1. 2ND GRADE CURRICULUM NIGHT CANNON ELEMENTARY: A GCISD STEM SCHOOL

2. Mrs. Mills 7:35-7:50 Announcments Breakfast 7:50-8:10 Circles Meeting
8:10-8:55 Phonics
8:55-10:45 Humanities/
Guided Reading/
Personalized Learning Time/Writers Workshop
10:45-10:55 Read Aloud
10:55-11:45 Specials
11:50-12:20 Lunch
12:20-12:50 Recess
12:50-1:50 Math
1:50-2:50 Science/STEM
2:50 Clean up pack up
2: Dismissal

3. CONFERENCES
Our conference period this year is from 10:55-11:45. If at any time, you would like to schedule a conference, please feel free to contact us to set that up. We are also available after school, when we do not have meetings to attend.

4. COMMUNICATION Second grade page on Principal Newsletter
Blog- We will tell you about news from second grade on our school blog. You can find the blog at cannonsupersonicsecond.blogspot.com. Please try and check this daily. This is where you will find out not only what your child is working on, but important information for the school.
Yellow Take Home Folders: Notes from school will be placed here as received- please check this each evening
You can contact us at any time at , , and

5. DISMISSAL
If you are going to remove your student from school early you must inform the office directly. They will communicate with us.
If there is ever a change in your child’s transportation home, please notify us in writing or with a call prior 12:00 (noon) to the front office.

6. ATTENDANCE School Hours: 7:35 - 2:55 The Tardy bell rings at 7:40.
Please send a note when your child returns to school following an absence - even if you called to report the absence.
Only illness and funerals are considered excused absences.
3 unexcused absences will prompt a letter from the district.
It is very important that your child attend school everyday...HOWEVER...if your child is running a fever or is vomiting, please do not send them to school. Children should be fever free for 24 hours before returning to school.

7. BIRTHDAY & PARTIES
It is school policy that parents are not allowed to bring cupcakes etc. to the classroom for a student’s birthday. Also, please do not send birthday party invitations to school to be passed out during class time. Students may pass them out after school but we ask that all students be included, if it is to be done on school premises. You are welcome to mail invitations for a party but please note that teachers are not permitted to give out student addresses.

10. GRADING PERIODS

11. RESTORATIVE PRACTICES
“Being restorative is about building relationships and connections with students which will positively impact academic performance.”
Key Components:
Morning Meeting
Developing class norms
Restorative chats
Personal accountability
Empathy
Scholar Reflection
Behavior Response to Intervention Stages:
Restorative Chat/ Scholar Reflection Sheet
Parent Phone Call
Scholar meeting with Mrs. Coburn
Teacher/Scholar/Parent meeting with Mrs. Coburn
Office Referral

12. BEHAVIOR
Discipline
1st infraction the student will get a verbal reminder of the class/school rules.
All other infractions will receive marks on their conduct sheets.
Inappropriate physical contact/verbal comments are an immediate mark on the conduct sheet.
In case of severe inappropriate behavior, the student will be immediately sent to the Assistant Principal with a referral or will be asked to discuss the incident with Mrs. Coburn, counselor

13. IPAD RULES AND MAINTENANCE
Only download apps at school.
Camera Roll should always include 1 background picture with student face, name, homeroom teacher’s name.
iHug- 2 hands rule
Bring iPad fully charged each day.
Chargers should be placed in backpacks everyday.
Keep iPads in backpack before and after school.
No use of iPads on bus or in KidzU.
You should not visit sites on the internet that my teacher did not assign.
While the initial device is provided at no cost, there are fees assessed based on incident repairs. The first incident will be repaired for free for all students. For students that paid a $50 student fee in the school year, their second incident will also be repaired at no cost. Students that did not pay the fee last year will be charged $15 for the repair after the second incident. For all students, after the third incident the fee will be the full cost of the device repair. In the instance that the damage to the device is intentional, the cost of the repair will be based on the damage regardless of how many incidents have occurred.

