Welcome to Week Three!



Hello Families of Second Graders!
Welcome to our third week of school!  I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of the families that attended our curriculum night.  Your support and efforts are dearly appreciated.  Your children are getting into the groove of the second grade and we are already learning so much.  Last week, we began learning about the blessed trinity during our formal religion class, we also completed our beginning of the year math and reading assessments, the children also experienced their very first Spelling test, and we began studying the seven continents and five oceans!  Wow!  What a full and beautiful week!  Here's what will be taking place for this upcoming week in the second grade.  Please note that the students will be dismissed at noon on Friday, August 25th. 


Language Arts

Spelling ~ Short Vowels o,u,e
Grammar ~ Simple Sentences
Writing ~ Narrative Writing (Friendly Letters)
Target Skill ~ Compare and Contrast, Understanding Informational Text, and what is a question

Religion ~ The students will be learning about "Our Heavenly Father."
  • The students will review the blessed trinity.
  • The students will focus on God the creator.
  • The students will learn that God made us.
  • The students will pray throughout each school day.
  • On Friday, all of the ACS students will attend Mass in St. Gabriel Church at 8:15 a.m.

 Math ~ The students will focus on Number Sense and Place Value.

Social Studies ~  The students will continue focusing on map skills.

Odds and Ends ~ In the next week or two, please send your child to school with headphones that they may utilize during our computer time.  Also, please know that yellow "Friday Folders" are sent home every Friday.  Please empty the contents of your student's Friday folder, sign the blue sheet to document that your child's weekly work was received, and then send the yellow folder back every Monday in your child's back pack.  Thank you!

Upcoming Dates
  • Middle School Curriculum Night ~ August 21st at 6:00 p.m.
  • Early Dismissal ~ August 25th, at 12:00 p.m.
  • No School ~ September 1st or 4th, 2017 (Labor Day Holiday Weekend!)
  
      


        Homework

        Monday
        Please read for 15 to 20 minutes and write down the title of your book utilizing the weekly “Reading Log.”
        Complete your nightly Math skill page that is labeled Monday. 

        Tuesday
        Please read for 15 to 20 minutes and write down the title of your book utilizing the weekly “Reading Log.”
        Complete your nightly Math skill page that is labeled Tuesday.         

        Wednesday
        Please read for 15 to 20 minutes and write down the title of your book utilizing the weekly “Reading Log.”
        Complete your nightly Math skill page that is labeled Wednesday. 

        Thursday
        Please read for 15 to 20 minutes and write down the title of your book utilizing the weekly “Reading Log.”
        Complete your nightly Math skill page that is labeled Thursday.
        Don’t forget to have one of your parents sign your reading log and your agenda this evening!
        Study for your Spelling Test which will take place on Friday.




            













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