2nd Grade

READING:   The Twin Club

VOCABULARY:   cousins, meadow, parents, promise

SPELLING (short vowels):   drum, rock, list, desk, job, sad, shop, sack
                                tag, rib, mess, dust, country, someone

ENGLISH:  Sentences

MATH:  Telling and showing time to the hour; Doubles with sums to 18.

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Community

RELIGION:  Mass procedures and prayers

Back to School Night – We look forward to meeting with all the parents Tuesday evening!  Please remember the meeting is only for the parents – children should not be at the meeting.

                       Tests will always be on Fridays.
                       This week’s tests:   spelling, reading, math

The reading tests will always include the vocabulary definitions and comprehension questions that correlate with the week’s story.  The Math tests will cover skills taught during the week.

We will be doing a variety of activities throughout the week. 

There will be no tests next week!

There will be no school on Monday, May 29 in observance of Memorial Day.

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday  – Summer Dress Down Days

Wednesday – The second graders will be treated to pizza and drinks for lunch!   If someone doesn’t want pizza, they may bring a packed lunch. 

Wednesday – Please have your child bring an extra bag to school.  The students will be cleaning out their desks and taking books/supplies home.

Thursday – We will be having our school picnic.  Please put sunscreen on your child before arriving at Coonskin Park.  Drop off your child at the Columbia Gas shelter at the park at 8:30.  PLEASE DO NOT DROP THEM OFF EARLY.
Pickup time will be at the Columbia Gas shelter at 12:30.  Please do not be late.
Thank you!   Please put your child’s name on their water bottle.

Friday, June 3 – This is the last day of school.  It will be a DRESS UP day.
We will be going to Mass in the morning.  Dismissal will be at 11:30 a.m.
Report cards will be sent home in the Friday Folders.

We would like to thank all of you for your support and generosity this past school year!   It has truly been a blessing to have your children in our classrooms this year!

READING:  Cowboys

VOCABULARY: cattle, herd, railroad, trails, cowboy, campfire, galloped, plain, roundup, ranch

SPELLING (suffixes ):  kindness, careless, goodness, useless, fearless, darkness, sadness, sickness, helpless, thankless, fitness, weakness, awareness, wireless, eagerness

ENGLISH:  prefixes, suffixes, root words

MATH: math facts, various math and problem solving skills

RELIGION:  Liturgy of the Eucharist

SCIENCE: Bird Unit

Friday Tests:  math, spelling, and reading

This week (May 22-26) will be the last week for 2nd grade homework club.

READING:  A Birthday Basket for Tia

VOCABULARY: present, collects, aunt, favorite, basket, bank, secret, sofa, musician, sip

SPELLING (final syllables: tion, ture) –  mixture, nation, section, future, picture, action, caution, station, fixture, motion, nature, feature, furniture, adventure, tuition

ENGLISH:  Chapter 6 – homophones, word study

MATH: math facts, various math and problem solving skills

SCIENCE:  Bird unit

RELIGION:  Liturgy of the Word

Friday Tests:  math, spelling, and reading

READING:   Red, White, and Blue

VOCABULARY:  freedom, stars, birthday, flag, stripes, nicknames, America, hero, colony, Revolutionary War

SPELLING (abbreviations):  Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec., Mr., Mrs., St., Dr., Ms., Rd.

ENGLISH:  chapter 6 continues – synonyms, antonyms, word categories

MATH: math facts, coordinate graphs, multiplication/division, estimation, time, area, 

SCIENCE:  Bird Unit

RELIGION:  Order of Mass

**Congratulations to all the children that will be making their     
  First Communion this weekend!

Friday Tests:  math, spelling, and reading

Friday – 2C will be doing the Mass.  Please have your child at school by 7:45 a.m.   You are welcome to join us for Mass!  Mass starts at 8:10 a.m.

