Hello December!

 

Welcome back Second Grade Families and happy December!

The month where we enter the season of Advent in order to prepare our hearts for the gift of Jesus!  It's also the month when your "children will be nestled snug in their beds while visions of sugar plums will be dancing in their heads."   It's such a beautiful time of the year, so let's enter it with our hearts wide open and ready to spread much needed joy and cheer.

Please continue reading this newsletter to stay up to date on all that will be taking place both inside the second grade classroom 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

Bonus Words for this week's Spelling List:  eat, read, between,  reason

Math

The students will continue to focus on double digit addition with and without regrouping and the students will also begin learning subtracting with and without borrowing.

Science

The students will begin learning about how scientists classify animals. 

Examples include;  reptiles, amphibians, mammals, birds, fish, etc.

Religion

The students will have their second sacramental preparation lesson sometime this week.

The students will focus on the unit "Obeying God Our Father" utilizing the Jesus Our Life religion series. 

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

Computer Corner

Don't forget that your child has access to several academic computer sites to enhance their learning at home.

Here is a quick list to assist your child in their academic growth at home.

• RAZ kids ( Your child may utilize this site to complete their nightly reading homework.)
• IXL (Section G focuses on double digit addition with and without regrouping)

Upcoming Events

November 30, Monday: Community Prayer led by the 6th grade class at 8:10 a.m.

December 4, Friday  will be the start of the annual Pajama drive.  Please pick up all sizes of pajamas for boys, girls, moms or dads. There will be a collection box in the K3 and the middle school buildings.  

December 4, Friday:  Noon Dismissal. No lunch service.  Teacher’s In Service.  Please email office@acsphx.org if you will need aftercare.

December 6, Sunday: Due to COVID restrictions on singing and size of gatherings, we will not have a school Christmas Concert on Dec. 16. However, the parish and school are planning a St. Nicholas Advent Celebration, drive-in style. Save the date! Please see the attached flyer.

Homework

This week, the students will need to read each night for at least 15 minutes and log their reading utilizing their reading log.  The reading log is due on Friday.

The students will also need to study for their Spelling Test that will take place on Friday.