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Welcome to Back to School Night

Welcome to Back to School Night. Mrs. Putnam. Room G7. Second Grade. Contact Info. Email: jaime_putnam@etiwanda.org Class website: http://www.teacherweb.com/CA/TerraVista/MrsPutnam/ Phone Number: (909) 945-5715 . What’s new at Terra Vista. Common Core Kagan Strategies

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Welcome to Back to School Night

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  1. Welcome to Back to School Night Mrs. Putnam RoomG7 Second Grade

  2. Contact Info • Email: jaime_putnam@etiwanda.org • Class website: http://www.teacherweb.com/CA/TerraVista/MrsPutnam/ • Phone Number: (909) 945-5715

  3. What’s new at Terra Vista • Common Core • Kagan Strategies • Watch Dog Dads • Mileage Club

  4. Classroom Supplies Items always needed and appreciated in the classroom  • Stickers • Kleenex • #2 Pencils • Clorox Wipes • Colored Pencils • Black Expo White Board Markers • Zip lock baggies (gallon and sandwich bag sized)

  5. O U R S C H E D U L E • 8:15 – 8:45 Morning Work • 8:45-9:30 Language Arts • 9:30 – 9:45 Recess / Snack • 9:45 –11:15 Language Arts cont. • 11:15 – 11:55 Lunch • 11:55 – 12:30 Silent Reading/A.R. • 12:30 – 1:30 Math • 1:30 – 2:35 S.S./Science/Art/P.E. • 2:35 – 2:45 Pack-Up/Dismissal • *Schedule is tentative and subject to change. • *Every Monday is a Minimum Day at 1:15 p.m. dismissal.

  6. Homework • Grading Scale • Homework will be given on the first day of the week and due on the last day of the week. • Please check homework for accuracy and completion. • Each assignment will be given 1 point. • Homework grade will be reflected in the citizenship area of the report card. • REMEMBER: Please initial nightly reading and sign at the top.

  7. Classroom Information • Classroom Rewards • Classroom Discipline System • Star of the Week

  8. Our Curriculum • Houghton-Mifflin Language Arts/Literature Common Core Standards • Anthologies • Project Read • Mountain Language • Small Group Instruction • Accelerated Reader • Step-Up To Writing • Prompts from Houghton Mifflin • Teacher created prompts • Seasonal prompts • Journal Writing • Class Stories

  9. Our Curriculum • Macmillan McGraw-Hill Math Series Common Core Standards • Number Sense and Patterns • Addition Strategies • Subtraction Strategies • Data and Graphs • Two-Digit Addition • Two-Digit Subtraction • Money • Multiplication & Division Concepts • Fractions • Numbers to 1,000 • Geometry • Measurement & Time • Three Digit Addition • Three Digit Subtraction

  10. To view and use Math Pages at home, go to http://macmillanmh.com/ose/ and submit the Access Code: A740B464B0. You will be able to access ALL Math pages, including tests. I will not be using these tests, so they may certainly be used for practice and review.

  11. Our Curriculum • Harcourt Social Studies CA Standards • Unit 1 Families, Now & Long Ago • Unit 2 The Land Around Us • Unit 3 Governing the People • Unit 4 Using Our Resources • Unit 5 People in the Marketplace • Unit 6 People Make a Difference • Houghton-Mifflin Science • Unit A Life Cycles • Unit B Earth’s Resources • Unit C Motion and Forces • Unit D Magnets and Sound

  12. Accelerated Reader • Student point goals are individualized to each child’s reading level. • Students will read books with their ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development) which is a range of book levels they can read that is neither too hard nor too easy for them • Each child’s ZPD will be determined by his/her STAR reading test taken 3x/year (once each Trimester). • Students must have an 80% or higher accuracy on their average quiz score for comprehension. • Each Trimester, students who successfully meet or exceed their individualized point goal at 80% or higher accuracy will get to attend the A.R. parties.

  13. Accelerated Reader Cont. • Students will now have access to countless books on the new system, not just books in our school and classroom libraries. To see if a book is an A.R. book go to www.arbookfind.com • Parents will be notified of their child’s A.R. progress through the Home Connect Feature where parents can view their child’s A.R. reports online • To access go to www.etiwanda.org/library and click on Renaissance Place Home Connect to enter your user name and password (see handout) • Each time your child takes an A.R. test you will be emailed their score and you can see their average quiz percentage and see how close/behind they are in obtaining their goals

  14. Get your ESPRI Account See your Child’s Grades - Progress Reports - Attendance - and More ! Go to www.Etiwanda.org, View the Video and Sign-Up Today

  15. Parent Volunteer Handbook A volunteer serving in any capacity must sign the volunteer form provided in this District Volunteer Handbook. The Handbook also contains helpful guidelines and information about your generous role as a volunteer. Pick up a Handbook from me or from the School Office.

  16. District Testing Schedule Second Grade 2013-2014 Reading Fluency Assessment (DIBELS): 3 times a year Reading Accuracy Assessment (STAR): Computer Program 3 times a year District Benchmark Assessments (Math & Literacy): 3 times a year STAR Tests (State Exams): April, 2014 (pending state approval)

  17. Birthday Celebrations

  18. Let’s have a GREAT school year!

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