READING:   Just Like Josh Gibson

VOCABULARY:  field, threw, cheers, sailed, baseball, umpire, glove, plate, bases

SPELLING:  tried, planning, skipping, heaviest, promise, trying, liked, skipped, lighter, because, planned, liking, heavier, lightest

ENGLISH:  chapter 6 continues – prefixes, suffixes, homophones, synonyms, antonyms, homophones, root words

MATH: math facts, various math and problem solving skills

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Bird Unit

RELIGION:  First Eucharist

Friday Tests:  math, spelling, and reading
Progress reports will come home on Friday.

MAP Testing Dates: 

                         2A – Monday

                         2B – Tuesday

                         2C – Wednesday
The testing takes place most of the day.  Please be on time for school.  Thanks!

READING: Novel –  Helen Keller

There will be no reading test this week.  There will, however, be graded in-class reading assignments.

VOCABULARY: ambassador, adversity, triumph, symbol, radical, suffrage, insomnia, isolation

SPELLING (words from novel): stubborn, tantrum, refuse, boil, edit, adore, theater, deaf, blind, braille, doll, cake, miracle, sense, teacher 
 

ENGLISH: Chapter 6

MATH:  math facts, graph coordinates, venn diagrams, parallel and perpendicular lines, making change, quarter past, quarter til, estimation, probability, mixed numbers, finding area

SCIENCE:  Starting a unit on birds

RELIGION:   We will start the First Eucharist lessons.

Friday Tests:  spelling and math

Wednesday – Second grade class pictures (wear regular school uniforms)
                            2A – DO NOT WEAR GYM UNIFORMS.

Friday – 2B will be doing the Mass.  Please have your child in the classroom by 7:45 a.m.
              You are welcome to join us at Mass at 8:10 a.m.

It will also be Popcorn Day on Friday!

READING:  We are going to start a new novel unit – Helen Keller

There will not be a reading test.  There will be graded classroom assignments.

VOCABULARY: confederacy, confederate, energetic, penicillin, vibrate, tantrum, stubborn, refuse

SPELLING (words from novel): stubborn, tantrum, refuse, boil, edit, adore, theater, deaf, blind, braille, doll, cake, miracle, sense, teacher 

 

ENGLISH: Chapter 6 continues

MATH: math facts, arrays, graphs, pie charts, money, mixed numbers, telling time using “quarter past” and “quarter til”, reflection, translation, slide, rotation, turn right angles

Social Studies: People Long Ago

Friday Tests:   Spelling and Math

2nd Grade Newsletter Week of April 3-6, 2023

READING, SPELLING, AND ENGLISH:  Various Language Arts activities

MATH:  Various Math activities

RELIGION:  Lent/Easter

SOCIAL STUDIES:  People Long Ago

Second grade will NOT have any tests next week.

Second grade will NOT have homework club next week.

There will be no school on Friday, April 7th.  Spring Break starts on that day.

•  2A will be doing the Mass on Wednesday, April 5th.  Please have your child in the classroom by 7:45 that morning.  Parents are welcome to come to Mass.  Mass will start at 8:10 a.m.

•  The children will have dress down days every day next week!

•  The second graders will be going to the Clay Center for our field trip on Thursday, April 6th, during the afternoon.

READING:   Signmaker’s Assistant

VOCABULARY:  ideas, important, blame, townspeople, signmaker, afternoon, polite, assistant, sign, agree

SPELLING:  talk, draw, taught, applause, because, walk, thaw, audience, August, chalk, fault, awkward, caught, auto, launch

ENGLISH:  chapter 6 continues

MATH: math facts, right angles, graphs, mixed numbers, multiplication, perpendicular line segments, geometric solids, perimeter, patterns

SOCIAL STUDIES:  People Long Ago

RELIGION:  Lent

Friday Tests:  math, spelling, and reading

Thursday:   Grades 2-5 will go to Reconciliation in the
                                  during the school day.

                    Friday:  Popcorn Day – no cost!