14. FAMILY EVENTS
October 28 - Spooky Skate
6:00pm - 8:00pm

15. BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR VOLUNTEERS
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16. GCISD Portrait of a Graduate

17. Lead 2021
LEAD stands for Leading Excellence – Action Driven. It is a bold plan that impacts every aspect of GCISD – from instruction and technology to facilities and operations – through four core objectives and seven specific strategies. More than 300 stakeholders, including students, parents, community members, teachers and administrators, were involved in the design of this 10-year plan, which will guide the progress of GCISD through the year Implementation began in the school year with a focus on establishing a strong foundation for the work to come.Key components of the plan include Personalized Learning Plans for students, transition from a teaching platform to an instructional learning platform, relevant and resourceful technology to expand student resources, college and career readiness for all students, and enhanced responsibility of citizenship in our local, state and global societies.

18. Personalized Learning
There is great power in personalizing the learning process for our students. Personalized learning places an emphasis on teaching students how to set and chart progress toward defined goals. Each student will work collaboratively with teachers to set and analyze their progress on these goals. GCISD believes success occurs when students are involved in the goal setting process, engaged in reflective conversations, and gather evidence of progress toward goals. We will be setting and reflecting on our goals.

19. STEM
Engineering
We do many engineering challenges throughout the year. Most of these are correlating to the topics we are covering in other subject areas. We also try to incorporate as many 2nd grade skills as we can into our engineer challenges as review. We use the Engineering Design Process in all of our engineering work.
In GCISD we define STEM-Science, Technology, Engineering and Math-as a curricular program that integrates the concept of STEM across core content areas. Our program has a strong emphasis on engineering and design thinking. Students use the lens of STEM by utilizing an engineering design process in all aspects of learning.
STEM in GCISD provided a rigorous pathway that inspires students to problem solve, innovate, take risks, create, work collaboratively, design, communicate effectively, and take ownership of their learning by making authentic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics across content areas in preparation for future college and career opportunities that will empower them to envision solutions for global issues.

20. MATH

21. LANGUAGE ARTS Reading: Reading strategies Making inferences
Recognizing plot patterns and making generalizations about the idea/theme
Extend and review their understanding of fluency and comprehension strategies
Writing:
Study mentor texts to understand decisions writers make in order to develop one central idea
Compose narrative and expository texts
Examine writer’s word choices and how language conveys meaning directly and indirectly.
In research the students will apply processes to produce paired texts on their topic

22. SOCIAL STUDIES Characteristics that define a leader
What is Geography and how it affects people
How celebrations and landmarks define a community
What choices leaders have to make in a free enterprise
How inventive leaders impact a community
How leaders impact a community
Who are our leaders and how they lead
Freedom Week

23. Printed Word Recognition Language Comprehension
9/23/19
Fluency
Phonemic Awareness
Phonics
Vocabulary
Reading Comprehension
We define Balanced Literacy in GCISD as a focus on all 5 components of reading, including explicit instruction around and opportunities to build fluency in phonics/phonemic awareness, high frequency word recognition (PreK-3 focus), oral language, vocabulary, handwriting (PreK-2 focus) which leads to overall successful grade level reading.

24. Revised TEKS and ELAR/SLAR Materials 2019-2020
Piloted and selected by GCISD teachers and feedback from the parent community (SY )
Consistent resources across district for all students
Meets House Bill 3 regulations requiring explicit, systematic phonics program (Fundations/Words Their Way/Palabras a su paso/Fonética)

25. Humanities- SOCIAL STUDIES
Characteristics that define a leader
What is Geography and how it affects people
How celebrations and landmarks define a community
What choices leaders have to make in a free enterprise
How inventive leaders impact a community
How leaders impact a community
Who are our leaders and how they lead
Freedom Week

26. The GCISD Reads initiative is designed to build a love of reading in students - encouraging them to read a large quantity and a wide variety of books. We will keep track of the books we read in class on the form and any books you finish at home make sure to add to the form. When they finish the challenge their name gets turned into the district and they will receive a special award during the awards ceremony. Please help us keep track of all the amazing reading our Cannon Cubs are doing.

27. Questions?