Dear Second Grade Families,
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday and weekend. Today begins the second trimester of our school year!! I cannot believe we’ve been in school 71 days! We have an exciting week ahead of us.
Here are a few reminders of activities this week as well as a little change with homework:
Flat People update: We are receiving mail almost daily. Ask your child if he/she has received mail. You may need to make a reminder phone call. Our next mailing will be for Christmas.
Teddy Bear and Friends Day is Monday, December 3rd (Donate a new teddy bear to Adopt-A-Family.)
We will have Captain Romero visit our school on Tuesday. This will conclude our week with the story “A Trip to the Firehouse”. The children cannot wait!
HOMEWORK: Reading Log & Fluency There will be a few changes with homework. The reading log has changed. The children must write a complete sentence or two to answer the questions after they have finished their reading. The 20 minutes of the reading log should include the writing section. I would like the kids to dedicate their time writing the title & author neatly. Therefore, I will only send the reading log and fluency this week. I will alternate fluency and common core homework for the next 3 weeks. If you have any questions please email me at secondgrade@sacredheartschoolventura.org
IN THE CLASSROOM…
RELIGION: We will also continue learning about and practicing love and respect for others and ourselves. We are focused on our SLE A4: Make good choices like Jesus. We are learning to recognize that our actions show how we care for each other.
READING: We will begin the story A Big Bushy Mustache, focusing on different predict/infer, problem solving:Since we have
SPELLING : More long a words, same beginning sounds, word clues, word meanings, dictionary work, sentence writing, ABC order
Writing: proper/common noun, capitalization, punctuation, quotation marks, writing a letter, finishing our rough drafts and beginning our final drafts
MATH: adding and subtracting facts to 20 practice; place value, problem solving, even and odd numbers, adding numbers without regrouping, hundreds chart, drill practice
SCIENCE: Motion/Force
SOCIAL STUDIES: Landforms
Have a good week. You will be notified of further developments.
Second Grade Teachers
