Read, Read, Read!
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 sites to enjoy tumble books at their reading levels. The first site is through the Phoenix Public Library and your child will need to enter their library card number in order to visit the site. However, the second site is through a library in Portland, Oregon, and your child can select a "Tumble book" without a library card. These e-books may be used for your child's nightly reading requirements. However, please also have your child practice reading with you at least 2 nights a week. I would strongly suggest that you read a page and then have your child read a page to you, as this technique will build your child's fluency skills!
Phoenix Public Library
Tumble Books (Portland, Oregon website)
Please continue reading to see what else will be transpiring in the second grade and right here at ACS!
ELA
Review words for spelling are: home, joke
Challenge words for spelling are: wrote, ice cube
Grammar ~ What is a Noun?
Writing ~ Narrative Writing (True Story)
Target Skill ~ Cause and Effect, Figurative Language, Summarizing
Math ~ The students will focus on Number Sense and Place Value.
Social Studies ~ The students completed their lessons on map skills last week! However, we will periodically practice reading different types of maps to assure retention of this important life skill.
Science ~ The students will begin their lessons on landforms.
Religion ~ The students will continue their lessons on "Becoming a Child of God."
The students will attend Mass on Friday at 8:15 inside St. Gabriel's.
The students will pray during a variety of times throughout our school day.
Odds and Ends ~ If you have not done so, 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!
The Tech Corner
Don't forget that your child has access to the following websites to enrich their learning at home:
- Spelling City(spellingcity.com) ~ This site will help your child in preparing for their weekly Spelling tests.
- IXL ~ This site will assist your child in their math skills.
- Your child's username and passwords to these sites are located inside their agendas.
Upcoming Dates
- ACS Family Mass at St. Gabriel's on Sunday, September 24th, at 8:30 a.m.
- Grandparent's Guild Meeting on September 26th at 10:00 a.m.
Second Grade Homework for the Week of Sept. 18th
Due Date for Homework: Friday, Sept. 22nd
Monday
Please read for 15 to 20 minutes and write down the title of your book utilizing the weekly “Reading Log.”
Complete your nightly “Go Math” skill page.
Tuesday
Please read for 15 to 20 minutes and write down the title of your book utilizing the weekly “Reading Log.”
Complete your nightly “Go Math” skill page.
Wednesday
Please read for 15 to 20 minutes and write down the title of your book utilizing the weekly “Reading Log.”
Complete your nightly “Go Math” skill page.
Thursday
Please read for 15 to 20 minutes and write down the title of your book utilizing the weekly “Reading Log.”
Complete your nightly “Go Math” skill page.
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.
Please note that the “High Frequency Words” will not be on our weekly Spelling test. However, they are words that the students need to become familiar with, as they will assist them in their reading fluency and writing skills.
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