Welcome to
2nd Grade
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Welcome to SECOND Grade !
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Classroom information and policies are below:
Curriculum, Classroom Management, Birthdays, Absences, Cellphones, folders, homework, volunteers, toys & fidgets, dismissal, snacks, and water bottles.
Link to access I ready from home - For Students: (student.dcsdk12.org)
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Mrs. Hall
Pine Lane Primary
2ND Grade Teacher
School Website: ple.dcsdk12.org
Mrs. Hall's Class Website
I am so excited to begin an amazing school year with your awesome students!
I am so excited to begin an amazing school year with your awesome students!
My classroom is always open to you and I strongly believe we are a team and must collaborate together in order to ensure your child's success this school year!
My classroom is always open to you and I strongly believe we are a team and must collaborate together in order to ensure your child's success this school year!
Please feel free to reach out to me by email any time!
Please feel free to reach out to me by email any time!
For emergencies, call the office - I rarely look at the emails during the day.
GOALS: One of our main goals is to help prepare students for the transition to upper elementary school. You will notice that our schedule, targeted learning time, resources, standards, curriculum, and content are all based on expectations. Please check out some of the highlights below and explore my website to find out more!
CREW
CREW
We are CREW, not passengers. We work together to build our classroom and support one another each day. There is a lot of laughter, fun, and support for everyone in our CREW.
Mission Statement: Pine Lane empowers excellence in character, achievement,
and contribution to a better world.
Vision Statement :
What We Study in 2nd Grade:
What We Study in 2nd Grade:
Curriculum
Curriculum
Reading - 2nd graders need to continue to improve fluency. I strongly encourage children to find time to read at home! They are welcome to borrow my books at any time - please just return them. I encourage adults to ask them about what they are reading, why they chose it, and what is happening in the book - do they relate to it?
Reading - 2nd graders need to continue to improve fluency. I strongly encourage children to find time to read at home! They are welcome to borrow my books at any time - please just return them. I encourage adults to ask them about what they are reading, why they chose it, and what is happening in the book - do they relate to it?
Math: We use the 2nd grade I ready program. Key 2nd-grade topics include:
Literacy: The Benchmark Literacy program will be a centering focus for literacy instruction in 2nd grade. Benchmark Advance will be a centering focus for literacy instruction in 2nd grade.
Writing : Students work in narrative writing genres.
Science: We explore three main units of science through our STEMScopes curriculum:
Social Studies:
Classroom Management
Classroom Management
We expect students at Pine Lane to model great behavior while at school by showing respect, responsibility, and safety. If the situation cannot be handled in the classroom between the teacher and student, a referral form will be filled out and submitted to the office. I will use email or a phone call to inform you of any behavior concerns. We use crew time in the morning to discuss positive and negative behavior and the effect it has on others as well as ourselves. I do use various reward systems created in the classroom by the students as a collaborative effort with me and they are usually very effective.
We expect students at Pine Lane to model great behavior while at school by showing respect, responsibility, and safety. If the situation cannot be handled in the classroom between the teacher and student, a referral form will be filled out and submitted to the office. I will use email or a phone call to inform you of any behavior concerns. We use crew time in the morning to discuss positive and negative behavior and the effect it has on others as well as ourselves. I do use various reward systems created in the classroom by the students as a collaborative effort with me and they are usually very effective.
Birthdays
Birthdays
We love celebrating your child's birthday in class ! Feel free to communicate with me what you would like to do, if anything, certainly not required! Options that don't include food are small dollar-store treats such as pencils, trinkets, etc. Please just give me notice so if we have more than 1 - we can plan accordingly. If you would like to send invites, please have your students give them to me, to be discreet, if they are not to the entire class.
We love celebrating your child's birthday in class ! Feel free to communicate with me what you would like to do, if anything, certainly not required! Options that don't include food are small dollar-store treats such as pencils, trinkets, etc. Please just give me notice so if we have more than 1 - we can plan accordingly. If you would like to send invites, please have your students give them to me, to be discreet, if they are not to the entire class.
If your child will be absent for more than 3 days, please notify us as soon as possible, as well as the office. Because most schoolwork requires teacher instruction, there are some lessons and activities that cannot be made up. We recommend the student read their independent novels while they are absent.
