Family Fun

Did you know that Goochland Co. is getting a drive-in movie theatre? It is set to open on August 28th. Here is the website link:

http://www.goochlanddriveintheater.com/

It is located off Rt. 629, right pass the bridge over I64 (Old Fredericksburg Rd.), about a 10 minute drive from Jouett. They are promising affordable entertainment without the drive! I know my family is very excited about it!

Food Allergies Alert!

We have a student that has a peanut allergy. Please be considerate and pack your child a snack that does not contain peanuts! Thank you so much for your understanding. We want to make this a safe, comfortable environment for this student! :)

Thursday Routines/Friday Announcement

I will try to send home Thursday folders tomorrow. If not, they will definitely go home next Thursday! Included in your child's papers will be a Scholastic Book Order. Please make checks out to Scholastic. If you prefer, you will also be able to order online, which uses your credit card. Books will still be delivered to the classroom, but you have that added convenience of a different method of payment! I will still accept book orders that include check or cash in the classroom.

Since they announced ice cream for the 3-5th graders today, they are most likely going to have ice cream on Friday. There was a slight price increase to 75 cents. Please send this in a baggie in your child's homework folder with his/her name and the ice cream choice (I have not been told of any different flavors).
Ice Cream Sandwich
Drumstick
Orange Dreamsicle
Chocolate Dreamsicle
Fudgesicle
Snoopy
(I believe these are the choices, but will double check on them).

Thanks so much for all your help! :)

First Day!

Our first day of school went great! As always, it's a little hectic as the students get acclimated to the new environment, chat with their friends (most they haven't seen since May), and get ourselves settled into a new routine.
I will not be assigning homework for this week. You will notice in your child's agenda, though, that I will be posting either a smiley face, straight face, or frown about your child's behavior for the day.

Smiley face = great day!
Straight face = lost a few tickets, had to be spoken to several times
Frown = had their frog "caught in the net," timeout (which will be in the homework folder), or no show of improvement during the day

If your child receives something other than a smiley face, a short description will describe why your child earned the face they did. If you have any questions about your child's "face," please feel free to contact me! Please initial each day that you have seen your child's "face" and completed the homework for that day!

Starting next week, you will see, attached to your child's agenda for that week, a homework and announcement sheet. If you have not bought an agenda for your child, please send in the $6.00 as soon as possible and we will get one for him/her. If you are having trouble getting an agenda, please let me know and I will see what I can do.

Thanks so much for taking such an interest in your child's education! I am looking forward to a great year! ;)

Other Tidbits of Information!

Students will have snack every day in the afternoon. Please send in a healthy snack to eat each day. This can be accompanied by a small drink (please, no sodas!).

Breakfast $1.00
Lunch $2.00
Ice Cream 75 cents (Fridays)

I will send home Scholastic Book orders every 2-3 weeks (once the previous order has been delivered). These will be sent home in the Thursday folders. They will be due on Friday the following week.

When you do send in money, please place it in a Ziploc bag with your child's name and purpose for the money! :)


Supply List

8 composition notebooks
4 pocket folders with prongs
#2 pencils with erasers
Crayons, colored pencils or markers
Pencil box
Scissors
Ruler with inches and centimeters
Liquid glue and glue sticks
Highlighters
Post-it notes (can be generic brand)
Clipboard
Box of gallon size Ziploc-type bags
Box of sandwich size Ziploc-type bags
2 boxes of tissues
Bottle of hand sanitizer
Container of Lysol/Clorox wipes
A school agenda will be needed as well. These can be purchased for $6.00 at school.

Positive Rewards and Grades

Students are rewarded for their positive behavior and following directions in our classroom! Tickets are given out to individual students, by the teacher, when they display that they know how to follow directions and work to the best of their ability. Students will be responsible for saving the tickets they earn. At the end of every week, tickets are collected and put in the “ticket bank.” Students can earn small prizes at the end of each week, based on their ticket count. Students are also working towards a monthly goal where they can earn a “Ticket Celebration” where they are able to participate in fun activities. This is a positive way to reward students for doing what they know is right!

Grades
In second grade, your child will earn either a S (Satisfactory), N (Needs Improvement), or U (Unacceptable) on graded work. These grades will be averaged and recorded for report card purposes. Not every paper will be formally graded. Other grades you might see on your child’s papers include:

Check plus= “Great Job!”
Check = “Good Work!”
Check minus = “We need to work on this one!”

Papers will be sent home in special folders on Thursdays. Please sign and check off the sheet that is in your child’s folder. These papers are for you to keep at home. Please send back the empty folder with the check sheet as soon as possible. This is another way we can communicate on how your child is doing with their class work! If you have any questions on a sheet, please attach a note and send it in your child’s folder, and I will get back to you as soon as I can. :)

Getting Ready for the New Year!

Hooray! The computers are back up and at least one copier is fixed! (Thank you for your patience and understanding about our "technical difficulties"!). That being said, the classroom "back to school information" will be coming home in paper form on Monday. Please be sure to check your child's homework folder, since there are at least two items, at this writing, that need to be signed and returned. One is about this blog, and another is the discipline plan. I will try to also have the basic information posted on our blog, hopefully, by tomorrow night.

Please feel free to post questions and comments on this blog, as parents/guardians. I want this blog to be a way to "brag" about what we're doing in class, as well as a communication tool between home and school!
So, be looking for that information on here at some point tomorrow. I'm very excited about Monday. I had a great time during Open House meeting all the students and parents! I am really looking forward to this school year and the potential it brings!