March 31st - April 4th

I hope you had a wonderful Laetare Sunday. I hope that your Spring Break was restful. We are going to get back into the full swing of things tomorrow. 

Literacy- 

We are going to finish our unit on "Anansi Goes Fishing." For the next two days we will be reviewing the past unit and on Tuesday, we will take our test. On Wednesday we will begin the next unit which is called "Rosa and Blanca."
We will be answering the big question "When does a creative idea lead to a surprise?"  We will work to understand that creative ideas can lead to surprises when we share with others, help others and use clever thinking. We will be learning 8 more amazing words! They are abundant, assist, generous, dismay, efficient, beam, forever, situation. Our high-frequency words this week include: alone, buy, daughters, half, many, their, youngest. Children will also be able to work with verbs and different forms of them. We are also going to begin working with poetry and writing it.

Religion-

    As we approach our first communion date, we are going to start talking about Jesus as our shepherd as well as the Eucharist and mass. I know that your kids are excited about receiving their first communion. Our second grade will be making their First Communion retreat on May 6th. We will get out more details in the next few months. We are also going to need a few parent volunteers to drive. 

Math-
  
We have been working with three-digit addition and are now moving into subtraction. We are going to be working more in depth with subtraction this week as we finish up our unit on Friday. 

Social Studies/Science-

We finished making our covered wagons and will now be talking about the Erie Canal, the Oregon Trail and the Pony Express. We will finish up our unit on the pioneers next week. 


Spelling-

We will be working on spelling the vowel patterns i, ie, igh, and y

We have been using differentiated spelling lists in class. There are two different groups. 
Your students knows if they are a square or triangle. These words can be found in your child's planner.

Square words:             Triangle words:
find                              find
child                            child
bright                          bright
spider                          spider
myself                          myself
blind                            blind
frighten                       sky
identify                       wild
style                           fly
arrival                         right
delight                        flight
rely                             cry

The spelling test will be on Monday of next week.

Reminders-


Our school calendar of events can be found at cccscoltexpress.blogspot.com

If you have questions about anything, please feel free to email me.

• St. Isidore of Seville, pray for us.

March 10th- 14th

Good evening! I apologize for the absence from blogging, but we are back in the swing of things! 


Your kiddos did an amazing job during testing! They were fabulous and I can't wait to see the results! 


Tomorrow, we will have our spelling test from last week. I left school early on Friday, due to sickness, and we were not able to get to the spelling test. 
Our spelling test for this week's words will be on Friday. 


Literacy- 

This week we will be answering the big question "In what creative ways do we communicate?" Our main selection will be called "Dear Juno."  We will work to understand that we communicate in creative ways through speaking, writing, signs and symbols as well as actions and behaviors. We will be learning 8 more amazing words! They are correspond, postage, transport, cove, footprint, deaf, imitate, sign language. Our high-frequency words this week include: answer, company, faraway, parents, picture, school, wash. Children will also be able to identify and use verbs with plural and singular nouns. We are also going to be focusing on writing a friendly letter.

Religion-

    This week we continue to talk about prayer and the need for adoration, praise, thanksgiving, intercession and petition. We will also begin talking about Jesus and the miracles that he performed. We will begin by talking about the Wedding at Cana and the multiplication of loaves. 

Math-
  
Last week we went back to finish topic ten, we will take our test on Monday and begin topic 11. In topic 11, your child will learn how to add and subtract three-digit numbers.  

Social Studies/Science-

The insect projects were amazing! I was extremely impressed and I could tell that your children knew their stuff! 
On Friday, we began talking about pioneers and westward expansion. This week we will be creating covered wagons, talking about the hardships that the pioneers faced. We will also be creating a map with significant places such as the Erie Canal and the Appalachian Mountains. 


Spelling-

We will be working on spelling the vowel patterns ow, oa, and o

We have been using differentiated spelling lists in class. There are two different groups. 
Your students knows if they are a square or triangle.

Square words:                                          Triangle words:
goat                                                            goat
hold                                                            hold
show                                                           show
almost                                                         most
bowl                                                           bowl
throat                                                        float
toast                                                          toast
ocean                                                         ago
open                                                           open
told                                                            told
locate                                                        toad
slow                                                          slow

The spelling test will be on Friday of this week.
Reminders-


Our school calendar of events can be found at cccscoltexpress.blogspot.com

If you have questions about anything, please feel free to email me.

• St. Anastatsia Patricia, pray for us.

Feb. 18th- Feb. 21st

Thank you so much for meeting with me at Parent/ Teacher conferences, I always enjoy talking with each and every one of you! 

I hope that you all enjoyed the four day weekend. We are going to have a packed week this week.  Our spelling test will be on Friday. 

