Upcoming Events
Dec. 2,3,4 Book Fair
Dec. 9 Field Trip Radfod University
Early Relase 1:00
Dec. 19-Jan.3 Schools Closed for Holiday
Current Specialty Schedule
PE: Mondays and Thursdays (wear tennis shoes)
Music: Wednesdays and Fridays
Art: Thursdays
Guidance: Tuesdays
Computer Lab: Tuesdays
Upcoming Units of Study
Math: Number stories, double digit addition, counting change, telling time, geometric shapes, symmetry
Social Studies:maps, Native Americans
Writing: Descriptive Explanations
Reading: Native Folklore, Forces, Magnets
Science: Forces, magnetism
Teacher Credentials:
Although I am a newcomer in second grade, I have taught in Montgomery County Schools for seven years, four at MBE. This experience has given me insight into the needs of a diverse group of children, and I am anxious to work with your student.
I have two associate degrees: Early Childhood Education, and Community and Social Services. I have a bachelor's degree from Radford University in K-5 Elementary Education. I have also taught Reading Groups and Special Needs as an aide for 3 years at Chrisitiansburg Primary.
I am a mother of four children (adults). My youngest is 18, and I have four grandchildren. I also love nature and spend most of my free time camping, hiking, canoeing, and fishing in the national forest streams and rivers of Virginia.
Please leave me a message if you have questions or concerns and look for the upcoming calendar of events, soon to be posted.
Classroom Routines Info:
Safety: See Student Handbook for MBE Procedures
or Contact our Guidance Office
Guidance: ESD, Effective Schoolwide Discipline
This year MBE is continuing a schoolwide
reward system whereby students receive
"Cub Cash" for appropriate behaviors.
Students will be able to purchase
classroom perks and rewards with their
accumulated cash. Some schoolwide rewards
are also planned throughout the year, so
check your calendar updates for events.
Expectations for recieving Cub Cash are
explained and posted throughout the
building. Teachers are tracking troublesome
behaviors in a student log and reporting
ongoing, repeated misbehaviors to the
principal for referral and follow-up.
Parents will receive a note on all
noted discipline referrals. The focus
for this plan is to publickly reward
positive behaviors while tracking and
privately addressing negative behaviors.
Our hope is to encourage a pro-social
community with consistency throughout
grade levels from Pre-K to 5th grade.
Individual Grade Level Rules are posted
in each Classroom. (See our Exit Door)
Weekly Classroom Meetings and Guidance
Lessons will also address Behavior.
Playground Procedures: See postings for details
Your student will share the lower
back playground with 1st and 2nd graders
and there are usually several classroom
teachers monitoring student play. You may
send and leave a coat at school for the
cooler days.
Lunchroom Procedures: Students select a menu choice
at morning check-in, including 2 entrees,
PBJ, salad, or Pack from home. Once choices
are prepared, students are not allowed to
change their selection. Students line up
and file through lunch line, quietly
selecting sides for their choice entree.
Students then punch in their lunch number
to debit their lunch account. Lunchroom
behavior is monitored by assisting aides.
Classroom teachers eat in lounge or class
room after escorting students through the
line. They return at pick-up time.
Please see the monthly menu for daily
selections and complete an allergy form
if your child has food allergies. If you
need financial assistance, applications
are available in the office. Adults may
visit for lunch and pay the a la carte
price for breakfast(8:30-9:00)and lunch.
On Books for Breakfast dates, students
receive a free book when they purchase
breakfast. Book donations are welcomed.
Cub Cash reward: Eat with a Friend at
another class table.
Lunchtime: 10:58-11:28 (Join us if you like)
Reading Logs and Incentives: Students log books
read in the Take Home Folder and parents
initial. Minutes read are also recorded.
Books and minutes are added periodically
and a "Dive into Reading" marker is moved
to indicate reading progress. Classroom
reading will also be entered and added.
Ten books or 200 minutes earns a trip
to the Reading Treasure Box. Donations
of small prizes and new books are welcomed.
Writing Folder: A two pocket folder is used to organize
a portfolio of your student's writing as
we learn the writing process of planning,
editing, and publishing writing assignments.
We will begin learning Cursive Writing in
January. Ask to review this folder, kept in
our writing center, at your student's
conference.
Go Home Journal: Each student will also be writing
a weekly letter to parents (on Fridays)
recapping highlights of the week. Please
read and encourage your author by writing
a brief reply each week and return to school
ASAP before the next letter.
Word Study Folder: Each week your student will recieve
a new word list at school, and one to take
home so you can assist with homework. Words
kept in a ziplock bag at school will be used
for a variety of word study activities and
mastery assessments. An ongoing Word Study
Notebook will grow as your student masters
and glues in their words each week. Look
for homework suggestions in the Take Home
Folder.
Take Home Folder: Each day your student will update
their Take Home Folder with handouts,home-
work assignments, and/or notes home. It is
important to check this notebook each day
and initial in the appropriate box. Notes
on behavior and other important teacher
notes may also be written there. This is
the best place also for your notes and
comments because this folder is checked
daily and stamped by the teacher before
Packing for home. Please note any fears,
concerns, or transportation changes in
this folder. Calls to the school regarding
changes must be taken and documented by
the office before a teacher can take action.
Thanks for your support. I look forward to a great year.
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