Cell-Phones
Cell-Phones
PLE school policy requires cell phones not to be used during the day for any reason. If you need to contact your student - please call the main office and have them send a note to the student. If your student needs to contact you - I will send them to the office to contact you by phone. They will have access to their phone at the end of the day at 3:50 pm - if you have texted/ left a message for them.
PLE school policy requires cell phones not to be used during the day for any reason. If you need to contact your student - please call the main office and have them send a note to the student. If your student needs to contact you - I will send them to the office to contact you by phone. They will have access to their phone at the end of the day at 3:50 pm - if you have texted/ left a message for them.
Thursday Folders
Thursday Folders
Every Thursday, your child will bring home a folder provided by the school. It will contain flyers from school, PTO info, class information, graded work etc. Please go through this every week and send back the empty folder the following day.
Every Thursday, your child will bring home a folder provided by the school. It will contain flyers from school, PTO info, class information, graded work etc. Please go through this every week and send back the empty folder the following day.
Homework
Homework
Your child may have homework this year. This helps them with accountability and responsibility. It will be a practice of what is taught in class. And spelling tests help them learn to study for something and achieve results.
Your child may have homework this year. This helps them with accountability and responsibility. It will be a practice of what is taught in class. And spelling tests help them learn to study for something and achieve results.
Link to access I ready from home - For Students: Schools are encouraged to provide this link (student.dcsdk12.org)
Volunteers
Volunteers
We always encourage volunteers in the classroom. I will send out emails that ask for specific events.
We always encourage volunteers in the classroom. I will send out emails that ask for specific events.
Toys and Fidgets
Toys and Fidgets
Toys are not allowed at school. They get lost, stolen, or broken. I will ask them to put them in their backpacks and not to bring them back. The original purpose for these fidgets, including spinners, are to help students focus when working. However, students often use them as toys, which is not the intended purpose of the device. As a result of students using these fidgets inappropriately, we will not allow them in the classroom. Our administration supports us in this policy. Unless your child has a legal document such as an Individualized Education Plan or 504 that directly specifies the use of a fidget as a modification to support academic achievement, fidgets will not be allowed and are expected to stay home.
Toys are not allowed at school. They get lost, stolen, or broken. I will ask them to put them in their backpacks and not to bring them back. The original purpose for these fidgets, including spinners, are to help students focus when working. However, students often use them as toys, which is not the intended purpose of the device. As a result of students using these fidgets inappropriately, we will not allow them in the classroom. Our administration supports us in this policy. Unless your child has a legal document such as an Individualized Education Plan or 504 that directly specifies the use of a fidget as a modification to support academic achievement, fidgets will not be allowed and are expected to stay home.
Dismissal
Dismissal
If there is a change to your child's normal schedule - please advise the office so that they can advise me, I don't check emails often during the day. If there is a permanent change, just let me know so I can update the records for end-of-day dismissal routines. If school is called for weather, etc., you will be notified and will be required to pick up and sign out your child in the classroom.
If there is a change to your child's normal schedule - please advise the office so that they can advise me, I don't check emails often during the day. If there is a permanent change, just let me know so I can update the records for end-of-day dismissal routines. If school is called for weather, etc., you will be notified and will be required to pick up and sign out your child in the classroom.
Nut-Free Snack and Water Bottle
Nut-Free Snack and Water Bottle
We have the opportunity to have a healthy snack that you will provide your student, during the day. In addition, please send in a NON SPILLABLE water bottle with only water in it. I do have some snacks that I purchase, in the classroom, as I do not want them to go without, but - it cannot be re-occurring - Thanks!
We have the opportunity to have a healthy snack that you will provide your student, during the day. In addition, please send in a NON SPILLABLE water bottle with only water in it. I do have some snacks that I purchase, in the classroom, as I do not want them to go without, but - it cannot be re-occurring - Thanks!
Pine Lane empowers excellence in character, achievement, and contribution to a better world.
Pine Lane empowers excellence in character, achievement, and contribution to a better world.
Link to PLE WEBSITE for more information: http://dcsdples.ss14.sharpschool.com/
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