Thankful, Grateful, and Blessed!

Hello Second Grade Families,
Welcome to the third week of November!  Can you believe that Thanksgiving is right around the corner?  Please know that your children will have their regular homework assignments for this week, but next week there will be no homework assignments due to the Thanksgiving break.  Please continue reading to discover all that will be taking place during this school week and right here at ACS.

 ELA

Essential question that the students will answer:  
How are some schools different from each other?
Target Skills:  Main Idea and Details, Text and Graphic Features, Analyze/Evaluate
Writing Focus:  Opinion Writing
Grammar Focus:  Quotation Marks
Spelling Focus:  Vowel Digraphs ee, ea

Review and Challenge Words: eat, read, between, reason

 Math
The students will continue to work on addition concepts utilizing our "Go Math" textbook.
Please know that it's imperative that the students master their basic addition and subtraction facts to 20.  For example, in the area of addition the children need to be able to add all the way up to 20 by rote memorization.  In the area of subtraction, the students will need to be able to subtract beginning at 20 and going down by rote memorization.  As we get further into our basic math fact lessons, I will reach out to you should I observe a need for growth in this area.  If you'd like to enrich your child's math learning at home, please know that the children can practice utilizing our school wide IXL math program.  
Here are some additional ideas to assist your child at home:

  • Good old fashioned flash cards
  • Download an app to a device to assist your child in memorizing their basic math facts.  There are a few apps that my own children utilized that really helped and they were Splash Math, Sushi Monster, and any app that has your child race against a timer.  
  • Education.com has FREE worksheets to help your child practice too!  I am providing the link to you below and please know that I often utilize this website to enhance in class lessons. https://www.education.com/resources/second-grade/math+facts/                                                  I hope that this information helps!


 Science
Now that the students have learned how scientists classify animals,  they will begin studying the different types of animal habitats.   Please be on the look out for an empty shoe box because the students will be creating an animal habitat using an empty shoe box in the near future!  The animal habitat/diorama is one of our second grade "project based learning" in class activities and it will take place after we return from our Thanksgiving break!

 Also, last Friday your children experienced their very first second grade STREAM lesson.  Your children worked in teams of 4 to create a "perch" that would save a little "fuzzy weeble friend" from predators.  This activity helped the children to better understand the purpose of why birds build nests.  Below, you will find an image of the activity.  Be on the look out to see pictures of our in class STREAM lesson which will be posted on our next newsletter.


Religion
The students will begin learning the liturgical colors of the Catholic Church.  
Green = Ordinary Time (A time for reflecting and growing in our faith)
Red =  A holy day
Purple = A time of preparation (Advent and Lent)
White = A time for celebration (Christmas and Easter)

After learning about the four liturgical colors, the students will learn about the liturgical calendar.


The students will pray throughout their school day and this includes at daily Pledge/Prayer, before lunch, and prior to dismissal.

The students will attend our school wide Mass on Friday, November 22nd at 8:10 am.

Upcoming Events
Nov 21 2019 at 06:30 PM

Nov 27 2019 at 12:00 PM

Nov. 28th and Nov. 29th ~ Happy Thanksgiving!

Homework
The students are expected to read nightly for 15 to 20 minutes and to complete a simple reading log.        


All reading logs are due on Friday.  If a child does not return their homework on Friday, the consequence will be to "clip down" on our behavior chart and forfeit a raffle ticket.

 Here is the link to "Tumble Books," should you wish to have your child utilize this free site to read nightly.
https://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/Home.aspx?categoryID=13


The students will also need to study for their weekly Spelling test that will take place on Friday.
Any child that receives a 100% on this week's Spelling Pre-test , will be given a "Challenge" list of words to practice for the week.  The students working on the "Challenge List" will be tested on their list of words this coming Friday.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Welcome to Holy Week

Image
  Hello Second Grade Families, Welcome to Holy Week.  In one week the gift of the resurrection will once again be celebrated.          Here's to a week of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.  Three simple actions to honor and to bring us closer to our savior, Jesus Christ.  It's my hope that you each have a beautiful Holy Week, a blessed Easter Sunday, and a wonderful Spring Break.  This week will be quite unique for your children, and so, I have listed key changes and/or activities that will be taking place this week. On Monday, April 11th ~  The second graders will enjoy a STREAM lesson in the morning.  The students will also have two specials on this day, Art & a special Music class. On Thursday, April 14th ~ The students will be dismissed at noon. There will not be any child care on this day, so please plan accordingly.  This day will also be the school wide field day.  Please stay alert for more information via email on what will be transpiring on field day and other pert
Read more

The Month of May Has Arrived!

Image
  Hello Second Grade Families, Welcome to the month of May!  This last month of school is bound to fly, and typically the children become more fatigued and excited for the end of the school year.  Please also know that this will be the final week for reading homework, however, the children will have a weekly spelling test for the next two weeks. Please continue reading this newsletter to discover all that will be taking place this week inside the second grade classroom and right here at ACS. ELA Essential Question:  What can you learn from reading a fairy tale? Grammar:  Possessive Nouns Spelling:  Words with ow and ou Phonics:  Words with ow and ou Writing:  Opinion Writing The students will begin learning about how to properly write in cursive. Spelling List :  cow  house  town  shout  down  mouse  found  loud  brown  ground  pound  flower    out  now   towel  pounce  Math   The students will complete their lessons on money and will focus on
Read more

It's the last week of school!

Image
Hello Second Grade Families, We have arrived at the very last week of school!  This week is going to be super simple as I am now busily grading assessments, working on your child's report cards, and completing cumulative files for your children.  Inside your children's summer gift from me was a "memory book" for the students to work on.  I'd highly encourage having your children complete a few pages each day to assist them in practicing their writing skills.   Also, have you heard of the "summer slide?"  The summer slide is a term educators use to explain children "sliding back" in their learning due to not engaging in any academic activities over the course of the summer.  However, there's a way to prevent your child from experiencing the summer slide.  Research indicates, that students who read daily and practice their math skills often avoid the summer slide.  Here are a few tips to assist your child this summer. First, have you
Read more