Welcome to Mrs. McKinneys Class for 2nd Grade Meet the Teacher Night 20062007 Please keep this packe

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Welcome to Mrs. McKinneys Classfor2nd
GradeMeet the Teacher Night20062007Please
keep this packet handy for reference through the
year!
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Arrival and Dismissal

• 850am - Arrival of students
• 900am - Class begins tardy after this point
• Our class gets started right away with lunch
  choice and attendance taken
• Morning Work
• Prompt arrival helps your child begin their day
  on time and generally sets the tone for the rest
  of their day. Announcements begin promptly at
  905 by our Principal, Mrs. Danielle Thompson.
  If your child arrives after 900am, they are to
  be signed in at the office by their parent and
  order a school lunch (if desired) at the office.
• Dismissal _at_ 340

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Morning Routine

• Your child makes their lunch choice and puts
  their things away.
• Any mail that comes to me, they put in my
  MAILBOX (notes, permission slips, lunch )
• Their daily morning work appears on the computer
  projector screen everyday - step by step.
• DLR, DM, DW ????? DLR Quiz on Fridays
• Word of the Day and Journaling
• Those that finish, have free time to use wisely!

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Specials ScheduleLunch and Recess, too

• Red Day - ART
• White Day - MUSIC
• Blue Day - PE
• Gold Day LIBRARY
• Green Day Collaboration Special
• Our specials are at 230 310 each day,
• Recess occurs before lunch at 1115 to 1140
• LUNCH 1145- 1215
• Parents may join their child for lunch in the
  cafeteria. If you wish to purchase a hot lunch,
  the order MUST be called in to the office by
  915am. Wed love to have you here!

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Homework ScheduleSubject to change throughout
the year.

• Monday - Reading Read the current story aloud
  to a parent and study the vocabulary words.
  Student writes 2 of their own comprehension
  questions/answers for the story review, type of
  questions are assigned.
• Tuesday Math and Spelling
• Wednesday - Reading Answer the five questions
  in complete sentences and review vocabulary
• (Optionalread the story again)
• Thursday - Study DLR for quiz and review spelling
  words (spelling should be mastered
  before this night.?)
• Friday - New Spelling List for the next week!
• No homework on weekends! (With the
  exception of time to work on special projects,
  reports or unfinished work at different times
  during the year, if needed.)
• Each night, practice math facts for at least 5
  minutes.

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Absence Homework policy

• If your child is ill and needs homework sent
  home, please notify me by 930am and I will have
  it in the office for you to pick up before the
  end of the day.
• My prep time is at 230pm and I may not be able
  to prepare their homework folder until then. ?
• Pre-arranged absences HSE policy is that your
  parents/child may not ask for work ahead of time,
  yet will be given time after the absence to make
  up the work and bring to the teacher one day late
  for each day of school missed.
  
  

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Corrected Work Credit

• If a student makes corrections on all items
  missed on a test or quiz
• turns it back in to me
• I will give ½ the points missed back to their
  grade.
• (With the exception of the Spelling Test)

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Daily ReportSee example attached

• Each child receives a new Daily Report sheet on
  Monday morning.
• This stays in their GO folderALWAYSuntil
  Friday when it can be thrown away!
• This is where they write their homework
  assignment, behavior color at the end of each
  day and the special for the next day.
• I check it at the end of each day. When they are
  ready and prepared to go home with appropriate
  homework items I initial it!
• After they finish their homework at home, it is
• their responsibility to have a parent
  initial their Daily Report sheet and make sure it
  is back in their GO folder to bring back the next
  morning.

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Daily Report continued ...

• If a child does not bring back
• 1) homework or 2) GO folder or 3)Daily Report
  sheet, they will move their stick if it happens
  twice. This is a simple exercise in
  remembering that they can handle to promote
  personal responsibility.
• After school on Friday, the Daily Report sheet
  may be read and discarded as the students will
  get a new one on Monday!
• Please, help reinforce the responsibility
  aspect of this simple daily routine as it will
  help establish good habits for your child.

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READ ! ?Lunch Money,Transportation Change, note
to teacher...

• If your child has a transportation change for the
  end of the day, please be sure to send in a note
  addressed to Mrs. McKinney with the information.
  I cannot send your child home any other way than
  his/her usual mode of travel if I do not have a
  note from you.
• If the change is made after your child is at
  school, notify the office to make the change.
  Please, do not call and leave a phone message
  for me in the afternoon. If it is urgent , it
  may not work in getting the message to me in
  time. I cannot guarantee that I will see e-mail
  messages or be able to check voice mail due to
  instruction time in the afternoon. Though I try
  to respond to e-mail promptly and quickly, the
  students and their instruction time are my
  priority and I may not get to e-mail until after
  school hours. Please, keep this in mind if you
  are needing to get a message to me right away.
• LABEL EVERYTHING, PLEASE!for instance..
  Lunch money should be in an envelope labeled with
  childs name and Lunch Money on it. This goes
  for notes to teacher, office or field trip money,
  book order money..please label. Thanks!!!! ?

