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Welcome to Our Second Grade Community!

Hello Second Grade Families at Annunciation Catholic School!  Here's to a wonderful first day of school up ahead and to the new 2019-2020 school year!   What a blessing it is to be your child's second grade teacher this school year! 

Please know that this site will serve as our weekly second grade newsletter.  Every Monday you will be receiving an updated newsletter that is sent directly to your "inbox."  So, please continue reading to discover what will be taking place within our classroom community and right here at Annunciation Catholic School.
              
In the second grade, it is critical to foster organizational skills.  In order to assist the students in becoming organized learners, every content area will be color coded.  Each subject will have the following designated colors:

Religion ~ Pink
Language Arts ~ Purple
Math ~ Black
Social Studies ~ Blue
Science ~ Green
Special Areas ~ Yellow

This color coding system will also be utilized in the weekly newsletter to effectively communicate what learning will be taking place in each subject area for the week.

Assisting the children in growing socially and emotionally is also an integral part to being in the second grade.  Our class discipline "clip chart" system will also be color coded.  Below you will find the color coding system that will be used in the classroom.

Inside your child's agenda each day, you will find one of the 7 colors indicating how your child's day went based on their behavioral choices both inside and outside of the classroom while they were at school.  This behavior system is to assist the children in self reflecting on their choices throughout the day.  It also allows each child to own his or her behavior choices.  This behavioral system encourages each child to exhibit positive decision making skills because it serves as a clear visual aid and every child will be physically "moving up" their clip on the chart for making positive choices throughout our day and they will physically "move their clip down" the chart should they make a poor choice during the day.  There also will be a raffle ticket system that I'm sure your children will be talking to you about where they can earn privileges and prizes from a "Menu Board" for positive decision making.

Our First Week of School
This week the students will:

• Focus on procedures, protocols, and expectations of our classroom community
• Engage in "hands on" community building activities
• Actively participate at Mass and school wide assemblies
• Listen to storybooks that teach children the importance of exhibiting positive social skills
• Understand our Discipline With a Purpose lessons that focus on the skills of listening, asking meaningful questions, using positive social skills, sharing, and following directions
• Beginning of the year second grade assessments

Upcoming Events
ACS 10th Anniversary Mass ~ Aug 12 2019 at 08:15 AM
ACS Open House ~ Aug 12 2019 at 10:00 AM (I hope to meet and greet you on our Open House event!)
First Day of School - Noon Dismissal ~ Aug 13 2019 at 08:00 AM
K-5 Curriculum Night ~ Aug 14 2019 at 06:00 PM
Homework
The second graders will not begin their formal homework until September!  Let's give the children time to acclimate to being back in school.  However, the students may begin their Spelling lessons during the second week of school and will need to simply prepare for their weekly Spelling assessment.