March 18 - Stations of the Cross (6th grade leading) 1:10
March 20 - Mass with Bishop Neary
March 22 - Carnival
March 25 - 2nd Grade Reconciliation
March 26 - Field Trip to St. John's Abbey
April 2 - Living Stations and Seder Meal
April 3-6 - No School
April 8 - Birthday Lunch
Lenten Alms Giving Project- Our school is collecting food for the food shelf. This week we continue to collect boxed mac and cheese.
Our class will be going to Reconciliation as a class next Wednesday. Please take time over the next week to review the steps of Reconciliation and the Act of Contrition/Prayer of Sorrow with your child.
Essential Question: What excites us about nature?
Spelling/Phonics: air, ear, eir, ere
Genre: poetry
Grammar: compound sentences and punctuation
High Frequency Words: talk, once, upon, among, touch, bought, never, knew, soon, sorry
Daily homework is to read 15-20 minutes
March reading calendar goal: 250 minutes
AR (Accelerated Reader) - 4th quarter goal is individualized. The last day to take AR tests for 4th quarter is May 15.
MATH
Unit 7: Whole Number Operations and Measurements and Data
Lesson 7-7: Representing Data: Standing Jumps
Lesson 7-8: Representing Data: Arm Spans
Lesson 7-9: Exploring Shape Attributes, Graphs, and Measurements
Reflex- Your child will be expected to know their addition and subtraction facts fluently by the end of 2nd grade. We have been using a great game-based program, called Reflex to practice these facts. I will be putting your child’s login steps and information in their take-home binder. Students are expected to play until they get their “green light.” This typically takes 15-20 minutes. Their goal is to get their green light each day. The students are given some time at school to do this. If your child does not get their green light at school, your child will be circling “Math Fact Practice” on their assignment sheet and this will be part of their homework to get their green light at home. Reflex works on iPads, tablets, and computers. It does work on a phone, but can be more difficult with a smaller screen. If your child does not have access to a device at home please let me know.
RELIGION
Blessed Session 3: The Word of God
God reveals his amazing plan for our lives through the Bible and Mass on Sunday
Jesus is the greatest teacher that ever lived
We gather at church with our family, friends, and all our parish family to worship God in the way that Jesus taught us to
Blessed session 3 is due- Monday, March 23
Unit 4: Jesus Gives Us the Gift of Himself
Chapter 17- Jesus Invites Us
At Mass, God's family gathers to worship and give thanks.
Discuss the roles of the community and the various ministries at Mass.
Explain the meaning and purpose of the Introductory Rites of the Mass.
Jesus said- "This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me." ~Luke 22:19
CLASS MASSES
May 8- 2nd Grade First Communion Mass
SACRAMENTS
First Communion- Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 12:00pm in St. Joseph's Church in Pierz. Practice at 11:00am.
SCIENCE
States of Matter Unit
Essential Question: How is an ice cube like a crayon?
In this lesson, students explore the incredible ability of water to reverse back and forth between solid and liquid states, depending on temperature. In the activity, Ultimate Undo Showdown, students make observations of other materials and their properties after being heated up and then cooled down. They use these observations as evidence that some changes are reversible and some are not.
SOCIAL STUDIES with Ms. Stangl
Unit 4 - People Long Ago
Lesson 3 - Independence
Understand events in early American history.
Identify important people related to our country's independence.