November 4, 2019

Hello Friends!

Thank you to you all for your hard work on our Saints' costumes!  2nd grade looked amazing and we know that you all worked very hard.  Job well done! 

Please note changes on this week's homework sheet. Due to last Friday's unexpected day off we will be moving some of our tests.

                         Our Religion Test on chapter 6 will be on Thursday 11/7.

                         Our Spelling Test (ck words) and Reading Test (Ugly Vegetables) will be on Friday 11/8. 

A few reminders: 

Classroom Donations:  As the flu season sets in and the cold weather arrives we are asking for small donations of: baby wipes, tissues, hand sanitizer, and paper towels. Thank you so much for thinking of us 

Important Dates:

Nov 14: December lunch module opens 

What we are learning: 

ELA: The Ugly Vegetables.  We will be focusing on proper nouns, informative writing, double consonants and "Ck" (spelling words) and homophones

Religion: Finishing Saint John the Baptist and beginning Jesus is our Savior 

Math: Chapter 3: addition, subtraction and related facts.  Using part, part, whole to solve word problems (break apart) and equal groups

Social Studies and Science: Building a community and beginning Thanksgiving (Native Americans and Pilgrims)

Any questions, please feel free to contact us!

Thank you for all that you do!

The Second Grade Team 

October 14, 2019

Happy Monday!

Looking ahead:  Saint Projects (the construction paper banner) is due on October 18th.  All information regarding the project was handed out during Back to School Night.  If your child finishes and would like to turn in their project early, that is absolutely fine!  

Our Saint Parade will be held on the morning of October 29th, along with the PreK and K Halloween parade.  Saint Costumes should be simple.  Please do not feel you need to go out and buy one.  Costumes could be made with old bathrobes, sheets, dresses, etc.  Be creative!  Costumes can also be brought in early! Please make sure all parts of costumes are labeled with students' names!

We will also be wearing our costumes to First Friday Mass on November 1st in honor of All Saints Day. 

If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact your child's homeroom teacher!

Parent Teacher Conferences: Conferences will be held on the afternoon of October 29th and morning of October 30th.  

Important Dates: 

Friday October 18th: Written Saint Project Due and lunch module opens (November)

Please see email from school office with more important news.

This Week we are learning:

ELA- Beginning our story of Teacher's Pet, building our fluency, parts of a story 

Phonics-  Consonant Blends with r, l and s 

Writing- Types of sentences and plural nouns 

Math- Continuing with numbers in the 3 digits.  Modeling and comparing 100s. 

Religion- Continuing chapter 4 Praising God through Psalms 

Social Studies- Heroes (Past and present) and Our Community 

Science- Cause and Effect, Parts of a Plant 

Thank you for all that you do!  

Enjoy your day!! 

The Second Grade Team 

October 7, 2019

Hello Friends!!!

We hope that you had a lovely weekend!  Here is a look ahead at our week! 

 

Looking ahead:  Saint Projects (the construction paper banner) is due on October 18th.  All information regarding the project was handed out during Back to School Night.  If your child finishes and would like to turn in their project early, that is absolutely fine!  

Our Saint Parade will be held on the morning of October 29th, along with the PreK and K Halloween parade.  Saint Costumes should be simple.  Please do not feel you need to go out and buy one.  Costumes could be made with old bathrobes, sheets, dresses, etc.  Be creative!  Costumes can also be brought in early! Please make sure all parts of costumes are labeled with students' names!

We will also be wearing our costumes to First Friday Mass on November 1st in honor of All Saints Day. 

If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact your child's homeroom teacher!

 

Parent Teacher Conferences: Conferences will be held on the afternoon of October 29th and morning of October 30th.  

 

Important Dates: 

Monday: 10/7 Winter uniforms begin

Tuesday: 10/8  Closing of Forty Hours Devotion at 7pm 

Wednesday: PICTURE DAY for 2nd grade.  Please be in complete winter uniform 

Thursday: 10/10 Fire Safety: A visit from our firefighter friends

 

What we are learning: 

ELA- Beginning our new story: Diary of a Spider.  Identifying nouns, hard and soft G and C sounds, Narrative writings, context clues, and Long O and U words (spelling words) 

Math- Chapter Two Numbers to 1,000: greater than/less than/equal to, modeling numbers, and place value up to hundreds

Religion- Chapter Four: Praising God, A Scripture Story and psalms 

Science/Soc. Studies-  Plants and continuing communities/community helpers

 

Any questions, please feel free to contact your child's homeroom teacher!  

