2nd grade Update

We did it! The first day of second grade is checked off the list. Everyone did such an amazing job of being here and being on time, so thank you parents!

Today, we learned all about the classroom and how things work, so I am passing that on to you in order to best help your student.

Homework

Students have 20 minutes of reading homework every night. This can be your student reading, someone reading to them, or listening to an audiobook - it all counts! When they are done reading, they need to find the day in their planner, write the title of the book, the time they read for, and then you initial it. They will bring this planner back everyday. If they read for at least 20 minutes and have a signature with it, then they will get a sticker and a ClassDojo point.

I will also be sending home their "homework folder" every night. One side of the homework folder will be bring back to school. This side gets any other homework like math pages or work that they did not complete in class and any form that needs to be returned. The other side of the folder is stay at home. This side will get all of the graded homework, spelling word printouts, and any other information that just needs to be sent home. They should empty it every night and bring it back every school day. If they get sent home homework in that folder, it can be brought back to school when it is finished in that folder.

Students have their required 20 minutes of reading each night, but other homework is more sporadic. Sometimes we will go a week without any math homework, and then we will have three pages sent home on the same day. That does not mean it all has to be done that night. Whenever your student can get it completed and bring it back, they will get a ClassDojo point for it, even if it is months after it was first given. Extra practice is extra practice, and that's awesome!

So in summary, every day for school, students should bring their planner and their homework folder and every night they should take it home.

Tonight

For homework tonight, I included a reading survey in their folders. Please help your student fill out this reading interest survey, so I can know more about them. If there is anything else I need to know, you can write a note on the back or send me an email!

If you were not able to come to back to school night, there will also be a Blanket Consent Form for Health Care Services in their folder. This is something new for this year. You can go online and view Meadows Valley School policies in order to better understand sections of the form.

Schedule

Attached is our tentative schedule. Things can change throughout the year as different circumstances arise, but this is our starting point.