Scholastic Book Order

Yesterday the kids brought home their first Scholastic book order for this year.  I will send home book orders once a month.  As some of you may have noticed I allowed the children some time to look through their book orders and had them put check marks beside the books that they would love to have.  I can not accept cash for these book orders.  You can send a check made out to Scholastic Reading Club or you can order online.  Ordering online is easy and I will be glad to help you if you have any trouble or questions with it.  

The picture below is of a paper that came home with the book orders.  This paper is important because it includes the due date for ordering books which is Friday September 19th.  It also includes the code that you will need to put in to order online which is J7TXP.  

Kids love books and they enjoy reading even more when it is books they are interested in or picked out themselves. Thank you again for your support at home and as always feel free to contact me via email, kpoole@flcobras.com or through the class dojo messenger anytime.

Trade or Save

Today we played our first round of "Trade or Save".  Every other Friday morning I will say each students name and they will tell me if they want to Trade or Save.  They can either trade some of their Dojo points in for a reward or Save their points up for a bigger prize! So, if you are seeing that your child received negative points today check to see what it was for.  It should say Trade in Points if that is what it was for.  Also, you can check your child's behavior calendar.  If they have a 2 in their box then they had to move their clip down one time and should have one negative point that reflects why they moved their clip down Ex: Off task, hands to yourself, disrespect, etc.  I hope this helps! Please email me or you can message me on the class dojo app if you  have any other questions about this.  Below I have posted a picture of our Trade or Save poster that lists all of the rewards that the students can trade in their points for.  

Spelling City

Yesterday I did put our spelling words on Spelling City so your child can practice them at home! I will do my best to put our spelling list on there every Monday.  This week we only have 10 words.  They are listed as Unit 1 Week 2.  Here is the link:

http://www.spellingcity.com/kpoole01/

You can also get there by going to the Staff Directory on the Fountain Lake School District website, type in my name and then under my picture click on "Links".  I have also put some other great educational websites under the "Links" section so that your child can practice at home! I hope this helps! Here is the link to get to my page on the school district's website:

http://www.flcobras.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=453422&type=u

Thanks !

-Miss Poole

Peek into our room..

We spent quite a bit of time this past week just getting to know each other.  It is very important to me that we become like a family in our classroom.  One of my goals early on is also to establish mutual respect between myself and the students.  One of the activities we did on Friday to get to know one another better was peer interviews.  Each student interviewed the person sitting directly in front of them. One lucky student who didn't have a partner got to interview me!  They enjoyed this activity and became more familiar with the students sitting at their table! 

Behavior Management

This is a picture of our class behavior chart.  Today your child brought home their behavior calendar in their Cobras folder.  Your child will be responsible for their own behavior each day.  At the end of each day they will put a "number in their box".  That means that on their calendar they will have a number in today's box.

 For example:

Today was our first day to do this and they had a number in the box that had 19 on it because today is August 19th.  If their number was 3 that means they had a good day and they did not  have to move their clip down.  If their number was 4,5, or 6 that means your child had an awesome day, made great choices, and was caught many times doing EXACTLY what they were supposed to be doing.  If a student moves their clip all the way up to 6 they get to put a special jewel on their clip.  When their clip is filled up with a certain amount of jewels then it gets retired to the "Clip Hall of Fame", that student will receive a special visit to my prize box, and a new clip of course!

 If your child has a 2 in their box that means that they had been warned once already but continued to make a bad choice and had to move their clip down.  When they have to move their clip down a second time for bad choices where it is on the number 1 then they will fill out and bring home a "Think Sheet" where they have explained EXACTLY what they have done to have to move their clip down, why they did it, and what they will do differently the next day.  The student will miss recess time until this Think Sheet is returned with a parent signature so that I know a parent/guardian has been made aware of their behavior.  When a child has to move their clip down to 0 I will contact a parent/guardian at my soonest convenience to discuss what further action will be taken.

I do have a classroom handbook that explains in detail the majority of our classroom procedures and special things we do in class that I plan to send home to you as soon as possible so that you will be able to refer to it throughout the year when you do have a question about something! Again, thank you for your patience, cooperation, and understanding.

-Miss Poole

Reminders..

We have had such a wonderful first two days of school! Just a reminder to be sure and turn in the media permission slip I sent home so that I know if I can post your child's picture on our class blog. 

- I hope to send home "Take Home Binders" on Thursday!  These binders are really going to help the kids stay organized and will allow you to find things much easier!  In the meantime, we will continue to bring home papers in their Cobras folders! Thank you all for returning all your forms so quickly and for being so patient with me! Also, tomorrow is the LAST day to turn in your child's sign up sheet for our After School program, FACES.

Again, thank you for your cooperation.  If you ever have ANY questions or concerns about anything please e-mail me at kpoole@flcobras.com ! 

Looking forward to a fabulous school year! 

-Miss Poole 

Welcome Back!

Welcome!  My name is Miss Poole and I am so excited to join the Fountain Lake second grade team!  We are going to have an amazing year!  Thank you to all who came by at Open House, and for any that could not make it I look forward to seeing you on Monday morning!