Events for the weeks of August 30- September 10
Monday- August 30- Welcome Back to School! Dismissal at
11:00am
Tuesday- August 31- Regular Schedule of Classes- We will
meet our 7th grade buddies for the first time and we will play
some games together to get to know each other.
Wednesday- September 1- Regular Schedule of Classes
Thursday- September 2- Regular Schedule of Classes
Friday- September 3- Regular Schedule of Classes
Monday- September 6- Labor Day- no classes
Tuesday- September 7- Regular Schedule of Classes
Wednesday- September 8- Regular Schedule of Classes
Thursday- September 9- Regular Schedule of Classes
Friday- September 10- First all school mass-8:00am in
church. Please join us if you are able.
Reading
Story of the week- Ann's First Day by Constance Andrea Keremes
Comprehension strategies focused on during the first unit- Making predictions and story elements
Phonics skills focused on in the first unit -Review of short vowels
Study skills for the first story- Parts of a book- Title page and Table of Contents
We will also be reading the book- "Tornado" as a read aloud and we will be doing some activities with this book.
Spelling 
Spelling words for the first 2 weeks of school all contain short vowel patterns such as bat, best, still,mom and hut. Children learn best by learning patterns. We will be doing lots of word work this year,using patterns. Spelling words will usually be introduced with a pretest and sent home on Monday but this week the words will be introduced on Tuesday, August 31 and the children will be tested on Friday,September 10. Students will be tested on all 15 words.
In second grade students will have written homework every Monday night.They will be expected to alphabetize the spelling words(those that demonstrated the spelling pattern-the first 10) and use the challenge words in sentences(the last 5 words). This homework will be due on Wednesdays this year.
Please click on file below for the unit 1 spelling words.
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Math
In chapter 1, the students will review place value(tens and ones) in numbers through 50 including writing,ordering and comparing numbers.
Please click on file below for the rubric for Chapter 1
Math Homework for the weeks of August 31- September 10
Tuesday- August 31- Math About Me-worksheetWednesday- September 1- worksheet
Thursday- September 2- worksheet
Monday- September 3- worksheet
Tuesday- September 4- worksheet
Wednesday- September 5- worksheet
Thursday- September 6- worksheet
Students are expected to master their addition and subtraction facts in second grade. The children will be expected to complete a 100 problem test in 7 minutes or less. We will begin next week with 50 problem in 7 minutes or less.
Religion
We are very excited to begin using our new religion book. We will begin with Chapter 1 which focuses on the church welcoming us as the People of God to a special meal to celebrate God's love for us.
Science
Mrs. Schneider will teach Social Studies to all second graders in the fall. Please check her class page for information about Social Studies. Parents should check assignment notebooks each night for any Social Studies homework and the date that assignment is due.
We will begin science this year by learing what the scientific process is . We will then begin with chapter 2 in our book which deals with animals. We will be classifying animals into groups by looking at similarities and differences.
Please click on file below for the vocabulary for Chapter 2
Writer's Workshop
We will begin writing workshop with work on personal narratives.
Technology Integration Spotlight
Here is a sample of how we used technology during the week of September 7
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