Welcome To Room 25 Second Grade

Welcome to Second Grade! Please find your students’ seat. While you wait, feel free to: Look at their community project Start Emergency Card Read through HSC doc Read through our PBIS doc (Positive Behavior Plan) Art Vistas, Clay, Be a Buddy, Room Parent, HSC, & Thursday Envelope Sign Up Sheets on U-Table

All about me! 4 brothers in a blended family Enjoy playing sports, staying active, and being outdoors UC Davis-Majored in Psychology and minored in Education and Exercise Biology. Previous 2 nd grade teacher at nearby charter school Teaching Philosophy: I aim to teach the whole child which includes content standards, speaking and listening skills, and social-emotional skills.

Communication

is the best! (408) ext  Room 25-Stop by Green Folders, Thursday Envelopes, parent letter each month, website, Remind Me. Website: sullivan25.weebly.com

Remind Me

This Year’s Focus

Being Awesome!

Per your parent questionnaires, we will work on: Responsibility Bringing homework/forms/folders to and from school every day Organization Keeping our folders, book boxes, desks, and supply boxes organized Time Management We get started on our work right away. We work the whole time. We will look at our timer to make sure we are progressing at a decent rate Social Emotional Skills Identifying emotions, managing them in a positive and productive way, and supporting peer collaboration

How will we achieve this??? Clear Systems Consistency

Homework

Homework MUST be done/turned in daily Reading Log (20 minutes nightly) Reading Response Page Math Page (workbook stays at home, tear page out, turn in. Schedule will be up once we get books. Leveled options on Pearson) ) Math Facts (Mon-Wed. Quiz-Thursday.) Supplement Online Homework, Challenge homework of the month REQUIRED HW SENT HOME VIA GREEN FOLDER. HW NEEDS TO BE TURNED IN THE GREEN FOLDER THE NEXT DAY.

This Year’s Subjects

Math Addition and Subtraction Place Value Time Money Geometry Measurement

Language Arts Parts of Speech Synonyms and Antonyms Homographs/Homophones Prefixes and Suffixes Writing: Narratives, Opinion, Informational

Reading Factual: Basic Recall Inferential: Using text clues and schema to make an inference Critical Thinking: Using clues throughout the text to think deeply about the text Second Grade Levels: J-M (decoding and all three levels of questioning!)

Social Studies & Science Communities & Maps Famous People in History Economics Life Cycles Rocks, Sand, and Silt Motion and Balance

Technology Learning Programs in class and as extra homework Student creations Project based learning Google Classroom? Flipped Classroom

Social Emotional Kimochi’s Social Emotional Program Kimochi’s Kid

Anyquestions?

Please make sure you fill out forms Emergency cards need to be completely filled out and signed on BOTH sides (even if all the information is the same from last year) Please fill out the Google form I gave you for my own records. Contact Information Volunteers Technology/Photos Internet at Home Home and School Club Talk/Sign up sheets up front