Welcome to Back to school night

1. Welcome to Back to school night • With Mr. Perlman • your child’s 2nd grade teacher. • Room C-10 • Please fill out the form while you wait for tonight’s presentation. Also, write a few sentences to your child in the journal.

2. Mr. Perlman Experience: • 28 + years teaching • Substitute Teacher • Teacher Pen Ryn School • 15 years at Walt Disney Elementary • 12th year at Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary • 4th, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 1st, 6th • With experience comes responsibility • Stay current, fresh and focused.

3. Philosophy • Seven Principles of Responsive Classroom • based on developmental and social learning theory • The social curriculum is as important as the academic curriculum. • How children learn is as important as what they learn. • The greatest cognitive growth occurs through social interaction.

4. Philosophy • Seven Principles of Responsive Classroom • There is a set of social skills that children need in order to be successful academically and socially. • Knowing the children we teach is as important as knowing the content we teach. • Knowing the parents of the children we teach is as important as knowing the children. • Teachers and administrators must model the social and academic skills which they wish to teach their students.

5. Morning Meeting Begins the Day • Approx. 9:05 to 9:30 every day • 20 to 30 minutes • Four components… • Greeting • Sharing • Group Activity • News and Announcements

6. Greeting and Social Skills • Children learn to greet each other by name learning social skills as they do so. • Greetings include: Round Robin, 1, 2, 3, 4 Chant, Handshake, Jump In - Jump Out and more.

7. Sharing and Social Skills • Students learn social skills during sharing. • Topics include... • Souvenirs • Collections • Movies • Pets • Books • Family Members

8. Activityand Social Skills • Students continue to bond and learn more social skills through a short daily activity. Some of these include: • A WHAT?, Who's Missing?, Coseeki, and Pebble, Pebble to name a few.

9. News and Announcements • Students develop language skills and learn about the events of the day ahead by reading and discussing a daily message posted on a chart by their teacher.

10. Social Skills Cooperation Assertion Responsibility Empathy Self Control

11. Social Skills • Social skills include: Eye contact, strong voice, body language, self control, kindness, respect, assertion, listening, presenting, etc, etc.

12. Our Schedule • The daily schedule is in the next few slides. It is in the order it appears during the day.

13. Specials • Day 1 Library 2:40 to 3:20 Mrs. Shire

14. Specials • Day 2 Computer Lab 2:40 to 3:20 Mrs. Moratti Hello, welcome to the lab!

15. Specials • Day 3 Phys Ed 2:40 to 3:20 Mrs. Sprout

16. Specials • Day 4 MUSIC 2:35 to 3:15 Mrs. VanDerBas

17. Specials • Day 5 ART 2:40 to 3:25 Mrs. Soda

18. FLUENCY FIRST • Reading fluency program • Use of poetry • Daily homework practice • Performance each Friday • Rubric scoring • Oral reading fluency grade

19. The Daily Five • Everyday during the reading block of time... • Read to self • Read to someone • Listen to reading • Work on Writing • Word Work • Guided Groups • Small group instruction

20. Authentic Literature • Classroom Library Books • Independent Reading • Journeys Series Collection • Guided Reading • Personal Collection • varied genre • Guided Reading/ Independent Reading • Student Collections • Guided Reading/ Independent Reading

21. Reading • Journeys Reading Series • Text • Practice Books • Readers • Charts and Guides for sounds and symbols 20

22. Rebecca Sitton Spelling • One unit every 5 to 8 days. • Practice in class. Composition book. • Practice Book at home. • Build and use the words correctly in writing.

23. WRITER’S WORKSHOP • Every day • SchoolwideWritimg Program • Developmental • Use of mentor text • Teach the writer NOT the writing • Writers Notebook

24. Math • Every Day, 11:20 to 12:30 • Harcourt Math Series/ PA Common Core • Curriculum Content • Math Activities/Games • Homework: Mon. thru Thurs. (Fri. if needed as make-up) • Math Bag of Manipulatives

25. Math Classroom Tools... • Math Copy Book • Math Writing Journal • Process/ thinking/ explanations • Problem of the Day • Mad Minutes • Practice addition and subtraction facts

26. Science • Life Science: The Life Cycle of Butterflies • Physical Science: Balancing and Weighing • Earth Science: Pebbles, Sand and Silt

27. Science

28. Social Studies People Who Make A Difference • Unit 1: People Depend on Each Other • Unit 2: Geographic Concepts and Awareness • Unit 3: People - Culture and History • Unit 4: Living in Our Country • Unit 5: People Who Have Made a Difference

29. Social Studies

30. Homework • Every night in any combinations of subject areas. • No more than 15-20 minutes. • Check in each day. • If missed, needs to be made up at some time. • Notification if missed too many times. 15 minutes of reading

31. Q U E S T I O N S ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

32. Discipline • Hopes and Dreams Developed by Children • Rules for Class Developed with guidance to make hopes come true • What happens when a rule is forgotten?

33. Discipline • Logical Consequences • From mistakes there is opportunity to grow and learn • Fixing mistakes • Related, Respectful and Reasonable • Class will brainstorm possible “fixes” • Apology of Action • Time Out

34. Daily Closing Reflections • What did you learn today? • What was hard for you to learn today? • What do you need to improve for tomorrow? • What did you have fun learning today? • What behaviors are serving us well? • How can you improve a behavior that isn’t working?

35. Assessment Procedures (Grading) • Class Discussions/ participation • Writing Assignments • Role Playing • Group and Individual Projects • Portfolio… a collection of work samples • Traditional Tests • Interviewing • Observations

36. Other Business • Scholastic Book Orders • E-mail Addresses • Group email list • Excuse Cards • Report Cards • Second and Fourth Periods • Other questions or comments??? • Return forms • Tonight or send back in the next day or so

37. WEEKLY REFLECTION • Every Friday of a full week. • Includes work from the week. • Sign and return. • Work shared at conference.

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39. Thank you for attending Back to School Night!!