Merry Christmas Week

Religion

Liturgical Seasons Test Tuesday.

Everyday Math

This week the students will complete one addition time test and one subtraction time test to chart growth from the beginning of the year. We will also be doing a graphing lesson!

Social Studies

Finish learning about Christmas, Kwanzaa and Hanukkah.

Tuesday = GRINCH DAY!
All lessons and activities will be Grinch related.

December 5-9

Religion

Congratulations to all of the 2nd Grade students on a beautiful Reconciliation weekend. On Monday the students will complete a sacrament reflection page and discuss their experiences.  As the week continues, the students will prepare for the 2nd week of Advent. The students will lead the school prayer service on Friday at 2:50 pm.  Our next unit will be on the Liturgical Seasons.

Everyday Math

This week the students will continue double digit addition practice.  The students will learn and apply different strategies to solve double digit problems.  Please be sure to review your child's math home links so you understand how the problems are being solved.  On Friday there will be a Unit 4 review.

Daily 5

Daily 5 routines and Guided Reading groups Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.

Mini-Lessons: -Fiction vs Non-Fiction comparison

                      -Beginning and ending story elements

Being a Writer

On Monday the students will write an Elf Application.  This will support their learning of opinion writing. Later in the week, the students will finish their pet stories.  They will listen to the book Sheila Rae the Brave and learn about how author's develop characters.  Characters are developed through the use of adjectives and descriptive language so as to give the reader something to visualize in their mind.

Science

Earth's Resources Unit continues.  This unit will be inquiry-based and full of observations and explorations. The students will be looking at different types of rocks and putting them into categories based on features.  Be sure to ask your child each night about their new discoveries!

Advent has arrived...be prayerful

November 28 - December 2

Religion

This will be our final week of preparation before Reconciliation Weekend.  Please be sure to double check your child's day and time (3rd or 4th).  Throughout the week the students will practice the Act of Contrition, take a Unit Assessment and complete a mediation/reflection to prepare themselves.  Please remember to help your child think about the sins he/she would like to discuss with the priest this weekend.  We will remind the students to use their Examination of Conscience to help.  It is going to be a beautiful weekend of healing and clean hearts.

Everyday Math

On Monday, the students will practice estimating costs to the closest ten.  Based on their estimates, the students will determine whether certain numbers of items can be purchased.  Throughout the week the students will complete explorations and begin learning a big 2nd grade concept: ballpark estimates.  This will coincide with our teaching of double digit addition.

Daily 5

Daily 5 routines and Guided Reading groups Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Mini-Lessons:  -Using a Dictionary Review and Assessment

                        -Identifying and using adjectives in writing

Being a Writer

The students will begin the week with a "Like/Dislike" list.  This list will be based off the book I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato!  This is a fun book if you have picky eaters at home :)  Using their lists, the students will write stories about their likes and/or dislikes.  Later in the week, the students will listen to the book Let's Get a Pup and start a focus study on using adjectives in writing.

Science

Earth's Resources Unit begins.  This unit will be inquiry-based and full of observations and explorations. The students will begin by looking at different types of rocks and putting them into categories based on features.  Be sure to ask your child each night about their new discoveries!

Happy Thanksgiving from the 2nd Grade Team

November 14-18

Religion

On Monday, the students will complete a Reconciliation Retreat Reflection.  The students will reflect on what they did, what they learned and how they feel about the upcoming sacrament.  On Tuesday, the students will do an examination of conscience.  This activity will be saved and used the week before Reconciliation to help the students determine what they would like to talk to the priest about.  Later in the week, we will celebrate Mass and look at the church and forgiveness. The students will review "The Prodigal Son".

Everyday Math

On Monday, the students will complete a problem-solving task called "The Ten Feet Apartment Building".  The focus of the task will be to identify important information and determine appropriate strategies to use when solving the problem. Unit 4 begins this week so please be sure to check your child's red folder for a new family letter.  

Daily 5

Daily 5 routines and Guided Reading groups Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Mini-Lessons: -Long and Short Vowel Review

                         -Using a Dictionary

Being a Writer

This week the students will "Roll-a-Thanksgiving-Story".  The students will roll a dice four times to determine the characters, setting (when and where) and plot of their story.  Our focus will be to assist the students in drafting a narrative that accurately incorporates all of the listed story elements.  Students will have to create a solution on their own to match the "rolled" problem/plot.  Final drafts may begin end of the week.

Social Studies

We will conclude our election unit this week by looking at laws and freedoms.  It is important for students to recognize the freedoms we have in America, as well as be able to decipher between a law and choice.  There will be a unit assessment.