The Second Grade Ranch

Hello Second Grade Families, It's officially the season of Autumn!  The weather is beautiful and we all can finally enjoy some much needed time outdoors!  The season of Fall is such a blessing.  Speaking of blessings, WOW, are your kids working hard in the second grade!  Last week, the kids gave their full effort in all of their subject areas.  They are becoming eager readers, mathematical problem solvers,  scientists, and you can hear a pin drop during our religious formation classes.  Here's to another great week at ACS!  Please continue reading to see what will be taking place inside the second grade and right here at ACS. ELA Spelling ~ Consonant Blends with r, l, s Review words for spelling are: slip and drive Challenge words for spelling are: climb and price Grammar ~ Singular and Plural Nouns Writing ~ Narrative Writing (True Story) Target Skill ~ Story Structure, Author's Word Choice, Visualization Math ~ The students will focus on Number Sense and P

Hello Families of Second Graders, Can you believe that we have arrived at the last few weeks of September?  Your children completed their ITBS testing last week and I am so very proud of their hard work and efforts!  To celebrate their perseverance, we enjoyed a bonus recess on Friday and a short video of The Berenstain Bears Count Their Blessings!  Both your children and I are eager to get back to our regular learning routines!  This week we will return to our Journey's Reading series and the children will need to get back to practicing their nightly reading for their homework.  Did you know that just 15 to 20 minutes of solid reading time really builds your child's reading skills?  Last week, I introduced the children to a free website where they can select e-books that are read out loud to them.  The kids loved it!  The web site provides "Tumble books!"  Tumble books are e-books for kids.  Listed below, you will find two links where your child can visit web site

Hello Families of Second Graders, This week your children will be finishing up their ITBS testing!  Due to testing, your children will not have any spelling lessons, regular reading lessons,  or tests this week.  The students will also not have any homework to assure that they can get to bed on time, so that they are well rested for their standardized testing.  You may also want to send your child with a "hearty" snack to boost their brain power to assist them in testing well.  Thank you in advance for all of your support and efforts during testing week.  Please continue reading to see what else will be transpiring this week in our classroom and right here at ACS! ELA Due to testing, the students will not experience their regularly scheduled language arts lessons.  Instead, the students will focus on writing.  This week, the students will be learning about the process of writing and how to write a narrative piece.  Paragraph writing is often taught with the visual of a

Welcome Back Second Grade Families! I hope that you and your families had a wonderful four day weekend that was filled with fun, relaxation, and adventure!  Please know that this week your children will begin their ITBS testing.  However, both Tuesday and Wednesday will be days where the students will be "prepping" for their upcoming assessments.  Rest assured that I will teach your children how to correctly bubble their answer keys, how to take a test in the different content areas, and we will review the proper conventions of writing during our in class learning time.  Due to the ITBS testing, your children will only have Spelling homework for this week.  There will be no homework given for next week. Hopefully, this will allow your children to get some much needed rest.  Please continue reading to see what else will be transpiring for this upcoming week both in the second grade and right here at ACS! Due to testing, the students will not have their regular Langu