Hello October!

 It's October!  Let's take the time to savor all that this blessed month has to offer.  The month where cooler weather often arrives and our children often look forward to Halloween.  In our Catholic faith, this month is also one of two months that are dedicated to our blessed mother, Mary.  May we all take some time to honor our blessed mother through praying The Hail Mary, or through praying the rosary.  October 13th will mark the day that the blessed mother appeared for the last time to three children in Fatima, Portugal.  This is the day that the "Miracle of the Sun" occurred.  Our blessed mother is with us and she hears our prayers.  Blessed Mother, Mary, pray for us! 

Please continue reading to discover all that will be taking place both within the second grade classroom and right here at ACS.

ELA

Essential question that the students will answer:  
What can you learn from planting a garden?
Target Skills:  Conclusions, Story Structure, Analyze/Evaluate
Writing Focus:  Informative Writing 
Grammar Focus:  Proper Nouns
Spelling Focus:  Double Consonants and ck

Bonus Words for this week's Spelling List:  will, off, across, pocket

Math

The students will continue learning about place value and place value concepts.  

Social Studies

The students have almost completed all of their Geography lessons for the second grade.  There are a few more standards which remain.  Below you will find the focus for this week's Geography lessons.

The students will:

• Identifying different types of landforms 
• Designing and creating a map 

Religion

The students will experience a school wide virtual "Rosary" service on Monday at 2:15pm.

The students will utilize the "Jesus Our Life" religion series focusing on "God is Offended." The lesson this week is one of many lessons that will prepare the children for the sacrament of Reconciliation.

The students will be attending Mass as a school community on Wednesday, October 7th at 8:15 am.

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:

Please take note that the time for our Spanish class has been changed.

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

What’s Happening?

October 5, Monday: Monthly Rosary led by the 7th grade Luminous Mysteries at 2:20 p.m. Grades 4 – 8 will be in the church.  Parents are welcome to join us in the church.  

October 5, Monday: Jury Duty.  Dr. Pristash has been called for Jury Duty.  If selected she will be gone for 3 weeks.  We will update on Tuesday.

October 7, Wednesday:  Kick off for ROCTOBER DANCE CHALLENGE. Prevideo in each classroom!

October 9, 12, Fri & Mon:  No School.  October 9 was previously scheduled as a half day now a day off due to Educators Day, Teacher’s In Service.

October 18, Sunday:  ACS Family Mass 10:30 a.m. at St. Gabriel Catholic Church.  Students in uniform may have free dress on Monday.  A separate sign up email will be sent out for attendance count since we allowed a limited number.

October 22, Thursday: Parent Teacher Conferences.  Noon dismissal K-5. No school for MS. MS conferences all day.  K-5 conferences in PM. 

October 23, Friday: Parent Teacher Conferences.  No school K-8.  Conferences all day.  (Sign up genius will be sent out next week.)

October 26, Monday:  $1 Free Dress to support 8th Grade trip to Grand Canyon.  Thank you in advance for your support.

Box Tops

Have you scanned your receipts this week?  NO more clipping! Just scan your receipt and never miss out on cash for ACS by turning on the Scan Reminders in the Box Tops mobile app to receive a friendly reminder on your phone to scan your receipts. In addition, you can customize the frequency of your reminders to match your weekly shopping routine with the latest version of the app. BONUS: Scan your receipt on the Box Tops app now until 10/4/20 and ACS will be entered into the Fall Sweepstakes for a chance to DOUBLE our school’s fall earnings. Share this digital flyer with your extended family in or out of state and get excited about supporting ACS! Start by registering here: https://www.boxtops4education.com/Consumer-register-page

ROCKtober Dance Challenge

• Pledging is open as of September 23
• already getting sponsors! WAY TO GO ACS ANGELS!  
• Your involvement starts with registering your student and sharing the link with friends and extended family online at funrun.com.  
• This is our most successful fundraiser with 67% of the donations coming from friends and extended family members. 
• We have worked safely to begin school this year, we are also safely hosting this essential fundraiser based on our schools current guidelines.  
• Our goal is to rally together by having a lot of fun while helping our school.  
• We are excited to share a quick 30 second video to preview what is coming to ACS on October 7!  Click ACS ROCKtober Dance Challenge!

Homework

This week, the students will be expected to study for their Spelling test that will take place on Thursday, October 8th.

Please know that every child has been taught and is expected to write their full list of Spelling words inside their agenda every week. 

The students are also expected to read every single night for 15 to 20 minutes.  

This week, please also expect your child to bring home a nightly reading log.  The reading logs are sent home every Monday and need to be returned to school on Friday's.  This week, the reading log will be due on Thursday!

After your child reads, he, or she, will need to fill out their nightly reading log.  Please also know that the students are taught in class how to properly fill out and utilize their reading logs.