Jesus is the Reason for the Season!

Homework for December 14-17

Monday:

1. Do the paper on Family Traditions.
2. Do excel math homework #27.
3. Read for twenty minutes and record in reading log.

Tuesday:

1. Read the story "The Elves Save The Day" with your family.
2. Do the paper on special vowels (Book or Boot?).
3. Share the Religion paper with your family.

Wednesday:

1. Study your social studies vocabulary words.
2. Do excel math homework #28.
3. Do the paper on plurals (More Than One).

Thursday:

1. Read for twenty minutes and record in reading log.
2. Study the Religion notes for tomorrow's test.

Reminders: There will be no spelling and math facts tests this week. Christmas Party information: Our Room Mom, Kristi Carlton, is calling parents to help with this Friday's party. Not all parents will be called this time. If you are not called, you will be called to donate or help for the Valentine's Party. Thank you for your help.

This Friday is our second grade Mass at 8:15 a.m. Please make sure your child is on time and in full uniform. Also, if you did not attend the Reconciliation meeting last Monday, there will be one this Monday at the same time. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Jesus is the Reason for the Season!

Homework for December 7th -10th

Monday:

1. Write each spelling word 5x.
2. Do excel math homework #26.
3. Study the vocabulary words.
4. Read the Decodable Book.

Tuesday:

1. Read the story Changing with the Seasons and do the paper that goes along with it (this story and paper will go home today).
2. Study your math facts.
3. Do the Christmas word search.

Wednesday:

1. Read the Patterns story Flip and the Morning.
2. Write a story using as many spelling words and/or vocabulary words as you can.
3. Do the paper on Antonyms (Twins). Remember that an antonym means the opposite.
4. Study your math facts.

Thursday:

1. Take a spelling pretest and write any misspelled word 5x.
2. Study your math facts.
3. Study your vocabulary words.
4. Share the Religion paper with your family.

Thank you parents for driving to the Nutcracker Performance. Remember that there is a First Reconciliation parent meeting this Monday at 7:00 p.m. Also, Santa's Workshop will be this Wednesday and Thursday.

This Tuesday is the Immaculate Conception Mass at 8:15. All students need to be in full uniform. My students may bring their P.E. clothes and change at recess.

Second Grade will be leading the Mass on December 18 at 8:15. All parents are welcome to attend. Please make sure your child is on time to school on that day. Thank you and Merry Christmas.

Jesus is the reason for the season!

Homework for Nov. 30-Dec. 3

Monday:

1. Write each spelling word 5x.
2. Study your math facts.
3. Study the vocabulary words for Thursday's test.
4. Read the Decodable Book.

Tuesday:

1. Do the math paper on regrouping (snowflakes).
2. Do the paper on special vowels- ow.
3. Share the Religion paper with your family.

Wednesday:

1. Take a spelling pretest and write any misspelled word 5x.
2. Read for twenty minutes and record in reading log.
3. Study your math facts.
4. Study your vocabulary words and know their definitions.

Thursday:

1. Do the paper on paragraphs (Write Supporting Details).
2. Do the excel math homework #24.
3. Read the Decodable Book.

Note: Some permission slips and money have not been turned in. Please turn them in by tomorrow. I will be giving the spelling, vocabulary, and math facts tests this Thursday instead of Friday due to our field trip.

There is no tutoring this Tuesday due to a meeting.

Habitat Projects Presented this Week!

Homework for November 16th-19th

Monday:

1. Write each spelling word 5x.
2. Work on your habitat project.
3. Study your math facts.
4. Study the vocabulary words.

Tuesday:

1. Do the math paper on regrouping.
2. Read for twenty minutes and record in reading log.
3. Do the paper on r controlled vowels.

Wednesday:

1. Read the Patterns story "The North Wind and the Sun."
2. Do the paper Something's Fishy.
3. Study your math facts.
4. Study the vocabulary words for Friday's test.

Thursday:

1. Take a spelling pretest and write any misspelled word 5x.
2. Study the math facts.
3. Study the Religion notes for tomorrow's test.

Note: We will be going to the Nutcracker performance on December 4th. I will need parent drivers for this field trip. We will leave school at 9:00 a.m. Permission slips will go home next week. Thank you for your continued help.

