Welcome to 2-2

for the Week of

January 27, 2020


*Please visit our school for Curriculum Sunday this
Sunday, January 26th from 11:00 am-1:00 pm and see what the students are learning. 

*Kids' Day is Thursday, January 30th.  Dress in white or blue shirts for your team.  Wear your gym sweat paints.

*Friday, January 31st is a half day. Join us at the 9:00 am Mass!

Weekly News

RELIGION
We will share the Gospel story of Zaccheus and discuss how he turned his heart toward Jesus and was forgiven.  Congratulations to Maya Hoffman and Megan Aron on receiving their First Reconciliation at St. Frances de Chantal this Saturday.

Please continue to pray the Hail Mary daily in honor of Our Blessed Mother. 

MATH
This week we will learn how to check our subtraction using addition and use our skills to solve word problems. Please go over the number facts that were given to you at report card conferences.

READING
This week's reading selection comes from the ReadWorks article, "April Showers".  The students will read about how water cycles through the environment and answer questions based on the article. Remember that reading log time increased to 20 minutes for the rest of the year. Record the daily reading in the reading log and return to school each Friday.  

PHONICS
Please refer to the handout from Phonics Unit 8 that introduces our next lesson on "r" controlled vowels like "ar", "er", "ir", and "ur". There will be a phonics quiz on Friday.

SPELLING
We will have a spelling bee this Thursday instead of a test on these "Weather Words":

1.winter, 2. January, 3. snowflake, 4. cloudy, 5. cumulus, 6. stratus, 7. cirrus,
8. nimbus, 9. weather, 10. hurricane

GRAMMAR
The students will learn how to add helping verbs to action verbs and working on verb tenses.

WRITING
The children will write their own version of a story based on the Angry Birds characters called "Angry Verbs".

SCIENCE
A study guide will go home for our test on the Weather Unit; the test will be Wednesday, February 5th.

HEALTH
The HEPP classes offered by Nassau County continue weekly each Tuesday.