Week of September 4th

RELIGION

*Chapter 1: God's Creation

*Give thanks for God's Creation

*Identify the elements of Creation

*Identify God's greatest gift ~ people

*Design a creation masterpiece

MATH

*Counting $1, $10 and $100

*Learn math boxes routine *Practice using a number grid

*Solve number grid puzzles

*Review newly learned games

DAILY 5

*Mosaic apples for September ceiling decorations

*Identify one fact/one opinion about apples

*Teach Read to Someone, Listen to Reading and Word Work

*Friday Letters to the teacher

SOCIAL STUDIES

*FIXED and GROWTH mindset

*Determine what the brain says and thinks during each mindset*Read trade books and view video clips to support understanding
*Individual surveys and goals for a growth mindset

WRITING

*Introduce the writing community

*Illustrate pictures and support with written sentences

*Use capital letters and ending punctuation

Have a GREAT long weekend!

Week of August 27th

RELIGION

*Mass with the Bishop on Tuesday, August 28th @ 8:45 a.m.

*Practice petitions

*Create a glyph (way to show similarities and differences) about themselves
*We are all special and unique

MATH

*Beginning of the Year Math Inventory
UNIT ONE BEGINS!
*Number sequences
*Introduce slate routines
*Practice using coin combinations
*Review calendars and clocks

DAILY 5

*Introduce and review Daily 5 routines
*Read to Self, Read to Someone, Word Work & Listen to Reading
*Begin to assess/benchmark students in reading

SOCIAL STUDIES

*Introduce FIXED and GROWTH mindset
*Read tradebooks to help students understand concepts
*Individual surveys and goals for a growth mindset
*National Holiday - LABOR DAY lesson

WRITING

*Listen to Chester's Way

*Writing task showing uniqueness "My Way"

*Writing Sample - "What Makes Me Smile"

*Introduce the writing community

Welcome to Second Grade!!!

Happy Summer SFA Families!

Week of May 14th

RELIGION

*Mary Assessment

*Ch. 21: Forever in Heaven

*Discuss wanting things to last forever - heaven will!

*Story of The Wedding at Cana

*Help students understand the importance of faith to get to heaven

*List ways he/she has served others as an outward sign of faith

*Mission Awareness Friday

MATH

*Weekly time tests (final week)

*Unit 10 begins!

*Make dollar amounts using coins two different ways

*Practice correct notation using a decimal point

*Adding and subtracting money using a calculator

DAILY 5

*Read to Self, Read to Someone, Word Work & Listen to Reading

*Mini-Lesson: Using context clues to identify the meanings of words

SCIENCE

*Space Unit

*Identify visible objects in the night sky

*Learn important features of the sun and moon

*Understand the Earth's orbit around the sun

*Identify stars in the night sky - tell the stories of constellations

WRITING

*Friendly letter writing

*Understand the format of a letter

*Write a letter from the Sun to the Earth

*Various types of practice letters this week

Week of May 7th

RELIGION

*Identify important characteristics about Mary

*Review how to pray the Rosary

*Learn about the Glorious Mysteries

*Illustrate one of the five mysteries

*Mission Awareness Friday - SFA Emergency Fund $$$

MATH

*Weekly time tests

*Weight as a measurement tool

*Unit Review

*Unit Assessment

*Game Day

DAILY 5

*Read to Self, Read to Someone, Word Work & Listen to Reading

*Mini-Lesson: Identifying the main idea in a multi-paragraph text

SCIENCE

*Weather Assessment

*Begin Space Unit

*Identify visible objects in the night sky

*Learn important features of the sun and moon

*Understand the Earth's orbit around the sun

WRITING

*Biography Fair Reflection

*Top Secret Project!