or daughter as soon as ossible. 0hank you !or your hel in making our school year begin so smoothly. I am looking !orward to working with you and your child, and learning together. 0ogether we can accom lish so much more! 0hank you,

1rs. 2ara 3uebler

Grading Scale 0he grading scale !or second grade is as !ollows4 /,,5 #6 '75)''5 # '+ #) '*5 86 &(5)'/5 8 &95 8) &:5 ;6 ((5)&75 ; (95 ;) (:5 D6 9'5)(75 D 9&5 D) 9(5 and below < 6 or 26 = >xcellent or 2 = Good

) or ? = ?eeds Im rovement ) or @ = @nsatis!actory

I! a a er comes home with AD0B or A0B written at the to , it means that it was a teaching lesson, and we did it together in class. Grades will not be taken on these a ers. I! a age comes home not worked and has no note on it that robably means I choose not to do that age. Please donCt think this skill is being ski ed. I !ollow guidelines o! the state standards and common core standards. It may not be a skill !or second grade or we may have worked with it in class in another way than a workbook age. 0here will be times we do work together or with mani ulatives where no a er is used. We will also use white erase boards to ractice and demonstrate learning which

also means no a er is used to show the work, I can give grades based on artici ation and the students understanding.

Spelling Test Grades #t the beginning o! each week your child will get a list o! that weekCs 2 elling Dist to co y into his/her #genda 8ook. #s well as a list located on the weekly <ocus Wall %sta led into the agenda-. Eour child is res onsible to study those words !or that weekCs test. 0est day will be on <ridayCs only this year, so lease hel make sure your child is ready !or the test. Fere are the rules !or grading the 2 elling 0ests4 Incorrect i!4 2 elled wrong Detter AbB or AdB is backwards @nable to read the letters do to messy handwriting % lease note, the s elling test will count as a handwriting grade as well!Words G/)/* are the list words, G/+)/7 are review words, and G/:)/9 are challenge words. 0he two extra challenge words will count !or one oint extra %extra credit-. I will also be dictating a sentence using several o! the high !re$uency words %listed on the <ocus Wall as well-. I check to see i! the sentence has correct unctuation and the high !re$uency words are s elling correctly. Agenda Books >very day an agenda book will come home with your son/daughter. "n it your child will have written any assignments that were given. Please go over this agenda book with your child every night. #sk him/her about the day and about any work to be com leted at home. It would greatly hel your son/daughter i! an assigned study s ot was rovided at home, as well as an assigned study time. #!ter reviewing the agenda book and assignments with your child, lease sign your initials somewhere around the date each and every night. ?otes written to the teacher can go on the right side o! the age, lease draw an arrow so I know to look under the <ocus Wall though . I will check and initial agenda books each morning. #lso make sure to check your childCs ocket !older or agenda !or any a ers and lease clean it out to hel your child stay that much more organiHed. 1ost

a ers and arent in!ormation will come home on A0ake Fome 0hursdayB. 0his will ho e!ully give you an overview o! our week.

Homework Policy Fomework is an im ortant art o! your childCs school ex erience. 2u orting good work habits re$uires a Ioint e!!ort. I will su ort your child and encourage good work habits at school. Eour child will greatly bene!it !rom your su ort and encouragement at home. I do assign homework. Fomework is noted in the agenda book. I will have students write the due date in their agenda books. ;onsistent homework will be 2 elling ractice %study word list as homework throughout the week- and reading the story in the reading book. 2ometimes there will also be 1ath homework. 0he s elling test will always be on <ridays unless otherwise noted in the agenda book. I may also send out a s ecial note, changing test days, due to holidays. Fomework activities are intended to rein!orce skills we are working on in class. Parents may hel with homeworkJ I encourage you to monitor. Fomework also teaches res onsibility)the child takes the a er home, com letes it, and returns it on time. "ur agenda books will hel a great deal with this area. 2econd grade uses a monthly Keading ;alendar. 0he calendar will be sent home with your child. We encourage Nightly reading of 15 minutes 0his should be monitored by the arent and initialed lus minutes read should be noted on the calendar. 0he story in the reader can count !or this time as well as other books you have at home or get !rom the ublic library. # sa!e lace to kee this calendar would be located in the !ront clear ocket o! the agenda book. Accelerated !eader "A!# #K books read by your child will be logged in their #K !older. "nce a student has read an #K book in their Hone, he/she should take an #K test over the book. When the student reaches a score o! &,5 or higher, he or she will get a sticker !or his/her #K chart. "nce the chart is !illed with stickers, the student will get a new chart and a healthy snack/drink. It is the goal !or all second graders to ass with &,5 or higher on their #K tests. >ach studentCs goal will de end on their own ability. 0he #K goal will be discussed and decided each nine weeks between the teacher and student. 0he teacher will monitor the studentCs rogress to ensure that the goal is

