Monday, January 27, 2020



January 27, 2020

Happy Catholic Schools Week, friends!!!

 We hope you are all having a good start to your Monday!!

In honor of Catholic Schools Week there will be no homework this week. Please take this time to say prayers for others, review basic math facts, sight words, and spend some time reading.  

Here is a run down of all the exciting events happening this week: 
Important Dates: 
Monday January 27th- Open House
Tuesday January 28th- Academic Fun Day! 
Wednesday January 29th- Student Appreciation Day- FREE DRESS DOWN DAY, Talent Show and Ice Cream Treat from Home and School
Thursday January 30th- Service Day: PLEASE REMEMBER ALL FOOD DONATIONS OF FRUIT SNACKS ARE DUE TODAY
Friday January 31st- Teacher Appreciation Day and 9am Mass

What we are learning: 
Math: Playing our STEAM math games and Beginning Chapter 5; 2 digit subtraction (modeling, regrouping, and break aparts). 
ELA: "Schools Around the World", vowel digraphs "EA" and "EE" (spelling words), compound sentences with more details, quotation marks, continuing our "how to" writings 
Religion: Catholic Schools Week and continuing our discussion of the sacraments and We Worship God 
Social Studies/Science: Schools Around the World, Map skills, and the weather 

We are so thankful for all of you and your dedication to our school.  It is a blessing to have such amazing families.   We cannot thank you enough for all you do for the second grade. We hope you have a fabulous Catholic Schools Week!
The Second Grade Team 

Monday, January 13, 2020



January 13, 2020

Hello Friends!!

We hope that you all had a lovely weekend.  

Here is a run down of all the things happening this week: 

STEM MATH GAMES: 
This week we will begin the process of Building our Math games.  We are asking students to bring in cardboard boxes, shoe boxes, posters, old parts of games (spinners, dice, figurines) to help us with our engineering.  Thank you to those who have sent things in!!  We cannot guarantee that the pieces will be returned, some of these pieces will be glued down. This is an exciting group project in 2nd grade, and we look forward to you all seeing our hard work during our CSW open house .   

Dental Forms: On Friday, the school nurse handed out the 3rd grade dental form.  This form is not due until 3rd grade.  Please have the dentist complete the form on your next dental appointment. Any questions, please feel free to contact the nurse or office.  

Important Dates: 
Tuesday Jan 14th- Pretzel money due 
Monday Jan 20th-  No School, MLK holiday 

What we are learning: 
Math: STEM math games and continuing Chapter 4; 2 digit addition (modeling, regrouping, and break aparts). 
ELA: Story: Ahh Music, idioms, words with ai and ay (spelling words), and compound sentences 
Religion: Chapter 10: The Church 
Social Studies/Science: Map skills and Families, weather and solar systems  

Have a wonderful week, friends!

The Second Grade Team