Notes From Mrs. Bell---

We have many, many exciting things happening in our classroom and school as always like our new signage on our building!  Just ask your second grader to tell you more! Please be sure they have their Friday Folders back on Monday and have read and recorded their minutes on their monthly reading calendar that they have in a designated place at home.  September Reading Calendars were due on Friday.  In case you forgot, please return their totaled calendar Monday in their Friday Folder.  

They brought home their October Reading Calendars on Thursday, so post it somewhere where everyone can see it and record their daily reading minutes easily all month long.  Calendars will be due on Halloween, Tuesday, October 31. You can record any minutes they read, you read to them, etc. and we can check to see just how much time you and your child have spent reading on a daily basis.  We will log our minutes read, goals met and receive various incentives each month.  School wide incentives will begin when we participate in Pizza Hut's BOOK IT! reading program next month!  If your child meets their reading goal EVERY month, they will be eligible for many reading incentives in my classroom and through Pizza Hut!  Ask me for more details!!

I am using ClassDojo to encourage important skills like working hard, being a kind kid, being on task and so much more. Used by teachers in one in every two schools, ClassDojo is the most popular classroom management app in the US!  ClassDojo is a simple, safe classroom management app that helps teachers encourage students in class and easily communicates with parents.  Each Friday we will print our individual ClassDojo pie charts and then students will individually evaluate their week by setting goals for the next week.  I trust you'll take time to go through this with your child to see how they can improve their behavior each week.  I've shared some screen shots of students who are having great difficulties each week in class with parents to help communicate areas of concern and how we can help your child improve their behaviors so that we can get to work learning in a friendly, safe environment together.

Students are rewarded with PBIS tickets for being respectful, responsible and safe at any time throughout our building by any adult.  Each week we turn in to the PBIS "Hawks Nest" for our bi-weekly Friday PBIS assemblies.  Be sure to ask your child about their PBIS tickets received daily and if they remember how they earned them. 

Each Friday we celebrate our Mid-Prairie pride by wearing our Mid-Prairie and/or MP East Elementary apparel! Show your school spirit and wear it proudly each Friday.  Check out the Mid-Prairie School website for ongoing apparel sales throughout the school district all year long.  Furthermore, each Wednesday we'll continue our Workout Wednesdays to promote healthier living by working out while eating healthier!  

Just an FYI that the weather is changing back and forth so be sure your child is dressed appropriately for outdoor recesses (we have three recesses per day)!  Some children don't have coats/jackets/sweatshirts and the weather has been starting off cool but warming up to enjoy short sleeve shirts by our afternoon recesses.  We don't share any clothing.  So be sure to watch, listen, read and help your child plan for these ever changing Fall weather days.

As always, don't hesitate to contact me regarding your child and things happening in our busy second grade classroom!