Ms.

Newsons Second Grade Class

Take Home/Homework Folder
The red plastic take home folder will be coming home every night will be sent back to school
each morning.
I know that your lives are busy, but by checking the folder every day and looking over the
papers inside, you will be teaching your child that school is important and that their work is
valuable.
This folder contains a Keep at Home pocket and a Reading Log and Homework pocket. The
Keep at Home side is usually for informational notices and reminders. The Reading Log and
Homework side is where homework or other things that need to be signed will go.
I will not be checking these folders for notes, field trip money, etc. So especially let your child
know when there is something to be turned in that day.

Newsletters/Website
I will be sending home a weekly newsletter each Monday with the students homework packet.
Please check for it weekly for reminders and dates.
To help keep you informed of what is happening in our classroom, I have created a class
website. Please check it out at msnewsonsclass.weebly.com.

Homework
The most important thing your child can do to further his/her development is to read. Reading
will make up the majority of your childs homework. I am asking that your child be engaged in
reading for at least 20 minutes every night. They may read books of their choice to you or to
themselves. After they finish reading, some great ways to talk about the book is discussing the
character roles, reviewing beginning, middle, and end, asking your child to retell you the story,
or see if they have any connections from this book to others they have read. All of these
activities will further their comprehension and help them truly understand the text. Also, our
reading program has an online component to it. I will send home information about it as it
becomes available.
Students will also complete a reading log each night after they finish reading. Students should
write the title of their book and how many minutes they read. These reading logs will be
turned in monthly.
Homework will be sent home on Monday and is to be turned in on Friday. In second grade the
students will complete a math and reading page each night along with a spelling activity. The
spelling activities and weekly lists can be found in their spelling notebook.
There will be an occasional project that the student is to complete. Information will come
about that as assigned. Please let your child do the project.


Make-up Work
If a student is absent, the make-up assignments will be sent home when the child returns from
school. Sufficient time will be allowed for completion. If the work is not returned by the given
due date, the student will not receive credit.

Specials Schedule

Day 1 Spanish
Day 2 P.E.
Day 3 STEM
Day 4 Music
Day 5 P.E.

Grading
Students attending Somerset Academy at Losee in kindergarten through 5
th
grade will be assessed
on standards or learning goals. Teachers will use a rubric to identify the level of mastery or
proficiency relating to these learning goals. At the end of each quarter, student performance data
will be represented on report cards using the following terms: Exceeds, Meets, Approaches,
Emergent, and No Evidence shown. Each term is defined in the school-wide assessment below:



Recess
Students may have a healthy snack everyday around 10:30. Parents are responsible for
providing their child with a healthy snack daily. Please send snacks that dont require utensils.
Examples of a healthy snack are: granola bars, Gold Fish, crackers, fruit, vegetables, etc.

Volunteering in the Classroom
There is a sheet included in this folder for you to fill out if youd like to volunteer. This is due
Friday, August 29
th
. Ill send additional information to only these who fill them out. Please note
that I will not be taking volunteers in my classroom for the first few weeks of school.
A volunteer calendar will be posted online at signupgenis.com and I will send out a calendar
monthly.
Also please remember if you cant volunteer in the classroom, there will be several
opportunities to do volunteer work at home.
Standard:

4
EXCEEDS:
In addition to Score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth knowledge and
applications that go beyond what was taught. Higher order thinking is evident.
3
MEETS:
Learning evidence was complete with no major errors or omissions in the evidence
regarding any of the information and/or processes that were explicitly taught.
2
APPROACHES:
Learning evidence was partially completed and/or during the learning process, multiple
errors were made. Student needed significant scaffolding in order to complete the task.
1
EMERGENT:
Minimal learning evidence was shown. Minimal effort was made by student. Student
was unable to complete independently.
0
No evidence shown.
Further, please remember that parents are not to be in the classroom unless you have been
scheduled on the volunteer calendar. I will always assume you are coming, but if cant, just
send me an email. No Problem!

Holiday Celebrations
Throughout the year, we will have a few classroom celebrations. The tentative dates for those
are Wednesday, October 29 (Halloween), Wednesday, November 26 (Thanksgiving Feast), and
Thursday, February 12 (Valentines).
The way I have handled these in the past is to have a room mom head up and organize each of
the holiday parties with other parents helping them out. I mainly serve as the middleman to
get parents in contact with one another.
If you would like to be our room parent, please email me and let me know!

Birthdays
I am asking that no food treats be brought in during the school year. Near the end of school we
will be having an unbirthday celebration so that the students who have summer birthdays or
birthdays that are not on a school day are able to celebrate too. More information will be
provided later about this.
Instead of a treat, on their real birthday a student may bring in their favorite book to have read
to the class.

Contact Information for Ms. Newson
The best way to reach me is through email: Lindsey.Newson@somersetnv.org
Please note that I will be responding to email typically from 7:45 am-4:00 pm (Monday-Friday).
I will read email outside of these hours, but I cannot guarantee a response. During the school
day, I will be checking email during my planning time which is 12:30-1:15 and after school.
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
If youd like to set up a conference to discuss any issues or concerns, please call the school or
send me at note or email.

As always, please let me know if you have any additional questions or concerns about anything. I look
forward to working with you to make it a fantastic school year for you and your child.

Warmly,
Lindsey Newson