WELCOME!!!Back to School NightSeptember 10th, 2015

Mrs. Kolesar

Second Grade

***Please sign up for a conference in October/November!!

Who Am I?• I’m originally from Blairsville, PA.

Approximately 45 minutes from Pittsburgh.• I earned two Bachelors degrees from IUP

(Indiana University of Pennsylvania). Elementary Education K-6 and Early Childhood Education Pre-school through 3rd.

• I taught Kindergarten for 2 years in PA before moving to Virginia. This will be my sixteenth year teaching at Arcola/Pinebrook. This will be my thirteenth year teaching 2nd grade.

• I am married and enjoy reading, cooking, traveling, going out to eat, and shopping (especially at Costco).

• GO PENS AND STEELERS!!!

Tardies/Absences

• 7:50 Bell Rings – It’s very important to arrive to school on time.

• If your child is tardy they must check into the office and receive a pink tardy slip.

• If your child is absent, please call the absentee line that morning.

Birthdays

• Birthdays will be celebrated!• Due to allergies, no food will

be given out. • You can donate a book,

indoor game, or outdoor recess item in your child’s name.

• Invitations are not allowed to be brought into the classroom unless all students in the class are invited.

Book Orders

Scholastic Book Orders will be sent home each month!

Please write 1 check payable to Scholastic Book Club.

Snack/Lunch Time

• Second grade will have an “optional” working snack this year due to our late lunch time.

• Lunch is at 11:40, so please make sure students eat a healthy breakfast.

Communication Folder• Red Homework folders will be sent

home daily.• Please check and clean folders daily

as they are the main communication tool.

• Homework along with any notes should be sent back to school in the red folder.

• Thursday folder information will be sent home in the red folder.

Second Grade Homework• 30 minutes each night and due the next day.• Not meant to cause any stress.• If something comes up, just send a

note.• All assignments will be written in

agenda.• Homework will be Monday-Thursday.

No homework on Fridays.• Monthly Projects will be given.• Study Guides used for each unit. Do not need to be turned in.

Every other week, a word study sheet will be sent home with your child’s new word study words.

Word Study tests will be given every other Friday. Test Date will be written at the top.

Word Study

Loudoun County Grading Policy

EffortO=OutstandingS=SatisfactoryN=Needs Improvement

Progress Indicators4 = E=Exceeds Standard3 = M=Meets Standard2 = P=Progressing Towards Standard1 = B=Performing Below Standard

Newsletter

• This will inform you about what we have been learning about and upcoming events.

• Newsletters will be sent home the first week of each month.

Classroom Management

• Positive Reinforcement • Students will earn coins and

Puma Paws for positive behavior.• Coins can be accumulated and

exchanged for items in prize box once a month.

• Paws (group and individual)• FUN FRIDAY!

Curriculum• Language Arts (Pathways)• Science• Social Studies• Math-Flexible Grouping

– Students will take a math pre-assessment at the start of the year.

– Results of these assessments will determine which math class students will be placed in.

Last Remarks

• Leave a quick note to your child

• You can take all the papers on your child’s desk.

• Join the PTA• Sign up for a conference• Check out the side table

THANK YOU FOR COMING!