WELCOME TO SECOND GRADE



August 16, 2018
Dear Room 15 Family,

I would love to be the first to welcome you to 2nd grade!  I hope that everyone is enjoying the remaining days of the summer.  While it has been great to spend more time with my own family during the past two months, I am very excited to get back to Edna Maguire to begin a wonderful new school year.  

I hope that you are expecting a fun and full second grade year.  It’s true that you will see your child develop independently at an incredible pace.  We will continue to rely on your support and involvement throughout the school year to make the most of this growth.  We’ll talk more about this at Meet the Teacher Night, but please be thinking about ways that you might enjoy helping us all out this year. 

Some things that you can look forward to learning about with your child this year include;

            •The history of your own family, with a focus on immigration stories         

•Ways that we can think about and talk about the reading that we do

            •Ways to craft writing so that it always remains true and honest

            •Investigating the systems of math in new contexts

•Thinking about how revision in all parts of our life can help us (in other words, “How do people actually learn from their mistakes?)
                         
•How it feels to be part of a fair, fun and consistent community and what it takes from each of us to nurture that

You are invited to schedule a short mini-conference with me.  My intention is for you to share any information that you think might be helpful or instructive for me to know.   These are very short meetings, but I promise to let you do almost ALL of the talking.  I will listen and take notes.  I will commit to keeping us on schedule, even if it means rescheduling a second follow-up meeting if we don't get a chance to finish.  This is completely optional.  


Throughout the school year, you will be receiving a brief weekly newsletter from me via email.  This information will also be posted on our class website at FOCUSED & RELAXED.   From there, you can also view our Daily Briefing which is a small collection of highlights that will be updated most every day.  This is one (very important) way that you can keep updated about the goings-on in Room 15.  Of course, I will have a lot of information to share with you at Meet the Teacher Night (date and time TBD).

As for school supplies, here is a link for what’s recommended in second grade: https://www.1stdayschoolsupplies.com/kit-detail.php.  The list of second grade supplies is still viewable from the link. We will have everything we need to get us going, so there is no need to rush around and collect the listed items before school starts, if you haven’t already done so.



Thank you so much,

Adam



*Students are invited to call me Adam.  Please feel free to let them know as you talk about the year ahead during these last days of summer.  Of course, if Mr. Sanchez feels more comfortable, that is perfect, too!

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