2nd Grade

On Friday, March 24, 2023, we will be having a “no snow snow day”.  This 

means there is no school on Friday, March 24, 2023.  There will also be no ASC.

Also, there will be no Homework Club for second grade on Thursday.

Our math, reading, and spelling tests will be on Thursday.

Look at the end of this newsletter to see Book Fair days.

READING: Horace and Morris But Mostly Delores

VOCABULARY:  adventure, truest, exploring, greatest, climbed, clubhouse, wondered, decision, allow, gasp

SPELLING (f sounds): phone, enough, stuff, laugh, puff, giraffe, graph, tough, photo, cough, cliff, rough, dolphin, physical, autograph

ENGLISH: Chapter 5 – Contractions

MATH: math facts, measuring, money, time, fractions, mixed numbers, perimeter, graphing, estimation, right angles

RELIGION:  Lent

SCIENCE:  Forces and Work

Thursday Tests:  math, spelling, reading

Book Fair Week!  Students will go to the Book Fair during their Reading Center time.

2A will be going to the Book Fair on Monday.

2B will be going to the Book Fair on Monday.

2C will be going to the Book Fair on Wednesday.

Monday:  Spring Dress Down Day

Thursday:   Report cards will come home in the Friday folder.

READING: Bad Dog, Dodger

VOCABULARY: practice, chased, wagged, grabbed, chewing, treat, dripping, field, pitch, prance

SPELLING (consonant patterns):  knock, sign, knee, wrong, write, climb, wrap, wren, gnat, lamb, comb, knob, knuckle, plumber, wrestle

ENGLISH: Chapter 4 – Adjectives

MATH:  math facts, dividing a set of objects into equal groups, symmetry, multiplication, division, coins, perimeter

RELIGION:  Lent

SCIENCE:  Investigating Forces and Work

Friday Tests:  math, spelling, reading

• Friday – St. Patrick’s Day – Wear Green Dress Down Day

• Friday will be the end of the 3rd nine week grading period.

READING: Carl the Complainer

VOCABULARY: shrugs, annoy, mumbles, complain, P.M., signature

SPELLING (prefixes):  unsafe, preheat, rerun, disappear, unlock, discolor, rewind, unpack, unplug, regroup, preschool, disagree, watch, toward

ENGLISH: Chapter 4

MATH:  math facts, dividing, temperature, estimation, money, fractions, measuring

RELIGION:  Lent

SCIENCE:  Investigating Forces and Work

READING: Fire Fighter

VOCABULARY: station, masks, tightly, building, roar, quickly, burning, engine, siren, chief

SPELLING (suffixes):  cheerful, visitor, slowly, weekly, teacher, helper, hardly, graceful, yearly, quickly, fighter, sailor, gardener, competitor, extremely

ENGLISH: Chapter 4

MATH:  math facts,finding one half of a set with an odd number of objects, estimating a sum, measuring using feet and inches

RELIGION:  Lent

SOCIAL STUDIES:  President Unit

Friday Tests:  math, spelling, reading

READING: The First Tortilla

VOCABULARY: awaken, cliffs, mountain, prize, volcano, rainbow, suffer

SPELLING (vowel digraphs):  too, blue, suit, juice, new, true, spoon, drew, fruit, clue, flew, fool, know, won’t

ENGLISH: Chapter 4- adjectives and pronouns

MATH:  math facts and miscellaneous math activities

RELIGION:  Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent

** Tuesday, Feb. 21 – Mardi Gras – Mardi Gras dress down day – wear something green, purple, and/or gold.

** Wednesday, Feb. 23 – Ash Wednesday 

                     ** Friday, Feb. 24 – Popcorn Day

Friday Tests:  math, spelling, reading

READING: The Night the Moon Fell

VOCABULARY: rattle, balance, slivers, whisper, coral, sway, canyon

SPELLING (compound words):  downstairs, football, cowboy, soybean, oatmeal, rainbow, daydream, railroad, houseboat, boyhood, roadway, outplay, none, hour

ENGLISH: Chapter 4  – Pronouns and Adjectives

MATH:  multiplying by 10, counting money using quarters, number words, measuring, symmetry

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Presidents

RELIGION: Commandments

** Friday Tests:  math, spelling, reading

** Second Grade Parent lunch will be on Wednesday, February 15.  Please send the lunch form to school with your child on Monday if you haven’t done so already so the cafeteria can plan on the food. 

**  Your child should bring his/her Valentine box and valentines on Monday or Tuesday.  The Valentine party will be on Tuesday.  Tuesday will be a dress down day.

READING: Soil

VOCABULARY: grains, seeps, materials, substances, particles, texture

SPELLING : around, sound, toy, moist, out, flower, noise, coil, gown, howl, royal, cow, world, push

ENGLISH: Start chapter 4 – Pronouns and Adjectives

MATH:  math facts, writing money amounts using dollar signs and cent symbols, working with two digit numbers

RELIGION:  Chapter 8 – Old and New Testaments

**  See note in Friday folder about making a Valentine holder box
at home to use at our class Valentine party.  The box and valentines should be brought in on February 13th.  The classroom  party will be on February 14th.

Friday Tests:  math, spelling, read

READING: Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

VOCABULARY: fruit, smooth, vine, soil, roots, harvest, bumpy, pumpkin, seed, bloom

SPELLING :  put, cook, stood, fuel, wood, July, shook, push, pull, brook, hook, hood, pudding, cushion, footprint

ENGLISH: More verbs

MATH:  math facts, comparison symbols, pictographs, fractions, numbers in expanded form.

RELIGION:  Reconciliation prep

Friday Tests:  math, spelling, reading

Catholic Schools Week (see school newsletter for daily activities)

Open House for new families interested in sending their children to Sacred Heart will be on Tuesday 6:00-7:00.

Friday – We will have “Game Day” on this day.  Your child may bring in a game.  The children do not have to bring in a game.  If bringing in a game, it cannot be an electronic game.

READING: A Froggy Fable

VOCABULARY: clearing, crashed, perfect, traveled, pond, spilling, splashing

SPELLING (final syllable -le):  ankle, purple, bubble, title, able, giggle, apple, bugle, sparkle, cable, bundle, tickle, you’re, only

ENGLISH: Chapter 3 on verbs continues

MATH:  Telling time (5 minute intervals), measuring to nearest ½ inch, place value, venn diagrams, fractions, adding three 2-digit numbers, math facts

RELIGION:  Reconciliation prep

Friday Tests:    Reading, Math, Spelling

Friday – 2A 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.

MAP Testing Schedule for Second Grade:

     ***  Please make sure your child eats breakfast and is on time for school.  The testing takes place in the mornings and afternoons. 

Tuesday – 2B

Wednesday – 2A

Thursday – 2C

Second Grade Newsletter Week of January 18-20, 2023

READING:   Fiction/Nonfiction, various reading activities.

VOCABULARY:  No vocabulary for this week.

SPELLING (commonly used words):  they, because, said, were, are,
there, their, they’re, could, always, thought, listen, was, different,

enough, saw

ENGLISH:  Verbs

MATH:  math facts, various math activities

SCIENCE:   Geology

RELIGION:  Reconciliation Prep

Friday Tests:  spelling and math (no reading tests)

Monday – No School ( in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.)

Tuesday – No School – Do the E-Learning Day packet that is in your child’s
                          Friday folder.  This MUST be turned in on
                          Wednesday, January 17th for a grade.

Friday – 2C will be doing the Mass.  Please have your child in the classroom
          By 7:45 a.m.   You are welcome to come to the Mass.  It starts
          at 8:10 a.m..

Friday – Report cards will be sent home in the Friday folders.