The Second Grade Ranch

Hello Families! This is the final newsletter that will be sent out to families for this school year.  The purpose for this message is to guide parents in understanding what educators refer to as "The Summer Slide."  This year's second grade class has made great academic growth this year and I am so very proud of all their hard work.   That's why I wanted to take the time to communicate to each of you the importance of having your children academically engaged during the course of the summer.  Children who do not work in the areas of reading, writing, or math for an entire summer often experience what is known as the "summer slide."  This learning loss occurs due to a child's lack of educational experiences during the course of a summer.  However there is good news, if your child simply spends fifteen minutes reading and fifteen minutes working in the area of math four to five days a week, they can avoid the summer slide.  Here are some ideas to keep y

Hello Second Grade Families, Next week will be the final week of your child's second grade school year.  It's hard to believe that the end of our school year is now upon us.  Each year, I enjoy creating a multitude of camping themed learning activities for the kids because our family absolutely loves to go camping!  I bet your families may enjoy spending time in the great outdoors too.  I wanted to inform you ahead of time of what will be going on next week, as there are a few items your child will need to bring to school with them. So, here is our second grade "camping" itinerary for the last week of school! Monday ~ insects vs. bugs writing silly or spooky stories Making mini s'mores (Please let me know if your child can't have pretzels, marshmallows, or chocolate due to any food related allergies)  Spanish Class  Art Class Tuesday ~ camping wordsearch Community Prayer creating a camping themed memory book of our second grade school year P

Hello Second Grade Families, The final days of our school year have now begun!  There are only nine days left of school!  This week will be the last week for our formal second grade lessons.  This Friday will also be our final spelling test of the year.  I will send out one final newsletter to keep everyone in the loop as to what activities will be taking place for our final four days of school.  Thank you all for your support and efforts this year and it was a blessing to be your child's second grade teacher.   We had a wonderful time learning and growing, socially, academically, and in our faith.  The best part is that we grew together in our second grade learning community! ELA ( Strong Communicators) Spelling ~ Vowel Diphthongs ow, ou Grammar ~ Possessive Nouns Writing ~ Opinion writing Target Skills ~ Sequence of Events, Compare and Contrast, Analyze/Evaluate Math  (Resourceful Learners) The students will begin working  in the area of data analysis utilizing our

Hello Second Grade Families, Welcome to the hectic month of May!  It's hard to believe, but we have all arrived at our final month of school.   The Spring Music concert takes place this Wednesday, so it is going to be quite busy as we prepare the students for their musical presentations.  Due to our busy schedule, the Spelling  pretest will be given on Tuesday, and on Friday, the students will have their regular Spelling test.  Please continue reading to discover all that will be taking place both inside our classroom and right here at ACS for this week. ELA ELA ( Strong Communicators) Spelling ~ words with oo Grammar ~What is an Adverb? Writing ~ Opinion Writing Target Skills ~ Fact and Opinion, Author's Purpose, Question Math  (Resourceful Learners) The students will continue working in our math unit which focuses on geometry and fractions.  Our class will continue to learn about these two mathematical concepts. Religion  (Active Christians) The students