Catholic Schools Week!

 

Hello Second Grade Families,

This week is Catholic Schools Week!  

Here's to celebrating faith, excellence, and service. 

Your children will be coming home on Monday with a schedule of all the activities that will take place for this week.  Below, I also created a schedule to keep you informed on what will be taking place for the week.

Monday ~ Celebrate the Community - Talent Show at 1:45 p.m. in the Parish Hall - free dress if you attended Mass/Open House in your full uniform on Sunday

Tuesday ~ Celebrate Vocations - Vocational speaker at 9:30 a.m. for K-5, 1:15 for 6-8 - Bring a prop to school to show what you want to do for a profession (full uniform, simple props please!)

Wednesday ~ Celebrate Faculty, Staff and Volunteers - Kids can wear saints socks today!

Thursday ~ Celebrate the Nation - Red, White, & Blue Buck-O-Jeans Day for the kids!

Friday ~ Celebrate Students - STREAM Event at 10:15 a.m., Volleyball Game 8th Grade vs. Faculty at 2:00 p.m. - The kids can wear their favorite sports team shirt/jersey with their uniform bottoms

Please continue reading to discover all that will be taking place this week in the second grade and right here at ACS!

ELA


Essential Question:  How are signs helpful?

Grammar:  Commas in Dates and Places

Spelling:  Words with ar

Phonics:  Words with ar

Writing:  Narrative Writing


Spelling List: 

car

dark

arm

star

park

yard

party

hard

farm

start

part

spark

art

jar

carpet

apartment

 

Math 

The students will continue learning about place value concepts to the thousands place.

Social Studies

The students will learn about American symbols.

If time permits, the students will begin to learn about the three branches of the American Government. 

Science 

The students are concluding their lessons that focuses on animals, their habitats, and their life cycles.

Religion

  • The students will attend Mass on Wednesday, February 2nd at 8:10 a.m. inside St. Gabriel's Catholic Church.
  • The students will utilize their Jesus Our Life textbooks to focus on "Jesus Our Teacher" (this lesson began last week, but still needs to be completed) this week. 
  • The students will continue to practice the Act of Contrition and we will begin learning this prayer to prepare the students for the sacrament of First Reconciliation.

 
 

 

Don't forget that every second grader has access to the following websites to assist them in the areas of Reading and Math

  • RAZ Kids (the students may use this site to complete their nightly reading homework)
  • Splash Math Learning (This site will assist your child in mastering mathematical concepts that are taught inside our second grade classroom.)
  • The students will continue learning how to type using our class set of Chrome Books this week utilizing the typingclub.com website.

Homework
The students will be given a new homework sheet for this week.
The students will need to read and log it each night.
The students will also need to study their Spelling words in order to best prepare for their Spelling test on Friday. 

Here are the Second Grade Specials:

Monday ~ Art at 12:10

Tuesday ~ Spanish at 12:30 p.m. P.E. at 1:45 p.m. 

Wednesday ~ Mass Day at 8:15 a.m. 

                        Spanish 9:40 and Music at 1:00

Thursday ~    P.E. at 1:45 p.m.

Friday ~  There are no specials on Friday!

Upcoming Events

 St. Michael Indian School Donation Drive – Collecting art and school supplies for the students.

 

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