Spring Has Arrived!

 

Hello Second Grade Families,

Welcome to the season of Spring! 

 The season that renews our spirits and blooms with the blessings of hope and new life.

This week, your children will be focusing on plants in their science lessons.  There will be many "hands on" activities that will assist your child's knowledge in this topic.  Our class will be blooming with plant based knowledge by the time the week ends.

Please continue reading to discover all that will be taking place both inside our classroom and right here at ACS.

ELA


 

Essential Question:  How do plants grow and change?

Grammar:  Irregular Action Verbs

Spelling:  Words with aw, al, o

Phonics:  Words with au, aw, al, o, a

Writing:  Informative Writing

Spelling List:

tall 

saw 

dog 

draw 

call 

fall 

soft 

paw 

ball 

yawn 

log 

small  

all 

walk 

 awful 

wallpaper 

Math 

The students are focusing on geometry concepts and are now moving into the partitioning of shapes.  The partitioning of shapes is a fraction concept.

Science

The students will begin learning all about plant concepts.

Religion

  • The students will continue learning about the season of Lent.
  • The students will utilize their Jesus Our Life textbooks to focus on "Forgiveness."  
  • The students will continue to practice the Act of Contrition and we will begin learning this prayer to prepare the students for the sacrament of First Reconciliation. 
  • The students will be attending our all school Mass on Friday, March 25th for the "Feast of the Annunciation" at 8:15 a.m. inside St. Gabriel's Catholic Church.
  • The students will attend the all school Stations of the Cross on Friday, March 25th at 2:20 pm.

 

Don't forget that every second grader has access to the following websites to assist them in the areas of Reading and Math

  • RAZ Kids (the students may use this site to complete their nightly reading homework)
  • Splash Math Learning (This site will assist your child in mastering mathematical concepts that are taught inside our second grade classroom.)
  • The students will continue learning how to type using our class set of Chrome Books this week utilizing the typingclub.com website.
Homework
The students will need to complete this week's March reading log.
The reading log is due on Friday, March 25th.
The students will also need to study their Spelling words in order to best prepare for their Spelling test on Friday.

Here are the Second Grade Specials:

Monday ~ Art at 12:10

Tuesday ~ Spanish at 12:30 p.m. P.E. at 1:45 p.m. 

Wednesday ~ Mass Day at 8:15 a.m. 

                        Spanish 9:40 and Music at 1:00

Thursday ~    P.E. at 1:45 p.m.

Friday ~  There are no specials on Friday!

Upcoming Events

March 25, Friday: Feast of the Annunciation: *** WHITE OUT to honor Mary *** Students may wear a plain WHITE t-shirt with no symbols, stripes, patterns, or other color or a white ACS Uniform button down collared shirt. with Uniform bottoms only. School Mass (Friday) in Church at 8:15 a.m. (Students will not attend Wednesday daily Mass this week.) Pancake lunch served by Catholic Identity Committee and Dad’s Club. More details to come in a separate email.


March 26, Saturday: Annual Daddy & Daughter Dance 6:30 – 8:30pm, ACS Outdoor Pavilion. Order your tickets online at this link: https://annunciation.schoolauction.net/acsevents/g/daddydaughterdance See attached flyer.


April 1, Friday: Basketball game ACS Students with Fr. Chad will challenge our local Seminarians from Nazareth House Seminary and Fr. Paul Sullivan. More details to come!


April 1, Friday: Catholic Identity Committee will host the St. Gabriel’s Lent Dinner after Stations of the Cross at 6p.m. in the Parish Hall. Please come fellowship with the ACS community and enjoy a nice meal (no charge).

 

 

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