Dear Second Grade Families,

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday and weekend. There are many things to do in the 3 weeks before Christmas vacation.
Today begins the second trimester of our school year!!
Teddy Bear and Friends Day is Tuesday, December 6.
Wednesday, November 30, is a $1.00 non-uniform day to benefit Adopt –a-Family.
St. Nicholas Day is Tuesday, December 6. If you don’t celebrate this at home, now is a good time to start. It is fun.
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.
Christmas Program is Wednesday, December 14. Mrs. Lyle is practicing hard with the students. There should be a costume and supply note soon.
HOMEWORK: Homework Packet for this week goes home today. Encourage your child to complete some homework each day rather than saving it all for the last day. This will help your child with time management. Please proof your child’s homework with him/her before signing. Remember neatness counts.

IN THE CLASSROOM…
RELIGION: first week of Advent (Jesus is the reason for the season); there will be a paper with suggested at home family activities. We will be learning about St. Nicholas as his feast day is Tuesday, December 6. Thursday, December 8th, is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. It is a holy day of obligation, and we will be attending Mass as a school. Friday, December 2, is an all-school Mass celebrating the first Friday of the month. We will be attending Mass and learning more about God’s plan. Our saint for the month is St. Lucy. We will also continue learning about and practicing love and respect for others and ourselves.
READING: We will begin the story “A Trip to the Firehouse”, focusing on different texts for different purposes: informational writing to present and explain real things, people and events. Since we have visited a real firehouse, we can compare and contrast the two.
SPELLING AND LANGUAGE ARTS:l More long a words, same beginning sounds, word clues, word meanings, dictionary work, sentence writing, ABC order, Christmas language arts.
MATH: adding and subtracting facts to 20 practice; place value, problem solving, even and odd numbers, number patterns, ordering 2 digit numbers, round to the nearest 10.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES: Finish life cycle of a chick/ We are finishing up unit 1 in Social Studies.

Have a good week. You will be notified of further developments.
Second Grade Teachers