October 29th

Hello Friends!

Happy Monday!

We are looking forward to a fun week ahead!  Please remember all Saints costumes are due TOMORROW- October 30th.  

Our Saint Parade will be tomorrow in the school yard at 9am.  Students are to wear their gym uniforms to school still.  We will be putting the saints costumes on over our uniforms.  

Please make sure all parts of the costumes are labeled, since we will be keeping them in our classrooms for Thursday's Mass.  Students are to wear their regular winter uniform to school on Thursday for mass.  We will be putting our costumes on over our uniforms.  All Saints Day Mass will be held on Thursday Nov.1 at 10 am.  All friends and family are invited to attend! 

Please remember tomorrow is a half of day (Dismissal is at 11:55) and there is no school on Wednesday October 31st due to conferences.  

We look forward to meeting with you all and celebrating our Saints!

Have a very happy and safe Halloween!

The 2nd Grade Team 

Good Morning all!!!

Happy Monday!

Looking ahead for this week:

October 30th is our saint parade!  All students should bring their costumes to school, please make sure all parts are together, labeled and in a bag or hanger. If you have your costume ready ahead of time, we can keep them in the classrooms. We will be parading around at 9am out back along with our pre-kindergarten and kindergarten friends.  All families and friends are invite to the school yard for this event! We are looking forward to seeing you all there!

November 1st is All Saints Day! Second grade has been asked to wear their Saint Costumes to our school mass which will be held on November 1st at 10am.     We will be keeping the costumes in our classroom from our parade to make it easier.  All parents are invited to mass to see our Saints! 

Important Dates: 

Monday October 22nd:  November Lunch payment due 

Wednesday October 24th: Anti-Bullying add Orange to school uniforms 

Please see email from school office with more important news and information regarding our conference times! 

This Week we are learning:

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

Phonics- consonant blends with r, l and s (spelling words)

Writing- Types of sentences and singular/plural nouns 

Math- Test on Chapter 2, and Beginning Chapter 3: Related math facts

Religion- Jesus is the Son of God

Social Studies- Our Community 

Science- Cause and Effect

Thank you for all that you do!  

Enjoy your day!! 

The Second Grade Team 

Good Morning all!!! Happy Monday! Looking ahead for this week: October 30th is our saint parade!  All students should bring their costumes to school, please make sure all parts are together, labeled and in a bag or hanger. If you have your costume ready ahead of time, we can keep them in the classrooms. We will be parading around at 9am out back along with our pre-kindergarten and kindergarten friends.  All families and friends are invite to the school yard for this event! We are looking forward to seeing you all there! The written part of the Saint Project is due this Friday, November 19th.   Important Dates:  Monday October 15th: Winter Uniform Begins Wednesday October 17th: School Picture Day  Friday October 19th: Written Saint Project Due and lunch module closes Please see email from school office with more important news. This Week we are learning: ELA- Beginning our story of Diary of a Spider, building our fluency Phonics- Long O and Long U words, reviewing vowels and cVcE rule, Hard and Soft G  Writing- Types of sentences and kinds of nouns  Math- Continuing with numbers in the 3 digits.  Modeling and comparing 100s.  Religion- Praising God through psalms  Social Studies- Our Community  Science- Cause and Effect Thank you for all that you do!   Enjoy your day!!  The Second Grade Team

October 8, 2018

Hello Friends!!!

We hope that you had a lovely weekend!  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. 

Another friendly reminder: All books should be covered in clear contact paper.  Thank you for your help with this.  

We will be painting this year.  We ask that all students bring in an art smock to use.  These smocks can be old t-shirts or button-ups.  Please make sure your student's name is on the smock.  

Looking ahead:  Saint Projects (the construction paper banner) is due on October 19th.  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 30th, 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!

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

Important Dates: 

Tuesday: 10/9  Forty Hours Devotion at 7pm 

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday: Student Council Bake Sale.  All items are $1 during morning recess. 

Thursday: 10/11 Fire Safety: A visit from our firefighter friends

What we are learning: 

ELA- Finishing our story: Dogs.  VCe words (long A and long I) example- Cake, Types of sentences (questions, statements, command, and exclamations), informational text, and understanding text feature  

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

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

Science/Soc. Studies-  Season of Fall, Holidays and continuing communities 

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

Have a great week!! 

The 2nd Grade Team 

Hello Friends!!! We hope that you are enjoying this lovely fall day!  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.  Another friendly reminder: All books should be covered in clear contact paper.  Thank you for your help with this.   Looking ahead:  Saint Projects (the construction paper banner) is due on October 19th.  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 30th, 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! If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact your child's homeroom teacher! Important Dates:  Tuesday: 10/2 Pretzel Orders Due  Friday: 10/5 First Friday Mass What we are learning:  ELA- Beginning our story: Dogs.  VCe words (long A and long I) example- Cake, Types of sentences (questions, statements, command, and exclamations), informational text, and understanding text feature   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-  Season of Fall, Holidays and continuing communities  Any questions, please feel free to contact your child's homeroom teacher!   Have a great week!!  The 2nd Grade Team  Thank you for the information! This is great, thank you! Thank you! ReplyReply allForward

September 24, 2018

Hello Friends!!!

We hope that you are enjoying this lovely fall day!  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. 

Another friendly reminder: We will be covering our books this year in clear contact paper.  Books will be coming home with homework.  Please have them covered at your earliest convenience. 

Important Dates: 

Monday: 9/24 New Parent Meeting

Tuesday: 9/25 Fall Fundraiser begins! (Yankee Candle)

Friday: 9/28 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! 

What we are learning: 

ELA- Finishing our story: My Family  We will be focusing on short "o", "u" and "e" words, (spelling test on Wednesday) CVC patterns, informational texts, compare and contrast and complete sentences (subjects and predicates), writing a friendly letter and begin writing paragraphs! 

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 test on Wednesday

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

September 17, 2018

Hello Friends!!!

It was a pleasure meeting you all at back to school night.  We are all looking forward to working with you all and to a wonderful year! 

Homework will begin this week.  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. 

We will be covering our books this year in clear contact paper.  Books will be coming home with homework.  Please have them covered at your earliest convenience. 

What we are learning: 

ELA- Beginning our new story: My Family  We will be focusing on short "o", "u" and "e" words, 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 

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

Have a great week!! 

The 2nd Grade Team