Let Me Introduce Myself:
Welcome to my classroom website. It is my hope that you will find valuable information as we partner during this year. Second grade is a year to expand on concepts learned in first grade as well as explore new concepts.
I'm energized and excited about beginning the 2015-16 school year!
Three Superstar Tips to Get the
Year Started Right...
1. Find a place for everything. From the time kids leave the house in the morning until the time they rest their tired little heads on their pillows, they need to know where every single shoe, lunchbox, backpack, and school paper belongs. Find and clearly label "homes" for each item, and reinforce from the outset that each child is responsible for putting everything in its place.
If, when kids come home, they place their coats, hats, and shoes in the same place and hang their backpacks on the very same hook and place their lunchboxes on the very same countertop, the likelihood of anything being lost lessens. And goodness knows that not being able to locate one of these items on a school morning means chaos. Especially if you're running late (which we usually are).
2. Form school-happy habits. From day one, start a routine that is conducive to going early to bed and early to rise, and is manageable for your family.
Consider:
• Packing backpacks and lunches the night before a school day.
• Setting clothes out in the evening for the next day.
• Having children get dressed for the day before they eat breakfast so that they're ready to roll as soon as they eat.
• Doing homework together, as a family, at the same time each day.
• Starting homework right after school or right after dinner so there's enough time to complete it.
• Looking at the next day's schedule while everyone's together at dinner or bedtime.
• Creating a "head to bed" time that will be reinforced every night by every family member. This will initiate the bedtime routine and move everyone to shower, get pj's on, read, and hit the sack.
3. Communicate early and often. And with every involved party: your kids, the teachers, administrators, specialists, friends, parents -- you name it. Talk to them. And be willing to listen to them as well.
I'm energized and excited about beginning the 2015-16 school year!
Three Superstar Tips to Get the
Year Started Right...
1. Find a place for everything. From the time kids leave the house in the morning until the time they rest their tired little heads on their pillows, they need to know where every single shoe, lunchbox, backpack, and school paper belongs. Find and clearly label "homes" for each item, and reinforce from the outset that each child is responsible for putting everything in its place.
If, when kids come home, they place their coats, hats, and shoes in the same place and hang their backpacks on the very same hook and place their lunchboxes on the very same countertop, the likelihood of anything being lost lessens. And goodness knows that not being able to locate one of these items on a school morning means chaos. Especially if you're running late (which we usually are).
2. Form school-happy habits. From day one, start a routine that is conducive to going early to bed and early to rise, and is manageable for your family.
Consider:
• Packing backpacks and lunches the night before a school day.
• Setting clothes out in the evening for the next day.
• Having children get dressed for the day before they eat breakfast so that they're ready to roll as soon as they eat.
• Doing homework together, as a family, at the same time each day.
• Starting homework right after school or right after dinner so there's enough time to complete it.
• Looking at the next day's schedule while everyone's together at dinner or bedtime.
• Creating a "head to bed" time that will be reinforced every night by every family member. This will initiate the bedtime routine and move everyone to shower, get pj's on, read, and hit the sack.
3. Communicate early and often. And with every involved party: your kids, the teachers, administrators, specialists, friends, parents -- you name it. Talk to them. And be willing to listen to them as well.