Welcome to Second Grade

Open HouseSeptember 5, 2013

Meet Mrs. Planey

• Graduated from Penn State in May of 1999.• Worked as an early childhood specialist for

about 1 year before returning the public school system

• Substituted for various local districts• Completed my internship through Pitt while

working at Greensburg Salem• Completed my Reading Specialist certification

Meet Mrs. Planey

• This is my 3rd year of teaching at Mountain View Elementary

• Prior to my current position, I taught 7 years at another GLSD Elementary School as a reading specialist and third grade teacher.

• Please see my website for additional information – www.glsd.us

• Email – lynnette.planey@glsd.us • Phone – 724-834-7399

Expectations

CLASSROOM RULES*Listen when your teacher is talking* Follow directions quickly* Keep your hands and feet to yourself.*Raise your hand to speak or stand* Be safe, be kind, be honest

REWARDS*Positive notes home*Certificates of achievement*Stickers*Fun items to keep*Whole class marble treats

CONSEQUENCESGreen card—Your doing what your suppose

to!Yellow card - WarningOrange card—lose 5 minutes of recessRed card—lose 10 minutes of recess and

write note homePurple card— Great day earn a sticker

towards a lunch reward.

Homework Binder

Please check your child’s homework binder nightly!

Current spelling words are kept behind the blue sleeve. Words are tested on Fridays.

Current math fact lists are kept behind the yellow sleeve. Timed tests are given on Wednesdays.

Storytown

READING*robust vocabulary discussed orally in class*weekly story should be read at home once it has been shared in class*comprehension tests are given on Fridays—students read the tests independently

Students should read for at least 10 minutes nightly!

SPELLING*new lists given on Mondays*tests given on Fridays*challenge words are graded

WRITING/GRAMMAR*weekly writing and grammar activities correspond with what is being studied in Storytown*students also take some assignments through the writing process

Go Math!

STUDENTS WILL STUDY:*number concepts*numbers to 1,000*basic facts & relationships*2-digit addition & subtraction*3-digit addition & subtraction*money and time*length in customary & metric

units*data & graphing*geometry

BASIC FACTS—Practice, practice, practice! (Weekly timed tests will be given. Yellow study pages will come home for practice).

Science

• Butterflies (Science and Technology for Children—STC)

• Sound• Changes (STC)• Seashore

Social Studies

• History—pioneers and ancestors

• Communities—citizenship; rules in society; belonging to many groups

• Geography—continents; maps; landforms

Health

• Emotional and Intellectual Health• Growth and Development• Nutrition• Disease Prevention and Control• Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs (Saint Vincent

College Prevention Projects)

Visit the GLSD Website

www.glsd.us

Home-School Connection

We need your help!• Volunteer Opportunities– a note was sent home on the first day of school

regarding volunteers for parties and field trips (the 2nd grade field trip will take place during Spring 2014)

• PTO Clearance Packet

Home-School Connection

• Ideas for Homework Help:– Quiet space– Materials – pencil, crayons, scissors, glue– Encourage quality work– Refer to class work for help

• Fun Websites for Parents and Children:– Please see teacher websites for lots of kid friendly,

educational sites on the Internet

Reminders

• Morning tutoring—by invitation on Tuesdays and Thursdays

• Remember to check the homework binder each evening• Field trip—will take place in May 2014• Conferences—will take place in November—sign-up

tonight! Take a post-it to remember the time you selected.

• Wellness Walk will be held on October 4—all MV donations come back to our school

Thank you for attending!