WELCOME BACK v My door is always open before and after school. v All emails, notes, and/or calls will be returned within 24hours. v When on Maternity leave, email will be checked once a week. v School phone number: 781-937-8236 v Email address: jraposa@woburnpublicschools.com v Class Website: www.teacherweb.com HOMEWORK Homework will go home each night (Monday-Thursday) in your child’s M.O.N.K.E.Y. Binder. All work is due the next morning. It is very important to look over your child’s homework with him/her so that you both make sure their best effort was put forth. Please initial the corner of their homework each night. POSITIVE BEHAVIOR Positive behavior is ALWAYS rewarded in our class. Have you seen Callie Caterpillar? She is a friend of ours that learned that she could do anything if she just put her mind to it. This year Callie Caterpillar is going to be on the lookout for children who are putting their minds to following the classroom/school rules and doing their best. Callie Caterpillar sits all day in class and looks for children who are just like her. Callie Caterpillar will grow each time a student and/or the entire class receives a compliment for their positive behavior. Each time Callie reaches the end of a wall, we earn a fun day (yet academic). Example: Pajama day, Crazy Hat day, etc.. Please make sure to stop by the classroom during the year to see how big Callie Caterpillar has grown. CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE In my classroom, the students “Go for the Green!!” The students start each day with a green light. The green light will remain as long as the student follows all classroom/school rules and shows positive behavior. If a situation arises and a student is not following the classroom or school rules a warning, yellow light or red light is given. A yellow light is given only after the student has been verbally warned about not following our classroom or school rules. A yellow light means “Caution. Rethink your Actions!” No consequence is given out for the yellow light. If you child continues the negative behavior then a red light will be given. The red light means “STOP!” When the red light is handed out the student will miss five minutes of recess to think about their actions. After the time is up, the child and I will have a conversation about what happened. If the negative behavior is corrected and the student begins to follow the rules correctly, then the student can earn a yellow light or even a green light. If a student continues with his/her negative behavior than a double red light is given. When a double red is given several things happen. The child and I talk about all of the things that went wrong. The student then fills out a “Double Red Light Alert” sheet and takes it upstairs to talk it over with Mrs. Hedin. After the student talks with Mrs. Hedin, the student will miss an entire recess so they can think about having a great rest of the day. At the end of the day, I will come outside and speak with you or call your home to talk about the situation. The “Double Red Light Alert” paper is sent home to be signed and returned to school. At the end of each week, I will send home a Behavior Report in your child’s M.O.N.K.E.Y. binder for you to review. Please sign their Behavior Log before removing the report from the binder. Thank you SECOND GRADE GRADING Our grades this year are mostly number grades. Students will receive a 95%, 76%, 80%, etc. on all papers that were completed by themselves and put in my grade book for report cards. On your child’s report cards all number grades will then be turned into A, B, C, and D. Grades for behavior, handwriting, conduct, etc. will still be graded on an E, S+, S, S-, N, I, and U. Work that comes home with a is usually work that has been done together as a whole class. Homework will come home with a , , or . A check plus means that all of the homework was done correctly. A check means that a couple of items were incorrect. A check minus means that sections of the homework may be missing or several answers was incorrect. If your child receives a check minus, they can fix the mistakes at home and return it the next day for a check. VOLUNTEERS: **You must have a CORI check to help out in the school. Please let me know if you need a form. *Reading Helper: I am looking for a parent or family member to come in and read a story to the students from 2:15-2:30pm. I can provide a book for you to read or you can bring one in from home. Reading helpers can come in every week or once a month. If you have a younger child at home, I do not mind if you bring them along to listen to the story. *Classroom Helpers: If you would like to help out in our classroom, I am looking for two volunteers. *Book Orders: If you would like to help out, but do not have much time to come in to school….this is the perfect job for you! Every month, I will send home book order forms from Scholastic. As a book order helper, I will send you our class orders and book order money. Once at home all you have to do is call in the order to Scholastic and mail in the payment. *Computer Lab: Every Monday 1:30-2:30pm We will be playing educational games on the computer during this time. If you would like to help us navigate these games, I would love to have an extra set of hands. *******Just send in a note or email me to let me know if you are interested in one of our Helper jobs. Thank you BIRTHDAYS Families can bring in pencils or goodie bags with mini toys instead of a snack. I also encourage parents to come in and share a story with us or help us create a project on their child’s special day. *Please only send in Birthday invitations to school, if you have one for every student in the class. Thank you Going Bonkers over Birthdays: This year we are going to have a Birthday Book Swap to help celebrate each student’s birthday. The Birthday Book Swap is a great way for students to get excited about reading. To get the swap started, we need each student to bring in a book that they have enjoyed reading. This book can be gently used or new. When it is your child’s birthday, s/he will pick a book from the book swap collection as a present from our class. Summer birthdays can be celebrated as a half birthday or in June. HOLIDAY HELPERS Each holiday that we celebrate is listed below. The children are divided up by holiday so we don’t get overloaded with goodies. If you and your child can prepare a holiday snack for the holiday listed below it would be wonderful. If you cannot provide the class with an item during your holiday, just let me know. It is not a problem! I will remind you of your item as each holiday arrives. Please keep this in you M.O.N.K.E.Y. binder. Thanks Halloween December Holidays Valentine’s End of the Year Snacks: Snacks: Snacks: Snacks: Alexis Nicholas Matheus Justin Darius Orlagh Katrina Matthew Devon Nolan Gervin Karina Leka Samantha George Autumn Drinks: Drinks: Drinks: Drinks: Bailey Gareth Nadia Amy Daniel Alaina Extra Help: I will provide extra help whenever a student needs it. Please send me a letter or speak to me regarding your son/daughter needing this extra help session. 24 hour notice is appreciated. THANK YOU :)