Welcome to 2nd Grade

Rules

100

What does it mean to fill up someone's bucket?

• Everyone has an invisible bucket that represents their feelings and emotional well-being.

• When you do something kind, like giving a compliment, helping a friend, inviting someone to play, you “fill their bucket,” meaning you make them feel happier, valued, and cared for.

• When someone is unkind—like teasing, excluding, or being disrespectful, they “dip” into another person’s bucket, which makes them feel sad or discouraged.

200

True or False?

You only need to follow the directions of your teacher.

False:

You need to follow the directions of ALL staff. 

Ex: Substitutes, special teacher, all school staff

300

How do you walk in the hallway?

• Ms. Slyvchak will call you by number or table to line up
• Quietly walk to line up
• Arms by your hand, mouths closed, eyes forward
• Walk quietly in a straight line
• Stay behind the person in front of you
• Use walking feet

400

What are the Absolutely Yes and Absolutely No rules? Give some examples.

Absolutely yes rules are rules you ALWAYS follow and are good choices.

Absolutely no rules are rules about things you should NEVER do and that are unacceptable choices. There will be consequences to these choices.

Yes Examples: use kind words and actions, listen when someone is talking, raise your hand, take care of supplies and classroom, do your best

No Examples: Hurting others with hands feet or words, interrupting someone, not being safe in the classroom, damaging the school or a peer's things, giving up

500

Why is following the rules important?

Rules keep us safe, help everyone learn, and make our classroom a happy place.

Routines

100

What is the routine for the carpet?

• Ms. Slyvchak will call you by your tables or numbers
• Walk to the carpet quietly and calmly
• Get a foam tile or cushion
• Sit criss-cross, mermaid, or mountain
• Eyes on the speaker
• Listening ears on
• Raise your hand when you have something to say

200

What are our call backs?

• Door bell
• Hands on Top... Everybody Stop!
• It's Peanut Butter... Jelly Time!

300

What is the hydration station routine?

• Bring a water bottle to school
• Put water on the Hydration Station cart when you get to school
• Use the water hand signal
• Get water during brain breaks, games, after recess/gym, and in small groups
• Do not get water during lessons or transitions
• Do not touch others’ water bottles

400

What is the fire drill routine?

• Line up quietly and follow Ms. Slyvchak outside
• No talking so that you can hear directions
• Stay in line and wait for directions
• If you are out of the classroom and cannot get back in time, join the nearest class

500

What is the lockdown routine?

• Walk quietly to the calming corner area
• Stay seated, quiet, and calm
• Wait for directions from Ms. Slyvchak
• If you are out of the classroom and cannot get back in time, join the nearest class
• If you are in the bathroom, enter a stall, lock the door, and sit with your feet up on the toilet seat

Expectations

100

What are the bathroom expectations?

• Use the bathroom hand signal
• Sign out on the Bathroom Sign Out Sheet
• Take bathroom pass
• Use the bathroom quickly and quietly
• Wash hands 
• Respect your peer’s privacy
• Come right back to class

200

What are our specials expectations?

• Follow the directions of the special teachers
• Same rules from our classroom
• Use safe hands and feet
• I do not want negative reports from other teachers!

300

What are the lunch expectations?

• Use inside voices
• Use proper table manners
• Listen carefully to the adults in charge for announcements
•  Keep your area clean (tables and floors)
• Stay in your seats unless you have permission
• Ask an adult to go to the bathroom
• Line up quickly and quietly when told

400

What are the recess expectations?

• Share equipment
• Play fairly with classmates
• Ask for help from adults when having difficulty with another student  
• Stay outdoors without permission from an adult 
• Line up quickly and quietly when told 

500

What are the supplies and pencils expectations?

• Do not sharpen pencils during a lesson
• Use the pencil hand signal
• Quietly put dull pencils in the dull cup and get a sharp pencil from the sharp cup
• Keep your supplies and Ms. Slyvchak’s supplies organized
• Take care of our supplies
• Raise your hand to borrow supplies

Routines

100

What is the evacuation routine?

• Line up quietly and follow Ms. Slyvchak outside
• No talking so that you can hear directions
• Stay in line and wait for directions
• If you are out of the classroom and cannot get back in time, join the nearest class

200

What is the shelter in place routine?

• May continue with activities and lessons
• Voices off when announcements come on
• Cannot leave the classroom
• If you are out of the classroom and cannot get back in time, join the nearest class

300

How do you turn in work?

• Put finished work in the turn-in trays labeled with the correct subject
• Hand in homework/finished work when you come in the morning
• Don’t keep work in your desk
• Name and date must be on it
• Double-check that it is complete

400

What are the homework expectations?

• Complete it at home and return it the next day
• Reading log due every day
  • 20 minutes of reading a night at home 
• Do your best and do not rush
• Ask an adult at home if you need help
• Put it in your folder right after you are done
• No homework on Fridays

500

What are the 4 consequences in order?

• 1st warning: 
  • stop sign, side conversation
• 2nd warning: take a break or lose a privilege
  • no sitting with friends, group work, or craft
• 3rd warning: RJJ paper during recess, lunch, or activity 
• 4th warning: parent/guardian contact

 

Expectations

100

What are the calming corner expectations?

• Ask Ms. Slyvchak to use the comfy corner 
• You cannot go in the middle of a lesson 
• Use 1-2 fidgets 
• No laying down or putting fidgets in your mouth
• Set a time for 3 minutes, then return to learning
• It is not for playing, it is for calming 
• If you are not using the calming corner correctly, you will not be able to use it 

200

What are the substitute expectations?

• You follow our same rules with a substitute 
• Help the substitute with our routines
• I DO NOT want a negative report 
  • If I do receive a negative report, you will have consequences that we will go over 
• The Teacher’s Helper will also be the Substitute Helper
• Show the substitute how amazing our classroom is!

300

What are the library expectations?

• Treat books with care
• Choose books at your level
• Return them when finished  
  • Look at the circle sticker on the book
  • Match that sticker to the book bin stickers
  • If you get a book from a topic book bin, write on a sticky note which topic 

 

400

How can you become student of the week or accomplish your secret student mission?

• When they go above and beyond for their class,  classmates, and themselves
  • Helping a friend, doing good deeds on their own, trying their best, making amazing choices, good reports, and improving at something 
• Following rules, routines, and expectations

500

What are the expectations of the class jobs?

- Messenger: Take notes, items, or messages to the office or another teacher

- Clean-up Crew: Pick up trash, Tidy up at the end of the day, Remind classmates to clean up, Clean the whiteboards 

Paper Patrol: Pass out papers, Collect papers, Make sure names are on papers

Supplies Manager: Passes out supplies, Collects supplies, Make sure supplies are in the right spots, Tell Ms. Slyvchak if we are running out of supplies or if supplies are damaged 

Line Leader: Lead the class in the hallway, Set a good example, Makes sure classmates are following the hallway rules 

Caboose: Holds the door for classmates, Makes sure no one is left behind, Make sure classmates are following the hallway rules 

Electrician: Turns on and off the lights, Make sure Chromebooks are put away and plugged in, Turn on and off our timer

Rollcall Rockstar: Make sure all students are at specials, lunch, and recess, Helps Ms. Slyvchak/subs take attendance 

Librarian: Keep the classroom library neat, Return books to the right bins, Help classmates find books

Teacher's Helper: Helps Ms. Slyvchak or other staff with anything

Lunch Monitor: Takes lunch orders, Takes lunch bin to lunch, Brings lunch bin back to class

Substitutes: If someone is absent or forgets to do their job