Awesome Second Grade!

Homework for March 1-4

Monday: Parent 1st Communion meeting at 7:00 p.m.

1. Write each spelling word 7x.
2. Study the vocabulary words for Friday's test.
3. Study the Unit 2 Religion notes for Friday's test.
4. Practice your math facts and try to beat your score.

Tuesday: No tutoring today.

1. Do the Family Read Together Pledge.
2. Read the story A Noise in the Attic two times and then answer the questions.
3. Study your math facts.
4. Study the Religion notes.

Wednesday:

1. Write a story using as many of the vocabulary and/or spelling words as you can. Remember to use correct sentence structure: proper spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
2. Do the assigned math paper.
3. Read for twenty minutes and record in reading log.

Thursday:

1. Take a spelling pretest and write any misspelled word 10x.
2. Study the vocabulary words.
3. Study the math facts.
4. Study the Religion notes.

Notes:

Please have the Little Mermaid permission slips in to me by this Friday along with the money. Also, please let me know if you can be a parent driver. Remember the field trip is on March 12, 2010. The cost is $7.00 per student and parent.

This Monday, March 1st, is the Parent 1st Communion meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the 7th and 8th grades.

Monday, March 8th is Reconciliation for the students. I am so proud of them and excited for them to receive this very special sacrament. Please make sure your child is on time to school on that day. Parents are welcome to go over to the church with us. It starts promptly at 8:30 a.m. We will be serving refreshments in the classroom after all the students have confessed. If any parent is interested in helping with the refreshments, please let me know. All my students may wear their Sunday best on that special day.

Please have your child examine his/her conscience on Sunday night. This will help the children to remember their sins.

There is no tutoring this week.

Second Grade News!

Homework for February 22-25

Monday: Family Reading Night from 6:00-7:00 p.m.

1. Write each spelling word 7x.
2. Study your math facts.

Tuesday:

1. Study the vocabulary words.
2. Do Jumpstart 19.
3. Do the Fiction Comprehension paper.
4. Share the Religion paper with your family.

Wednesday:

1. Study the math facts for tomorrow's test.
2. Do the Statements and Questions paper.
3. Do the assigned math paper.
4. Read the Decodable Book.

Thursday:

1. Take a spelling pretest and write any misspelled word 10x.
2. Do the paper Getting Carried Away.
3. Read for twenty minutes and record in reading log.

Notes:

Congratulations to Second Grade for coming in first place for 100% participation in the Jog-a-thon!! You get to have free dress on Tuesday.

Hello wonderful second graders!

Homework for February 16-18

Tuesday:

1. Write each spelling word 7x.
2. Study the vocabulary words.
3. Read for twenty minutes and record in reading log.
4. Study your math facts.

Wednesday (Ash Wednesday):

1. Read the poem Little Skunk's Hole and answer the questions.
2. Share the Lent wheel with your family.
3. Do the assigned math paper on regrouping.
4. Study the spelling words using the Spelling Skill Builders.

Thursday:

1. Take a spelling pretest and write any misspelled word 10x.
2. Study the math facts.
3. Read the Patterns story "Frog and Toad."

Notes

Second Grade will be having a Family Reading Night on February 22nd from 6:00-7:00 p.m. in the second grade classroom. Please bring in your favorite books, a pillow or blanket, and your family. We will be going over reading strategies such as inference, main idea, facts and opinions, words in context, and decoding. I hope to see all my second graders that night!

Congratulations Second Grade for an awesome PTG performance!

Homework for February 8-11

Monday:

1. Write each spelling word 7x.
2. Read the science story In the Sea.
3. Study your math facts.

Tuesday:

1. Choose one of the activities from Spelling Skill Builders to study the spelling words.
2. Do the paragraph Getting Ready For School.
3. Study the Religion booklet.
4. Do the assigned math paper.

Wednesday:

1. Read for twenty minutes and record in reading log.
2. Do the assigned math paper.
3. Bring in rocks for tomorrow's science experiment.
4. Do the paper Imagine That!

Thursday:

1. Take a spelling pretest and write any misspelled word 10x.
2. Study your Religion booklet and know the seven steps of confession.
3. Study your math facts.

Notes:

Don't forget the Reconciliation Retreat at 6:30 p.m. in the church this Monday. Bring a photo of yourself and any other decorations you have to decorate your candle.

Our Valentine's Day party will be this Friday at 1:30 in the afternoon. Mia Boggs is in charge and she will be calling you for donations and assistance. We will be exchanging valentines in the classroom. Please have your child sign only his/her name on each valentine. It takes too long to pass them out if they are individually addressed. Thank you. I have 8 girls and 7 boys.

Also, we are doing a science experiment on Thursday. It will be on whales and their blubber. If you have any rocks that we could use, I would appreciate it. Please send them in a plastic bag. Thanks again.

Catholic Schools Week

Homework for February 1-4

Monday: Twin/Buddy Day

1. Write each spelling word 7x.
2. Study your assigned math facts.
3. Study the vocabulary words for Friday's test.
4. Read the Decodable Book.

Tuesday: Generation Day- Second Graders dress in the 80s

1. Do excel homework #49.
2. Do Spelling Skill Builders (choose one of the five activities to practice the spelling words).
3. Practice saying the U-Pick It Words.
4. Do the paper on High Frequency Words.

Wednesday: Brain-rest Afternoon and Dancing with the Teachers

1. Study your math facts.
2. Study the Religion notes for Friday's test.
3. Take a spelling pretest and write any misspelled word 7x.
4. Study the vocabulary words.

Thursday: Career Day

1. No homework because of the PTG Performance.
2. Relax and be ready to show how wonderful you are!!!

Reminders:

The Second Grade PTG Performance is this Thursday, February 4th. Please have your child bring his/her outfit to school on that day. I will let the students change during lunch recess for the dress rehearsal which starts at 12:45. The night performance starts at 6:00 p.m. I am asking that all the students be in the classroom no later than 5:40. Remember that the girls are wearing pretty dresses. The boys are wearing long pants, a long sleeve shirt and a tie. I will keep the fedoras and sashes in the classroom and give them to the students when they arrive. I am so proud of how hard they have been working and I think they are just adorable! I know you will agree!!!

Don't forget the Reconciliation meeting on February 8th at 6:30 in church. The students will be making their candles for their Reconciliation on March 8th.

There will be no tutoring this week due to a faculty meeting.