I do not think you will find a problem with having 2nd and 3rd
grades together. If you do, please speak to me about it and I
will try to explain further how it works, or readjust something
that you feel isn't working for your child.
In general, Bible, Science, Social Studies- and sometimes
language (creative writing) and penmanship- will be taught
together to both classes. For example, for Bible both
classes will learn the same memory verse. We will cover different
Bible stories and do different activities than last year. In both
science and social studies the same general content is covered in
2nd and 3rd grade. There is a great variety of experiments and
activities that can be used to cover the content, so we will use
different ones than we did last year. 3rd graders will be
responsible to learn more vocabulary words, do more difficult
worksheets and quizzes, and respond with more writing than 2nd
graders, after the content is covered.
The other subjects - reading, math, language, spelling, and
penmanship- have some similar elements that can be taught at the
same time, but most of the time will be taught separately. For
those of you who experienced reading groups or any kind of
grouping in you own school days, it works out similar
to that concept. While one class is working on content that has
previously been covered, I can be teaching the other class, and
then it is reversed. In addition, at the beginning of each day,
the special subjets- music, library, computers, art- are
scheduled to be taught to each class separately. During
the time that one class is gone, that gives me additional time to
work with the remaining class alone. Having done this many times
in the past, I did find that this method also gave me time to
still work with any individuals that needed additional help.
Also, it does really help the children to gain confidence in
their ability to think more on their own, and not be too
dependent on the teacher's help on each little thing.
There are 3 ways that you may communicate with me. I would say
the fastest and easiest would be to write me a note with your
concern, or with a request to call you. Put it into the back
pocket of the white binder where it says parent/teaher notes. I
would try to get back to you after school, or in the evening
of the same day.
You may also call the school - 589-2180- at any time of the
day or night and leave a message for me to call you. Again, the
only time I will have to call you back would be during lunchtime
or after school.
On this website, the last heading listed is to the left is
email. Click onto that site and you may send a message to me. Any
email you send after about 6 am, I won't have time to read until
after school each day- but I will be happy to read your comments,
questions, or any information that you would like me to know.
Then I will be happy to respond.