Homework for Nov. 9-12

Monday:

1. Write each spelling word 5x.
2. Read for twenty minutes and record in reading log.
3. Do the math paper Going Buggy.

Tuesday:

1. Study your assigned math facts.
2. Read the Lemonade poem and answer the questions.
3. Share the Religion paper with your family.
4. Study the science notes for Friday's test.

Wednesday:

1. Study your science notes for Friday's test.
2. Study your math facts.
3. Read for twenty minutes and record in reading log.

Thursday:

1. Do the paper on long vowel spelling patterns.
2. Take a spelling pretest and write any misspelled word 5x.
3. Study your math facts.
4. Study your science notes for Friday's test.

Second Grade News!

Homework for Nov. 2-5

Monday:

1. Write each spelling word 5x.
2. Read for twenty minutes and record in reading log.
3. Study and memorize your assigned math facts.
4. Study your vocabulary words. You will be tested on them on Thursday.

Tuesday:

1. Write a story using as many of the vocabulary words as you can.
2. Read the Decodable Book.
3. Study your math facts.

Wednesday:

1. Read the koala story to your parents and have them time you for sixty seconds. See how many words you can read.
2. Do the assigned excel math homework.

Thursday:

1. Study the Religion notes for Friday's test.
2. Take a spelling pretest and write any misspelled word 5x.
3. Read the science paper on baby animals and their parents.

Note: Congratulations to second grade for coming in second place in the Red Ribbon Poem Contest! Second Grade is too busy to do drugs. We're too busy!!

Also, parents please continue to assist your child in reading. The Bats reading paper that is in your child's homework folder is an example of reading for fluency and understanding. I will be assigning stories like that for homework from time to time. Please help your child read the story and answer the questions, if included. All the students received a star on that paper because I assisted them. Thank you for your help.

Second Grade News!

Note: Thank you parents for driving to the Pumpkin Patch!!

Reminder: Don't forget the parent meeting this Monday for First Reconciliation and Communion. It starts at 7:15 p.m. in room 7.

Homework for Oct. 26-29

Red Ribbon Week

Monday: wear neon colors

1. Write each spelling word 5x.
2. Do math pages 83-84.
3. Read the Decodable Book.
4. Study the vocabulary words.

Tuesday: Crazy Day

1. Do excel math homework #13.
2. Read the stories from the Old Testament to your family.
3. Do the Trick or Treat paper.

Wednesday: Color Day-we wear white

1. Read the story about Tina and Tim and answer the questions.
2. Do the word search paper.
3. Study your math facts.
4. Do excel math homework #14.

Thursday: Jersey Day and poem contest

1. Take a spelling pretest and write any misspelled word 5x.
2. Study the Religion notes for Friday's test.
3. Study your assigned math facts.

Second Grade News!

Homework for Oct. 20-22

Tuesday:

1. Read for twenty minutes and record in reading log.
2. Share what you learned at the Pumpkin Patch with your family.

Wednesday:

1. Do excel math homework #11.
2. Read the story "Storybook Quilts" in the Patterns book.
3. Draw one of the quilt patterns from the story. Label the drawing with the name of the pattern. Write a sentence why you picked that pattern.

Thursday:

1. Do math pages 77-78.
2. Read the Decodable book.
3. Study the Religion paper for Friday's test.

Note: Don't forget to turn in your Math-a-thon pledges.

There will be no spelling test or math facts quiz this week.

Second Grade News!

Note: This week is a busy one as far as events. We have the Great CA Shake-Out on Thursday where we will be practicing being earthquake safe in our classroom. Please help your child with the Home Hazard Hunt paper. This helps you to keep your home safe in the event of an earthquake. Also, the Math-a-thon is this Friday. All students will be given the test and it will count as a grade. It is on the addition facts. Please help your child practice the facts.

More news: We will be doing a Religion collage on Tuesday and I am asking for donations of magazines for that day. The students will be cutting pictures out of them so I will need to keep them. Thank you for your help!!

Some students have not turned in their money for the field trip. Please send it in as soon as possible. It looks like I have enough drivers. Thank you parents for driving!!

