Week of March 2-6  

Spelling:  R Controlled Vowels ir, er,ur:   skirt, girl, birthday, first, bird, stir, curl, nurse, turn, church, purse, purple, mother, father, brother

Reading:    Genre: Realistic Fiction: Games Around the World, Expository: Wild Weather, Volcanoes

Phonics: Fundations: Suffixes, plurals, past tense, vowel teams, trick words,v-e, y

Math:   Adding and Subtracting 3 Digit Numbers; Time; Money, Data Analysis

Language Arts: Verbs- Helping Verbs, Vivid Verbs, Past-Present-Future;    Daily Paragraph Writing: Capital Letters, Punctuation, Good Sentence Structure-makes sense, Neatness/Legible, 5 Complete Sentences

Religion: Novena to St. Rita, St. Pier Giorgio Frassetti, Lent, Stations of the Cross

Science: Wild Weather

Week of February  23-27     

Spelling:  Vowel Digraphs oa, ow:   tow, grow,  snow, below, yellow, shadow, tomorrow, rainbow, road, boat, coach, soap, coat, out, other

Reading:    Genre: Realistic Fiction: Happy New Year, Games Around the World, Dear Primo 

Phonics: Fundations: Suffixes, plurals, past tense, vowel teams, trick words,v-e, y

Math:   Adding and Subtracting 3 Digit Numbers; Time; Money

Language Arts: Verbs- Helping Verbs, Vivid Verbs, Past-Present-Future;    Daily Paragraph Writing: Capital Letters, Punctuation, Good Sentence Structure-makes sense, Neatness/Legible, 5 Complete Sentences

Religion: Novena to St. Rita, St. Pier Giorgio Frassetti, Lent

Social Studies: CHinese Lunar New Year, The Olympics

Week of February  17-20    

Spelling:  Vowel Digraphs ee, ea: mean, keep, team, read, tree, dream, clear, teach, reach, queen, stream, breeze, squeaky, what, each

Reading:    Genre: Realistic Fiction: Happy New Year, Games Around the World, Dear Primo 

Phonics: Fundations: Suffixes, plurals, past tense, vowel teams, trick words,v-e, y

Math:   Adding and Subtracting 3 Digit Numbers; Time; Money

Language Arts: Verbs- Helping Verbs, Vivid Verbs, Past-Present-Future;    Daily Paragraph Writing: Capital Letters, Punctuation, Good Sentence Structure-makes sense, Neatness/Legible, 5 Complete Sentences

Religion: Novena to St. Rita, Ash Wednesday, Lent

Social Studies: The Olympics

Week of February  9-13      February 11- 8:10AM Second Grade Mass

Spelling:  Vowel Digraphs ai, ay: mail, rain, pail, wait, trail, snail, afraid, straight, play, stay, clay, pray, today, above, were

Reading:    Genre: Expository: Many Ways to Enjoy Music, The Musical Museum, We've Got the Beat

Phonics: Fundations: Suffixes, plurals, past tense, vowel teams, trick words,v-e, y

Math:   Adding and Subtracting 3 Digit Numbers; Time

Language Arts: Verbs- Helping Verbs, Vivid Verbs, Past-Present-Future;    Daily Paragraph Writing: Capital Letters, Punctuation, Good Sentence Structure-makes sense, Neatness/Legible, 5 Complete Sentences

Religion: Novena to St. Rita, Preparation for Peace Mass in February, St. Valentine

Social Studies: The Olympics, Valentine's Day

Science: Musical Sounds

Week of February  2-5       Thursday 11:30 Dismissal/Friday No School

*Thursday is Optional Parent Teacher Conferences from 11:30-3:00PM. If you have a concern and would like to meet, please email me.

