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Welcome to Mrs. Gilchrist’s Class!

Welcome to Mrs. Gilchrist’s Class!. Second Grade. About Me. Hartsville, SC Clemson University BA in Elementary Education 6 th year at ACE Interests: Spending time with family and friends, reading, traveling, cooking, and running. Language Arts.

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Welcome to Mrs. Gilchrist’s Class!

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  1. Welcome to Mrs. Gilchrist’s Class! Second Grade

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Science and Health • States of Matter • Magnets • Weather • Animals • Dental Health • Nutrition

  6. Social Studies • Communities • Economics – Goods, Services, Needs, Wants • Cultural Contributions • Continents & Oceans • Regions of the U.S.

  7. Class Schedule • 8:00-8:15 Morning Work • 8:15-8:30 Morning Meeting and Calendar Math • 8:30-9:15 Math • 9:15-10:15 Guided Reading and Self-Selected Reading • 10:15-10:35 Marathon Club/Snack/Restroom Break • 10:35-11:10 Science/Social Studies/Health • 11:15-12:00 Related Arts • 12:00-12:05 Prepare for lunch • 12:05-12:30 Lunch • 12:30-1:00 Recess/Restroom break • 1:00-1:15 Working with Words • 1:15-2:05 Writing • 2:05-2:20 Wrap-up/Chapter Book Read Aloud • 2:20 Dismissal Begins

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

  9. 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.

  10. Classroom Management:Behavior 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.

  11. Parent/Teacher Communication • Homework packet cover sheet • Behavior notes as needed • Graded papers in folder every Thursday • Email kgilchrist@greenville.k12.sc.us • Website • Notes and phone calls as needed • Conferences in October

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

  13. 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.

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

  15. Birthdays • You are more than welcome to come eat lunch with your child on his/her birthday! If you can’t make it and would like to send in a treat, please make sure that it is precut. We have 20 students in our class.

  16. 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

  17. 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)

  18. 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.

  19. Forms • Shape Doll • Teacher Folder • School Folder (Red) • Sally Foster

  20. Sign-Ups • Transportation Sheet • Class Email List

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

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