NLCA Second Grade: 2/11-2/15

Friday, February 8, 2013

2/11-2/15

We will be leading chapel on Thursday, February 14! We will be leading pledges and singing a song.

Our Valentine's Day Party will be Thursday, February 14 at 2:00 p.m. If your child would like to make a Valentine Box to bring in on Thursday that would be fine, if not I will give them an envelope to put their valentines in!

We are starting something new this month that I am really excited about! The students will be reading Chapter books during free time and at home for a free Papa Johns pizza. I will talk with the students and send a paper home on requirements and details on Monday. The students will have 2 months to complete assignments! If they have some extra time this weekend, I thought they may want to start reading. Books should be around 60-80 pages

Please continue to work with the students on responsibility encouraging them to take care of getting out and putting away homework, turning homework in the next day, and taking care of desks, folders, and bookbags themselves.

Please practice Spelling words every night! Each school day prior to a test, if your child brings me his/her written list of spelling words signed by a parent that they have completed the previous evening at home, I will offer 1 bonus point towards their test!

Please continue to work on Math facts 1-14 (addition and subtraction). We also started multiplication! We learned 0 and 1 times tables this past week!

We are still collecting boxtops! All money will go toward the end of the year fun day!

The Princess of the Week is Hannah!

Tests this week:
Monday: Nothing!
Tuesday:Nothing!
Wednesday: Spelling and Penmanship!
Thursday: Bible (I John 4:9) and Arithmetic!
Friday: Phonics and Reading!

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Second Grade Discipline Policy

We have a discipline chart that the students will climb if the correct behavior is being followed or recline if the incorrect behavior is being displayed. Students will chart their color everyday on a calendar that stays in their take home folder. Our classroom rules follows 1 Cor. 13:4-8.

Homework Policy

In second grade homework is typically limited to Reading, Spelling, and Bible. However if classwork is not completed by the end of the day, it must be completed at home for homework. It is important for students to practice math facts occasionally. Also, if a child chooses incorrect classroom behavior and fails to complete assigned work during class, these pages may also be sent home for completion and must be returned the next school day.

In Reading, students will be expected to read 3 nights a week and fill out a Reading log. There may be an occasional homework quiz given in class to test on comprehension.

In spelling, a new list of words is assigned every Wednesday. Students will practice the words in class on Thursday, Friday, Monday, and Tuesday however, the parent(s) and student may decide upon their own method for studying words at home to better prepare for weekly tests. A pre-test is given on Tuesdays. Spelling tests are given on Wednesdays. Students may complete bonus work to be counted toward their test. Only 5 bonus points will be counted toward each test. **If a test is missed on Wednesday, due to an absence or snow day, it will be given the next day students are in school.

In the event a student fails to return his or her homework to school the following measures may be taken:

1. Complete the assignment during recess

2. Complete the assignment during an extracurricular class

3. Complete the assignment in class, but with additional work given (Example: write spelling words two times instead of one)

4. A parent/teacher conference

5. After school detention (extreme circumstance)

Attendance policy:

Please refer to page 6 and 7 of the Student Handbook. Also, students will be counted absent if they leave before 1:30 p.m. and tardy if they leave after 1:30 p.m.

Student of the Week:
Monday: 1 picture to Hang in the Hallway
Tuesday: Favorite Story Book for me to read
Wednesday: Favorite Toy
Thursday: Favorite Place to Visit (3 pictures)
Friday: Favorite Snack to Share with the class