Spelling:  Vowel Digraphs ai, ay: mail, rain, pail, wait, trail, snail, afraid, straight, play, stay, clay, pray, today, above, were

Reading:    Genre: Expository: Day to Night, Many Ways to Enjoy Music, The Musical Museum, We've Got the Beat

Phonics: Fundations: Suffixes, plurals, past tense, vowel teams, trick words,v-e, y

Math:   Subtracting 3 Digit Numbers

Language Arts: Verbs- Helping Verbs, Vivid Verbs, Past-Present-Future;    Daily Paragraph Writing: Capital Letters, Punctuation, Good Sentence Structure-makes sense, Neatness/Legible, 5 Complete Sentences

Religion: Novena to St. Rita, Preparation for Peace Mass in February

Social Studies: Groundhog Day, The Olympics

Science: Stars, Constellations, Musical Sounds

Week of January  26-30     Catholic School's Week

Spelling:  3 Consonant Ending Blends: itch, match, lunch, watch, bench, catch, switch, branch, wrench, scratch, pitcher, hopscotch, off, come, torch

Reading:      Genre: Fiction: Starry Night, Mr. Putter and Tabby See the Stars

Phonics: Fundations: Suffixes, plurals, past tense, vowel teams, trick words,v-e, y

Math:   Subtracting 3 Digit Numbers

Language Arts: Verbs- Helping Verbs, Vivid Verbs, Past-Present-Future

Religion: Novena to St. Rita, Preparation for Peace Mass in February

Social Studies: The Olympics

Science: Stars, Constellations

Week of January  20-23      First Reconciliation, Thursday, January 22, 7:00PM

Spelling:  3 Consonant Beginning Blends: strap, shrug, throb, string, shred, spring, splash, script, scrape, stripe, throne, thread, splendid, about, here

Reading:      Genre: Fiction: Not Norman, Starry Night, Mr. Putter and Tabby See the Stars

Phonics: Fundations: Suffixes, plurals, past tense, vowel teams, trick words,v-e, y

Math:  Adding 3 Digit Numbers; Subtracting 3 Digit Numbers

Language Arts: Verbs- Helping Verbs, Vivid Verbs, Past-Present-Future

Religion: First Reconciliation, Novena to St. Rita, Preparation for Peace Mass in February

Social Studies: The Olympics

Science: Stars, Constellations

Week of January  12-16             i-Ready Testing M-T-TH-F

Spelling:  ck and ke: neck, clock, pack, knock, kick, ticket, chicken, lake, woke, cake, spoke, truck, from, which, backpack

Reading:      Genre: Narrative Non Fiction: Lighting Lives, Biblioburro, Landing on Your Feet; Lola and Tivo

Phonics: Fundations: Suffixes, plurals, past tense, vowel teams, trick words,v-e

Math:  Adding 3 Digit Numbers

Language Arts: Nouns: Common/Proper/Singular/Plural/ Collective/Irregular/Nouns in a Series

Social Studies: Martin Luther King, Jr.; Social Injustice

Religion: First Reconciliation, Novena to St. Rita, Preparation for Peace Mass in February

Week of January  5-9

Spelling:  ph, wr. ng, kn:  knot, song, wrap, knob, bring, wrist, knife, phone, wrong, graph, know, phonics, alphabet, when, said

Reading:      Genre: Narrative Non Fiction: Lighting Lives and Biblioburro

Phonics: Fundations: Suffixes, plurals, past tense, vowel teams, trick words,v-e

Math:  Adding 3 Digit Numbers

Language Arts: Nouns: Common/Proper/Singular/Plural/ Collective/Irregular/Nouns in a Series

Religion: Epiphany; New Year's Blessing; First Reconciliation

Week of December 1-12

Spelling:  ed and ing: running, sitting, hugging, grinning, shopping, knitting, hopped, begged, trapped, dropped, dripped, tripping, Christmas, Santa Claus, they

Reading:      Genre: Realistic Fiction: Sled Dogs Run; Cold Dog, Hot Fox; One Lost Penguin

Phonics: Fundations: Suffixes, plurals, past tense, vowel teams, trick words,v-e

Math:  Place Value: Hundreds, Tens, Ones

Language Arts: Nouns: Common/Proper/Singular/Plural/ Collective/Irregular/Nouns in a Series

Religion: Advent

Music: Sing for the Immaculate Conception Mass 12/8; Prepare to Sing for the Seniors on December 11; Prepare for Christmas Concert on 12/19

Week of November 17-21

Spelling: Review

Reading:      Genre: Fable. The Boy Who Cried Wolf and Wolf, Wolf!

