SECOND GRADE WILL " LEAD WITH LOVE "


WHAT'S HAPPENING THE WEEK OF January 17th:

Religion

Congratulations to our students from St. Barnabas Parish who will receive their First Reconciliation this Saturday, January 22nd!  

This week we will share the Gospel story of "The Good Shepherd".  Jesus is always ready to look for us when we move away from him through the bad choices we make. We will discuss what we can do to find Jesus when we feel lost. Please continue to practice the "Act of Contrition" prayer at home. 

While saints are wonderful role models for following Jesus, there are people in our lives that can also help us in our journey to become closer to God. This week we will be discussing some of these very special people.  Students will be asked to choose someone they know who they believe is a leader and role model and write about them.

Math

The children will be practicing how to rewrite a horizontal subtraction sentence vertically and will learn how to check subtraction with addition.

ELA

Reading

The Essential Question is, "How does weather affect us?".  This week we will not be using our readers but will read two science articles about how the water cycle works and how and why it rains.  There is no reading test this week; comprehension questions will be used as a classwork grade.

Grammar

We will continue identifying possessive nouns.

Correct grammar rules for punctuation and capitalization when writing a complete sentence will be consistently reviewed.

Phonics

Week 3 completes our work in Unit 7.  The students will learn how to write three syllable words with open syllables and other syllable types.  Examples include words like: tuxedo, video, and utensil.  The suffixes "y", "ly", and "ty" will also be introduced.  These are found in words like: grumpy, wildly, and safety.

This week's Trick Words are: night, carry, something

Remember that Fundations is cumulative and builds on skills previously covered.  While we review daily, please go over old skills at home if your child is not doing well on his/her quizzes.  There are videos posted in the link box below that give overviews of Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. 

There is a quiz this week on Thursday.

Spelling

This week the children will learn these 15 new words:

1. told, 2. most, 3. float, 4. coat, 5. toast, 6. grow, 7. mow,
8. show, 9. Joe, 10. toe, 11. world, 12. answer, 13. only,
14. our, 15. who

There will be a test on Friday.

Writing

The students will work on writing the final copy of their own version of the classic, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs".  

Science

The children did a great job on their cloud charts,  temperature graphs, and cloud experiments last week. This week, we will focus on the water cycle and how it works to recycle water through the environment.

The students will begin working on their cloud models and cloud descriptions.

The "I'm a Meteorologist" Project is due Friday, January 21st.

ConnectEd

The codes to access our reading and math series online were sent home should you need to use these resources.

i-Ready

This week the students will begin taking their next test in our i-Ready Program.

HEPP 

This week the Nassau County Health Education Prevention Program (HEPP) begins. Students will be learning how to make good choices to keep their bodies and minds healthy.

*Reminders:

*All work is posted in Google Classroom.  If your child is absent or has lost an assignment, check Google Classroom.

*This week for "Selfie Sunday" take a photo of your child by a statue of St. Elizabeth Seton or another saint!  Send it to their teacher!

*No School Monday-Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday

*Friday is band day!

*Book Report due Jan. 28th