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1. Parent Information
Meeting
August 31, 2015

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Zeeland Christian
School
“Challenge the mind
Nurture the spirit
Encourage obedience to Jesus Christ”
Mrs. Hilda Durán
2nd
Grade “C”
School Office: 772-2609
Classroom: 879-0328
House: 610-1779
Email: hduran@zcs.org
Website:
http://laclasedelamaestraduran.blogspot.com/?spref=fb

3. • I was born and raised in Ecuador. I never imagined that
I’d be teaching here! After attending college to study
Business and Administration, I went on a missionary trip to
Brazil and that is where I found my real passion, teaching.
After being trained extensively in teaching, and taking
education classes here in the U.S., I am as excited as ever
to teach. I’ve been happily married for twenty years. God
gave us one miracle child whose name is Fermin (he’s
now 17). As a family, we had beautiful moments in our
country, owning our own business, going to church, and
dreaming about the future. But, God re-routed our plans.
And now, I’ve taught at ZCS for seventh years, and this
will be my eighth year teaching. Maybe you remember
me from teaching preschool, third, second, and also
fourth grade. I love being useful and giving it my all in any
circumstances. I absolutely love it. I’m very happy to
work with you and your child this year, and I know we will
have a great year in Second Grade. I’m so excited to
start!
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El GRAN-TESORO OF THE WEEK – We will take
turns celebrating how wonderfully God has
created each one of us. On your child’s
special week we will display pictures and
information about your child. I will send you a
reminder to bring in up to 5 pictures, and I will
hang up the “El gran Tesoro Sheet” of
information which must be returned the
Monday of your child’s star week or anytime
before. If you need to switch weeks, feel free
to switch with someone and let me know. We
will do this in ABC order throughout the year.

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ABSENTEE PROCEDURE – Please
contact the school office each day
that your child is sick. If you know
your child is going to be absent more
than a day, either call me or ask the
office to give me that information. I
will send any homework home with a
sibling or you can stop by and pick
up your child’s homework.

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TRANSPORTATION – If your child will
be using a different mode of
transportation than usual to go
home, please send me a note/email
informing me of the change. If you
will be picking up your child and you
would like him or her to meet you
outside, your child may leave the
classroom after the busses have left
for the day.

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SCHOOL’S LUNCH – All students have a lunch
card and a milk card. Payments can be sent
to school by check made payable to Zeeland
Public Schools. If your child’s account is low,
ZPD will send a notice home with the account
balance. There are 2 different types of
lunches your child can choose –A, or B.
Because we will begin our day with instruction
immediately at 8:40 it will be extremely
important for the children to know what they
are having for lunch that day. Please remind
them each morning about their lunch
selection.

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BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS – We celebrate each child’s
birthday as close to the day as possible. Summer
birthdays can be celebrated on the half birthday, just
let me know if you plan to do so. The children usually
bring a small treat to pass out.
Usually the children bring in one more treat than the
needed, to share with Mr. Van Dyk. He has a little
birthday treat to give as well.
In order to alleviate any hurt feelings, if you plan on
having a birthday party at your home and would like
to invite all the boys or girls, feel free to send the
invitations to school. If you decide to have a small
party with a few friends, please send the invitations
through mail or email.

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CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE – At the beginning of the year we will talk about
what it means to be in a second grade classroom and how God wants us
to act when we are here. We will discuss what it means to respect God,
each other and ourselves, as well as how to do our job of being second
graders. At the beginning of each week your child will receive 50 pesos
(in increments of 5 pesos bills), 10 pesos for each day of classes that
week. These pesos will be used to teach savings and spending as well as
monitoring behavior: 1) students will use pesos to buy minutes of free time
on Friday afternoons (up to 10 minutes, 5 pesos=2 minutes), 2) students
must save at least 25 pesos each week (or more if they earn extra) in their
“savings account” which they can use at our “Mercadito” a few times a
year. So, losing pesos during the week will result in less free time and could
also result in less money to spend at our market. Earning extra pesos will
mean the full 10 minutes of free time as well as a bonus of more pesos to
spend at the market. If a child has difficulty complying with the classroom
rules, we will talk over the problem together and decide on a
consequence that that will help him or her remember what to do in the
future. Consequences will be worked out together using the Love & Logic
model and will differ depending on the issue and the child. Often, but not
always, part of the consequence may include giving up some of their
hard-earned pesos. If your child has difficulty with anything specific, I will
let you know.