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Spelling and Vocabulary Folder Vocab Box for
Class

• Last week you are received your childs Yellow
  Folder! This is for collecting their weekly
  SPELLING WORD lists and their
  VOCABULARY lists. Each week, their Spelling list
  will come home on Friday and it is to be kept in
  this folder for safe keeping and easy reference
  for study. The students receive their reading
  vocabulary on Monday and should be putting their
  vocabulary in their YELLOW FOLDER at home on
  Monday nights. One inside pocket is for
  vocabulary, the other inside pocket is for
  spelling. Thanks for helping to keep your child
  organized and for making the folder accessible to
  them for study at home!
• Spelling tests on Fridays Review test every
  nine weeks .
• Reading tests on Thursdays Vocab Review test
  every nine weeks
• As requested in my welcome letter, please send in
  a set of 100 small index cards, alphabetical
  dividers for the cards and an index card file box
  in the next 2 weeks for their vocabulary boxes.
  Thank you!

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Classroom Management

• STOP AND THINK - STOP LIGHT SYMBOL
  
• Green - GO, youre on your way to great things
  because you are doing your best and thinking
  about what you do.
• 5 TICKETS are earned at the end of the day!
• Yellow - Slow down, are you thinking before you
  act?
• Two warnings, move stick to Yellow.
  
  
  Owe 5 tickets (and do not receive the five
  tickets at the end of the day) and 5 minutes of
  recess. Note written to home with brief
  explanation on Daily Report Sheet for parent to
  understand.
• Red - Stop! You have had warnings to think
  about your actions and correct them. Call to
  home. Possible meeting with Mrs. Thompson, our
  Principal, if necessary.
  
  
  Owe 20 tickets and 10 of recess.
• One warning is given between Yellow and
  Red.

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Get your TICKETS here!Class Economy

• Tickets are our reward system!
• They are also used for consequences.
• Your child will hopefully be earning tickets each
  day in reward for good things they do! They even
  get tickets for classroom donations!
• They automatically earn 5 tickets at the end of
  the day for staying on Green, too!
• Near the last day of grading period, we have OUR
  STORE day when the students will count their
  tickets into groups of ten and they are able to
  spend their tickets at OUR STORE in the
  classroom!
• They love this day and theyve EARNED what they
  can spend!!!

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Our Store

• This consists of all kinds of items donated by
  our classroom families. ANYTHING is great! One
  mans junk, is anothers treasure! )
• Mrs. McKinney donates cans of Sprite, Lunch with
  the Teacher, and miscellaneous fun stuff.
• I encourage the children to SPEND their tickets
  that they earned!
• Donations for the STORE are on-going throughout
  the year and ALWAYS welcome! No candy is to be
  sent in for donations. Thanks!

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Treat people right do the right thingeven if
you dont feel like it!Jobs and Star Student of
the Week

• Each child will have a responsibility in the
  classroom each week!
• Each student will have the opportunity to be the
  Start Student of the Week during the year
  
  Me Book to do through the
  week
  Estimation Station items in Bag - Class
  estimates
  
  
  Picture on classroom wall
  
  Photographs to share
  - sometimes used as a Story Starter
• Every student has the chance of being named the
  Role Model of the Week for the Weekly Character
  Trait or Life Rule that we all try to exemplify
  through the week and year. This can be
  recognized by Mrs. McKinney or a related arts
  teacher. Ask your child about the Life Rule or
  the Character Trait of the week and discuss them
  at home.
• Never let them settle for less than their best!

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Flexible Grouping - Math

• I am pleased that your child will have Flexible
  Grouping for Math. Mrs. McKinneys class and
  Mrs. Skinners class across the hall will be
  exchanging classes for our Math Groups after
  pre-testing for skill level on various
  chapters/units.
• The students will work in their ability range
  for that chapter in math. Their previous
  knowledge may be stronger for some chapters and
  weaker in others. This forum will address their
  capabilities and allow for better understanding
  and retention of the new concepts. It will also
  allow those that are ready to move on a chance
  to do exactly that and be challenged as well!
  Flexible grouping will begin after we have
  reviewed, assessed and introduced basic
  fundamentals in these first several weeks of
  school.
• I look forward to this opportunity for your
  childs success. If you have any questions,
  please feel free to contact me.

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Extra Effort

• Book in desk from home or library! Every child
  should have a book in their desk from home, the
  library or from our reading spot to pull out for
  continued reading at free time periods. Ask your
  child now and then, what book he/she is reading
  throughout the day.
• Educational Sharing Day - monthly - Voluntary
  and very beneficial! Your child gets to teach
  for a 5 minute period on something that they have
  studied, collected, researched on the internet or
  in books or demonstrate a simple experiment or
  activity for the class. The topic is up to them!
  The dates will be at the end of each month and
  will be announced /or in my newsletter ahead of
  time. Each child wanting to share must come
  prepared to teach that day and ready to go! They
  may have hand-outs for the class, too, if they
  wish. I will take pictures and post them on our
  Ed Sharing Wall in the Hallway!

