Welcome to Grade 2/3

Curriculum Night 2014

Meet Mrs. Mohan
B.A. from Queens University
B.Ed. & M.Ed. from University of Western Ontario
Teaching for 4 years
Experience teaching Kindergarten through
Grade 3; especially combined grades
Taught ESL in South Korea

Activities around Parkview: Leadership Team

My Philosophy
All students are capable of learning if given the
right support (at school and home) and tools

Learning needs to be relevant, engaging and fun

Learning needs to be a combination of hands-on learning,
exploration, inquiry and skills practice

A growth mindset (from the teacher, parents and students)
helps promote learning

A partnership between the teacher, parents and
students is crucial for success
A Day in the Life of Room 126
Morning
Word study
Building reading stamina and reading comprehension
Building writing stamina and writing activities
Mid-Day
Building math skills
Building math problem solving skills
Developing skills in the arts (drama & dance)
Afternoon
Inquiry with Science and Social Studies
Developing skills in the arts (music & visual art)
Participating in physical education activities
Classroom jobs/responsibility
Community building and sharing
Other Teachers Teaching Your Child This
Year...
Gym and Health: Ms. Boutois
Music: Ms. Kuczynski
Drama and Dance: Mr. Jung
Library: Mrs. Vikse

Fun Things This Year
Weekly Jobs
Weekly Ticket Draw
Twitter
Classroom Website
Inquiry project-based learning
School wide celebrations
Field Trips
How You Can Help From Home
READ, READ, READ! This should be happening for 15-20
minutes per night. Listen to your child read and read to your child.
DISCUSS, DISCUSS, DISCUSS! Use Twitter to help jump
start your nightly conversations. Talk about your childs reading.
Visit our class TWITTER Page @LearnWithMrsM
I post pictures and updates about what we do in our classroom
here. We tweet many times throughout the week.
Read our website: learnwithmrsm.weebly.com
I communicate everything we will be learning for the month here.
You can use this to help your child practice skills.
How You Can Help from Home continued...
Weekend field trips! A great opportunity to support
learning and have great conversations. Send in pictures to add to
our class Twitter feed.

Student Progress Updates
In order to keep you informed about your childs
progress, I will send home:

Learning skills updates (for all students)
Completed work with feedback and areas for improvement
Daily behaviour logs (for students where this might be helpful)
Websites or extra work in areas students are struggling
Request for a meeting (for students who are struggling)
Positive/Good News notes
Report Cards
Elementary Progress Report Card (Sent home in November)
Focuses on students progress towards expectations, rather then of
achievement of expectations
No letter grades, students will receive.
Progressing very well - Progressing well - Progressing with difficulty

Elementary Provincial Report Card (Sent home in February and June)
Reflects student achievement of curriculum expectations and development
of learning skills and work habits.

TERM 1: February (reflects work from September to January)

TERM 2: June (reflects work from February to June)
Learning Skills
There are six learning skills that will be reported on.

1. Organization
Neat work, tidy table groups, organized coat hook.
2. Collaboration
Working well at tables, sharing, taking turns, contributing
3. Responsibility
Completing work, listening, following rules, using agenda
4. Self-Regulation
Using Success Criteria, setting goals, managing behaviour
5. Initiative
Asking questions, trying, seeking help
6. Independent work
Staying on task, working by yourself, finishing work
Homework
Agenda signed nightly
Empty take home folder nightly
Reading 20 minutes per night
Math homework 1-2 times per week
Occasional extra homework
EQAO - A Brief Outline
WHO? All Grade 3, 6, and 10 students, across Ontario.

WHAT? A series of Language and Math based standardized tests that
look at a students performance in various categories of assessment.
(i.e., reasoning, inferring, direct text management).

WHY? The government requires all students to write these tests, in order
to gain an understanding of how Ontario pupils are performing
academically. The data is used to shape and benefit future
Provincial Curriculum. Individual schools can use the data to focus on
specific needs in a community/grade level.




EQAO - A Brief Outline continued
WHERE and WHEN? Testing takes place during a week in May or June, in
the students own classroom (unless special arrangements have
been made).

I will keep you updated as to the dates for
our class.

Communicating with me
Agenda
Phone
Class Website
In person (with an appointment)
Twitter

Please contact me with any concerns as they arise. We are partners in your childs learning.
Before You Leave:
Tour the classroom with your child
Take a copy of the curriculum handout
Sign up for a Twitter account on the
computers at the front of the room and
follow our classroom by following
@LearnWithMrsM