Thank you for coming tonight

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Thank you for coming tonight!

• Please write a note to your child in his or her
  journal.
• You might want to write about when you were in
  second grade!

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Welcome to Parent Orientation

• Jennifer Contant
• Second Grade

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Daily ScheduleNote Day one does not
mean Monday. We will rotate Specials on a six
day rotation!
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From the office!

• School hours are 830-330.
• Notes about absences are needed within two days
  of the absence or coded unexcused.
• Seven year olds need an average of 10 hours of
  sleep each night.
• Breakfast 1, Lunch 2, Milk 0.50, Jumbo 3.50
• No fast food at lunch.
• Join PTO. No door to door fundraisers!
• Save your Box Tops!

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Fun Things in Second Grade

• Mystery Reader
• Volunteer in the school or from home
• Fire Safety House (Oct.)
• Fall Party (Oct.)
• Fun Run
• Thanksgiving Feast (Nov.)
• Winter Party (Dec.)
• Junior Achievement

• Ruth Patrick Science Center field trip (Jan.)
• Vocabulary Parade (Jan.)
• Valentines Day Party
• CRCT (April)
• Field Day (May)
• Physics Day (May)
• Summer Celebration (May)
• And much, much more!

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Birthdays

• Parents may send or bring treats for birthdays
  during lunch in the cafeteria.
• Individual portions such as cupcakes or cookies
  are preferred. Nothing that requires cutting or
  utensils (per office).
• Lunch is 1240-110.

• Invitations may be passed out at school as long
  as no student is left out. Note Boys may
  invite all the boys. Girls may invite all the
  girls.
• The Happy Birthday song is sung in our
  classroom in the morning.
• Send a note before you send in class treats
  please!

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Scholastic Book Orders

• The order form will be sent home every other
  month or so.
• Always optional!
• Make out checks to the book company. No cash
  please!
• Books arrive in about 2 weeks.

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Homework oh no!

• Homework reinforces concepts covered at school
  and should be able to be completed independently.
• Expect Spelling daily (15 mins.)
• Reading Log (15 mins.)
• Other assignments such as studying or worksheet
  review will vary.
• Please sign Home and School folder.
• If your child takes more than 45 minutes to do
  homework, please let me know!
• I want them to play and relax too.

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Conduct and Behavior Charts
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Reading

• Eight Basic Skills
• Main Idea
• Inferring
• Authors Purpose
• Comparing/Contrasting Characterization
• Predicting
• Sequencing
• Summarizing

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Reading

• Weekly story test on Fridays. We will focus on
  phonics, fluent reading, a reading skill, and key
  vocabulary each week in class. See Home School
  folder for details!
• At home reading for 15 minutes each night.
  Please alternate reading with your child. To be
  come fluent readers they need to hear it from you
  and practice aloud regularly. Sign Reading Log
  in Home School folder (nightly homework).

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Reading

• The Language Arts average
  
• Reading (70)
  
• English (20)
  
• Spelling (10)
• Only the Language Arts average will appear on
  report cards!
• STAR test given 3 times a year to help determine
  an independent reading range for choosing AR
  books.
• Accelerated Reader (AR) is encouraged and
  expected! Not graded.

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Spelling

• New SRA series has new rules for all of Language
  Arts. Words their Way is gone.
• Sorting words is the key to understanding so we
  will continue. ( How are these words
  alike/different?) This will add some challenge!
• New words on Friday. Word study and phonics all
  week. Tests on Thursday.

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English

• Basic grammar skills covered nouns,
  pronouns, commas, quotation marks, antonyms,
  synonyms, homophones, capitalization, punctuation
  rules.
• Sentence and Paragraph writing.

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Math
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Social Studies and Science S (100-72), NI
(71-70), U (69 or below)

• Map and Globe skills
• Government and Laws
• Citizenship
• Native Americans of Georgia
• Georgia Natural Resources, Geography, and History
• Economics
• Biographies

• Scientific thought
• Motion and patterns of earth, moon, sun
• Earths surface features
• Matter solid, liquid, gas
• Energy pushes and pulls
• Life cycles of plants and animals

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Questions

• E-mail jennifer.contant_at_ccboe.net
• Voice mail 706-868-3705 ext. 315