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MRS.

CRUZS SECOND
GRADE CLASS
2016-2017

OVERVIEW
About me
Supplies
Reading Block and DIBELS
Math
Arts Block
Grading Scale
Expectations

ABOUT MRS. CRUZ


Professional
Graduated from LSU in 2009
Student taught at Denham Springs Elementary
Taught at Park Forest Elementary for 6 years
First year at BRCVPA
Have taught grades 1-3
Personal
Married six years
Have a 3 year old boy
Have 3 cats, 1 dog, and 1 hedgehog
Enjoy knitting and going out to eat

SUPPLIES

Please help your child pack:


Homework

folder w/ signed conduct


Textbooks (if needed)

Check your packets for specific supply


information.

READING BLOCK
Whole Group - 30 minutes
Small Group and Centers - 60 minutes
Novel Study

Freckle

Juice
Hour of Olympics
Flat Stanley
Thanksgiving on Thursday
How to Eat Fried Worms
Abe Lincoln at Last!
Because of Winn Dixie
My Fathers Dragon

Nonfiction Related Text

DIBELS
School wide fluency and comprehension
assessment.
Tested 3 times a year formally by a school-based
team.
Progress monitored frequently by the classroom
teacher.
Second graders are expected to read AT LEAST
90 words per minute by May.

MATH
Eureka
Rigorous
Vocabulary and strategies may be unfamiliar
Parent workshops if needed
Please reinforce basic math fluency skills by
practicing with flashcards (Dollar Tree).
Moby Max

SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES

Project Based Learning Approach


Designing

Zoo Habitats
Flat Stanley
Downtown Geometric Shape Hunt
Possible Grant for Force in Motion

ART BLOCKS
Monday-

Art and Drama


Tuesday- P.E. and Music
Wednesday- Art and Dance
Thursday- Music and Drama
Friday- Dance and P.E.

GRADING SCALE
93-100A Outstanding Achievement
85-92B Good Achievement
84-75 C Satisfactory Achievement
74-67 D Minimum AcceptanceAchievement
for Passing
66-0 F Does not meet minimum
courserequirements

EXPECTATIONS

Student Tracker Chart (may be adjusted after a


month)
Follow

teachers directions quickly.


Keep hands, feet, and object to self.
Keep unkind comments and gestures to self.
Talk with permission.
Stay in assigned area with appropriate body form.

Starbucks
Please sign conduct calendar nightly.

NURSE REFERRAL FORM

Please only input:


Childs

name
Parents name
Two working phone numbers

THANK YOU FOR COMING!

Feel free to contact me with any comments or


questions
mbates1@ebrschools.org

Website: http://supercruzersbrcvpa.weebly.com

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