- What are your classroom policies and procedures?
- What will my child be learning this year?
- What can I do that will help my child in 2nd grade?
- What is expected of my child?
- What is an appropriate bedtime for a second grader?
- How can I best get in touch with you?
- How can I find A.R. books for my child??
- Why can't my child skip the 20 minutes of Nightly Reading?
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What are your classroom policies and procedures?
The letter that was sent home during Meet-n-Greet has everything you need to
know about the policies
and procedures. The letter is also a link on my website called "Policies and
Procedures". Feel free to
refresh yourself on these at any time.
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What will my child be learning this year?
A LOT!!! Go check out www.picasso.cobbk12.org and you can find all the
standards being taught in each subject area for your second grader.
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What can I do that will help my child in 2nd grade?
Read, Read, Read! It does not matter how you do it, just read! Let them read
to you, you read to them, whatever! The more they see printed text and hear
proper voice inflection, the better!!!
Also, practice basic addition and subtraction facts on a consistent basis.
This will help as we learn how to do regrouping.
Also, staying on top of what is going on in our classroom is extremely
helpful to your child and his/
her teacher! :)
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What is expected of my child?
Your child is only in 2nd grade, so expectations need to be developmentally
appropriate. My goal for your child is to have them become responsible and
respectful citizens who try their best in each subject. At this point in
their
school experience, they should be the ones to take initiative to unpack their
bookbags in the afternoon, and pack back up in the morning. The more they do
on their own, the better it will be for them.
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What is an appropriate bedtime for a second grader?
In order for your child to function properly at school, they need to be well-
rested and fed in the morning. 8:00 is a fine bedtime for a second grader.
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How can I best get in touch with you?
Although I check my voicemail daily, the best way to be in touch is to email
me at Christine.Huckaby@cobbk12.org. Unless there are technical
difficulties, I will respond to you within 1 day.
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How can I find A.R. books for my child??
When A.R. starts, your child should know his/her level. The students can go
to our Media Center and look up books in the A.R. notebooks, or you can
visit www.cobbk12.org/~eastside and click on Accelerated Reader to find
books by Author, Level, or Title.
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Why can't my child skip the 20 minutes of Nightly Reading?
Student A reads 20 minutes, five nights of every week.
Student B reads only 4 minutes a night...or not at all!
Step 1: Multiply minutes a night x 5 times each week.
Student A: 20 minutes x 5 times a week = 100 min./week
Student B: 4 minutes x 5 times a week = 20 minutes/week
Step 2: Multiply minutes/week x 4 weeks each month.
Student A: 400 minutes a month
Student B: 80 minutes a month
Step 3: Multiply minutes a month x 9 school months
Student A reads 3600 minutes in a school year.
Student B reads 720 minutes in a school year.
Student A practices reading the equivalent of ten whole school days a year.
Student B gets the equivalent of only two school days of reading practice.
By the end of 6th grade if Student A and Student B maintain these same
reading habits, Student A will have read the equivalent of 60 whole school
days. Student B will have read the equivalent of only
12 school days.
One would expect the gap of information retained will have widened
considerably and so, undoubtedly, will school performance.
Here are some questions to ponder:
Which student would you expect to read better?
Which student would you expect to know more?
Which student would you expect to write better?
Which student would you expect to have a better vocabulary?
Which student would you expect to be more successful in school...and in life?
[Source: U.S. Dept. of Education, American Reads Challenge. (1999). "Start
Early, Finish Strong: How
to Help Every Child Become a Reader." Washington, D.C.}
