Welcome to 2nd Grade Parent Night

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Welcome to 2nd Grade Parent Night

• Mrs. Harwood
• Mrs. Morgan
• Mrs. Sirmans
• Mrs. Tison

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Rules

• Show respect for people and property.
• Follow directions given by all adults.
• Use appropriate voices and actions.
• Keep hands, feet, and other objects to yourself.
• Bring only necessary items to school and have
  them ready to use.

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School Wide Behavior Policy

• Each day, your child will receive a behavior
  grade. At the end of the nine weeks his/her
  teacher will count up the number of Ss, Ns, and
  Us.
• To receive honors in our honors day program,
  students must have 38 Ss out of the 45 day 9
  week period. If your child has an excess of 7
  Ns and/or Us, they will not receive honors
  regardless of academic performance.
• On your weekly behavior report, I give
• S for satisfactory behavior, 2 or less Ns for
  the week.
• N Needs Improvement, 3 Ns for the week.
• U Unacceptable behavior, 4 or more Ns for the
  week.

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Georgia Performance Standard

• Standard GPS.02.LA.ELA2R4 
• The student uses a variety of strategies to gain
  meaning from grade-level text.
• Element GPS.02.LA.ELA2R4.i 
• identifies and infers main idea and supporting
  details. 

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Homework

• Packets are sent home each Monday.
• Homework is due on Friday.
• Failure to bring in homework results in a loss of
  PE time on Friday. (PE is everyday)

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Graded Papers

• Sent home on Friday or Monday.
• Behavior Slip sent home on Friday or Monday

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Barrows Basics

• 50 problems, 3 minutes.
• Addition and Subtraction
• Practice tests are given daily at school and for
  homework.
• Real test given each Thursday, not for a
  gradebook grade.

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Thinkgate Pretests and Posttests

• Pretests are given before each nine weeks.
  Teachers use the data collected from these tests
  to plan for instruction.
• Posttests are given at the end of every nine
  weeks. Teachers use this data to plan for review
  and small group work.
• Given in Reading, Math, Language Arts, Science,
  and Social Studies

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Accelerated Reader

• Each student should have an AR book that they
  read each night.
• Students should read their book at least three
  times before taking a test.
• Parents should read the book with the student and
  ask questions during and after reading (example
  What do you think will happen next?, What was
  this story about?)
• Students should be ready to test regardless of
  whether testing is allowed on that day.
• If students fail tests continuously, they will
  only be allowed to test twice a week.
• Last of all! Practice makes perfect, unless your
  child is continuously practicing their reading,
  they will not become a better reader.

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Accelerated Math

• This is done each day during DI math.
• Leveled math program that provides practice on
  specific math skills.
• Students are required to correct any problems
  they miss after a practice has been scanned.
• When a practice is completed, the teacher scans
  it and sends home a grade sheet with the
  completed practice.

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Spelling Strategies

• Some kids need more practice with their spelling
  than is provided on the homework.
• Speed Spelling
• Keep a whiteboard and marker in the car and write
  the words.
• Buy soap crayons for the tub and write the words.
• Buy alphabet magnets for the fridge and let the
  kids spell the words while you cook.
• Salt/sand in a pie plate. Let them spell the
  words in the salt/sand.

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Reading Strategies

• READ EVERY NIGHT!!!
• Listen to them read.Read to themthey learn by
  hearing. They need to hear the inflection in
  your voice, the pauses, the emotion.
• Have them retell what they read at the end of a
  page or at the end of the story.
• Vocabulary words make a memory game. Make
  sentences using the words and have the kids match
  all three word, definition, and sentence.

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CRCT

• When April 22, 23, 27-29
• What Reading, Math, and Language Arts
• PRACTICE! Once Online Assessment System
  passwords are assigned, you will have access
  online to practice tests.
• Help your child with homework, this keeps you in
  the loop about what is going on in second grade.

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Thank You!!!

• If you are able to volunteer, please speak with
  your teacher before you leave tonight.
• Thank you so much for coming and taking and
  active interest in your childs education.

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