Welcome to Hybrid Learning! We are so excited and are looking forward to working with your child in class. We hope to make this transition to face to face an enjoyable one. Below is some information that we thought you would find helpful to begin the new hybrid learning.
Group Schedules
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Group A students in person Group B (needs to follow the special class schedule) | Group B students in person Group A (needs to follow the special class schedule) | All students virtual | Group A students in person ***Except for March 4th and 11th will be all students virtual. Students will follow special schedule for their Group A or B day. | Group B students in person ***Except for March 5th and 11th will be all students virtual. Students will follow special schedule for their Group A or B day. |
SUGGESTED SUPPLY LIST
To help your child get ready for 2nd grade hybrid face to face learning, a recommended supply list was sent to you in an email last week. You can also find this list posted on our Blogs, and in our Parent Information folder in Schoology. We have also added one more item to the supply list. Students will also need a small supply bag/pencil case (or a baggy will be provided).Thanks so much! To keep students organized and because of limited space, students will only be allowed to put the recommended supply list items in their backpacks. So please do not purchase things they will not be able to use.
Items to pack in BACKPACK daily
After students bring these suggested supplies there will be items that they need to bring back and forth daily. These items are their Everyday Folder, lunch box if they are bringing lunch, a spill proof water bottle, their Benchmark Texts for Close Reading, Eureka Math Learn and Succeed Books (please return their practice book and we will keep at school), and if something needs to be added we will inform you.
Some classroom donations that are always appreciated and welcome are Kleenex boxes, gallon Ziploc baggies, sandwich Ziploc baggies, Clorox Wipes, dry erase markers, and sticky notes.
EVERYDAY FOLDER/ORGANIZATION
An RED folder will become your child’s “EVERYDAY FOLDER”. Your child’s Everyday Folder has two pockets. The pocket that is labeled “Homework/Return” should only be used for sending your child’s homework back and forth between home and school. Classroom notes that need to be signed and returned (such as permission slips) will also be considered homework. The other pocket that is labeled “Take Out/Keep at home” is where school notes or graded work will be placed. PLEASE EMPTY THIS POCKET DAILY. Students are responsible for safeguarding their Everyday Folder, bringing them in daily,and also taking them home daily. We are also asking you to please look over your child’s folder with him or her every night. Each day at the end of class, we pack our Everyday Folders together to make sure they have what they need.
DAILY SUCCESS CALENDAR
In your child’s Everyday Folder you will also find a monthly success calendar. This month’s calendar is green. This is to inform you of your child’s behavior (face to face learning). Please do not take this calendar out of your child’s homework folder. This calendar is a part of my classroom management, and a way to communicate between home and school. Each day, your child’s calendar will be stamped to inform you of his or her success. If your child has a good “green” day they will receive a stamp. To reward students for extra excellent behavior or acts your child will earn a stamp, and we will also note it on their success calendar. If there is a day where your child missed getting their success calendar stamped or commented on don’t worry it can be done the next day. We are also asking you to PLEASE INITIAL your child’s success calendar daily to help inform us that you have seen it. Thanks so much!
SNACK AND WATER BOTTLES
Currently students are NOT allowed to bring in a snack. We do have a late lunch at 12:30 so it is important that they get a good breakfast each morning. Students can bring a refillable water bottle from home. There are no drinking fountains but students will be able to use water bottle filling stations. Please make sure that your child’s water bottle is SPILL PROOF (no screw on caps or tops that spill once the bottle is lying on its side). This prevents clean-ups and spills on student work. PLEASE also make sure that your child’s water bottle is labeled with his or her first AND last name. Thanks!
ARRIVAL (9:30 a.m.) AND DISMISSAL (2:20 p.m.)
Students should not be at school prior to 9:30. Parents will not be allowed to enter the building without prior arrangement. 2nd grade students will be expected to line up at the back doors by the basketball hoops. This is also known as the gym door. There will be pylons with numbers on them, and our class will line behind pylons #3 and #4 (Mrs. Robins) #1 and #2 (Miss Polidori). Students will be picked up and brought in by the teacher in the morning and then walked out to their lines at the end of the day. Students will be excused from the line when picked up by a parent, adult, sibling unless notified they are allowed to walk home.
STUDENTS THAT TAKE THE BUS (ONLY)
From the bus, students will go into the front door, and go through the building to line up at their proper number outside by the basketball courts.
As you know, hybrid is new to all of us, and we are in this together. We will notify you as soon as we can on any additional helpful information you may need to know. We do not want to overwhelm you with too much at one time, and will send information to you on a needed basis. Please keep in mind, information is shared via blog and/or email. If you have any fun ideas, questions, or concerns, please do not hesitate to share. Again, we look forward to continuing to work with you this year.
Sincerely,
The 2nd Grade Team
Katie Robins and Laura Polidori
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