Welcome to Mrs. Gilchrist

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Welcome to Mrs. Gilchrists Class!

• Second Grade

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About Me

• Hartsville, SC
• Clemson University
• BA in Elementary Education
• 6th year at ACE
• Interests Spending time with family and friends,
  reading, traveling, cooking, and running

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Language Arts

• Four Blocks Guided Reading, Working with Words,
  Self-Selected Reading, and Writing
• Accelerated Reader Reading incentive program
  with comprehension quizzes on computer
• Reading Comprehension quiz each Friday on weekly
  story
• Spelling Test each Friday
• Writing paragraphs using complete sentences,
  topic sentence, concluding sentence

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Mathematics

• Two-digit addition and subtraction
• Telling time to the quarter hour
• Measuring length, capacity, and weight
• Multiplication and division
• Money up to 1.00

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Science and Health

• States of Matter
• Magnets
• Weather
• Animals
• Dental Health
• Nutrition

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Social Studies

• Communities
• Economics Goods, Services, Needs, Wants
• Cultural Contributions
• Continents Oceans
• Regions of the U.S.

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Class Schedule

• 800-815 Morning Work
• 815-830 Morning Meeting and Calendar Math
• 830-915 Math
• 915-1015 Guided Reading and Self-Selected
  Reading
• 1015-1035 Marathon Club/Snack/Restroom Break
• 1035-1110 Science/Social Studies/Health
• 1115-1200 Related Arts
• 1200-1205 Prepare for lunch
• 1205-1230 Lunch
• 1230-100 Recess/Restroom break
• 100-115 Working with Words
• 115-205 Writing
• 205-220 Wrap-up/Chapter Book Read Aloud
• 220 Dismissal Begins

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Related Arts

• Monday Library (Remember your books!)
• Tuesday Art
• Wednesday Computer Lab
• Thursday PE (Remember your tennis shoes!)
• Friday Music

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Classroom Management

• Classroom Community
• Focus on positive behavior
• Reward through sincere praise and recognition
• When a student chooses to act inappropriately, I
  will talk to them and help redirect their
  actions.

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Classroom ManagementBehavior Cards

• Use nice manners.
• Be prepared.
• Try your best.
• When a student chooses not to follow the rules,
  they will flip a card
• Green Great Behavior
• Blue Warning
• Yellow Walk 10 min. at recess
• Orange No recess
• Red Office referral
• A Behavior Note will be sent home each afternoon
  that your child flips a card. This needs to be
  signed and returned the following school day.

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Parent/Teacher Communication

• Homework packet cover sheet
• Behavior notes as needed
• Graded papers in folder every Thursday
• Email kgilchrist_at_greenville.k12.sc.us
• Website
• Notes and phone calls as needed
• Conferences in October

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Website

• Important information, weekly homework, and the
  2009-2010 syllabus are found on my website.
• http//teachers.greenville.k12.sc.us/sites/kgilchr
  ist/default.aspx

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Snacks

• We have a late lunch, so students can bring a
  snack to eat during Marathon Club.
• Please make sure that it is individually wrapped
  and something that they can easily eat while
  walking laps.

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Snazzy Snacks

• Snazzy Snacks are snacks that we will create by
  following recipe instructions during our writing
  block. 
• Handwriting skills
• Following multi-step directions

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Birthdays

• You are more than welcome to come eat lunch with
  your child on his/her birthday! If you cant
  make it and would like to send in a treat, please
  make sure that it is precut. We have 20 students
  in our class.

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Homework

• Homework packet sent home on Mondays in folder
• Includes spelling, math, and 20 minutes of
  reading each night
• Packet should be returned on Fridays in folder

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Grading

• Report Cards each quarter
• Interim Progress Reports (mid-quarter)
• A 100 - 93 (excellent work)
• B 92 - 85 (very good work)
• C 84 - 77 (average work)
• D 76 - 70 (poor work)
• U 69 61 (unsatisfactory work)

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Grading

• Points will be taken off grades for missing
  capitals (-1 point), incorrect or no punctuation
  (-1 point), and misspelled words/Word Wall Words
  (-1 point). Half credit will be granted for
  incomplete sentences. This is a curriculum-wide
  policy.

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Forms

• Shape Doll
• Teacher Folder
• School Folder (Red)
• Sally Foster

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Sign-Ups

• Transportation Sheet
• Class Email List

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• Thank you for your time and support! I am
  looking forward to a wonderful year!