Phonics: Fundations: Suffixes, plurals, past tense, vowel teams, trick words, CVe

Math:  Subtracting 2 Digit Numbers

Language Arts: Writing Project: Turkey in Disguise

Religion: November is the Month of the Saints and Holy Souls in Purgatory; Mass Responses; Seasons of the Church; Saints (St. Rita, St. Elizabeth Seton, St. Pier Giorgio Frassetti)

Social Studies: Thanksgiving and The First Thanksgiving

Week of November 3-14

Spelling ed and ing - jumping, falling, added, passed, baked, loved, hoping, hiding, smiled, making, writing, shining, for, with, Thanksgiving 

Reading: Genre: Expository  Baby Bears.       Genre: Fable

Phonics: Fundations: Suffixes, plurals, past tense, vowel teams, trick words

Math:  Adding 2 Digit Numbers; Subtracting 2 Digit Numbers

Language Arts: Writing Project: Turkey in Disguise

Religion: November is the Month of the Saints and Holy SOuls in Purgatory; Mass Responses; Seasons of the Church; Saints (St. Rita, St. Elizabeth Seton, St. Pier Giorgio Frassetti)

Social Studies: Neighborhoods and Map Skills; Veteran's Day

Week of October 27-31

Spelling S-Blends - swim, cost, spin, stop, best, desk, mask, frost, scale, smile, snowflake, student, spider, there, their

Reading: Genre: Expository  Baby Bears.       Genre: Mystery A to Z Mystery

Phonics: Fundations: Suffixes, plurals, past tense, vowel teams, trick words

Math:  Adding 2 Digit Numbers

Language Arts: Writing Project: Haunted House for Sale

Religion: October is the Month of the Holy Rosary; Mass Responses; Seasons of the Church; Saints (St. Rita, St. Elizabeth Seton, St. Pier Giorgio Frassetti)

Science: Spiders

Social Studies: Neighborhoods and Map Skills

Week of October 20-24

Spelling: Ending Blends -n-Blends- sink, wink, drink, blink, bank, land, sand, hand, stand, bent, sent, plant, count, important, have

Reading:  Genre: Expository  Eagles and Eaglets; Baby Bears.       Genre: Mystery A to Z Mystery

Phonics: Fundations: Suffixes, plurals, past tense, vowel teams, trick words

Math:  Sums of Equal Numbers; Adding 2 Digit Numbers

Language Arts: Writing Project: Haunted House for Sale

Religion: October is the Month of the Holy Rosary; Mass Responses; Seasons of the Church; Saints (St. Rita, St. Elizabeth Seton, St. Pier Giorgio Frassetti)

Science: Bats, Spiders

Social Studies: Neighborhoods and Map Skills

Week of October 6-17

Spelling: Ending Blends- lamp, belt, milk, gift, soft, felt, held, camp, left, cold, went, craft, shelf.    TEST: FRIDAY OCT 17

Reading:  Genre: Expository  Families Working Together; Why We Work ; The Pumpkin, The Skeleton

Phonics: Fundations: Suffixes, plurals, past tense, vowel teams, trick words

Math:  Skip Count by 2's, 5's, 10's; Repeated Addition; Arrays

Language Arts: Nouns; Proper Nouns

Religion: October is the Month of the Holy Rosary; Mass Responses

Science: The Skeleton; The Pumpkin (Jack-o-Lantern and Stingy Jack)

Social Studies: Neighborhoods and Map Skills

Week of September 29-October 3

Spelling: Beginning Blends-R Blends:  drip, drum, drove, grab, grin, grape, frog, friend, crib, crumb, trap, grand, pride, pray, are.  TEST: FRIDAY OCTOBER 3 

