Hello February!

 

Hello Second Grade Families,

It's February!  A week from this Monday it will be Valentine's Day.  Please send your child to school on Monday, February 14th with their Valentine's cards.  The simplest way would be to purchase a class set of Valentine's cards and to simply have your child sign each card for their classmate.  There are 27 students in our second grade classroom.  I will send home a class list for those students who wish to address the outside of each envelope to their classmates.

ELA

Essential Question:  What makes someone a hero?

Grammar:  Commas in a series

Spelling:  Words with or, ore

Phonics:  Words with or and ore

Writing:  Narrative Writing

Spelling List: 

horn 

story 

fork 

score 

store 

corn 

morning 

shore s

hort 

born 

tore 

forget 

 for 

more  

report

 force 

Math 

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

Social Studies

The students will continue to learn about American symbols.

The students will begin to learn about the three branches of the American Government. 

Religion

• The students will attend an all school Rosary on Monday, February 7th at 2:20 pm inside St. Gabriel's Catholic Church
  

• The students will attend Mass on Wednesday, February 9th at 8:10 a.m. inside St. Gabriel's Catholic Church.
  
• The students will utilize their Jesus Our Life textbooks to focus on "Let Us Pray."   This unit focuses on the idea that through prayer we each are given the opportunity to have a personal relationship with God.
• 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.  It's an "Engage It" reading log.  The reading log will be due on Friday, February 26th.

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

February 12, 13, Saturday and Sunday:  St. Vincent de Paul, Vibrant Vinnies, Knights of Columbus, and WINGS are having an Under Clothing Drive in the south parking lot of St. Gabriel’s after all Masses.  Please donate any NEW MEN’S  t-shirts, socks, underwear/boxers.  All items must be new!  Thank you in advance for your generosity!

February 16, Wednesday:MOD Pizza dine-out  at 5355 E Carefree Hwy, Building D, Suite 101 Cave Creek, AZ 85331 !  Bring the attached flyer or order online through the MOD app or website and use the provided coupon code and MOD will donate 20% of your bill to support ACS!

Job Opening:  ACS Aftercare Supervisor:  Must be 21 or older. Responsibilities include supervising students, recording their attendance, maintaining a safe environment (inside and outside), verification of parent pick up and sign out of student(s), and securing building at the end of shift.  Time commitment:  M-F 3 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (or until the last student is picked up.) when school is in session.  Please contact Sharon Pristash (spristash@acsphx.org) for pay information and additional details.