Welcome to Second Grade

1. Welcome to Second Grade Open House September 5, 2013

2. Meet Mrs. Planey • Graduated from Penn State in May of 1999. • Worked as an early childhood specialist for about 1 year before returning the public school system • Substituted for various local districts • Completed my internship through Pitt while working at Greensburg Salem • Completed my Reading Specialist certification

3. Meet Mrs. Planey • This is my 3rd year of teaching at Mountain View Elementary • Prior to my current position, I taught 7 years at another GLSD Elementary School as a reading specialist and third grade teacher. • Please see my website for additional information – www.glsd.us • Email – lynnette.planey@glsd.us • Phone – 724-834-7399

4. Expectations CLASSROOM RULES *Listen when your teacher is talking * Follow directions quickly * Keep your hands and feet to yourself. *Raise your hand to speak or stand * Be safe, be kind, be honest REWARDS *Positive notes home *Certificates of achievement *Stickers *Fun items to keep *Whole class marble treats CONSEQUENCES Green card—Your doing what your suppose to! Yellow card - Warning Orange card—lose 5 minutes of recess Red card—lose 10 minutes of recess and write note home Purple card— Great day earn a sticker towards a lunch reward.

5. Homework Binder Please check your child’s homework binder nightly! Current spelling words are kept behind the blue sleeve. Words are tested on Fridays. Current math fact lists are kept behind the yellow sleeve. Timed tests are given on Wednesdays.

6. Storytown READING *robust vocabulary discussed orally in class *weekly story should be read at home once it has been shared in class *comprehension tests are given on Fridays—students read the tests independently Students should read for at least 10 minutes nightly! SPELLING *new lists given on Mondays *tests given on Fridays *challenge words are graded WRITING/GRAMMAR *weekly writing and grammar activities correspond with what is being studied in Storytown *students also take some assignments through the writing process

7. Go Math! STUDENTS WILL STUDY: *number concepts *numbers to 1,000 *basic facts & relationships *2-digit addition & subtraction *3-digit addition & subtraction *money and time *length in customary & metric units *data & graphing *geometry BASIC FACTS— Practice, practice, practice! (Weekly timed tests will be given. Yellow study pages will come home for practice).

8. Science • Butterflies (Science and Technology for Children—STC) • Sound • Changes (STC) • Seashore

9. Social Studies • History—pioneers and ancestors • Communities—citizenship; rules in society; belonging to many groups • Geography—continents; maps; landforms

10. Health • Emotional and Intellectual Health • Growth and Development • Nutrition • Disease Prevention and Control • Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs (Saint Vincent College Prevention Projects)

11. Visit the GLSD Website www.glsd.us

12. Home-School Connection We need your help! • Volunteer Opportunities • a note was sent home on the first day of school regarding volunteers for parties and field trips (the 2nd grade field trip will take place during Spring 2014) • PTO Clearance Packet

13. Home-School Connection • Ideas for Homework Help: • Quiet space • Materials – pencil, crayons, scissors, glue • Encourage quality work • Refer to class work for help • Fun Websites for Parents and Children: • Please see teacher websites for lots of kid friendly, educational sites on the Internet

14. Reminders • Morning tutoring—by invitation on Tuesdays and Thursdays • Remember to check the homework binder each evening • Field trip—will take place in May 2014 • Conferences—will take place in November—sign-up tonight!  Take a post-it to remember the time you selected. • Wellness Walk will be held on October 4—all MV donations come back to our school 

15. Thank you for attending!