The Countdown Begins!





Hello Second Grade Families,
The countdown to the end of the school year has begun and the children are greatly anticipating summer days filled with sleeping in, swimming, and vacationing with their families.  Yes, summer is right around the corner, and so, it will take some extra effort from all of us to assist the students in making positive behavior choices at school and giving their best efforts in finishing their year strong! Please have a simple conversation at home about behavioral expectations at ACS.  Thank you all for your support and efforts through out this school year.  It has been such a wonderful year at ACS and your children have been a treasure!  Please continue reading to keep up to date on all that will be taking place this week inside the second grade classroom and right here at ACS!
Spelling ~ Diphthongs ow, ou
Grammar ~ Possessive Nouns
Writing ~ Opinion Writing (response paragraph)
Informative Writing (Research Report ~ Famous Scientists!!!)
Target Skill ~  sequence of events, compare and contrast, analyze/evaluate

Math ~ The students will have lessons that focus on geometry concepts and fractions.

Social Studies ~ The students will continue their lessons on economics.  Our focus will be on goods and services. 

 Science ~  The students will complete their final drafts of their famous scientist reports!

Religion ~  


The students will pray during a variety of times throughout our school day.

 The students will attend our school wide Mass this week.

The students will utilize their religion texts to learn about the following concepts this week:  
Jesus Comes to Us
Mary Our Mother

  • IXL ~ This site will assist your child in their math skills.
  • Your child's username and passwords to these sites are located inside their agendas.



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Upcoming Dates

   No School
   May 07, 2018
   Kindergarten Orientation
   May 10, 2018 at 9:00 AM


End of year Pep Rally
  May 11 2018 at 10:00 AM

  Next Generation of Generosity Dinner!
  May 12 2018 at 05:30 PM


Homework
The students will not have any homework for the remainder of the year with the exception of studying for their weekly Spelling test!
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