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Doyle Elementary
2015-2016
Family:
Married to husband, John
9 year old son, Dean, 7 year old son, Kaden,
2 ½ year old daughter, Brooklyn
Education and Related Work Experience:
Graduated from Arcadia University
Master’s Degree from LaSalle University
Adjunct Professor at LaSalle University
2nd Grade Website – Bookmark it at home
Class List
Schedules
Spelling List
Homework
Content Area Websites
Scholastic Book Ordering Information
And much more…
Reading Series – Good Habits Great Readers
• Word Work/Phonics
• Strategy Instruction including:
•Predictions, Connections, Visualizations, Questioning,
Monitoring, Inferences, Drawing Conclusions,
Summarizing
• Story Elements and Main Ideas and Supporting Details
• Guided Reading Groups at Child’s Instructional Level
• Daily Five
• Reading HW each night
Ways to Practice Fluency:
• Weekly Poems and Poetry Notebook
• Reader’s Theater
• Listening Center
• Rereading familiar books
Fluent Readers read with expression, at “just the right
rate”, attend to punctuation, and read in meaningful
phrases.
Everyday Math Series
Math Journals
Math Toolkits
Home Links – information for parents in front of packet
Explorations
Math Games
Math facts (+/-) xtramath.org
Problem Solving Strategies
~Make a Table, Guess and Check,
~Teaching modeling -> partners->
independent
BUILD – Small groups each day
~Differentiation
~Buddy games
~Using manipulatives
~Independent practice
~IPad activities
~Working with teacher
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
• Mentor Texts to Model Writer’s Craft and
Genres
• Writer’s Notebooks – Seed Stories
• Writing Process – Brainstorming, Drafting,
Revising, Editing and Publishing
• Author’s Chair for Students to Share Their
Writing
• Making Books
Tuesday/Thursday
Marking Period 1: Habitats
Marking Period 2: Drugs and Poisons
Marking Period 3: Rocks and Minerals
Marking Period 4: Sound
Tuesday/Thursday
Marking Period 1 - Communities
Marking Period 2 - Geography
Marking Period 3 - Economics
Marking Period 4 – Communities and
Change
Monday – Music
Tuesday – Library
Wednesday – Quest
Thursday – Gym
Friday – Art
Monday – Thursday
• Approximately 20 minutes plus independent
reading
• Reading, Word Work and Math HW every night
• Practice math facts (+/-) every night (xtramath.org)
• Poetry Notebook
• Sign homework book each night
• Yellow folder
•Positive Reinforcement – Majesty Money
•Crowning Jewel Behavior Chart
•Soaring Eagle Program
• Wing Tips/Conduct Reports/Behavior
Notices
•“Earning Our Gems” (Class Reward)
• Habitat Diorama
• S-7 Market Place - Economics
• 3-D Island Design
• Creating an instrument
• Three tentative field trips
• Need parent volunteers to chaperone
• Parents will be contacted prior to trip to confirm
• All volunteers will not be able to chaperone due
to available bus seating (usually one parent for 5
or 6 students)
•Class Parties (Halloween, Holiday, End of
Year)
•Field Trips
•Book Fairs
•Field Day
And more…
Volunteer in
our Classroom!
•Send in a written note for each absence
•Use the Doyle Attendance Line – you can
email
•Three or more unexcused absences =
truancy
•Homework Books
•Recess Equipment
•Author Visits
•Technology
•Soaring Eagle Assemblies
•Art Goes to School and Art Mobile
•Field Trip Support
•Library Support – Books and Magazines
• Happy, safe and comfortable
• Independent
• Self-directed
• Problem solver
• Cooperative
• Responsible and Respectful
• Successful
• Most Important…Enjoy school!
[email protected]
2nd Grade Website
267-893-4300 x1399
Notes in homework planner
for taking the time to attend Back to School
Night!
Communication + Collaboration =
Success
I look forward to working with you and your
child this year. It is going to be a wonderful
year filled with exciting learning activities!