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More Extra Effort

• Sunshine Math Practice in Problem-solving.
  Sent home on Monday and is due Friday morning.
  Every child is expected to turn it in for a
  participation grade. Parental assistance is
  welcome. Please initial the paper before student
  turns it in.
• Book-It - Begins in October, ends in March.
  Sponsored by Pizza Hut. Each child participates
  by reading each day and recording the minutes
  that they have read on their Book-It Calendar.
  They have a goal of at least 350 minutes a month.
  I like them to log the names of the books they
  have read so they may use it as a reminder list
  in taking AR tests. The Book-It calendar and
  book title log are due to Mrs. McKinney at the
  end of each month. If the reading goal is met,
  the student will receive a small certificate from
  Pizza Hut for a free Personal Pan Pizza!
• Writers Station - A free-time activity
• Keyboarding Center A free time activity
• Artists of the Day A free time activity

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Extra Effort..continued

• Accelerated Reader (AR) - This program is
  sponsored and rewarded by the LRES library, PTO
  parent volunteers, and teachers. It is an
  excellent program! Although I put AR in the
  Extra Effort category, it is a required activity
  in my class and I expect each of the children to
  participate. As always, the children will be
  able to spend points they earn at the AR store
  during designated times throughout the school
  year. We will take a quiz on AR for each of our
  reading stories as well.
• Research Round-Up! - Self-motivated research on
  States and Presidents.
• Reading Rings - This will be offered later in the
  first semester. A Reading Ring is like a tiny
  book report on a card a bit bigger than a
  bookmark. The student is to write the title,
  main characters, main idea, and their favorite
  part of the story. On the other side of the
  card, they draw a small picture of their favorite
  part and rate the book from one to four stars.
  When turned in and approved, they may add the
  card to their Reading Ring on the special
  bulletin board. If a student meets the goal
  given for that month in number of Reading Ring
  cards written and approved, they will have their
  choice of Lunch with the Teacher or another
  incentive offered by the teacher. (This can work
  hand in hand with Book-It and Accelerated Reader.
  The students will be assigned to do a Reading
  Ring for each story in reading as well.)

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Some 2nd Grade Experiences

• Flat Stanley - letter writing to family or
  friends far away
• Writing prompts - grade-wide writing prompt each
  month (apart from daily writing) implementing the
  61 Writing Traits used by HSE corporation
  -wide.
• Computer Technology - students will create their
  own Power Point presentation and use many other
  aspects of the computer AR quizzes, Star Reader,
  keyboarding
• Research skills
• Book Reports and presentation
• Speaking skills
• Cursive handwriting )
• Money, time, fractions, geometry, measuring,
  problem solving, word of the day, dictionary
  skills, scientific procedure, economy, geography,
  direction,water, weather, plants, animals,
  insects, cultural, Olympics, local, state and
  national government, historical people and
  places, plays, poetry, nouns,pronouns, proper
  nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, identifying a
  statement, question, exclamatory sentence.
  Just to name a fewtheres more. )

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Donations for the ClassWelcome throughout the
year for replenishing

• Items for the class STORE! What is one
  persons junk, may be anothers treasure.
• Artist Center supplies
• Baggies
• Games, books
• Hermit crabs? ?
• See the classroom door tonight!!!!
• Thanks for your help!

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Wheres Julie?

• Julie McKinneys e-mail jumckinney_at_hse.k12.in.us
  
• Phone
  594-4140 x. 2441
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• Mrs. McKinneys Website go to
  www.hse.k12.in.us/staff/jumckinney
• I will update with Newsletter, spelling
  lists and vocabulary lists
• Daily Report - The Daily Report lets you know a
  daily update as to current homework assignments,
  behavior and the next days special. If you need
  to write a little note to me on this, I will most
  likely see it at the end of the day.
• McKinney Minutes will appear by e-mail or
  through my website. I can send a hard copy home
  if you do not have access to e-mail. Please let
  me know via a written note tonight on the index
  card provided if youd need a hard copy. This is
  my personal news brief to YOU! Please read it to
  know whats going on in our room, know any needs
  the students have for assignments, dates to
  record and plan for and more!

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Well have a great year!

• I will treat your child as my own and would love
  to know if something significant has occurred for
  them, good or bad. If it may effect the way they
  feel or act, its very helpful to have the
  insight.
• Please, keep the communications going between us,
  its the best way to support your child on both
  ends!
• Come for lunch or help out in the room, were
  always happy to have you here!

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Parent Volunteers!!!!!

• Sign- ups on the back table. Check them out!
• Please write the days of the week that would
  regularly be good for you to help each week along
  with the times.
• Copy Parent(s)!!! My right arm!
• Reading Enrichment help - Friday mornings
• Vocabulary Quizzing - Dates will be provided for
  the end of each of the 9 week grading periods.
  Done between 9 to 940am with individual
  students.
• Quality Time - 9 to 940am - practice spelling
  words, review math facts, time, money, reading,
  SRA
• Drop in the Bucket - Same timing as above, weekly
  language review system with small groups.
• SRA Math assist small groups in working through
  weekly math practice.
• Book Boss - In charge of class book orders. It
  can be done online, too!

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Thank you for coming tonight!