Second Grade News
October 17, 2014
Religion
This week we completed Chapter 2, recognizing that Jesus Christ gave us the church and that the Holy
Spirit helps the church to continue to grow. We reviewed the We Believe key statements and words
from the Chapter. We will have the Chapter 2 test on Tuesday. We celebrated Mass on Wednesday
with Father Edmund as our celebrant and prayed the Rosary on Thursday with our School Families.
Reading-Unit 1-Lesson 1.5 (continued)
We read a lot during the ITBS Testing and had our library books readily available when we finished
various sections of the testing. We were able to work some on our reading lesson, continuing to
understand the comprehension skill Story Structure (setting, characters, and plot) and the
comprehension strategy Visualize. Visualizing help readers “place” themselves in the story in order to
better understand it. In spelling and phonics, we continued our study of consonant blends (r, l, s) as
well as our vocabulary strategy identifying base words with inflected endings (-ed, -ing) and the rules
associated with adding those endings. Our grammar lessons still focused on singular and plural nouns.
We will continue to revisit these concepts all year long. We will begin Unit 2, lesson 1.6 this coming
week. The new spelling words are at the end of this newsletter.
Math
The math lessons this week included identifying, solving, and writing related addition and subtraction
facts, using addition to check subtraction facts and taking the Test Preparation to check the children’s
progress with the objectives of lessons 11-15 .
Saint Costumes
Good news!!! Mrs. Gilbert has located the saint costumes that were misplaced during
our school renovation. I will put the costumes on display in the hall this Tuesday,
October 21, 2014. Please feel free to come by and see if there is anything that might
work for your child’s saint costume. I will leave them out all day.
Schedule
10/20/14
M-F
10/23/14
Thursday
10/28/14
10/29/14
10/31/14
Tuesday
Wednesday
Friday
Red Ribbon Week
Monday - Wear Red Day
Tuesday – “Drugs are Old”- wear 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, or 80’s attire
Wednesday – “Be a Drug Free Rockstar”- wear sunglasses
Thursday – “Follow Your Dreams”- Pajama Day
Friday – To be determined
Team Day – Student’s may wear this year’s school team shirt to
school with long jeans or their P.E. pants
Language Arts Volunteers begin helping in the classroom
6th Grade Bake Sale
All Saints Day Mass (noon dismissal)
Bible Verse
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be
exalted.”
Matthew 23:12
Second Grade News
October 17, 2014
11/10-15/14
11/12-14/14
11/17/14
11/20/14
M-F
W-F
M-F
Thursday
11/21/14
11/24-28/14
Friday
M-F
Scholastic Book Fair
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Student of the Week - Stephen
Team Day – Student’s may wear this year’s school team shirt to
school with long jeans or their P.E. shirts
WASC Day – No School
Thanksgiving Break
Unit 2.1
Spelling Words
Common Final
Blends
next
end
camp
sank
sing
drink
hunt
stand
long
stamp
pond
bring
High Frequency Words
animals
bear
know
most
myself
second
she
sleep
three
work
Target
Vocabulary
Words
shaped
branches
pond
beaks
deepest
break
hang
winding
Bible Verse
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be
exalted.”
Matthew 23:12