One more bit of information that is extremely important in keeping our children healthy. The Center For Disease Control recommends that students that become sick during the current flu season remain home for at least 24 hours after the fever is gone without the use of any fever reducing medicine, such as Tylenol.

Homework for Oct. 12-15

Monday:

1. Write each spelling word 5x.
2. Read "A Settler Story" in the Patterns book.
3. Study your math facts for the Math-a-thon.
4. Study the Mushroom in the Rain vocabulary words.

Tuesday:

1. Do the "What I Learned About Fire Safety" paper.
2. Do the Tens to 100 math paper.
3. Read for twenty minutes and record in reading log.

Wednesday:

1. Study your math facts for the Math-a-thon.
2. Share the Religion paper with your family.
3. Read the Decodable Book.
4. Do the Home Hazard Hunt paper.

Thursday:

1. Write a story using as many of the vocabulary words as you can.
2. Take a spelling pretest and write any misspelled word 6x.
3. Study your addition facts for the Math-a-thon.

Second Grade News!

Dear Parents,

This is just a reminder that there is no homework for the week due to Iowa testing.

Please make sure your child gets plenty of rest and is on time each day. There is a field trip planned to Green Spot Pumpkin Patch on October 20th. I will need parent drivers. If you are interested in being a driver, please make sure you are finger printed through the Diocese and have completed the safe environment training. We will leave school at 9:00 and return around 1:00. The cost per student is eight dollars. Parent drivers pay as well. Please return the permission slip and money by Oct. 12th.

Our AR reading program is coming along nicely and the students are taking tests daily. The goal of this reading program is to increase your child's fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Research shows the more a child practices reading on a daily basis, the more fluent he/she becomes. This includes being read to by an adult, reading aloud to a parent, and reading silently. Second graders should be reading 80 words per minute at this time. Practicing reading will help your child increase this level. Thank you for your continued support!

Second Grade News

Iowa testing starts next week. There is no homework given out during that period. Please make sure your child is on time each day and that his/her normal routine is followed. Plenty of rest is recommended.
We are currently learning about the sacraments in Religion. This Friday we will be role playing a Baptism. The girls may bring in baby dolls if they wish. Thank you parents for all your help!

Homework for Sept. 28-Oct. 1

Monday:

1. Write each spelling word 4x.
2. Read Henry Goes West in the Patterns book.
3. Do math book pages 25-26.
4. Study your math facts.

Tuesday:

1. Do the paper on long vowels.
2. Do excel math homework #9.
3. Share the Religion paper with your family.
4. Read the Decodable book.

Wednesday:

1. Study the Religion paper for Friday's test.
2. Write a silly story using as many spelling words as you can. (Do not use the extra credit words in the story.)
3. Study your math facts.

Thursday:

1. Take a spelling pretest and write any misspelled word 5x.
2. Study your math facts.
3. Read for twenty minutes and record in reading log.

Second Grade News!

Dear Parents,

Please help your child study the fact families. A fact family is a set of related facts. We have been practicing them in class and they are useful when studying the math facts. Here are a few examples:

8+5=13 5+8=13 13-8=5 13-5=8

9+6=15 6+9=15 15-6=9 15-9=6

Also, we will be having an apple tasting center on Thursday. If you are interested in donating the following types of apples: granny smith, red and yellow delicious, or any other kind, please let me know. Each child does not need an individual apple. We cut them into pieces so I would just need four or five of each kind. Thanks a bunch!!

Next week is Mercy Week honoring Sr. Maura and Sr. Camillus. There is Mass on Friday so please make sure your child is in full uniform.

Homework for Sept. 21-24

Monday:

1. Write each spelling word 4x.
2. Study your assigned math facts. Use flash cards, beans, or fact families to help you.
3. Read the Decodable Book.

Tuesday:

1. Do the paper on Alike and Different.
2. Study your math facts.
3. Read for twenty minutes and record on reading log.

Wednesday:

1. Do excel math homework #8.
2. Write a silly story using as many of the spelling words as you can. Do not use the extra credit words in the story.
3. Read the assigned Patterns story.

Thursday:

1. Take a spelling pretest and write any misspelled word 5x.
2. Study the Religion notes for tomorrow's test.
3. Study your math facts.

