Dear Second Grade Parents,
Hope the long weekend was an enjoyable one. This week again will be a short week with lots to do.
Thank you to the room moms & parent volunteers for our fabulous Valentine’s celebration. The children enjoyed every minute of our party. Thank you for all the Valentine treats and good wishes.
First Reconciliation for your second grader will be on Wednesday, April 17th at 1:00 P.M. Parents (only), hope you can join us in the church for this sacramental celebration. Parents are invited (and encouraged) to go to confession as well. There will be a celebration following the church service. Godparents or sponsors for this sacrament and First Holy Communion are not required. Look in the Family Envelope for further information.
Take A LOOK at our Week:
FLAT PERSON PROJECT: The second part of the flat person project is coming home on Friday. Just a reminder that as much mail as possible needs to be neatly displayed on the board. Then any leftovers can be mounted in a thin binder. Thank you for your guidance with this. This completed project can come to school on March 5. School Fair is Wednesday,March 6. You will need to purchase a presentation board and cut it in half. If you need to have an idea of what size, please stop by the classroom to see a sample.
Homework: Common Core Homework & Reading Log. Look below in math to find a new math website that I would like the students to use at least 3 times a week to get some math fact practice. They must turn in at least one level they have passed. Thank you for your support.
A copy of The Act of Contrition was sent a few weeks ago to memorize. I will be checking periodically to see if the prayer has been memorized.
LANGUAGE ARTS:
Reading: We will begin our new story “The Great Ball Game”. Our strategy focus will be summarize. Our comprehension skill focus will be cause and effect.
We will finish the Cam Jansen read aloud and begin The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo by Judy Blume.
Writing: We will wrap up our persuasive writing by Thursday. This week we will begin our “How to Make” writing using transitional words such as first, next, then, and finally.
We will be focusing on the letters i & l for cursive.
Spelling/Phonics: Unit 21; spelling pattern –all, -aw & short o. We will work with base words and endings -s, -es, -ies (nouns).
Grammar: Plural Possessive Nouns, Capitalization & Punctuation
RELIGION: The season of Lent began last week & will continue discussing this season in class; Reconciliation preparation will continue this week. Vocabulary for this week: sin, temptation, accident, mistake, sorry, forgiveness, choices.
We will finish our Family Life Unit 1 about Rules and Choices along with our Virtus Lesson by Wednesday.
MATH: We are working hard on subtraction with regrouping. We will continue reviewing subtraction with regrouping, 2-D & 3-D shapes & math facts to 20 (addition & subtraction). Math Fact Practice is a website that has speed drills for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Print out any levels your child passes and send with the homework attached.
SCIENCE: We will finally have our chapter 5-6 unit test for science on Wednesday.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We will finish reading about George Washington, & Abraham Lincoln.
Events this Week:
Wednesday: Stations of the Cross at 2:00 p.m. & FREE DRESS with a $1.00 (or more) donation.
Friday: Full Day: Dismissal 2:45 p.m.
If you have any questions, please send me an email at secondgrade@sacredheartschoolventura.org
Blessings,
Mrs. Vazquez
