The Gift of Joy

Hello Second Grade Families,
Welcome to the third week of advent.  The week when the "Joy" candle is lit on the Advent wreath.  The birthday of Jesus is quickly approaching!  This week, the second grade classroom will be filled with the gift of "Joy" due to all the fun Christmas themed activities that will be taking place.  They will also be excited to know that there will not be any homework, or a spelling test due to our Second Grade Christmas celebration which will take place on Friday, December 20th.  

 Please continue to read this newsletter to discover everything that will be taking place within our second grade classroom and right here at ACS.

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The students will be stepping outside of their Journey's reading text to enjoy Christmas based reading stories and language arts activities.  Below you will find the stories that your children will be enjoying and our in class activities will revolve around these stories.

  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  • Bear Stays Up for Christmas
Math

The student's math activities will be Christmas based and will include addition, subtraction, and graphing.

 Social Studies
The students will be learning about how Christmas is celebrated around the world.  
Below you will find the countries that the children will be studying.

  • Mexico
  • Italy
  • England
  • France
  • Israel
  • Sweden

Religion

The students will continue learning about the season of Advent and the Jesse Tree.

The students will continue learning about the Holy Family utilizing their Jesus is our Life textbook.

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, December 20th at 8:10 am.

Upcoming Events

Dec 16 2019 at 08:30 AM
Dec 18 2019 at 06:30 PME
Dec 20 2019 at 12:00 PM
Dec 21 2019

Homework
The students will not have any homework for this week!
Merry Christmas!

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