I hope everyone had a Blessed Easter and enjoyed time with family and friends during the break. ACADEMICS Reading: We are starting a new unit focusing on books in a series such as Harry Potter, Dog Man, Toad and Frog, Cam Jansen, Amelia Bedelia, and Magic Treehouse. As we read books in a series, we […]

ACADEMICS Reading: We are setting goals and planning steps for how we are going to amp up our reading. Our goals may be becoming more fluent in our reading, understanding literary language, or findings ways to keep track of longer books. Phonics: We continue reviewing spelling patterns for words with the Long I sound. We […]

Congratulations to our second grade friends and their families on the celebration of their First Holy Communion. It was a beautiful day! ACADEMICS Reading: As our books get longer, it is easy to forget what we have read. When this happens, we need to stop, reread, and ask questions to make connections to what we […]

We look forward to joining in the celebration of our second grade friends as they receive their First Holy Communion this weekend! ACADEMICS Reading: We continue working on literary language noticing the way authors use language in special ways through comparisons, idioms, alliteration, time-passing words, and repetition. As readers, we need to figure out what […]

We had a great turnout for the SHS Showcase! It was so nice to see everyone and display the fantastic timelines! ACADEMICS Reading: We continue working on the skills of reading to the mood of the text, read at a pace suitable for comprehension, and recognize literary language. Phonics: We are learning how to build […]

We hope you will be able to attend the SHS Showcase & Sweets on Friday. We can’t wait to display our timelines! ACADEMICS Reading: We are learning how to match our reading to the mood of the text, read at a pace suitable for comprehension, and recognize literary language. Phonics: We are learning how to […]

We look forward to celebrating with our Second Grade friends as Jesus gives them His peace and forgiveness in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. ACADEMICS Reading: As we become better readers, we are learning how books should be read and how to use meaning to read more fluently. Phonics: We are focusing on the endings of […]

ACADEMICS Reading: We have been using our high frequency and sight words to read more fluently. We begin our next reading unit which focuses on our reading fluency and comprehension as we read bigger books. Phonics: We are learning about the -gh sound in different words such as ghost, might, enough, and through. We are […]

We’ve had many celebrations this month. We celebrated Presidents’ Day on Monday. Today was a Two-rific Day to be in 2nd Grade celebrating Twosday (2/22/22)! ACADEMICS Reading: We are learning to use what we know from phonics (blends, digraphs, trigraphs, and vowel teams) to help us decode words. In addition, we are using sight words […]

I hope everyone had a nice Valentine’s Day! Second grade is full of sweet hearts! 💕 ACADEMICS Reading: As we grow word solving muscles, we are learning how to look for words or parts of words we know to help us decode tricky works. Phonics: For words ending in -le, we are learning to break […]