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Grade 2-1 Trusts in Jesus!

What's Happening the Week of March 20th:

Religion  

This week we will continue working on our First Holy Communion Books as the children share the Gospel story of "The Last Supper" and get closer to the day they will receive Jesus in the Eucharist!


We will continue growing closer to Jesus during the season of Lent. Please work on your Lenten sacrifices at home.

Math

The children are using the strategy of "hair money" to help them count various combinations of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. We will use money to problem solve and make a craft to reinforce money concepts learned so far.

There is a quiz on coin counting this Tuesday.

Please check out the video on "Hairy Money", which explains a money counting strategy we are using in the classroom.

ELA

Reading

This week's Essential Question is, "How do we use money?"  This ties in with our math topic.

We will read, "The Life of a Dollar Bill" and "Money Madness" to help us answer this question.  

We will take our EQ test this Friday based on "Money Madness". 

Phonics

Look for the Parent Letter introducing Unit 12, which introduces the double vowel teams of "oi" and "oy". These are found in words like: soil, broil, boy, and toy.
 
There is a video on this unit, and all previous units, in the link box below.  There is no quiz this week. 

Trick words:  favorite, ocean, early 

Spelling

There will be a spelling test this Friday on these 15 words:

1. sound, 2. mound, 3. cloud, 4. shout, 5. pound, 6. clown, 
7. brown, 8. crown, 9. howl, 10. growl, 11. favorite, 12. ready, 13. been, 14. myself, 15. pushed

Grammar/Writing

This week the students will learn how to make their writing more interesting by using adverbs.

Social Studies

The students will begin presenting their March Book Reports on their ancestors this week.

Please send in a painting smock if your child does not have one in school already, because we will be painting our land- form maps on Friday.

Spanish

We will be reviewing the vocabulary for color words.

i-Ready

The students will continue working on their pathways in math and reading twice a week per subject area.

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Reminders:


*Gr. 2 is asked to donate baby blankets and socks for Grade 5's Homeless Project

*D3 Day & Money quiz-Tuesday, March 21st



*Report Card Conferences & Half Day Dismissal-Wednesday, March 22nd-look for the confirmation slip that will be stapled in your child's green notebook on Monday.