S econd Grade Information

1. Second Grade Information

2. Grade Level Teachers • *Jennifer Gaertner 469-752-4072 • Kelly Blakey 469-752-4071 • Yvonne Tijerina 469-752-4032 • Rebecca Miller 469-752-4031 * Team Leader

3. Communication • 2nd Grade Google Classroom: updates, homework, upcoming events • Using Google Chrome, go to Google Classroom and enter the following code: sc2tix Other sources of information: • Parent portal: www.parentviewer.pisd.edu or www.parentportal.pisd.edu • Boggess Elementary website www.pisd.edu/boggess • Boggess PTA website • Boggess Elementary Twitter • Boggess Facebook

4. Classroom Communication • The agenda will be the main form of communication between school and home. Please be sure you check the agenda each day and feel free to use the agenda to communicate with the teacher. • A Thursday folder will be sent home with graded papers and miscellaneous notes. • Feel free to e-mail or leave a voicemail message for your child’s teacher. • We will also communicate through Google Classroom, e-mail, Sign up Genius and Remind.

5. Notes • Please be aware that notes are required for the following reasons: • 1. When a child has been absent from school. • 2. If a child is traveling home a different way than usual. • 3. When a child needs to be excused from P.E./Fitness or recess. • 4. When a child needs to leave school earlier than 2:45. • 5. When a child needs to be excused for religious reasons, the form needs to be turned in ahead of time.

6. Agendas Agendas are an exciting tool we will be using in second grade! The following are some things to know about your child’s agenda: -They go home and come back to school daily. -Your child will have an ABC homework assignment to be completed in the agenda. -It is a communication tool between parent and teacher. - (Parent initials or signs nightly) -It teaches students organizational skills and responsibility. -Homework assignments will be written in it daily. -Handbook is in the front of agenda. -There is a replacement fee for lost agendas.

7. Homework

8. Curriculum • Reading and Language Arts: *Involves teacher instruction, small group, independent work. *Skills developed are comprehension, fluency, inferring, predictions, story elements, summarizing, central ideas, and research. • Math: *Curriculum involves teacher instruction, group and independent work and the use of various manipulatives. *Some topics are addition and subtraction facts, time, place value, measurement, geometry, fractions, and problem solving. • Science/Social Studies: *Some topics are Citizenship, Governement, Engineering, Life Science, Earth Science and Physical Science.

9. Diagnostics/Assessment • Types: MAP, Instructional Reading Inventories (running record) and Primary Spelling Inventory assessments. • Information from diagnostic tests shows students’ strengths and areas for growth. • Results of these tests are shared with parents at conferences. • Tutoring and instruction (Tier 2 for Reading/Math) are planned around these test results.

10. Attendance/Tardies • We look forward to teaching your child every day but we certainly understand illness may keep your child from attending school. • Please call the Child Safe Line at 469-752-4000 to report the absence. • Instruction BEGINS at 7:45. Please help your child arrive so he/she can prepare properly for the day. • Gym doors are open from 7-7:30 for students to enter the building. • Front doors open at 7:15 and students may come down the hall at 7:30.

11. Visitors • Parents are welcome here at Boggess. • For the protection of all students everyone must report to the office and present his/her driver’s license/I.D. to receive a badge. • Please do not go directly to the classroom.

12. Dismissal • Bus and Daycare students will meet in the gym and will be escorted to their vehicle. • Front Carpool: K-2 students will be at the front of the school and will be escorted to their vehicle. • Back Carpool: 3-5 students will be at the back of the school and will be escorted to their vehicle. • Walkers/Bike riders will be dismissed from the Kindergarten entrance west of the main doors. Please come to the doors to notify the teachers on duty to pick up your child. Children who have permission to walk alone will be let out the door first. • *** For the safety of all children and staff, please follow dismissal procedures.

13. Volunteering • Help with classroom parties • Go on field trips • Work on teacher projects at home • Work in monthly classroom Bengal Buck Store • Help the 2nd grade teachers! There is a cabinet in our hallway with things that need to be completed. • Watch D.O.G.S. **All volunteers need to complete a background check. *** WE LOVE AND APPRECIATE OUR VOLUNTEERS! 

14. Lunch • Second grade eats lunch from 11:45-12:15. • Please periodically check your child’s lunch account to be sure your child has enough money for any purchases. You can set up automatic payments using payPAMS. This can be done on paypams.com or visit the PISD website for the link. • If you send lunch money to school with your child, please place in an envelope with your child’s full name, ID#, and amount. • Your child will deposit the envelope in the black drop box in the main hallway. • It is a good idea for you to place a small amount of money in your child’s account for unplanned situations. • You are welcome to have lunch with your child. Students may not ask a friend to join them at the guest table due to food allergies. This is a special time for you and your child to visit. Please look for the designated guest tables. • Please only bring food for your child. • Extra snacks are available for purchase. Please check your student’s account to monitor these types of purchases.

15. Snack • Students may bring a small nutritional snack each day. Healthy snack ideas: raisins, crackers, fruit. • Please be sensitive to the fact that many children have allergies. Please refrain from sending snacks with peanut products. • We encourage you to send a water bottle with your child. Only water will be allowed in the classroom.

16. Birthdays • Treats may be sent to school to recognize your child’s birthday. (Easily distributed and shared) • Cookies and healthy snacks are possible treats. • Treats are shared after lunch in the child’s classroom. • Parents are welcome to send alternate snacks if your child has food restrictions or allergies.

17. Specialists Terri Hernandez, ESL Specialist terri.hernandez@pisd.edu 469-752-4024 Kaitlynn Nam, Instructional Specialist Kaitlynn.nam@pisd.edu 469-752-4052 *Danielle Frenzel, Instructional Specialist Danielle.Frenzel@pisd.edu 469-752-4053 *Shared with Hunt Elementary

18. PACE- Lori Scaglione Students requiring gifted services may... perform two grade levels above current grade learn exceptionally fast need only one to two repetitions for mastery thrive on complexity arrive at solutions in an unusual manner If you have a child that you believe may need PACE services: Notify your child’s teacher or the campus gifted specialist. Complete an online referral packet; you may request a hard copy if needed.  Referral packets are due September 13.  Testing occurs in the fall with services beginning in January 2020. If your student participated in a gifted program at their previous school, please contact the Gifted Specialist for next steps. For more detailed information, contact: Lori.Scaglione@pisd.edu 469.752.4023

19. Daily Schedule • 7:45-9:15 Math • 9:15-10:50 Language Arts/Social Studies • 10:50-11:15 Intervention/Enrichment • 11:15-11:45 Recess • 11:45-12:15 Lunch • 12:15-12:35 Intervention/Enrichment • 12:35-1:05 Language Arts/Social Studies • 1:05-1:45 Science • 1:45-2:35 Specials • *Library/Guidance 1:00-1:30

20. Group Assignments:A: GaertnerB: Blakey C: TijerinaD: MillerE: Children from all 4 classes

21. Policy Guide Please review the Student/Parent Policy Guide. You can find it online at https://www.pisd.edu/cms/lib/TX02215173/Centricity/Domain/143/PolicyGuide.English.pdf