It's the Week of Parent-Teacher Conferences!

Hello Second Grade Families!
This week begins the season of Fall and it is also the week of parent-teacher conferences.  I look forward to sitting with each of you to discuss the strengths of your child and how together we can foster your child's individual growth.  This week will also be a short school week due to the conferences.  On Thursday, the students will be dismissed at noon and there will be no school on Friday.  Please continue reading to discover all that will be taking place inside our classroom and right here at ACS school.


ELA
Spelling ~ Consonant Blends with r, l, s
Grammar ~ Singular and Plural Nouns
Writing ~ Narrative Writing 
Target Skills ~ Story Structure, Author's Word Choice, Visualizing

Math
The students will continue their math lessons in unit 2 from our Go Math series!  This unit focuses on place value to the thousands.

Social Studies ~  The students will be focusing on the different types of landforms.   Here are some of the landforms that will be discussed in class:
  • mountains
  • plateaus
  • deserts
  • oceans
  • lakes
  • rivers
  • canyons
  • valleys
  • hills
  • plains
  • peninsulas
  • bays
  • islands
  • volcanoes


 Religion
The students will focus on "God is Offended" utilizing the
Jesus, Our Life Religion series.


The students will attend our school wide Community Prayer service on Tuesday, September 25th at 8:10 a.m.


The students will pray during a variety of times through out the day. 
Upcoming Dates 

 Chess Club
   Sep 26 2018 at 03:10 PM
   No School for Middle School only - Parent Teacher Conferences
   Sep 27 2018
   Early dismissal K-5 at Noon - Parent Teacher Conferences
   Sep 27 2018 at 11:00 AM
   No School- K-8 Parent Teacher Conferences
   Sep 28 2018 

Homework

Due to it being a short week, the student's homework will look a little differently.  The students will need to continue to read each night and log it and they will also need to prepare for their Spelling test that will take place on Thursday.  However, the students will also focus on creating a "mini poster" for the pet of their dreams!  Please know that your child's homework for this week will be sent home on Monday and it should be located inside their homework folder.  All homework assignments will be due on Thursday for this week.

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