The Second Grade Ranch

Welcome back second grade families, May this message find you well and rested after a blessed Thanksgiving break!  Can you believe that we have now arrived at the last few days of November?  The Christmas season will soon be upon us, so let's take these last few days of November to give thanks for the beautiful season of fall and all the gifts it brings!  Please continue reading this newsletter to discover what will be taking place both inside the second grade and right here at ACS! Here are two animal friends that your children met and experienced at ACS prior to our Thanksgiving break!  Aren't they adorable? Meet a cute little hedgehog that the Phoenix Zoo brought in for all of the children to meet.  She was just precious and was quite a hit with the kids.  Below, you will find "El Pavo."  El Pavo means turkey in Spanish.  This cute little feathered friend is Mrs. Motola's pet turkey!  We had no idea that a turkey could be so sweet.  El Pavo had a great

Happy Thanksgiving Second Grade Families! May you, your children, and your loved ones have a very restful and blessed Thanksgiving.  I am grateful for all of your parental support and efforts this year, and I'm also thankful and blessed to have your children in the second grade at ACS!  This week, your children will not have their regularly scheduled core classes due to there only being two days of school.  Instead, your children will be experiencing many enrichment activities that revolve around the theme of Thanksgiving.  Please read below what will be taking place for Monday and Tuesday of this week. ELA Your children will be working on a persuasive writing sample.  The students will create a writing piece from the perspective of a turkey and will need to convince the farmer to serve a different main dish.  The writing samples will be added to your child's writing portfolio. If time permits, the students will also create a menu if they were making a Thanksgiving feas

Hello Families of Second Graders, Welcome to the second week of November!  I hope that this month has brought many blessings to you and your family.  In the last few weeks, your children have been actively engaged in learning all about how scientists classify animals, animal habitats, and conservation.  In fact, the second graders enjoyed a read aloud titled, "Judy Moody Saves the World!"  In the story, the main character, Judy, takes charge of a project to get her classmates to recycle plastic materials in order to raise money to help the rainforest.  Judy's project is so successful that she and her classmates are able to adopt almost 100 trees to be planted in the rain forest.  Your kids loved the idea from this story so much that they are asking me if we can come up with a way to recycle plastic or aluminum materials, but they would prefer to "adopt an an animal that is on the endangered species list."  If any parents have any great ideas on how we can mak

Welcome to the beautiful month of November second grade families, The month where we show gratitude for all of life's blessings!  This is the time of year when we take time out of our hectic lives to celebrate what we treasure most!  The gifts of faith, family, and friends.  Here's to a month of giving thanks!  Please continue reading to see what lies ahead this week in the second grade classroom and right here at ACS. ELA   ~ Our language arts lessons from last week will be continued this week because we did not complete all of the content.  However, the students will have a new "Spelling list" that will be located inside their agendas.  This week's list will also focus on contractions. Spelling ~ Contractions (A new list will be written down inside your child's agenda.) Grammar ~ Verbs (Present, Past, and Future) Writing ~ Informative Writing Instructions Target Skill ~ Fact and Opinion, Author's Purpose, and Monitor/Clarify Math ~ The stude