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My name is Susan Longo. This is my 25th year teaching in Jackson. I have been at Elms since we opened the doors in September 2003. My husband and I have two boys, Christopher (age 22) and Ethan (age 18). We live in Barnegat, so I have a bit of a commute each day, but it is worth the drive to come to Elms!

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My name is Samantha Adem. This is my 2nd year of teaching. I started working at Elms after graduating from Georgian Court last December! This is my second year in an inclusive 2nd grade classroom as an In Class Resource teacher. I am passionate about teaching and my goal is to make sure your children feel seen, heard, and confident every single day.

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Homework Planners and Folders

Homework and important papers will be in the homework folder.
Please initial in the box in the planner each day.

TEACHER PAGE

GOOGLE CLASSROOM

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Email is the best way to reach us.

slongo@jacksonsd.org

sadem@jacksonsd.org

Elms

Main Office (732) 833-4600

Nurse Ms. Titovich (732) 833-4731

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Follow the directions the first time they are given.
Raise your hand quietly, and wait to be called on to speak.
Treat everyone with kindness and respect.
Use good manners. Say please and thank you.
Take care of school and personal property.
Always do your best, and have fun doing it!

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Individual Incentive

Tickets
Mystery Student

Class Incentive

Star Jar

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8:00 Arrival

8:10 Morning Meeting

8:35 Language Arts

9:35 Writing

10:15 Special

10:55 Science/Social Studies

11:35 Recess

12:13 Lunch

12:45 WIN

1:15 Math

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Monday: Computers[Mrs. Kasper]

Tuesday: Gym [Mr. D’Ambrosio]

Wednesday: Art [Mr. Bryan]

Thursday: Music [Ms. Dabreau]

Friday: Library [Mrs. Konopak]

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Almost every day we will complete a lesson from our math book. For homework, students will complete the accompanying practice page.
If anything is particularly confusing, please have your child circle it to let me know. You can also write me a note right on the homework or in your child’s planner.

DAILY MATH HOMEWORK

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DAILY READING HW

DAILY FAST FACTS LOG

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Read the story.

Read the story and write the missing words.

Read the story and answer the questions in complete sentences.

Complete the worksheet corresponding to skills or Power Words we learned.

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DAILY FAST FACTS - 1 MINUTE ROUTINE

Time your child for one minute, and record how many facts they were able to answer correctly in those 60 seconds.
Your child should work from left to right, top to bottom.
If your child doesn’t know it in a snap, he/she should skip it.
Your child will be given 2 addition and 2 subtraction pages. Choose one to do each night. Don’t use the same practice page more than 3 days in a row.

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DAILY READING - 20 MINUTES

Your child will bring home books from our classroom library. Please ensure your child takes care of them and brings them back to school each day.

Please have your child read each week night (Monday - Thursday) for 20 minutes. Rather than fill out a traditional log, please allow your child to read one of their books to you and talk to you about their reading.

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Progress Indicators:

Academic Development

4 = exceeding standard, consistently surpassing grade level expectations independently

*3 = meets standard, regularly demonstrates proficiency

2 = partially meets standard, occasionally meets standard, often needs teacher support

1 = below standard, not yet meeting, minimal understanding with support and intervention

Progress Indicators:

Character Development & Work Habits

*4 = consistently

3 = frequently

2 = sometimes

1 = inconsistently

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HMH Growth Measure
HMH Amira
Reading Assessments
Fast Facts
Math Topic Tests
Spelling Tests

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TABS

Stream - This is where your child will see posts made by me.

Classwork - This is the tab where your child can view materials and website links.

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iXL- Your child can practice math anytime using this website.

Make sure your child is logged in and using the LEARNING tab (not DIAGNOSTIC). We’ve shown students how to click on the yellow star and select one of the starred skills.

XtraMath - Your child can practice math fast facts anytime using this website.

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We use our chromebooks daily.

Please ensure that your child comes to school with a fully-charged chromebook.

Students need a pair of headphones or earbuds that can stay in their cubby or desk in the classroom.

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Please send in a note or email me if there will be any changes to your child’s dismissal routine.

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You may send in store-bought treats that have the ingredients listed. We do have students with nut/peanut allergies. Treats will get distributed by the lunch aides during lunch.

We have 23 students.

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If you’d like to volunteer to help organize a class party, please sign up using the forms in the back of the room.

We will have 4 parties during the year. Organizers would be in charge of getting a craft and some games for the kids to play.

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DONATIONS

Tissues
Paper towels
Construction paper
Treasure chest items

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If you would like your child to be included in our Class Friendship List, please fill out the Google Form that was emailed to you.

I will provide a copy to everyone that opts to be included, once I have received all of the responses.

Friendship List Form (English)

Friendship List Form (Spanish)

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PTN Membership

Link to join

PTN Remind:

@elmspre

PTN EXECUTIVE BOARD - 2025-2026

PRESIDENTS

Danielle Mackrell

CO-VICE PRESIDENTS:

Keriann Scott & Lorena Macalincag

TREASURER:

Nikki Wiese

RECORDING SECRETARY:

Kristen Wienbarg

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY:

Jennifer Herkert

VICE-PRESIDENT OF FUNDRAISING:

Ashley Acevedo

PTN INFORMATION

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Literacy: HMH Into Reading & Writing

The HMH Into Reading program features research-based, explicit instruction with resources to support whole class, small group, and independent student work in the areas of reading and writing.

Students in Grades K-5 have access to the Amira learning platform. This platform assists students with their reading skills, providing targeted support and instant data tracking to target student strengths and areas in need of support.

Students in grades K-5 will be utilizing the HMH Into Reading program to support grade level learning standards in English Language Arts.

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Literacy: HMH Into Reading & Writing

Students in Grades 2-5 will take the HMH Growth Measure Assessment 3x a year. (Beginning, Middle, and End of Year)

Students in Grade 1 will be taking a Foundational Literacy Growth Assessment 3x a year to identify student performance with reading concepts.

These research-based assessments are just one monitoring tool used to provide educators with overall insights into how their students are performing in their grade level.

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MATHEMATICS

Savvas Envision 2.0

15 Topics (units): understanding addition and subtraction, place value, numbers to 200, money, time, temperature, graphs, geometry, measurement, probability, graphs, fractions, multiplication and division concepts

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SCIENCE

Next Generation Science Standards

Hands on & lots of fun!

Four Units

Unit 1: Ocean Animals

Unit 2: Structure of Matter

Unit 3: Ecosystems

Unit 4: Processes That Shape Earth

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SOCIAL STUDIES