Weekly Newsletter

Hello 2nd Grade Parents,

It was a great week in 2nd grade!

Please check out the updates below:

Book Fair

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to ECA from September 15–19!

Book Fair Hours:

Daily: 7:45 AM – 4:00 PM
Grand-Friends Day: Tuesday & Thursday, 4:00 – 6:00 PM: Students are encouraged to bring a grandparent, neighbor, family member, or special friend to shop with them.

Each class is scheduled for a 30-minute shopping time slot during the week. Please see important dates below for your child's class visit.

Set up an E-Wallet for easy student purchasing
Volunteer Sign-Up to help support the Book Fair

Thank you all for making the Book Fair a success!

Field Trip - Virtual

The 2nd grade team has secured a virtual field trip reinforcing magnets on Thursday, October 2nd! The scientists are going to mail us kits to use while we join them on Zoom. The cost per student is $13 and permission forms were sent home in white binders this week. Please plan to send in the money in Friday folders or binders throughout the week before Thursday 10/2/25 Make checks payable to Excelsior Classical Academy.

Quick Links

Classroom Needs & Wishlists

Mystery Readers

Teacher Information

Important Dates

Tests, Events, & Academic Calender Dates

9/5 - Spelling Test and Movie Night at ECA
9/8 - Reading MAP Test
9/10 - Math MAP Test
9/11 - Knowledge Test
9/15 - Picture Day & Ms. Rodriguez's class visits the Book Fair
9/16 - Ms. Rutledge's class visits the Book Fair
9/17 - Ms. Lloyd's class visits the Book Fair
9/18 - Ms. Giles' class visits the Book Fair
9/19 - Early Dismissal at Noon and Parent/Teacher Conferences
9/22 - Teacher Workday and Parent/Teacher Conferences
9/26 - 2nd Grade Olympic Games (more info to come ) & Latin Culture Night
10/3 - Virtual Field Trip
10/4 - No School: Teacher workday

Spelling Words

Spelling words are introduced to students on the first day of the week.

The test will be on the last day of the week.

sank
hunt
sang
sand
thin

6. think

7. thing

8. hung

9. hunk

10. should

What We Are Learning

September 8-12

Skills - Unit 1: Students will review /ae/, /ie/, /oe/ and /ue/, /ee/. They will learn the tricky spelling ‘oo’. Tricky Words that students will learn this week are: I, you, your, street, my, by, have, all, who, no, go, and so. Students learn about and practice using Quotation Marks. Students will take a spelling test on Friday.

Math - Ch.2 Addition within 1,000: Students will learn different strategies to add numbers within 20 mentally. They will learn addition strategies and algorithms to add numbers within 100, with and without regrouping.

Knowledge/Domain- Domain 2 Early Asian Civilizations: Students will listen to read alouds about early civilizations in Ancient India and China. They will have a review day on Wednesday to prepare for the assessment on Thursday. On Friday, we will begin a new knowledge Domain, The Ancient Greek Civilization.

Homework

At the beginning of each week, a reading comprehension and math worksheet will be placed in the “Return to School” pocket of your child’s white binder for completion at home. Students are expected to complete these assignments throughout the week and return it to school on Friday.

Kindly ensure that the white binder is reviewed daily. While I highly value family time and extracurricular commitments, please remember that homework is designed to provide additional support to help students reach their full growth potential. Should you find the homework load overwhelming for your student, do not hesitate to contact me.

Reading Comprehension: ""

Math: "Ch.1 Extra Practice and Homework: Addition within 1,000, Activity 2"

Classroom Needs & Wishlists

Thank you for your support!

Lloyd

Rodriguez

Giles

Rutledge

Rutledge's Amazon Wishlist

Mystery Readers

Ms. Rutledge's Mystery Reader Sign up

Teacher Information

2nd Grade Teachers 2nd Grade Instructional Assistants

Mrs. Rutledge, room 164 Ms. McIver

Mrs. Giles, room 162 Ms. Heyl

Mrs. Lloyd, room 168 Mrs. Dobson

Ms. Rodriguez, room 166