The Second Grade Ranch

Hello Second Grade Families, Can you believe that we have arrived in the season known as Fall?  May you each savor all of the joy that only Autumn can bring.  The gift of cooler weather, Halloween, All Saint's Day, and Thanksgiving!  Not to mention all of the yummy pumpkin flavored treats!  I also wanted to take a moment to say, "thank you" for attending our parent-teacher conferences last week.  Your partnership, support, and efforts are truly a blessing and appreciated.  Please continue reading to discover all that will be taking place this week in the second grade and right here at ACS. ELA Essential question that the students will answer:   What are animal homes like? Target Skills:  Text and Graphic Features, Using Context, and Questions Writing Focus:  Informative Writing Grammar Focus:  More Plural Nouns Spelling Focus:  Common Final Blends Review and Challenge Words:  slip, climb, drive, price Math The students will begin studying Place Value an

Hello Second Grade Families, It's time for our parent-teacher conferences!  Please know that your child will have full days of school on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week.  However, Thursday will be a noon dismissal day and there is no school on Friday due to the scheduled parent-teacher conferences.  After school care is not available on either Thursday, or Friday of this week.  Please know that I greatly look forward to partnering with you and discussing your child's academic, social/emotional, and spiritual development.  Thank you in advance for taking time out of your very busy schedules to meet with me.  Please continue reading to discover all that will be taking place both inside our second grade classroom and right here at ACS. ELA Essential question that the students will answer:   How is a school like a community? Target Skills:  Story Structure, Author's Word Choice, and Visualization Writing Focus:  Narrative Writing (True story) Grammar Foc

Hello Second Grade Families, I hope that your weekend was a wonderful one filled with fun moments with your kids and some much needed down time.  Your second graders are acclimated to the second grade academic routine, procedures, and behavioral expectations within our classroom and at ACS.  This week will be filled with many engaging learning activities which includes learning about spiders within our reading series!  Ewwwwww spiders!  Please continue reading this newsletter to discover all that will be taking place inside our classroom community and right here at ACS. ELA Essential question that the students will answer:   How do good friends act? Target Skills:  Cause and Effect, Figurative Language, Summarizing Writing Focus:  Narrative Writing (True story) Grammar Focus:  What is a noun Spelling Focus:  Long Vowels (o, u, e) Bonus Words for this week's Spelling List:  home, wrote, joke, ice cube Math The students have begun their academic learning lessons on

"Praying the rosary is like holding Mary's hand." St. Theresa of Calcutta Hello Second Grade Families, On Monday, the entire school will be visiting St. Gabriel's Catholic Church at 2:20 pm to pray the rosary as a faith community.  Please know that I have an entire class set of rosaries within our second grade classroom.  However, if your child wishes to bring their very own rosary,  that is completely acceptable.   Please continue reading to discover all that will be taking place this week in the second grade classroom and right here at ACS. ELA Essential question that the students will answer:   What do pets need to be healthy and happy? Target Skills:  Author's Purpose, Compare and Contrast, Analyze/Evaluate Writing Focus:  Narrative Writing (Sentences that describe) Grammar Focus:  Types of Sentences Spelling Focus:  Long Vowels (a, i) Bonus Words for this week's Spelling List:  gave, bike, mistake, while Math The students

Hello Second Grade Families, Welcome back from our three day weekend!  I hope that everyone was able to enjoy some much needed down time.  The second graders are adjusting well to our academic routine.  This week the students will be immersed in all of their academic content areas with Christ at the center of all that we learn and do.  Also note, that beginning this week, your child will need to read nightly for 15 to 20 minutes and complete a nightly reading log.  All reading logs are due on Friday's.  Any student that doesn't return their reading log on Friday, will have to "Clip Down" on our behavior clip chart.  Research shows that children who read nightly and log their reading show the most growth in the area of reading throughout a school year.  I have seen this trend first hand as an educator.  Reading helps a child to "grow their brains!"  So, let's embrace a love for reading with our children!  Your child will also need to study for thei