Halloween is Right Around the Corner!
Welcome to the week of Halloween! I'm sure the kids will be excited for the upcoming holiday, so we will be taking the time on Friday to do some fun filled Halloween based activities. We are keeping it simple this year due to COVID, but I'm certain your children will have a "Spooktacular" time. Our activities will include a Halloween craft and watching a kid friendly Halloween video. I'm hoping to have the kids view either Spookley the Square Pumpkin, or The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. Each child will also receive some Halloween goodies at dismissal time!
Also, I would like to thank you all for an amazing few days of parent-teacher conferences. Thank you for all of your continued support and efforts. It was wonderful to be able to sit down and discuss your child with you and to get to know each of my student's parents better. It was truly a gift and your kiddos are all working so hard and are such an amazing group of kids! It's a blessing to be their second grade teacher!
Please continue reading to discover all that will be taking place both inside the second grade classroom and right here at ACS.
ELA
How can stories help you learn a lesson?
Target Skills: Understanding Characters, Author's Word Choice, Summarizing
Writing Focus: Informative Writing (How to write Instructions)
Grammar Focus: Verbs in the Present Tense
Spelling Focus: Base Words and Endings, ed and ing
Bonus Words for this week's Spelling List: mixed, sleeping, teasing, knocking
Math
The students will continue the unit in their Go Math series which focuses on addition and subtraction concepts.
Religion
The students will experience our school wide Community Prayer on Monday, October 26th at 8:15 a.m.
The students will be attending Mass as a school community on Wednesday, October 28th at 8:15 am.
The students will step outside their Jesus is Our Life Religion series to learn about the "Liturgical Calendar" of the Catholic Church.
The students will pray throughout their school day and this includes at daily Pledge/Prayer, before lunch, and prior to dismissal.
The second graders will continue learning the prayer for the intercession of St. Michael the Archangel per Father Chad's request. All of the ACS students will be saying the prayer each time we attend Mass on Wednesday mornings and in our second grade classroom.
Here are the Second Grade Specials:
Monday ~ Art at 12:10
Tuesday ~ P.E. at 2:25
Spanish at 12:00
Wednesday ~ Mass Day at 8:15 a.m.
Spanish 9:40 and Music at 1:00
Thursday ~ P.E. at 2:25
Friday ~ No special area classes
Upcoming Events
October 26, Monday: $1 (minimum) Free Dress to support 8th Grade expenses (trip to Grand Canyon, class gift, Year-end luncheon). Thank you in advance for your support.
October 26, Monday: Community Prayer will be live in the classrooms. It will be recorded and available to view later on google meet.
October 28, Wednesday: Youth Safe Environment Training for K-5.
October 30, Friday: Noon Dismissal. No lunch. Teacher Staff Day.
November 2, Monday: Monthly Rosary led by the 6th grade Sorrowful Mysteries.
Homework
This week, your children will have an "Optional" reading log which is due on Friday, October 30th. Any child that chooses to complete this optional homework activity will earn extra credit points towards their report card in the area of "Homework."
All of the second graders are required to work on their "All Saint's Mini-Poster and Art Project." This activity will be due on Monday, November 2nd. Directions about this activity can be found below and they were also sent home with every second grade student last week.
Have fun with this engaging activity and see it as a time to connect with your child in the spirit of our beautiful Catholic faith! May the saints guide you and may their spirits guide you as you work together on this faith based activity.
Here’s to a blessed All Saints Day!
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