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DAILY SCHEDULE
•8:40 Arrival Work, Attendance,
Hot Lunch Count, Calendar
•8:50 Devotions
•9:00-11:55 Classroom Work (and a
snack break)
•11:55-12:20 Recess
•12:20-12:40 Lunch
•12:40-2:00 Classroom Work
•2:00-2:15 Recess
•2:15-3:15 Classroom Work
•3:15 Get ready to go home
•3:25 Dismissal

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SPECIALS SCHEDULE- Our students have the opportunity to
better get to know students from other classes by mixing
with them for special classes. Half of the students in our
class will mix with half of the students from an English
second grade class. Below is the schedule of classes.
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Computers with Mrs. Meeuwsen & Durán: Friday 2:30-3:30
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PE with Mrs. Miller: Monday 9:50-10:50 and Tuesday 1:00-
2:00
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Library with Mrs. Joustra: Monday 10:55-11:10
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Music with Mrs. Ten Haken: Tuesday 1:00-2:00
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Choir with Mrs. Ten Haken: Monday 9:50-10:50
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Art with Mrs. Groethuis: Friday 1:00-2:00
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Mandarin with Mrs. Rynsburger: Tuesday, Wednesday,
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and Thursday 8:50-9:20,

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HOMEWORK- 15-20 minutes
1. Reading Daily15
minutes

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Reading homework will be sent home in
your child’s reading bag 1-2 times per
week with the expectation that it will be
completed that night and sent home the
next morning. Books will always go home
on Fridays, sometimes more frequently.
However, even if your child doesn’t bring
home a book it is expected that they are
reading every single night for at least 15
minutes.

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HEALTHY SNACKS AND LUNCHES are
strongly encouraged as they give
students energy and attentiveness to
learn as much as possible.
SHOE TYING PRACTICE:If your child is still
having difficulty tying his or her own
shoes, please spend a little time each
week at home practicing this skill. Thanks!

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COMMUNICATION
Please feel free to contact me through
* email - hduran@zcs.org
* blog -
http://laclasedelamaestraduran.blogspot
* facebook - Maestra Duran's "2nd C"
Class
Sometimes it is difficult for me to answer
your e-mails during the school day.
However, I will not to go bed without
contacting you! Thank you for your
patience!

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Skill expectations
Also in your folders you will
find more detail information
about each subject such as
Bible, Science, Math, Writing,
etc. Please feel free to go
through it. If you have any
question, I would love to help
you with anything about it.

18. Thank you for
coming!
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Bible
The Christian Life
• Learning from James
Old Testament Stories
• Focus on the promised Messiah
New Testament Stories
• The Christmas Story
• Jesus’ Early Ministry
• Miracles
• Parables
• Jesus’ Death and Resurrection
• The Early Church
• Paul’s Missionary Journeys
• Christ’s Promised Return
• Various Bible memory passages throughout the year
• Attributes of God

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Social Studies
•What is a community?
•Where is my community and what is it like
there?
•How do citizens live together in a
community?
•How do people work together in a
community?
•How do communities change?
•How can a citizen affect a community?

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Science
Students will study various
topics in three units
throughout the year:
•Earth’s Land and Water
•Measuring Matters
•A Plant’s Life

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Mathematics
Number
•Add and subtract #’s to 20
•Write # models for word problems
•Solve 2-digit addition and subtraction
•Place value in 5-digit numbers
•Write a fact family for multiplication and
division
•Compare and name fractions less than ½
Time
•Show time to 5-minute intervals

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Geometry
•Construct and draw line segments and
parallel lines
Measurement
•Measure to the nearest ½ inch or ½
centimeter
•Find area and perimeter
Money
•Add and subtract monetary values
•Show decimal equivalents of dollars and
cents
•Show amounts of change back
Data
•Determine minimum, maximum, range,
median, mode

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Reading/Language Arts
Reading Strategies/ CAFE
• Meaning - Does it make sense?
• Structural Awareness – Does it sound right?
• Visual – Does it sound the way it looks?
Comprehension Strategies
• Making connections, visualizing, questioning,
inferring, synthesizing, determining importance
Literature is used to:
• Build vocabulary
• Introduce students to a variety of genres
• Develop higher thinking skills through projects and
responses to fiction and non-fiction books

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Writing Skills
Six Traits
• Sentence structure, expository, research
project
Genres
• Personal Narrative, Poetry, Retelling,
Descriptive Pieces, Story, Realistic Fiction, Non-
Fiction, Opinion
The Writing Process/Workshop
• Pre-writing, drafting, editing, illustrating,
publishing in a writing workshop format

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Spelling
•Develop spelling through word sorts
and weekly word lists
•Build words using sounds/word
chunks we know
•Inventive spelling on rough drafts
•Book spelling for published pieces
•Learn a list of high frequency words
appropriate for second grade

27. IV. Homework
• Homework and it’s due date will be
posted in English in the Newsletter.
• We will have the students write in their
“Tareas Sheet” their homework for the
following day as a way of reminding
them of the homework.
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28. V. Classroom Management
• Follow 4 simple rules
• Every student will receive 10 tickets on
Mondays.
• They will loose it if they choose not to
follow 1 of the rules.
• If a student has more than 5 tickets, he
can enter his/her hand in the Magic Box.
• As a whole class we will earn gems and
work for a party.
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29. Thank you for coming!
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