St. Simon the Zealot- October 27th- 31st

Hello all! This weekend flew by! Here is what we have to look forward to this week in second grade!

Literacy- 

We will be reading a story this week called The Strongest One, we will work on high frequency words and selection words from this story. We will also be working on identifying exclamatory and imperative sentences. This week we will be writing a descriptive paragraph. We will being to work on building more exciting sentences. 


Religion-

   This week we will be talking about Guardian Angels, the Ten Commandments and Sacraments. 

Math-
  
This past week we worked on repeated addition, we will finish that with a test on Wednesday and begin our unit on place value. 

Social Studies/Science-

Last week we finished up with our unit on Fall. On Friday, we learned a new song about the water cycle. We will be talking about the water cycle this week as well as next. 


Spelling-
 This week will focus on the word families -ain, -ail, and -ay
The words are as follows- brain, faint, snail, strain, tray, from, I'll name, round, together

Just a reminder to practice other words with -ain, -ail and -ay as there will be 5 other words that follow this pattern.
For extra practice, have your kiddos write the high frequency words into sentences and try to incorporate the word family words. 

There is also a website called spellingcity.com that take the spelling words and allows the students to play games with them, all you have to do is enter the spelling words. 

Reminders-

The math reteaching, practice or enrichment sheets are due on Fridays. Your students may keep them in their mailboxes until Friday. They may either be printed or the answers may be written on a piece of paper. This homework is a grade. 

Math homework 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 are the homework sheets for this week. 

It was so fun to see all of the amazing costumes at Fall Festival! I hope you all had fun!

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

St. Simon the Zealot, pray for us!

St. Pope John Paul II- October 20th- 24th

Good evening! It was so wonderful to chat with all of you during parent teacher conferences! I hope this weekend was blessed and restful! 

Literacy- 

We will be reading a story this week called A Walk in the Desert, we will work on high frequency words and selection words from this story. We will also be working on identifying declarative and interrogative sentences. This week we will be writing a descriptive paragraph which will introduce adjectives.


Religion-

   This week we will be discussing how we are made in God's image. We will also talk about the Garden of Eden as well as the sacraments.

Math-
  
Wrapping up our unit on subtraction strategies will lead us into our next unit which will cover building arrays and students will be able to make connections to multiplication.


Social Studies/Science-

We are going to be working this week on the movement of the Earth and why we have seasons. We will specifically focus on Fall. 


Spelling-
 This week will focus on the word families -ake, -oke, -ute, and -ine. 
The words are as follows- broke, choke, cute, flake, vine, hold, much, road, three, father

Just a reminder to practice other words with -ake, -ine, -oke, and -ute as there will be 5 other words that follow this pattern.
Reminders-

As discussed during parent teacher conferences, the math homework sheets will all be due on Friday. The homework this week is 3.6 and 4.1.

Thursday we will be hosting Junior Achievement, this program will encourage your students to think about money, production and community.

The Fall Festival is on Friday from 6pm to 8pm in the gym! See you there!

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

St. Pope John Paul II, pray for us!

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque- Oct. 13th- Oct. 17th

Good evening! I apologize for not posting last week, sometimes I just get behind. However, I am back! I am so excited to meet with you this week to discuss your child and their progress in class!  

Literacy- 

We will be continuing to build our oral vocabulary as well as recognizing and defining sight words. Your child should be able to identify the subjects and predicates of simple sentences. Your student will also be writing a persuasive paragraph and sensory poem about fall. 

Religion-

   We discussed the Trinity and it is still quite a mystery. We are going to be talking about God our Creator this week. Beginning next week, we will begin to delve into forgiveness and the sacraments with a focus on the sacrament of reconciliation. 

Math-
  
We began our unit on subtraction last week. This week we will be working on subtraction strategies. Just a reminder that beginning next week, your child will be required to turn in math homework on Fridays. I will be reminding your children this week of what I am looking for. 


Social Studies/Science-

We are going to be working this week on the movement of the Earth and why we have seasons. We will specifically focus on Fall. 


Spelling-
Your students have done well with the new spelling program. Due to the shortened week, we are going to have a spelling test from words that we have previously had or that follow spelling patterns that we have worked with. While your student may be excellent at memorizing how to spell one word that follows a specific pattern, the main goal is that they are able to apply the spelling patterns to any word. 

Reminders-

On Wednesday, math homework 3.3 and 3.4 will be due. 

Wednesday is a noon dismissal day and there is no school Thursday or Friday. Parent/Teacher Conferences are on Wednesday and Thursday. Please return the appointment confirmation sent home on Friday.   

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

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, pray for us!