Reminder: There is going to be no homework next week due to ITBS, but please make sure that you are reading with your child every night! 
Literacy- 

This week we will be answering the big question "How can we work together to solve problems?" Our main selection will be called "One Good Turn Deserves Another."  We will work to understand that working together resolves conflict, share responsibility and work, allows us to spend time with others as well as help those in need. We will be learning 8 more amazing words! They are conflict, pursue, resolve, deserve, mope, coax, ramp and startle. Our high-frequency words this week include: behind, brought, door, everybody, minute, promise, sorry. Children will also be able to identify and use possessive nouns.

Religion-

    We will be be talking about prayer and learning about the petitions in the Our Father. 

Math-
  
As a second grade, we are going to skip a few topics in Pearson (we will be going back to them.) We will be covering measurement, time and money before moving into three digit addition and subtraction. 

Social Studies/Science-


We will be talking about pollination and harmful and helpful insects this week as well as understanding the life cycles that a bug goes through. This week we will also be looking at poetry and students will be able to compare them to the information that we have already learned. Just a friendly reminder that the insect projects are due on February 24th. There will be time that week that we will have a showcase. When we have more information I will be sure to let you know! 


Spelling-

We will be working on spelling the vowel patterns -a, -ay, and -ai

main, wait, say, away, play, raise, brain, paint, stay, today, tray, tail


Reminders-

Next week we will have ITBS testing. Please make sure that your child gets a good night sleep and good breakfast! 

Our school calendar of events can be found at cccscoltexpress.blogspot.com

If you have questions about anything, please feel free to email me.

• St. Basil, pray for us.

Feb. 10th- Feb. 14th

What a short week last week! Please make sure that you check the Colt Express, there is a lot of information about the upcoming testing as well important calendar events going on!

Due to the two snow days followed by the half day last week, we will not be doing much differently than last week. 

Our spelling test will be on Wednesday. 

Parent/teacher conferences will be on Thursday and Friday, please return the confirmation slips by Tuesday. 

We will be going on our field trip Monday, please have your child bring a sack lunch as our field trip will interfere with our lunch hour. 

Literacy- 

This week we will be answering the big question "Why is it a good idea to work together?" Our main selection will be called "The Breman Town Musicians."  We will try to understand that working together solves problems, provides safety and protection, helps us survive, and helps get the job done. We will be learning 8 more amazing words! They are partnership, solution, survival, miserable, struggle, depend, familiar and insist. Our high-frequency words this week include: bought, people, pleasant, probably, scared, shall and sign. Children will also be able to identify and spell plural nouns that change spellings. 

Religion-

    In religion this week we will be learning the corporal works of mercy and how to live them in our daily lives. We will also be talking about prayer and learning about the petitions in the Our Father. 

Math-
  As a second grade, we are going to skip a few topics in Pearson (we will be going back to them.) We will be covering measurement, time and money before moving into three digit addition and subtraction. 

Social Studies/Science-

Unfortunately because of the shortened week last week, we were not able to continue too far into our insect unit. This week we will be talking about our bug report. We will also be making an edible insect. (If you would be willing to donate to the project, please let me know.)
We will also be talking about pollination and harmful and helpful insects.


Your child brought home a bug report project, if you have questions please email me. These are due on February 24th. 


Spelling-

We will be working on spelling plurals, -s, -es, and -ies

lunch, lunches, story, stories, tune, tunes, switch, switches, baby, babies, note, notes 



Reminders-

Our Valentine's Day party will be at 11am on Thursday Feb. 13th. There is a noon dismissal on that day and there is no school Friday. 

Our school calendar of events can be found at cccscoltexpress.blogspot.com

If you have questions about anything, please feel free to email me.

• Sts. Cyril and Methodius, pray for us.

Feb. 3rd- Feb 7th

Thank you for all of your help and flexibility during Catholic Schools Week, we had a very successful week and I hope that you all enjoyed the snow day! :)

Literacy- 

This week we will be answering the big question "Why is it a good idea to work together?" Our main selection will be called "The Breman Town Musicians."  We will try to understand that working together solves problems, provides safety and protection, helps us survive, and helps get the job done. We will be learning 8 more amazing words! They are partnership, solution, survival, miserable, struggle, depend, familiar and insist. Our high-frequency words this week include: bought, people, pleasant, probably, scared, shall and sign. Children will also be able to identify and spell plural nouns that change spellings. 

Religion-

    In religion this week we will be learning the corporal works of mercy and how to live them in our daily lives. We will also be talking about prayer and learning about the petitions in the Our Father. 

Math-
  We will continue our unit on place value, we will be learning how to spell words up to 1,000. We will be changing numbers by hundreds and tens, we will also be skip counting. 

