November 26, 2019

Dear friends, 

We hope that you are all having a lovely start to the week. 

We know that with the holidays approaching you are all very busy. Starting this week, 2nd grade will not have any written homework until the end of the holidays (December included). We are asking the students to continue reading each night, practice sight words, and math facts.  We hope that you take this time to enjoy this chaotic but magical season with your families! 

A few reminders: 

Giving Tuesday: Tomorrow is giving Tuesday. Any donation would be greatly appreciated. For students who bring in $5, they will be given a thank you pair of Nativity sunglasses.  All proceeds will benefit our school STEAM lab. 

Candy Guessing: Student Council is hosting another candy guessing contest during morning recess (Hershey kisses or life savers).  The chances are 3 for $1. Tomorrow is the last day for the contest. 

Thanksgiving Holiday: Nov. 27th is a half day of school.  The School will be closed on Nov. 28th and Nov. 29th for the holiday.  

We wanted to take a minute to thank you all for all that you do! We are extremely grateful for your continued support! We are very lucky to have such great families!  We wish you all a very blessed and relaxing Thanksgiving holiday! 

With grateful hearts, 

the 2nd grade team 

Hello Friends!
With the cold weather upon us, we are sending home our SNOW FOLDERS today.  These red folders should remain in the students' backpacks at all times.  In the event of a snow day, students will complete the first worksheet in each packet. Snow day 2, students will complete the 2nd worksheet in each packet, and so on.
Any questions regarding the folders, just let us know!

Important Dates:
Nov 19th: Thanksgiving Dinner Math Due
Nov. 20th: December Lunch module Closes, Operation Christmas Child Boxes Collected
Nov. 22nd: December Lunch Payment Due

What we are learning: 
ELA: Finishing our story-Super Storms (Test on Wednesday), Action verbs, Consonant Digraphs (spelling words), and compound words
Religion: Chapter 8- The Traveler on the Road to Emmaus
Math: Chapter 3: addition, subtraction and related facts.  Using part, part, whole to solve word problems (break apart or ten strategies) and equal groups
Social Studies and Science: Weather, Ecosystems and beginning Thanksgiving (Native Americans and Pilgrims)

November 11, 2019

Hello Friends!

We decided to send next week's email blast today to give you all a head start on the projects.  

Going home today are two fun projects for Thanksgiving.  Please feel free to complete these activities together as a family! 

Feather Project: Students are to decorate their feathers with 5 things (or more) of that they are grateful for.  Students can draw, use photos, glitter, write words, etc.  Be creative!  These feathers will hang in the hallway with our class grateful turkey! Feathers are due on November 15th

My Thanksgiving Dinner Math project:  Students are to plan a Thanksgiving Dinner for $25.  Please complete the worksheets provided (going home today also).  Use the attached piece of loose leaf to show ALL math! Math Dinner Project is due on Tuesday November 19th.  

Any questions with these projects, just let us know. 

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 14th: December lunch module Opens

What we are learning: 

ELA: Beginning our story-Super Storms, Action verbs, Consonant Digraphs (spelling words), and compound words 

Religion: Chapter 7- Jesus is our Savior 

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

Social Studies and Science: Weather, Ecosystems and beginning Thanksgiving (Native Americans and Pilgrims)

Any questions, please feel free to contact us! We hope you have a wonderful weekend! 

Thank you for all that you do!

The Second Grade Team 

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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