About The Teacher The Classroom Expectations Curriculum Suggestions For Parents Favorite Links Teacher e-mail address Web-based Lesson  Teacher Guide

First, I,d like to say greetings from room 202. My name is Ms. Hicks and I'm a second grade teacher. I have taught in various capacities since 1991, and on a full-time basis since 1996. I am a parent as well as a teacher.  I have 6 children (one of which is adopted). I am in love with education on a personal level as well as professionally. Because of my love of education and my desire to be proficient, I have three degrees. An Associates in Arts degree in liberal-arts, a bachelors degree in early-childhood education, and a masters degree in curriculum and instruction. I believe in education our children and not just spending time with them.

Description of classroom

The classroom shall be arranged and decorated in a manner that is conducive to learning.
There will be learning centers (listening center, computer center, independent reading ceanter, math center, science and social science centers).
There will be brightly colored posters which show and teach certain skills.
The room will be saturated with words on a word-wall.
The color of the room shall be a calming green called sea breeze.
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Expectations:
I have high expectations from the children which starts withthem being willing to try to complete their tasks in school.
I believe all children are able to learn.
I expose my students to a variety of literature as well as their reading texts.  Such as poetry for children by Shel Silverstein; stories to build character, such as The Book of Virtues; African-folk tales; and a variety of fiction and non-fiction books for independent reading.
I expect my students to develop good listening skills for an education is obtained by listenig, seeing, and doing the work.
I expect students to come to school willing to be active particiipants in their education which should also extend from school into their homes through homework.
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Curriculum
The curriculum shall consist of three of the five state priority areas (Reading, Mathematics, Technology Integrated into Instruction) as well as Science, Social Science, Character Development, and Discipline.
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Suggestions for parents to help support their child(ren):

1.   Make sure your child/children goes to school with their school supplies.
2.   Make sure your child/children gets at least nine hours of sleep each night.
3.   Read to your child/children, it makes a big difference.
4.   Supervise your child/children's homework.
5.   Let your child/children know that you value education and expect them to do well in school.
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Favorite Links
 
 

1.   The Hubble Space Telescope's Public Page (http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/)
2.   The Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour Of  The Solar System (http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/tnp/).
3.   Help Your Child Explore Science (http://www.nsta.org/parents/).
4.   Jumbo (http://www.jumbo.com/).
5.   Mars Missions (http://marsweb.jpl.nasa.gov/).
6.   The Why Files (http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/index.html).
7.   The National Science Teachers Bulletin Board (http://www.nsta.org/messages/).
8.   Teacher Talk Bulletin Board (http://earthsky.worldofscience.com/BBS).
9.   Connect with Schools and Educatios (http://www.sln.org/schols/).
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