Social Studies/Science-

Unfortunately because of the shortened week last week, we were not able to continue too far into our insect unit. This week we will be talking about our bug report. We will also be making an edible insect. (If you would be willing to donate to the project, please let me know.)
We will also be talking about pollination and harmful and helpful insects.


Spelling-

We will be working on spelling plurals, -s, -es, and -ies

lunch, lunches, story, stories, tune, tunes, switch, switches, baby, babies, note, notes 



Reminders-

There will be a noon dismissal on Friday.

Our school calendar of events can be found at cccscoltexpress.blogspot.com

If you have questions about anything, please feel free to email me.
St. Blaise (patron of throat illnesses), pray for us.

Jan. 27th- Jan. 31st

This week is Catholic School's week, we will have lots of activities going on, and we may not get to everything. Thank you so much for your support and I look forward to seeing you at tall of the events we have going on. 

Literacy- 

This week we will be answering the big question "How can we work together to meet people's needs?" Our main selection will be called "Scarcity."  We will try to understand that meeting the needs of people requires many decisions and requires the work of many people. We will be learning 8 more amazing words! They are consumers, producers, strand, lack, decision, fiber, extraordinary, and typical. Our high-frequency words this week include: above, ago, enough, toward, whole and word. Children will also be able to distinguish between singular and plural nouns. 

Religion-

    We are going to begin learning about Jesus as our teacher. We will be reviewing the parable of the Good Samaritan as well as understanding more deeply the call to love our neighbors.

Math-
  We began our unit on place value on Friday. We are going to continue working with two-digit subtraction. Some of the students are struggling with two-digit subtraction, so please continue working with them on two-digit subtraction with regrouping. We will continue working on this in class, but extra support at home will reinforce the concepts. 

Social Studies/Science-

Our unit on the water cycle will be coming to a close on Tuesday. We will begin our unit on Insects. There will be a project involved with this unit. Please be looking for a rubric to come home as your child will need your help. 


Spelling-
R-controlled vowels, ir, er, and ur are our next spelling topic, the words this week are: 
person, nurse, dirt, turn, birth, serve, curb, curl, skirt, purse, turtle and her. 


Reminders-

This week is Catholic Schools' Week. We have a lot of fun activities planned, please look at the Colt Express for a schedule as there are events that parent's are invited to attend. 

There is no Wednesday mass this week, however we have All School's mass on Friday. Friday is also a noon dismissal day. 

Our school calendar of events can be found at cccscoltexpress.blogspot.com

If you have questions about anything, please feel free to email me.

St. John Bosco, pray for us!

Jan. 20th-24th

Literacy- 

This week and next we will be answering the big question "How can we work together to meet people's needs?" Our main selection will be called "Scarcity."  We will try to understand that meeting the needs of people requires many decisions and requires the work of many people. We will be learning 8 more amazing words! They are consumers, producers, strand, lack, decision, fiber, extraordinary, and typical. Our high-frequency words this week include: above, ago, enough, toward, whole and word. Children will also be able to distinguish between singular and plural nouns. 

Religion-

    This week we will be looking at two parables, the parable of the mustard seed and the parable of the buried treasure. After reviewing the unit we will be talking about Jesus as our teacher by looking at the parable of the Good Samaritan. 

Math-
  We have one more lesson in topic 9 which covers two-digit subtraction. We will be taking an assessment on topic 9 and then opening topic 10. Topic 10 will be looking at place value up to 1,000. 

IMPORTANT:  Please remember to send your child in with their homework sheet. There have been a number of students that haven't brought in their homework. They can either print it off or write it on a sheet of notebook paper. 

Social Studies/Science-

This we will continue with our unit on the water cycle. We will be looking at clouds and how they are formed. We will be also asking the question "What is precipitation?" 
 Your kids learned a new song this past week. It goes to the tune "She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain"

Water travels in a cycle, yes it does.
Water travels in a cycle, yes it does.

It goes up as evaporation, 
forms clouds as condensation, 
and comes down as precipitation, 
yes it does. 


Spelling-
R-controlled vowels, ir, er, and ur are our next spelling topic, the words this week are: 
person, nurse, dirt, turn, birth, serve, curb, curl, skirt, purse, turtle and her. 


Reminders-

We are collecting books for Edison's Kindergarten class. Please help us collect 100 books by next Tuesday.

Next week is Catholic School's Week. Please see the school blog for information of the happenings of the week. 

Each day planners come home with the homework for the evening. Please make sure that homework is being completed each night. 

School mass is on Wednesday at 1:45, please wear mass uniforms.


Our school calendar of events can be found at cccscoltexpress.blogspot.com

If you have questions about anything, please feel free to email me.

St. Francis de Sales, pray for us!