A112 - Mrs.

Teresa Mendiola
A113 - Mrs. Christine Panganiban
A114 - Mrs. Stella Taitague
A115 - Ms. Abigail Javier
 Student
Class Listing
 Every student
Adacao Elementary
responsible,
School
respectful, & Adacao Elementary students will be:
ready for life. strives to instill
positive, meaningful A - Academically
values that promote responsible
success within our
Our educational home and school E - Effective users of
community prepares community, while technology
all students for life, encouraging lifelong
promotes excellence, learning and creating S - Socially & globally
and provides productive citizens. responsible citizens
support.
● Adacao Elementary School’s main gate opens at 7:30 a.m. for
student arrival. For safety purposes students may be dropped off
no earlier than 7:30 a.m., and pick-up shall be no earlier than
2:28 p.m. (drop off designated area is on the cafeteria side).

● Car riders must be picked up no later than 2:50 p.m. School

busses will promptly depart from campus at 2:50 p.m.

● The Guam Police Department and Child Protection Services

will be contacted for any student is dropped off before
7:00 a.m. or not picked up after 3:30 p.m.
Tardies:
● School starts at exactly 8:30 am. If your child is late for any reason,
he/she must report to the main office & receive a tardy slip before
heading to the classroom.
Absences:
● Upon returning to school following an absence, a bona fide excuse note
must be submitted.
● A student absent from school for 3 or more consecutive days, requires a
doctor’s excuse note (Public Law 26-104).
● All absences without an excuse note, even for one day, will be marked
as an UNEXCUSED. The note should include the child’s name; date(s)
absent; reason for being absent; and the parent’s signature.
**In the event a child is sent home due to head lice, he/or she will be
allowed 3 consecutive days as an excused absence. All other absences
thereafter will be marked as unexcused.
Please remember:
● Excessive tardies and absences will be monitored and may result to a
referral to a truant officer.
● As a school policy, not more than 8 parent notes a year will be
accepted. Beyond 8 parent notes, your child’s absence will only be
excused if a doctor’s note is provided or child was seen and released
that day by school nurse.
PRIMARY 2nd
CHamoru TBD
 Our discipline plan allows your child an opportunity
to manage his/her behavior in class. The plan
● Be Safe outlines the incentives for good behavior and
consequences for his/her misbehavior.

● Be Respectful Each child is given a pocket/clip that displays their

behavior in the classroom. And each child will start
everyday with “Prepared to Learn”.
● Be Responsible
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
(PBIS) is a proactive approach to establishing
the behavioral supports and social culture and
needed for all students in a school to achieve
social, emotional and academic success.
Teacher & School Aides explicitly teach
school-wide behaviors in all areas and can
award students who do the right thing with a
PBIS ticket (which can be redeemed every
month through our Harry Potter Incentive Cart.
Harry Potter House Colors/Points
Our school uses the Harry Potter theme to further extend our PBIS
approach to keep order among the students while spurring on their
sense of house/school pride. Houses earn (or lose) points for
participation during spirit week, overall attendance/behavior, and
assembly behavior.

2nd Grade House: Gryffindor

House Colors: Red (maroon) & Yellow (gold)
The Leader in Me is
FranklinCovey’s whole school
transformation process. Where
we will teach 21st century
leadership and life skills to
students and create a culture of
student empowerment based on
the idea that every child can be
a leader.
Common Core State Standards
● Core subjects (Language, Reading, Math)
● “I can statements”
GDOE Standards
● Content
(Science, Social Studies, Health, PE, Music, Art,
Computer, and CHamoru)
Reading Standards What we’re

Reading SKILLS

❏ RL.2.1 / RI.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when,
why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
❏ RF.2.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in
decoding words.
❏ RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the
beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
❏ RF.2.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
❏ RI.2.9 Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two
texts on the same topic.
Language Standards What we’re
Language SKILLS

❏ L.2.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard

English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

❏ L.2.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard

English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Writing Standards What we’re
Writing SKILLS

❏ W.2.2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts
and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

❏ W.2.3 Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence
of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal
words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
❏ W.2.5 With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and
strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.

❏ GDOE.3.5.6 Write legibly in cursive leaving space between letters in a word, words in a
sentence, and words and the edges of the paper.
Math What we’re
Standards
Math SKILL

❏ 2.NBT.A.1 Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and
ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones.
❏ 2.NBT.A.3 Read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.
❏ 2.NBT.B.7 Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place
value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to
a written method. Understand that in adding or subtracting three-digit numbers, one adds or subtracts
hundreds and hundreds, tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose or
decompose tens or hundreds.
❏ 2.OA.O1 Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding
to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and
equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
❏ 2.MD.D.10 Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four
categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems 1 using information presented in a
bar graph.
❏ 2.OA.C.4 Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and
up to 5 columns; write an equation to express the total as a sum of equal addends.
 What we’re
Social Studies Standards
Social Studies SKILL

❏ 2.3.2 Read globes and maps and follow

narrative accounts using them.

❏ 2.3.3 Construct and develop simple maps

with titles, map legends, and compass roses.

