The Second Grade Ranch

Hello Second Grade Families, Welcome to Holy Week.  Your child will only have three days of school this week.  May your families all have a beautiful Easter.  Last week, your children all attended their Lenten Retreat at St. Rose Catholic Church in Anthem.  It was such a beautiful day for the children and for the adults too!  Thank you to all of our parent chaperones.  The retreat couldn't have taken place without your generous sacrifice of giving up your time to help the second graders.  Every child received a blessed rosary from Father Noel and each rosary was hand made for the children by a St. Rose parishioner.   What a treasure!  Please continue reading to discover all that will be taking place during this very sacred week. Due to the shortened week, the students will not have any language arts lessons from the Journey's Reading series.  The students will also not have a Spelling test, any language arts assessments, or homework for this week.  Instead, we will be foc

Hello Second Grade Families, This up coming Wednesday, the second graders will be going on their Lenten retreat at St. Rose Catholic Church in Anthem.  Afterwards, the students will enjoy their lunches at Anthem Park.  Please make sure to pack your child a sack lunch with their name labeled on the outside of the bag.  The Kindergarteners will be attending the retreat with us too!  It's going to be a beautiful day remembering the cross that Christ carried for us all.  Please continue reading to discover what other activities will be taking place both inside the second grade and right here at ACS! Spelling ~ Suffixes ~ y, ly, ful Grammar ~ Irregular Verbs Writing ~ Informative Writing Target Skill ~ Conclusions, Sequence of Events, Summarizing Math ~ The students will begin their lessons on telling time and money concepts. Science ~ The students began their lessons on plants last week.  The students have already learned key vocabulary for their plants lessons, vie

Hello Second Grade Families, Welcome to the fourth week of Lent.  Father Dennis came and visited the second grade classroom last week to discuss the holy sacrament of First Reconciliation.  The students shared their knowledge of two of Christ's parables that they had been learning about in class.  They discussed the parable of "The Good Shepherd" and the parable of "The Lost Sheep."  Father Dennis was very pleased with the second graders participation and responses.  What a blessing to have had Father Dennis visit the second grade to prepare them for their sacrament.  God is good!  Please continue reading to discover what will be transpiring in our second grade classroom and right here at ACS! Spelling ~ Homophones Grammar ~ Using Adjectives Writing ~ Informative Writing Target Skill ~ Understanding Characters, Figurative Language, Questions Math ~ The students will continue their lessons on 3 digit addition and subtraction. Science ~ The students wi

Hello Families of Second Graders, Welcome to the beautiful month of March!  The month that comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.  This month will be filled with many Lenten activities, such as, The Stations of the Cross every Monday at 2:20 pm, Lenten based learning will take place within the classroom, and the second graders will be experiencing a Lenten retreat at St. Rose in Anthem on March 21st.  Please know that we are still in need of one or two more parent chaperones/drivers.  Please continue reading to discover all that will be taking place this week in the second grade and right here at ACS. Spelling ~ Words with er Grammar ~ What is an Adjective? Writing ~ Informative Writing Target Skill ~ Main Ideas and Details, Cause and Effect, Infer/Predict Math ~ The students will continue their lessons on 3 digit addition and subtraction. Science ~  The students will continue to learn about the properties and states of matter (solid, liquid, gas). Religion ~