1. WELCOME
Second Grade
Mrs. Ware

2. Policies and Procedures Office Reminders
Room x-8008
School Numbers
The parking lot by the gym is the only pick up and drop off point
School must have a note to go home a different way
Students may not be sent to the office early to wait
Students are tardy after 7:50 and must be signed in by a parent
Please refrain from escorting your child to the classroom
Pick Up and Drop Off
Everyone must sign into the office and receive a visitor’s badge which must be visibly worn
A completed and approved background check must be on file in the office before you will be allowed to volunteer at school or chaperone field trips
Visitors

3. Grades Types of Grades Conduct Academic
Measures student understanding of academic objectives
Shall be based on academic performance only
Conduct Related
Measures student behaviors
Time on task, work completion, organization, refusal to complete work, failure to use strategies, etc.
Types of Grades
Behaviors will be directly aligned to the conduct grade, not the academic achievement grade
Students with chronic concerns will be referred to RTI for behavior concerns
Late work is considered conduct related
Only one overall conduct grade will be received
Conduct

4. Minimum Number of Grades
Reading, writing, and grammar – 12 grades
Spelling – 8 spelling test grades
English Language Arts
A minimum of 10 grades which are equally weighted
Math
A minimum of 10 grades in each subject which are equally weighted
Science and Social Studies

5. Principal’s Grading Plan
Grades are agreed upon by the grade level and aligned with grade level determined grading opportunities
All grades will be identified with main ideas that represent the TEKS addressed
Grades will be entered in the grade book no later than 3 days following the due date and will carry equal weight
Grading
Assignments/class work
Tests
ELA – grammar, reading, spelling, writing
Projects (not included in the minimum number of grades and not more than 10%)
Teacher assigned grades
Categories
Additional grades entered at the teacher’s discretion
Grades will be excluded for the purpose of identifying students in need of intervention
Assignments may be counted again at teacher’s discretion
Teacher Assigned Grades

6. Grading Policy Grades Report Cards On-Line Grades
69 or below = F CONDUCT
70-74 = D write ups = E
75-79 = C write ups = S
80-89 = B write ups = N
= A write ups = U
Grades
Go home at the end of each quarter
Progress reports go home every three weeks
Additional progress reports sent home as needed
Sign and return progress reports and report cards
Report Cards
Check grades on-line
Set program to receive an when average drops below a certain percentage
On-Line Grades

7. Re-teach Standards All students will receive additional instruction prior to assessments. A new form of assessment or assignment will be used for the re-test.
Re-teach and re-test when 50% or more fail – the higher grade will be recorded
50% Failure
Re-teach and re-test for a grade up to a 70% when less than 50% of the class fails
Less than 50% Failure
After re-teaching, a grade of 100 will now receive a 70. If the grade is lower than a 70, the higher of the two grades will be taken.
Re-test Example

8. Principal’s Honor Roll
Honor Roll Awards
A Honor Roll – 87 and above and an S or E in conduct
Principal’s Honor Roll
An E in conduct in homeroom. S or E in Specials.
Perfect Attendance- No absences No Tardies
Citizenship
And Perfect
Attendance

9. Late/Missed Assignments
Penalties and Rewards
Student may need to attend afterschool recovery if unable to complete assignments during the school day
Student will be assigned recess or lunch detention for assignments that are 3 days late
Late/Missed Assignments
Students shall be referred to the Response To Intervention process for behavior concerns
Recurring concerns will result in the assignment to the afterschool instructional recovery program
Chronic Concerns
Additional grades for rewards may be entered in the category Teacher Assignments
Additional Grades

10. Policies and Procedures
Sign agendas each and every night
They will contain behavior, assignments, special events
They are our best form of communication
Agendas
Class Dojo will be used in the classroom
A clipboard chart will be used in specials for discipline issues
Notes will be written in agendas if a problem occurs
Poor behavior may result in a note, phone call, loss of recess, or an office referral
Discipline
Sent in the homework pocket each Friday - check the homework schedule Soar Binder
Must use strategies and work out problems
Homework

11. Policies and Procedures
For the prepayment system go to the elementary campus web site mylunchmoney.com
Lunch
Schedules and important information is posted weekly
Check calendar and resource sections for activities
Web Pages

12. Policies and Procedures
Missed work to be graded must be completed in the class setting-parents will be notified
Students may complete work during class, at recess, or during Instructional Recovery
Parents will be informed if students must miss recess or a special’s class in order to complete their work
The number of assignments to make up is at the teacher’s discretion
Make Up Work
Absent if arriving after 9:30
Tardy if arriving after 7:50
Send excuse note within two days for office approval - all absences are automatically unexcused until a note is approved
Attendance
Phone x-8008
Agenda Checked each morning for notes
Questions