Week of April 2-5, 2012

Dear Second Grade Families,

RECONCILIATION went well. Thank you for helping to make this a prayerful occasion for your child. We are glad so many parents took the opportunity to go to confession themselves. Thank you to our wonderful room moms and parent volunteers for the delicious brunch that followed. Those who took advantage of spending the rest of the day with your child hopefully had a great time. Sacrament of Reconciliation certificates will be in the blue Tuesday folder,

APRIL IS POETRY MONTH.  Look for directions on the back of the Reading Log for this week.

Since this will be a short week, there will not be a homework packet or spelling words (no test). The assigned homework will be Reading Log (due Thursday) and instructions for the memorization of a poem. (Reading is encouraged during the Easter vacation).

IN THE CLASSROOM THIS WEEK…

☺☺☺☺☺ STUDENT OF THE WEEK…MATIAS ☺☺☺☺☺

RELIGION: As we continue to prepare for Easter, we will be discussing the events of Holy Week. Yesterday was Palm Sunday. Then there is Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday.

READING: We will continue reading beginning chapter books in our groups and working on summaries, identifying the characters, setting, problem, and solution for each story.

LANGUAGE ARTS: creative writing; ABC order; Dictionary work; poetry; Easter language arts; and more cursive handwriting.

MATH: Addition and subtraction facts to 20 for the; 2 digit adding and subtracting with and without regrouping; problem solving; Seasonal math activities. Keep working on counting money and telling time.

SOCIAL STUDIES /SCIENCE: Land forms/ Rocks and Minerals

We will dismiss at 12:00, Thursday, to begin Easter vacation and return to school Monday, April 16. We wish you a blessed and Holy Easter and a fun time off school. Enjoy your family and friends and make some memories.

Have a good week,

Second Grade Teachers