Welcome to 2nd GradeParent

Orientation2015-2016

Blocking PartnersVogel (R) & Perez (M)

Garza (R) & Crawford (M)Bourque (R) & Thomas (M)Zientek (R) & Poteet (M)Martinez – Self Contained

Both teachers will issue grades for your child.

Parent-Teacher conferences will be in October with both teachers.

Curriculum• Reading: • -Read aloud (Shared Reading) with mini lessons• -Guided reading (leveled groups)• -Reading strategies • (making connections, summarizing, inferencing, asking questions, predicting,

visualization)

• Math: Envisions & Investigations• -Memorized facts to 20, number sense (place value) up to 1,200, addition and subtraction

strategies, basic multiplication & division, time, measurement, & fractions.

• Language Arts: • -Word study (Words Their Way). Leveled word study that includes phonics, phonemic

awareness, & spelling patterns. • -Writer’s workshop, The Project & grammar

Science/Social Studies: StemScopes & My World (Pearson) Social Studies (NEW!)

Website for TEKS by grade level: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/teks/#teksbygrade

Our curriculum follows the state mandated TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills).

Math Addition Strategies

Math Subtraction Strategies

The Project

• Promotes hand-eye coordination• Strengthens pencil grip to prepare for cursive

handwriting• Develops listening skills and following directions• Kinesthetic & visual learning • Creative writing and story telling• Develop character writing and personal narratives• Integrates math (geometry) and science (plants,

weather, life cycles)• Serves as an enrichment to the current curriculum• Fine motor development increases memory

retention!

Mrs. Martinez Class Work

Grading Categories

 Your child's report card will look very

similar to their 1st Grade report card. 

Student benchmarks and progress throughout the year will be broken

down into categories aligning with the state TEKS.

Homework

Reading• 20 min/night or 120 min/wk• Reading Logs will be in their Daily Folders

Math• Calendar & workbook match in-school lessons• Occasional additional home activities as needed

Word Work• Words available on teacher pages• Optional menu of activities

Lunch – 12:05-12:35

 Your child will have an ongoing account and account number. Please help your child learn their number ASAP!Be sure to keep their account current (www.myschoolbucks.com) or send money whenever your child is buying lunch. Checks can be made out to

ASE. Please put their name and lunch number on the memo line.

The cafeteria also offers extra food items that can be paid for with their account. If you don’t want them to be able to buy extras, you’ll need to

put a block on their account.

• You are more than welcome to have lunch with your child in the cafeteria and/or bring them lunch.

• Prices:• Students: $1.50 for breakfast, $2.50 for lunch• (Adult Lunch - $3.50

District Policies

• Birthdays:

*Birthdays may be celebrated in the cafeteria during your child’s scheduled lunch time. Parents may purchase ice cream from the school cafeteria. You may bring in purchased treats to share.

*You can preload your child’s lunch account at the following address (to pay for lunch and/or a birthday celebration): www.myschoolbucks.com

*Birthday party invitations cannot be distributed at school by students or teachers. This is a district policy. All invitations must be distributed OFF CAMPUS, no exceptions.

• Sign-in/Sign-out: All adults must sign in at the front office using their driver’s license to receive a visitor’s badge. The safety of our students is crucial. Make sure other family members/friends are listed on the enrollment card. If you are late to pick up your child you will have to sign them out in the office with your ID.

• Medication: A student cannot transport medicine to and from school. An adult must drop off and pick up the medicine in the clinic if it is to be dispensed at school.

P.A.W.S. School Rules•Positive

•Accountable

•Willing

•Safe

“What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others." 

-Confucius 

Daily Folders:

Parent Communication folders are sent home daily.

• Behavior (please sign daily)• Check for notes & papers about upcoming school

events.• Please clean out folders on Fridays.

Behavior Chart

We have a campus wide behavior system.

 If students have to move their clip down their folders will be signed, and their conduct grade

will be affected. 

Student will be given two colors, one for behavior in Math Class and one for their

behavior in their RELA Class.

Communication & Assessibility

Class Newsletter: Emailed on Thursday or Friday

Website: updated with Word List

Phone : Vogel 281-641-3680 or text 319-541-6780

Perez 281-641-3679

Email dawn.vogel@humble.k12.tx.usnancy.perez@humble.k12.tx.us

Conference: Contact your teacher to schedule

Arrival and Dismissal:• Arrival: Students can arrive from 7:30-7:50. If they arrive before 7:30 they

will not be allowed to enter the building and will be unsupervised outside. Tardy bell rings at 8:05.   Please make it a habit to arrive at school no later than 7:50.

• Dismissal: Whatever dismissal routine you designate at the beginning of the year, we will follow unless you notify the teacher or the front office. Please check to make sure your teacher has been notified of the change. Walkers and bikers should know in advance where they will be picked up on rainy days (either as front car riders or back car riders).

Please use car rider signs and hang from rearview mirror with a pant hanger.

Please be sure to keep the Bus/Daycare in the West Parking Lot clearfor drop off and pick up in the AM and PM.

Box Tops and PTO: •Please collect Box Tops For Education and send them in! The winning class receive an award each month.

•Watch for PTO information through the Panther News and the ASE Website.

•The Spirit Shop is available tonight!!!

Miscellaneous:• Dress Code: Please refer to your Humble ISD Student

Code of Conduct Handbook.

• Bikes: If your child will be riding a bike to school, please write down the serial number for their bike and keep it someplace safe. In the event that their bike is stolen, this will be a great piece of information for the police.

Please make sure that your child knows how they will get home in the event of a Rainy Day Dismissal.

Teachers will be available to answer your questions this evening.