Second grade is going to be the best year yet! Please see our schedule below to help plan your child's day.

Math:

• Even and Odd Numbers
• Representing whole numbers as distances from any location on a number line
• AimsWeb Testing (district beginning of the year math assessment)
• Unit 2 Math Test

Reading: Summarizing and Author's Purpose

Writing: Personal Narratives

Social Studies: Show an understanding of the concepts of truthfulness, equality, justice, and justice

Science: Physical characteristics and behaviors of animals help them meet their basic needs

The 2nd grade team is looking for a parent or guardian who is looking to help. We are looking for someone who would be available to come in on Wednesday afternoons, or Thursdays to make copies for our team. We will teach you how! We estimate it to take about an hour a week. Please reach out to Ms. Young at kati.young@gcisd.net if you are interested.

Thank you!

If your child is absent, please notify your child's teacher via email or call the school at

(817) 251-5700.

It is required for Dove to keep track of absences and the reasons why. Thanks for your cooperation!

All visitors who wish to visit at Dove or be a part of events such as field trips, Friendship Day, class parties, Field Day, Book Fair shopping, the Fun Run, and more need to have a cleared background check every year.

We encourage ALL VISITORS to do this at the beginning of each school year to avoid any conflicts with attending events at our school!

More information about the process and the online application can be found HERE.

This year all of DOVE students will be using the CHAMPS system in their classrooms and common areas to set the expectation of behaviors expected. CHAMPS stands for Communication, Help, Movement, Participation, and Success. Before a different activity or going into a common area teachers and students will review the expectations for each of the letters "CHAMPS" so that all students can be successful!

Please make sure your student's iPad is charged and ready to go for the next day! We will be using these to supplement our learning.

Also - Please send headphones with your student sometime this week if you have not already (no earbuds please!). These will remain in our classroom for the year.

We will have more photos of students weekly once we get the final do not photograph list!

Doors will open daily at 7:20 for arrival. Breakfast will be provided in student's classrooms if they choose to eat breakfast. The tardy bell rings at 7:40am

Dismissal will be at 3:00pm each day. Please make sure your child's teacher knows how they are getting home daily.

If you have any dismissal changes please make sure to let the office know and your child's teacher.

Students are allowed to bring a morning snack to school. Please feel free to add ONE small dry snack that is easy to open and consume quickly. Please just drop it in their backpack. This snack will be optional and must be provided by the parents. Water is the only approved drink for the classroom so no other drinks are necessary. If a student brings something that is messy or requires a spoon, we will reserve the right to have them save it for home. An example of a dry snack could be: Cheezits, Animal Crackers, Pretzels, Goldfish, etc...

The lunch menu can be found at the link below

Paying for Meals

To see if your child qualifies for Free or Reduced Meal Pricing, please click HERE and complete the form.

To add money to your child's meal account, please send a check to school with them or drop it by the front office. **Pro Tip** Download the My School Bucks App from your App Store. You can add money directly to your child's meal account, track their spending, and receive notifications when their meal account runs low!

Breakfast- $1.65

Breakfast will be served 7:20-7:35 each morning, and students will be eating breakfast in their classrooms should arrive as close to 7:20 as possible each day!

Lunch- $2.80

When will my child eat lunch?

Lunch times vary by grade level, but each grade level will have 30 minutes in the cafeteria. 30 minutes will fly by! If sending a lunch from home, please practice with your child how to open the containers by themselves.

If buying a lunch from the cafeteria, students will go through the serving line and choose a milk, entree, and sides.

2nd grade lunch is 12:35-1:05pm

Your child needs to bring their blue daily folder to school every day! . This folder has a conduct calendar on the inside that needs to be read & initialed daily. In the pocket of the

folder there will be notes, school information and your child’s daily work. Please remove all

notes & work that are sent home. Notes that need to be signed and returned should be

returned in the folder as soon as possible. Your child should keep the folder in their backpack

and bring the backpack and folder to school every day.

August 31: Back-to-School Information Night! (Curriculum Night)

• 5:00 Staff Introductions and PTA Meeting in Cafeteria
• 5:45-6:15 (Session 1)
• 6:30-7:00 (Session 2)

September 1: Dove Spirit Shirt Day!
September 4: Labor Day Holiday- No School
September 7: Boosterthon Fun Run Kick Off Pep Rally

September 12: Picture Day
September 15: Boosterthon Fun Run!!

(Shirts will be given to each child from a generous donation from PTA)

From left to right:

Audrey Zlatich- audrey.zlatich@gcisd.net

Kati Young- kati.young@gcisd.net

Amy Bailey- amy.bailey@gcisd.net

Christine Dunker- christine.dunker@gcisd.net