Reading:  Genre: Expository  Families Working Together; Why We Work 

Phonics: Fundations: Glued Sounds; Digraphs; Blends

Math:  Solving 2-Step Word Problems; Skip Count by 2's, 5's, 10's

Language Arts: Nouns

Religion: Angels; October is the Month of the Holy Rosary; Mass Responses

Week of September 22-25

Spelling: Beginning Blends-R Blends:  drip, drum, drove, grab, grin, grape, frog, friend, crib, crumb, trap, grand, pride, pray, are.  TEST: NEXT FRIDAY OCTOBER 3 (THIS IS A SHORT WEEK WITH MANY ACTIVITIES)

Reading:  Genre: Fantasy:  THE ENORMOUS TURNIP

Phonics: Fundations: Glued Sounds

Math:  Use the number Line to Add and Subtract; Fact Families

Language Arts: What is a sentence? Telling, Commanding, Asking, Exclaiming Sentences; Naming And Action part of the sentence; Prepositions; Conjunctions

Religion: The Seven Sacraments, Baptism, Saint Carlo Acutis, Eucharistic Miracles, Mass Responses

Week of September 15-19

Spelling: Beginning Blends-L Blends:  club, clap, glad, slip, flag, slide, blame, flute, place, globe, blue, clay, look, see, shall

Reading: i-Ready Testing Monday and Tuesday; Genre: Fantasy:  Little Flap Learns to Fly; Help! A Story of Friendship

Phonics: Fundations: Glued Sounds

Math:  Use the number Line to Add and Subtract; Subtract all and Subtract Zero

Language Arts: What is a sentence? Telling, Commanding, Asking, Exclaiming Sentences; Naming And Action part of the sentence

Religion: The Seven Sacraments, Baptism, Saint Carlo Acutis, Eucharistic Miracles, Mass Responses

Week of September 8-12

Spelling: Long o-u: hole, robe, hope, owe, note, wrote, tune, cute, rule, rude, eve, these, and, do, was

Reading: Genre: Fantasy:  Little Flap Learns to Fly; Help! A Story of Friendship

Phonics: Fundations 

Math:  i-Ready Testing on Monday and Tuesday; Addition Facts up to 20, Use the number Line to Add and Subtract; Add 3 numbers, Count back to subtracc

Language Arts: What is a sentence? Telling, Commanding, Asking, Exclaiming Sentences

Religion: Happy Birthday Mary!, Saint Carlo Acutis, Eucharistic Miracles, Mass Responses

Week of September 2-5

Spelliing: Long Vowels  a-i: ate, made, same, game, late, shake, size, fine, bite, hide, drive, side,  *Jesus, *you, *on

Reading: Genre: Realistic Fiction, Cultures, Characters, Setting, Events; A Look at Families (homes around the world), A New Life in India (dress around the world); Akita and Carlo (food around the world); Recess Queen, Enemy Pie

Phonics: Fundations 

Math: Addition Facts up to 20, Add doubles, Make a 10 Frame, Use the number Line to Add and Subtract; Add 3 numbers

Language Arts: What is a sentence? Telling, Commanding Sentences

Religion: Jesus is Divine (Miracles), Jesus is the Son of God, The Trinity, Pentecost/The Holy Spirit

SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES: Each Wednesday, we will include either Science or Social Studies in our Curriculum. The September Science Curriculum is about exploring God's Creation through our senses. The September Social Studies Curriculum focuses on neighborhoods and map reading skills.

Week of August 25-29

Spelliing: Short Vowels  a,e,i,o,u:  bed, him, six, mad, ten, fun, top, pan, mud, sob, plan, drop, stop,  *the, *of

Reading: Genre: Realistic Fiction, Big Red Lollipop

Phonics: Fundations Review

Math: Addition Facts up to 20

Language Arts: What is a sentence? Telling, Asking, Exclaiming Sentences

Religion: Jesus the Good Shepherd, St. Christina, Jesus is Divine (Miracles)