Fall is Everywhere!

Hello Second Grade Families,
Welcome back from your 4 day "Fall Break."  Hopefully, you and your family were able to enjoy the extended weekend to the fullest!  This week your children will resume their regular learning schedule and this will include studying for their weekly Spelling test and reading each night for at least 15 minutes and completing their reading log.  The homework will be due on Friday and the Spelling test will be given on Friday too.  Also,  this week the students will begin their formal writing lessons.  The second graders will be learning the six steps to the writing process (brainstorming, making a rough draft, editing, revising, and creating their final draft.)  Every formal writing piece that your child composes in the second grade, will be kept inside their individual three ring binders.  By the end of this school year, every second grader will have a collection of writing samples that will be sent home with them.  Please continue reading to find out all that will be taking place both in the second grade and right here at ACS school.

 ELA
Essential question that the students will answer:  
How can some storms be dangerous?
Target Skills:  Main Ideas and Details
Writing Focus:  Informative Writing
Grammar Focus:  What is a verb?
Spelling Focus:  Consonant Digraphs ( th, sh, wh, ch, tch)
Review and Challenge Words:  which, then, catch, thumb

Math
The students will continue studying Place Value and Addition concepts.

Science
The students will complete their lessons on the Surface of the Earth concepts, and will begin studying Human versus Natural elements.




 Religion
The students will step outside of their Jesus Our Life religion series this week to focus on the gift of our "Blessed Mother."  The months of October and May are reserved in our Catholic faith to honor our Blessed Mother, Mary.  The students will be learning about the four mysteries of the Rosary.  It is my hope,  that the students will also better understand that the Rosary is not only a series of holy prayers, but a way in which to remember the life stories of Jesus Christ.  After our lessons are finished, the students will be completing a large sized "Rosary" poster in small groups.  The poster displays how to properly pray the Rosary and the prayers that are to be said for each bead.  Once the project is completed, they will be displayed within our classroom.


The students will pray throughout their school day and this includes at daily Pledge/Prayer, before lunch, and prior to dismissal.


The students will attend our school wide Mass on Friday, October 18th at 8:10 a.m.

Upcoming Events

 P.I.E. General Meeting
Oct 15 2019 at 06:30 PM

Early Dismissal at Noon - Staff Meeting
Oct 25 2019 at 12:00 PM

Nov 01 2019

Homework
The students are expected to read nightly for 15 to 20 minutes and to complete a simple reading log.        
All reading logs are due on Friday.  If a child does not return their homework on Friday, the consequence will be to "clip down" on our behavior chart and forfeit a raffle ticket.


Here is the link to "Tumble Books," should you wish to have your child utilize this free site to read nightly.


The students will need to study for their weekly Spelling test that will take place on Friday.
 Any child that receives a 100% on this week's Spelling Pre-test , will be given a "Challenge" list of words to practice for the week.  The students working on the "Challenge List" will be tested on their list of words this coming Friday.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Last Week of School Is Here!

Image
  Hello Second Grade Families, The last week of the school year has arrived...and so, here's to making this last week together fun, special, and positively memorable!  Please know that we will be doing a lot of unique and engaging learning activities this week in order to keep the students learning in a more interesting and exciting way! ELA The students will be reading about space exploration for our final week of school.  The students will also   have space themed activities that coincides with what is being learned from our mini-space exploration readers.  This will be a cross curricular learning experience for your children.  The students will be applying their language arts skills while learning about space science content. Math The students will be wrapping up their lessons on data.  Our data lessons taught the students how to read and interpret graphs.  The students were also introduced to how to read and/or create a survey and then put the data into a graph.   Religion The
Read more

May is in full swing!

Image
  Hello Second Grade Families, Happy Mother's Day to all of our wonderful second grade moms!  I hope that you each have had a beautiful day!  May is off to a busy start and your children are anticipating the gift of summer that's right around the corner.  Below are a few items to keep you in the loop about both school wide behavioral expectations and second grade academics. The students are required to have their shirts tucked in while school is in session.  Jackets are no longer needed as it is now warming up. The second graders will have a Spelling test this week, so make sure to have your child study in order to best prepare them for their test on Friday. There will be no more reading homework for the remainder of the school year! All of the second graders will soon be assessed on their reading fluency prior to exiting the grade level.  Your child's reading abilities will be communicated to you with your child's report card at the end of the school year. ELA     Ess
Read more

Let's Take A Moment to Stop And Smell the Roses!

Image
  Hello Second Grade Families, There are only ten more days of school left!  Let's stop to savor these last few weeks of second grade.  Please know that your child will not have anymore spelling tests, or nightly reading homework.  Enjoy the extra family time and allowing your child to get a full night's rest. ELA Essential Question:  Why might a person from long ago still be important today? Grammar:  Choose Between Adjectives and Adverbs Spelling:  Long Vowels o and e Phonics:  Reading Longer Words with Long Vowels o and e Writing:  Opinion Writing The students will continue learning about how to properly write in cursive.  Spelling List :  seated  keeps  speed  seen  means  clean  groan  roast  bowls  crow  owe grown   green  snow    peace  below   Math   The students will be wrapping up their lessons on telling time and counting money.  Our last unit will be focusing on reading graphs.  Please know that rea
Read more