Back to School NightAnne Scheiman2nd Grade Japanese Teacher

Scheiman-sensei Born and Raised in Tokyo, Japan 5th year at Richmond 2nd Grade Undergraduate Degree at Lewis and

Clark College MAT at Lewis and Clark Graduate School

of Education

Family: Fiancée- William (Wedding on 2/1/2015) Dog- TK

Communication-Home & School Connection -News letters will go home on the third

Friday of the month. Student folders (every last Friday,

finished and unfinished work) Email – ascheima@pps.net Mrs.K and I would prefer to have

meetings before school, but are available most days after school.

Homework

Reading HW begins Oct. 9th (Full HW starting Oct. 16th)

Goes home every Thursday and is due back on Wednesday.

We spend a LOT of time going over homework on Thursday and Friday.

Goals- 1. Quality review/practice of material

covered in class 2. Positive child/adult interaction 3. Know your child’s strengths and support the areas that need improvement. 4.Teaching responsibility

Homework (continued….)

Oral reading material- this will need to be signed by an adult after the student reads twice. Response section will need to be filled out also.

Writing activities will vary.

If lost- request a new copy

Math Section Math practice will be included. Please

check your child’s work and correct this section for them. Sign this page once the corrections have been made, and it is 100% correct.

Tutoring A great way for your child to receive one-

on-one attention from a native Japanese speaker.

If interested, please make arrangements directly with the intern, but please let me know if your child has a tutor.

$10/30min

Please note- Tutoring is not meant for homework.

Catch up and Choice “Ketchup” box

Every Friday- “Catch up/ Choice time”

Ketchup folder is emptied at the end of the month for a fresh start.

Folder that goes home.

ExpectationsReads 46 hiragana, combinations, variations

accurately. 46 katakana, combinations, variations

accurately by the end of 1st QTR. Kanji (about 100) Grade level sentences fluently with

comprehension.

Writes Hiragana, katakana and kanji in correct stroke

order. Grade level sentences with correct usage of

hiragana, katakana and learned kanji letters.

Exectations

Speaks Clearly and with appropriate volume. Tries to communicate in Japanese. Makes an effort to repeat Japanese.

Listens To Japanese ATTENTIVELY.

Volunteering Volunteer list will be available outside the

door after conferences.

Volunteering may include working with small groups of students, reading to the class, clerical work, etc.

Room Reps will help coordinate volunteers for classroom celebrations. (Valentine’s Day and End of year celebration)

THE END!!!!!! EXIT CARDS-Any remaining questions we

were not able to answer: please fill out a notecard with your name, your child’s name, your email, and your questions. We will get back to you with an answer as soon as possible.

You can sign up for October CONFERENCES outside Scheiman Sensei’s classroom.

Some extra things we could use: On the whiteboard.

Thank you and we look forward to an exciting year!