WELCOME TO OPEN HOUSE!

Grade 2 Room 27
Ms. Wichman

WHO IS MS. WICHMAN?

Juliana Mikioi Wichman

Teaching at Manoa since 2014

From Kauai
Education Background:
Hanalei Elementary School
Kamehameha
University of Hawaii at Manoa

MY TEACHING PHILOSOPHY

Everyone is a

teacher.
Learning comes
from mistakes and
facing challenges

OUR DAY!
Morning Routines & Bell

Work

Read the Board

Check in for lunch

Turn in homework
Copy homework down in

planner
Put homework planner away
Put backpack away
Be ready to learn!

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA)

Reading Wonders

Program

Weekly Spelling Test

Whole Group Instruction
Reading Workshop

Small Group
Literature Anthology

Independent work
Reading Centers
Leveled Readers
Phonics/Grammar

SCIENCE
Scientific inquiry
Matter

Magnets

Life cycles (mealworms

unit)
Biomes
Interdependence
Natural resources
Earth materials (rocks
and minerals unit)

SOCIAL STUDIES
History
Timeline photos

Cultural Anthropology
Family unit

Geography
Citizenship & Political

Science

Election unit

Economics
Sustainability
Tie in with science

concepts

RESOURCES!
Music Mr. Ho

- Friday

P.E. Mr. Uehara- Monday

Japanese Eriko Sensei Thursday
Hawaiiana Makua - Tuesday

INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY
Library - Friday

Research Projects

Technology Lab Wednesday

- Microsoft Word

APT & Library, & rotating Tech. lab

- Tux Paint

STEM Thrusday

- Power Point

(Science, Technology, engineering and math)

- Weebly website

MATH WORKSHOP
Stepping Stones
Introduces topic with hands-

on experiences

Activities connect hands-on

learning with written format

Strands
Number Sense & Operations
Measurement
Data Analysis
Geometry

CREATIVITY TIME!
Opportunities for

students to explore
and take charge of
their own learning

CLASS EXPECTATIONS
Class agreements

General Learner

Outcomes (GLOs)
Work habits

GLO Awards

Homework

Language Arts

Spelling routines (will

begin next week)

Read for 20 minutes
Complete at least 2 KidBiz
articles per week
(work up to 75% or better)
Math
Science, Social Studies

HOMEWORK

Written down in the planner

Please sign the planner daily!
Read and Log for at least 20

minutes
Kid Biz (2Xs a week)
Math worksheet
Online Homework

KID BIZ

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS

Monthly Orders
Online Orders- Class Code

MKXVH

IXL

IMPORTANT EVENTS
Field trips
HTY Plays- Anime Alice (September 15), H2O (April 19)
Hawai`i Plantation Village- November 20
Bishop Museum- January 28
Roosevelt HS and Kewalo Reef Walk- February/March
Reef walking shoes

Tiger Trek- October 16

Conferences- October 22-30

Festival of Music- May 13

Class celebrations- winter & end-of-the-year

COMMUNICATION IS KEY
Planner

Checked every day

Email

Checked twice daily (morning & after school)

Phone

Phone calls can be made after school

Important messages: call the office, and

they will send a note to our classroom

Class website

password sent out when all Technology and Video

release forms are returned

MY GOALS
I will help all students to become independent
learners.
I will provide opportunities for students to become
critical thinkers and problem solvers.
I will establish a sense of community in our
classroom; our community will be a place where
learning, growing, and achievement happens!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!

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