met each nine weeks. I! the goal is met then the student will be rewarded with a reward !rom the A#K DadyB. Fa y Keading!! $lassroom %anagement Plan ;lassroom Kules4 /. Kes ect yoursel!, others, and their belongings. *. <ollow directions the !irst time given. +. 0ransition between tasks $uickly and $uietly. 7. 8e a good citiHen. %;haracter ;ounts!:. #lways do your best. ;onse$uences !or 8ehavior4 I use a behavior card olicy in my classroom. >ach student has a ocket on a chart that has !our cards %one green, one yellow, one red, and one blue-. 2tudents who misbehave or !ail to !ollow the rules will turn their card. 0he card conse$uences are as !ollows4

Green ;ard) #ll is well, kee traveling the way you are Eellow ;ard) Warning! 2low down and think. Ked ;ard) 2to ! 8ehavior needs to change. 2tudent will lose recess time and unch a hole in their red card. 8lue ;ard) 8ehavior has gone too !arJ loss o! more recess time and ossible disci line re!erral taken to 1rs. Pierce. Parents will be noti!ied o! concerns/ roblem through hone call and/or note home.
"bviously some behaviors naturally lead to more severe conse$uences right away. <or exam le, biting or !ighting will automatically cause the student to have to go to the o!!ice, as well as automatic loss o! recess. I! a child has in)school or out)o!)school sus ension, he/she will automatically receive a @ in conduct. Positive behavior is ex ected and rein!orced! ;lassroom Keward4 I! the entire class is working $uietly, receive com liment in the hallway, or receives a good note !rom their s ecial teacher then we will lace a A2hindig PointB u . Points can be added !or ositive com liments and can

be taken away i! we are not doing what we need to do as a whole grou . 0he students will be working towards a class goal. "nce we reached that goal we will then receive a movie and o corn arty. $urriculum In second grade we incor orate a ', minute reading block !or teaching Danguage #rts. #long with using the basal reader, common core and state standards are taught in these areas4 Phonemic #wareness Phonics <luency Locabulary ;om rehension With !lexible grou ing all students in the classroom are taught through direct instruction o! whole grou and small grou s. 2el!)2ustained Keading/#K time) inde endent reading is where we utiliHe #ccelerated Keader. 2tudents read at their own inde endent reading level and have a goal to reach each nine weeks. WriterCs Worksho /Grammar) students writing as authors are taught the writing rocess, I use the Write 0raits a roach o! teaching ideas, organiHation, word choice, sentence !luency, voice, and conventions %editing/revisions and grammar-. Writing #ssessments are done $uarterly using the 2im le 2ix a roach. 22P) 2chool 2uccess ProgramMthis is time to remediate and work on any common core and/or Indiana academic standards that are not mastered. ANtramathB) is a web based rogram used to increase s eed and accuracy in arithmetic. We will do the lacement test !or all students here in the classroom by 2e t.+rd. #t that time you can log in at home using your childCs code. Please com lete all ste s on the !lyer so all the in!ormation and ractice is linked to my classroom account. Eou can use this website to

ractice as o!ten %daily- as you can or at least twice a week. We will work in sessions here at school as well. $haracter $ounts Please hel us by u holding and ex ecting good character traits !rom your child. It is im ortant to us at Doge. "ur 0raits are4 Kes onsibility ;aring ;itiHenshi 0rustworthiness Kes ect <airness Attendance& Good attendance is stressed here at Doge. I need your child to be here at school and on time in order to do my Iob as their teacher. 8esides, we miss them when they are absent. I! your child canCt be here it is school olicy that they have a note o! excuse when they return to school. 'ffort& I do not ask my students !or er!ection. I do however, ask that they do their best. I ask that they care about and take ownershi o! their learning and education. I am looking !orward to a great year working with your child and you. I thank you ahead o! time !or your hel . 8y working together we can develo a li!elong learner. I! you have any $uestions about grades or class olicies, lease call, write a note, or email me and we can discuss it together.

0hank you !or taking the time to read the in!ormation in this Parent Pack. #gain, i! you have any $uestions, lease ask. Please sign this age below and return it with your child as soon as ossible. 0hanks !or your hel .

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