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 […]
ACADEMICS Reading: We continue to work on growing word solving muscles. We are working on setting goals to practice different strategies when we read, and we are learning how to solve tricky words part by part. Phonics: We started a new unit focusing on tackling multisyllabic words. This week we are learning how to break […]
This is an exciting week as we celebrate Catholic Schools Week and the 100th day of school. There are many fun activities planned! ACADEMICS Reading: As we take charge of our reading, we decode tricky words by slowly checking that the letters and sounds match the words on the page. When decoding words as we […]
ACADEMICS Reading: We have started a new unit: Growing Our Word Solving Muscles. As we take control of our reading, we are learning how to make movies in our minds to help us better understand what we are reading. We are also learning how to stop and try different strategies to help decode challenging words. […]
I hope everyone enjoyed the long holiday weekend. Here’s a sneak peek at our week. ACADEMICS Reading: As readers of nonfiction books, we retell what we have learned about topics. Phonics: We continue reviewing Phonological Awareness. We are learning about words ending with -le and -tion, how to change the y to i and add […]