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Welcome to Back to School Night . 2014-2015 2 nd Grade – Room 208. Ms. Leikvold . At Hoffman-Boston since 2004 Email: laila.leikvold@apsva.us Phone: 703-228-5845 I welcome notes and visits from you! . Beginning of the Day . Students may arrive at school beginning at 8:30.
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Welcome to Back to School Night 2014-2015 2nd Grade – Room 208
Ms. Leikvold • At Hoffman-Boston since 2004 • Email: laila.leikvold@apsva.us • Phone: 703-228-5845 • I welcome notes and visits from you!
Beginning of the Day • Students may arrive at school beginning at 8:30. • Enter classrooms at 8:45. • Begin teaching at 9:00 • Morning meeting – social-emotional intelligence and community building.
Language Arts • Focus on building independent, life long readers and fluent writers. • Management: Reader’s Workshop • Curriculum: Storytown, Being a Writer, Leveled Classroom Library, and Word Study
Recess and Lunch • Birthday and other celebrations will be celebrated during the last 10 minutes of the day, so as to not take away from instructional time. • Please consider sugar content (!) if providing treats for celebrations.
Every Day Counts • Daily Math Program based on the calendar. • Focuses on patterns, numbers. • Enhances the math curriculum.
Intervention • Time for individual differentiation based on student need. • Specialists and teachers work with students in math, reading, writing or content. • Data-based instruction.
Content • Science –Hands-on, literature based. • Focus: science skills, life cycles, magnets, weather, environment • Social Studies – focus on civics and the community, map skills, economics, China, Egypt, and American Indians.
Math • Curriculum: Expressions • Focus on “math talk” and “math community”. • Interactive and hands on. • Rigorous! • On Blackboard www.apsva.us
Specials • PE – once a week • STEM – also linked to our daily curricula • Music • Art • Project Edison • Library
Homework • Daily reading and a reading log to fill out (Monday – Thursday) • Daily math which supports that day’s lesson (Monday – Friday). • Additional homework as the year progresses. • Written in their agenda.
Field Trips • Several field trips coming up: • Chaperones are welcome! • Please get permission slips in on time.
Thanks for your support in… • Getting your child to school on time. • Encouraging them to complete their homework. • Keeping us informed of changes in their lives. • Keeping them healthy and happy. • We couldn’t do it without you!