Winter Learning in Grade 2!

Hello Second Grade Families,
Welcome to the second week of being back in school.  Your kids are off to a great start and we completed every single scheduled learning activity last week!  Yippee!  Class Dojo was a huge hit and the second graders are actively engaged in recognizing their daily learning choices.  Also, the consensus for the class is that the "less is more" approach to homework is meeting the needs of your children.  Thank you for all of your feedback and I was so happy to hear of all the meaningful activities that your children were able to do because of minimizing the homework in the second grade.  With that being said, your children's homework expectation will be to read nightly for at least 15 minutes and to complete their reading log.  The students will also need to study their weekly spelling words for Friday's test.  Reading logs will always be due on Friday's.  Please continue reading to discover all the learning that lies ahead in the second grade and for the activities that will be taking place at ACS.

 ELA
ELA (Strong Communicators)
Spelling ~ Compound Words
Grammar ~ Abbreviations
Writing ~ Opinion Writing, Persuasive Essay
Target Skills ~ Cause and Effect, Humor, Monitor/Clarify

Math (Resourceful Learners)
The students will continue their learning from chapter 5 in their "Go Math" learning series.  This unit will focus on double digit subtraction with and without regrouping. In class, the second graders have begun math "sprints" to assist them in the skill of "automaticity" with their basic addition and subtraction facts.

Religion (Active Christians)
The students will be learning from our "Jesus Our Life" textbook this week.  

The lessons that we will be focusing on are:
  • The Good News
  • Jesus Our Teacher
I will also begin talking to the children about the sacrament of "Reconciliation."  The students will also be introduced to the Act of Contrition.  The students will begin learning this confessional prayer during our class time.  

Social Studies (Thoughtful Citizens)
The students will begin learning about American History and about the Three Branches of the American Government.  
Here are the main focuses of our lessons.
  • The thirteen colonies
  • The American Constitution
  • The Three Branches of Government
  • The idea that our country was founded as a representative, constitutional, democratic republic
  • American Symbols
During our daily story time, your children will be enjoying a biography of the life of the great 
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Updates
Annual State of the School meeting  Jan 23 2019 at 06:00 PM  
Evening Under the Stars   Jan 26 2019 at 06:00 PM  

Homework

  • Read nightly for at least 15 minutes and log your reading!
  • Study your weekly spelling words for Friday's test!




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