Have a great week!! 

The 2nd Grade Team 

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October 3, 2019

Dear Friends, 

Looking ahead...

Important dates for the month of October:

October 4th: All Saint Names are due to Homeroom Teachers

October 7th: Winter Uniform Begins

October 8th: Yankee Candle Fundraiser Due

October 9th: PICTURE DAY! Please be in full winter uniform for pictures

October 29th: SAINT PARADE and halloween parade (Students should bring their costumes in.  We will be parading with the PreK and Kindergarten outback of school around 9am! We will keep our costumes at school since we will need them again on Nov. 1st) Please remember it is an 11:55 dismissal!  

Nov. 1st: First Friday Mass- Second Grade will wear their Saint costumes during Mass to help celebrate All Saints Day! 

Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on the afternoon of October 29th and the morning of October 30th!

Any questions, just let us know!

Thank you for everything and have a wonderful day!

The Second Grade Team 

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September 23, 2019

Hello Friends!!!

Happy Fall!  Here is a look ahead at our week! 

Just a reminder, your student should have a homework sheet with this week's homework assignments.  If your child should have any difficulty with homework, please circle the number and let their homeroom teacher know.  We will gladly go over it with them. 

Important Dates: 

Tuesday: 9/24 Fall Fundraiser begins! (Yankee Candle)

Wednesday: 9/25 Lunch Payments Due 

Looking Ahead: 

Friday 10/4 Saint Names due to homeroom teachers.  Please let your student's homeroom teacher know the name of the saint your child has chosen.  Projects are not due until October 18th! 

What we are learning: 

ELA- Our story: My Family. We will be focusing on short "o", "u" and "e" words, (spelling test on Friday) CVC patterns, informational texts, compare and contrast and complete sentences (subjects and predicates)

Math- Chapter One Number Concepts: Even and Odd, Tens and Ones, place value, standard form, modeling numbers and counting patterns  

Religion- Chapter Two: The Trinity

Science/Soc. Studies- Importance in our communities and community helpers 

Any questions, please feel free to contact your child's homeroom teacher!  

Have a great week!! 

The 2nd Grade Team 

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September 16, 2019

Hello Friends!!!

We hope that you had a wonderful weekend!

Important Information:

Class Directory- If you would like to be included in the 2nd grade directory, please email your information as soon as possible to the homeroom moms (Kristin Conti and Lauren Deluisi). 

Headphones and Art Smocks: If you have not already, please send in headphones/ear buds and art smocks with your child.  We will be painting and using iPads throughout the year. 

A look at what we are learning this week: 

ELA- Finishing our story Henry and Mudge (Test 9/18).  Short A and I words (Spelling Test 9/20), types of sentences, subjects and verbs.

Math- Chapter One Number Concepts: Even and Odd, Tens and Ones, place value, standard form, modeling numbers and counting patterns  

Religion- Finishing Chapter One- We Know and Love God (Test Tuesday 9/17) and beginning Chapter Two 

Science/Soc. Studies- Importance in our communities, Types of Matter (Solid, Liquid, Gas) 

Any questions, please feel free to contact your child's homeroom teacher!  

Have a great week!! 

The 2nd Grade Team 

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Hello Friends!!!

First, we would like to welcome you all to second grade!! We are off to a wonderful start and hope you are enjoying 2nd grade so far! 

All information and papers were due to the office.  Please make sure to have them returned ASAP.  

Homework will begin today! Any questions with it just let us know!

All books should be covered in clear contact paper (copybooks do not need to be covered).  Please have them covered at your earliest convenience. 

We will be using iPads periodically in class.  If your student has headphones or earbuds please send them in.  We will return them at the end of the year.  Also, we will sometimes be painting in 2nd grade.  Please send in an old shirt or smock the students can use for art time. 

Important Dates: 

September 9th-  Hot lunch and pretzels begin. 

September  13Th- First Friday Mass 

What we are learning: 

ELA- Beginning our new story: Henry and Mudge  We will be focusing on short "a" and "I" words, narrative writing, and complete sentences (subjects and predicates)

Math- Chapter One Number Concepts: even and odd, Tens and Ones, place value, and counting patterns  

Religion- Chapter One- We Know and Love God and Creation

Science/Soc. Studies- Importance in our communities and Matter 

Any questions, please feel free to contact your child's homeroom teacher!   

Have a wonderful week, friends!