❏ 2.3.5 Locate Guam, its surrounding islands,

the U.S., selected countries, oceans, and
continents on maps and globes.
Science Standards What we’re
Science SKILL

❏ 2-ESS1-1: Use information from several sources to

provide evidence that Earth events can occur
quickly or slowly.

❏ 2-PS1-1:Plan and conduct an investigation to

describe and classify different kinds of rocks by
their observable properties.

❏ 2-ESS2-1: Compare multiple solutions designed to

slow or prevent wind or water from changing the
shape of the land.
 What we’re
PE Standards
PE SKILL

❏ 2.1.1 Perform locomotor skills proficiently

and in combinations with developmentally
appropriate challenges. EXAMPLE(S):
Demonstrate locomotor movement in basic
combinations of skill development
practice/activities and physical fitness
activities/games (e.g., run and leap over a
series of obstacles; hop and jump a pattern
on a floor ladder; walk and skip in a dance).
(S.1.E.1.2)(S.1.E.2.2a)
Health Standards What we’re
Health SKILL

❏ 2.1.1 Identify that healthy

behaviors affect personal
health EXAMPLE: Describe and
demonstrate that exercising,
eating healthfully, and getting
enough rest can keep the
body strong and healthy.

❏ *Lani Kate
 What we’re
Music Standards

Music SKILL

❏ 2.3.2 Sing simple songs and

play singing games from
various cultures.
 What we’re
Art Standards

Art SKILL

❏ 2.2.1 Demonstrate beginning skill in

the use of basic tools for printing
(drawing), crayon rubbings, and
collage.
 What we’re
Technology Standards

Technology SKILL

❏ Students leverage technology to take an active role

in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating
❏ IXL competency in their learning goals, informed by the
❏ Tech standards learning sciences.
❏ Brainpop
❏ Google classroom
❏ Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and
❏ My math opportunities of living, learning and working in an
❏ Get Epic interconnected digital world, and they act and
❏ Library model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.
❏ AimsWebPlus
Policy
Homework will be given weekly throughout the school year. If your child does not have
homework, we highly encourage you to read, write, or play educational games with
your child.
Suggestions
● Make homework a priority.
● Make homework rules with your child.
● Provide a quiet place for your child to complete his/her homework.
● Encourage your child to complete his/her homework independently.
● When your child is done, review.

**Sign your child’s planner on a daily basis to signify that you reviewed and discussed
your child’s day.
 Students will be graded on the
Common Core Priority Standards
that have been set by the Guam
Department of Education. A
proficiency scale will be used to
identify their level of
understanding and will be
displayed on their report cards.
Each grading period, they will
receive a score of 0-4.
4 Advanced – Student showed mastery of skills and
beyond target skills. “I can teach this to someone else!”
3 Proficient – Student has proficient understanding of the
skill. “I can do this by myself!”
2 Emerging – Student has basic understanding of skills- has
not yet mastered target skill. “I am starting to understand
it, but need some help.”
1 Developing – Student has minimal understanding of skills.
“I don’t understand it YET and I need help.”
0 N/A – Not enough work was submitted for sufficient
evidence.
Teacher-Made
Inventory
LARM/Pre & Post test
Content assessments
Common Formative
Assessments
•Every Friday
(After introduction weeks)
•Documented and
recorded weekly
● WASC Western Association Schools & Colleges

● 2 parent representatives for monthly Accreditation Meetings

● Last Thursday of each month, beginning in September

● 2nd Grade/PTO presentation the Month of October

● Typically, we have our annual
ADACAO’s Got Talent Show (but
this is pending Covid restrictions
and protocols).
● All funds earned will go directly to
our awards and field trips.
● GATE classes with Mr. D will start on
Monday, August 22nd.
● 2nd grade schedule is Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m.
● There are 4 students enrolled as of
today.
● Recommendations made last year by
previous teachers will be tested by
Ms. Genine Rocco in September for
any students who pass the preliminary
testing.
 Your child
will be provided
● Backpack
● Set of extra clothes in
a ziplock bag
○ Shirt, pants,
Please label all
undergarments
personal
● Sweater/jacket belongings with
● Water Bottle child’s name.

● Face Masks
● You may check the front office
for school uniform availability.
● Currently, we are pending a
shipment for polo shirts and
bottoms from Gino’s.
● Students are allotted 5 sets
upon availability.
● No vouchers being offered.
● School Phone Number (671) 300-6500
● Classroom Dojo
● Weekly Newsletters
● Planners
● Email
● Website: https://aeshilitais.weebly.com/
A112 - Mrs. Teresa Mendiola - tmmendiola@gdoe.net
A113 - Mrs. Christine Panganiban - ccgpanganiban@gdoe.net
A114 - Mrs. Stella Taitague - smtaitague@gdoe.net
A115 - Ms. Abigail Javier - apjavier@gdoe.net
● Please expect delays in drop-off and pick-up for first week of school.
● If you are a car-rider, your child will be given a display card for
smoother transition. Please display it in the front windshield with child’s
name.
● Most importantly, please leave a written note with your child’s name,
current contact, and transportation information in your child’s backpack.