Dear Second Grade Families,
This week is First Holy Communion countdown. We will be practicing in the church everyday, hopefully, except Friday. If you have not already done so, please have a “dress rehearsal” at home with the special clothes. Make sure your child can walk (flat and up and down stairs similar to altar steps), kneel, bow, stand, and sit comfortably. Shoes, (flat for girls), should not be slippery on the bottoms; they should stay on the feet, tied securely, buckled, etc., and feel comfortable. There are to be no gloves or anything carried in the hand. Veils, bows, wreaths, etc., for the girls need to be securely fastened with bobby pins. Girls’ dresses need to have sleeves.
Please remind your child about “fasting” before Mass; nothing to eat or drink, except water and not a lot, one hour before Mass. Also, make sure he/she uses the bathroom before we begin, and hands are clean, and there is no gum chewing in church.
Mass will begin at 10:00. Our group photo: 9:40 sharp, in church. We will not wait for latecomers, as we will need to get ready to line up as soon as the picture is taken. Individual picture order envelopes will go home soon.
Your child’s certificate will be in the May 8 Tuesday folder.
As previously mentioned, your child does not need a sponsor for this sacrament. This has not been a tradition here at Sacred Heart. The class will be sitting together and participating in all aspects of the Mass as well as receiving Communion. We will only be receiving the Body of Christ. If you would like your child to receive the Blood of Christ, this can be done when you attend mass together as a family (maybe the next day, Sunday). You can instruct your child and be sure he/she knows what wine tastes like.
Then, have a wonderful day celebrating this milestone with your child, family, and friends.
Our non-Catholic second graders and their families are invited to join their classmates on this special day. Please let us know if you are going to be there.
God bless you, Second Grade Teachers
And the rest of our week looks something like this…
********STUDENT OF THE WEEK: Antonio********
POEM PRESENTATIONS were great. Everyone had the opportunity to practice in class before the real day. It was a difficult task to pick only five students to participate in the speech contest and we were given a criteria to follow. The students from second grade are Ella, Sophia, Naomi, Aliyah, Diego.
FIELD TRIP to the “Ojai Storytelling Festival’ will be this Friday. We will be back in time for lunch. This is a full day of school.
RELIGION: Liturgy of the Eucharist, Eucharistic Prayer, Gift of Jesus,
Holy Communion.
READING: We will be finishing up activities from the story selection “Moses Goes to a Concert.” We will continue reading chapter books for fluency and comprehension.
LANGUAGE ARTS: Multi-meaning words, adjectives; ABC order, creative writing, grammar and punctuation, lower case cursive letters.
SPELLING: Unit 31, words ending with __ed or __ ing (double consonants)
MATH: Adding and subtracting facts to 20; double digit subtracting with and without regrouping; story problem strategies; keep practicing time and money at home.
