Welcome to the First Week of School ~ The Distance Learning Way!

 Hello Second Grade Families,

Monday will be our very first day of distance learning!  It was wonderful to meet you and your children last week!  Please know that I have you all in my thoughts and prayers as we navigate your child's learning together as a team.  My prayer requests are also that soon we will have the gift of normalcy entering our lives which includes having all of your children learning inside their regular classroom environment.  Please continue reading this newsletter to discover how to best assist your child for our very first week of learning!


9:00 to 9:30am ~ Have your child visit their Google Classroom and click on the "Google Meet Up Link Camera".   Please make sure that your child is registered in the Google Classroom,  so that they can access their distance learning materials.  I would strongly recommend printing off the Google slides to keep your child's learning on track.  The Google slides have all of the textbook page numbers and can serve as a great daily schedule for the second graders.  Also note,  that parents may choose to either return their child's completed textbook pages through the Google Classroom, or by simply keeping their child's completed work inside a folder and I will grade it upon our return to school.  Whatever option works best for you and your family during these challenging times.

Below you will find the Google link and class code for the second graders just in case it is needed.

https://meet.google.com/lookup/bhx4pu3xj4

Class Code:Class code

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During our thirty minutes together, your child will experience:

  • Attendance
  • Pledge/Prayer
  • A Blessing for the Day!
  • Learning Expectations
  • Social/Emotional Challenge for the Day!
Please note that each item in the picture above will take your child to an academic content area.
  • Click on the Journey's Reading book~ Online textbook for your second grader
  • Click on the YouTube image ~ Mrs. Connell's daily math lesson for the day
  • Click on the Go Math book~ Curious George will assist your child's math knowledge by reiterating today's daily concept
  • Click on the  IXL image ~ Apply and practice your math skills (This week's concept is Data which is located in section "R" on the IXL website in the second grade section.)

Optional Learning Activities

  • Click on the sloth for a “Brain Break” from Go Noodle!

  • Click on the coffee cup to create your very own wordsearch Listed below are some words that describe strong character traits that you may choose to enter to create your very own word search:

    friendly, kind, helpful, share, honest, polite, neat, organized, caring, humble, patient, caring, fair, obedient, loving

  • Click on Baby Jesus and the Blessed Mother to make your own Jesus Loves Me photo frame

  • Click on I Love Jesus to learn how to sing Jesus Loves Me in sign language

  • Click on the fish bowl to enjoy a virtual field trip at the San Diego Zoo that focuses on animal builders.

  • Click on the plant to play a typing game


ELA

This week your children will begin reading Henry and Mudge which is located inside their Journey's textbook.  Please take note that your child may have the text read to them on-line by utilizing our Interactive Second Grade Google Classroom.  

Math

The students will begin learning about data (bar graphs, tally graphs, and picture graphs).

Religion

The students will begin learning that Jesus loves them...unconditionally, and that they each are a child of God.

Science

The students will be able to go on a "virtual field trip" to the San Diego Zoo and learn about animals that build their own homes.

My office hours are from 2:00 to 3:00 every day!  

So, please don't hesitate to reach out to me should you need any further assistance. 

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