Homework for Sept. 14th -17th

Monday:

1. Write each spelling word 4x.
2. Study your assigned math facts.
3. Read the social studies story about urban and suburb areas.

Tuesday:

1. Read the science story on plant life cycles.
2. Do the phonics paper on short vowels.
3. Do excel math lesson 6 homework.

Wednesday:

1. Study the Religion paper for Friday's test.
2. Do the math paper on comparing two-digit numbers. (You will get this paper today.)
3. Read the Decodable Book.
4. Take a spelling pretest and write any misspelled word 5x.

Thursday:

1. No homework because of the Skating Party. Have fun!!

Reminders: This Tuesday, September 15th, is picture day. All students need to be in full uniform. It is also P. E. day so your child may bring his/her P. E. clothes to change into after the pictures are taken.

Spelling List # 3

1. park 7. track

2. kick 8. book

3. bark 9. took

4. dark 1o. stack

5. stick 11. community

6. hook 12. children

Homework for Sept. 9th -10th

Wednesday:

1. Write each spelling word 4 times.
2. Do the excel math lesson 4 homework.
3. Read the Decodable Book.
4. Share the Religion paper with your parents.

Thursday:

1. Read the story "I Dance in My Red Pajamas" in the Patterns book.
2. Study the addition facts.
3. Study the Religion notes for Friday's test.
4. Take a spelling pretest and write any misspelled word 5x.

Spelling List #2

1. drip 7. grow

2. drum 8. truck

3. gray 9. try

4. grin 10. dress

5. tree 11. population

6. trip 12. dromedary

Second Grade News!

Dear Parents,

     We will be having our first spelling test this Friday.  Please help your child practice the words.  In addition to the ten regular spelling words, I also give two extra credit words.  Please encourage your child to spell these words as well.

 

     As for math, knowing the addition and subtraction facts is extremely important in second grade.  Please help your child memorize the addition facts.  I test these facts first.

    

     As for the homework, I make sure that your child has the work needed for that evening.  I may send homework that will be worked on later on during the week if I have covered the concepts in class.  

  

   Starting next week please sign any papers that have the stamp Please Sign and Return on them.  I like to make sure that parents have seen their student's work.

    

 I enjoyed meeting all of you at Back to School Night and I am so happy to be teaching your child this year!

Sincerely,

Ms. Forbush

Homework for Aug. 31st- Sept. 3rd

Monday:

1. Write each spelling word 3 times.
2. Read the math story to your parents.
3. Do the vocabulary paper (page 3).

Tuesday:

1. Read the Decodable Book.
2. Choose 6 of the spelling words and write a sentence for each one.  Remember each sentence has to be at least 8 words long.
3. Study your addition facts.  I passed out the facts at Back to School Night.

Wednesday:

1. Read "Do You Know" in the Patterns book.
2. Share the Religion paper with your parents.
3. Share the excel math parent letter with your parents and finish the rest of Lesson 3.

Thursday:

1. Study the spelling words and take a pretest.  Write any misspelled word 5 times.
2. Read Ira Sleeps Over Chant to your family.
3. Study your addition facts for tomorrow's test.

First Week of School Homework

Welcome to Second Grade!

Here is the homework for the week.  I pass it out each Monday and collect all homework on Friday.  Please keep the papers in order in your folder.  Happy learning!

Tuesday:

1. Read the Decodable Book.
2. Do the "All About Me" Questionnaire.

Wednesday:

1. Write a sentence for each of these words: said, summer, friend, they, playing, vacation, children, and because.  Each sentence should be at least 8 words long.

Thursday:

1. Do the math paper on addition.
2. Read "Ira Sleeps Over" in the Patterns book.  Please cover the book.
3. Bring your teddy bear or favorite stuffed animal to school tomorrow.

Reminders: Thursday night is Back to School Night at 6:00 p.m.  Please meet in the Hall.  Friday is a Mass day so please come in full uniform.  

Welcome to Second Grade!

Dear New Second Graders,

I am so excited to have you in my class this year!  We are going to have a great year learning many things.  Please enjoy the rest of your summer and see you in a few weeks.

Love,

Ms. Forbush