December 4-8
WEEKLY NEWS:
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: All 2nd graders will be participating in the Christmas Program which is on Friday, December 15 at 9:00. Students are asked to wear red or green shirts with jeans and holiday accessories. Parents are welcomed to attend.
CHRISTMAS PARTY: Our Christmas party will be on Tuesday, December 19. All students are asked to bring one gender neutral wrapped book to exchange. Please send all books to school on or before Friday, December 15.
REMINDERS FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS:
GRANDPARENT'S DAY: On Friday morning, my classroom was filled with smiles and love from all! I think it's safe to say that a good time was had by all. See pics here.
MAD MINUTE TESTS: For the 2nd 9 weeks, students are expected to get 30 addition problems correct in one minute. I have been so impressed with the student's improvement..... Continue to encourage your child to do his/her best. 5 minutes of practice each night makes a huge difference!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Tuesday, December 5
Santa Pics (Free Dress for ALL students.)
Friday, December 8
Feast of the Immaculate Conception~School Mass
Tuesday, December 12
Spirit Day
Wednesday, December 13-15
Christmas Food Drive
Thursday, December 14
School Mass
Friday, December 15
Christmas Program @ 9:00
Tuesday, December 19
Spirit Day
Thursday, December 21-January 2
Christmas Holidays
RELIGION
Chapter 8
"We Learn About God's Love"
READING
Unit 3, Weeks 1-2
*Narrative Nonfiction: A true story about a person by a narrator; can have text features such as photographs and/or captains
*Photographs & Captions:
Photographs show something in the text or gives more information about the topic.
Captions give details about the photograph.
*Author’s Purpose:
Author’s Purpose is the reason, or purpose, that an author writes.
Authors write narrative nonfiction stories to inform, or teach readers about a topic.
Personal Narrative/Time Words:
Personal narratives are written to inform the reader about an experience.
Time words are used to show when each event happened. (Examples: First, Next, Then, Finally, etc.)
*Synonyms:
Words that are have the same or almost the same meaning
GRAMMAR
Unit 3, Week 2
Present Tense Verbs:
Present-tense verbs tell about actions that happen now.
The form changes to agree with a subject. Add -s to most verbs if the subject is singular, except when the subject is I or you. Add -es if the verb ends with s, ch, she, or x.
Do not add -s or -es if the subject is plural.
SPELLING
Unit 3, Week 2
light
sight
mind
cry
tie
high
wild
dry
try
lie
hay
steak
begin
those
apart
MATH
- Subtraction with Re-grouping
Vertical Form
SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE
Monday, December 4
Mad Minute (25 problems in one minute)
Tuesday, December 5
Wednesday, December 6
Religion Test (Chapter 8)
Thursday, December 7
Vocab Test(Unit 3, Weeks 1-2)
Friday, December 8
MONDAY
Religion- Test Wednesday
Reading- Study vocab
Grammar- Study new words
Spelling- Test Friday
Math- packet pages
Science- X
Social-Studies- X
TUESDAY
Religion- Test tom. (Chapter 8)
Reading- Vocab Test Thurs.
Grammar- none
Spelling- Study
Math- wkst.
Science- X
Social-Studies- X
WEDNESDAY
Religion- X
Reading- Vocab Test tom.
Grammar- X
Spelling- Study
Math- wkst.
Science- X
Social-Studies- X
THURSDAY
Religion-
Reading- Read 20 minutes
Grammar-
Spelling- Test next Wednesday
Math- wkst.
Science- X
Social-Studies- X