Welcome to Second Grade!

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Welcome to Second Grade!
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Second Grade Expectations

• Students follow all school and classroom rules.
• Students write homework in agenda and get it
  signed every night.

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Second Grade Homework

• Your child will receive a newsletter on Mondays
  which will outline the weekly skills and
  homework. It will also tell about all important
  events coming up.
• Homework listed on the newsletter will be given
  nightly. Everyone is expected to read each
  night!
• If your child does not complete this for
  homework, they will be expected to complete it
  during morning bus duty. They will also have
  time each afternoon to complete homework in bus
  duty before coming home.

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Missed Work

• If a student is absent, he or she has one day for
  each absence to make up work.
• It is county policy that when a student reaches 7
  unexcused absences the resource officer may come
  to your house and bring you to school!

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Attendance

• It is IMPORTANT that your child is here ON TIME
  EVERYDAY!
• We do not have extra time in the school day to
  make up work, your child may have to stay after
  school to make up work.

• TARDY BELL- 825 AM
• DISMISSAL- 250 PM
• If your child leaves before this time, it will be
  counted as an early dismissal. However, it is
  much better to have an early dismissal for an
  appointment than to miss the school day altogether

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Second Grade Discipline Plan

• Card system. Everyday students begin on green.
  As students misbehave they are to pull a card.
• 1st Offense-Warning
• 2nd Offense-5 mins Recess
• 3rd Offense-No recess
• 4th Offense- Silent Lunch
• Fighting automatically results in reporting to
  the office.
• Please let us know if there is anything
  different going on at home that might affect your
  childs behavior (ex. Illness
  of family member)

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Million Word Readers

• We had several students make it to a million
  words by the end of the year last year. They
  received a special award for this achievement.

YOU can achieve this by reading at least 250,000
words per semester. This is the equivalent of 1
chapter book a week. Many chapter books have
30,000 words or more. Any books we read as a
class are also counted!
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2nd Grade Daily Schedule

• 825- 1030- Language Arts
• 1030-1100- Writing/AR/RTI
• 1100-1125- Lunch
• 1125-1200- Bathroom break/Recess
• 1200-1245- Specials
• 1245-145- Math
• 145-245- Science/Social Studies
• We alternate Science and Social Studies so that
  your child is only studying 3 subjects at a time
  instead of 4.
• We ask that you let us know at least 1 day
  ahead if you are bringing cupcakes for a
  birthday. Please bring them after 215 or at
  lunch time. Thanks

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We LOVE parents!

• In our combined professional experience the ONE
  thing that makes the difference in struggling
  studentsPARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
• When you tuck your child in at night, read
  him/her a story.
• Help your child with his/her homework.
• Encourage your child!
• Make sure he/she has breakfast plenty of sleep!

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We appreciate parents!!

• Please let us know if you would like to help, we
  have LOTS of volunteer opportunities!

Stay in touch Email Website Newsletter Agendas
Remind 101 (text) INFO _at_ end of slides
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Free / Supplies for our school!

• Box Tops
• Labels for Education (UPC codes on Campbell's,
  PopSecret,etc)
• Coke Codes
• Scholastic Book Orders (When you order we get
  points to buy books for the classroom)
• www.teacherlists.com (School Supplies)
• www.donorschoose.org

Please send these things into your childs
teacher throughout the year. Check out these
websites for more info www.labelsforeducation.com
www.boxtops4education.com
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RVES helping RVES
You can help! Collect pop tabs for St. Jude's
Childrens hospital Join our PTA! (3rd Thursday
of each Month) Participate in our fundraiser to
raise money for rare cancer. CTREC

• Weekly Food Bags (United Way and local churches)
• Christmas Angels (See Mrs. Surber)
• ASP (Summer Home Repair)

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Second Grade Fun Fall!

• Continent dress up celebration (Halloween)
• Thanksgiving Feast (November)

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Second Grade Fun Spring!
Celebrity Guests!

• Chinese Field Day

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Stay in Touch

• victorias_at_wcs.k12.va.us (Mrs. Smith)
• dsizemore_at_wcs.k12.va.us (Mrs. Sizemore)
• mdebord_at_wcs.k12.va.us (Ms. DeBord)
• jenniferb_at_wcs.k12.va.us (Mrs. Blevins)
• http//rves.wcs.k12.va.us (School Webpage)

To sign up for REMIND 101 TEXT _at_871c TO
(276) 521- 1749 It will say Mrs. Smith, but
the info is the same for all ?