Weekly Newsletter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Superkids: This week we officially begin Unit 1 of 2nd grade Superkids. The students will get a new workbook and will bring home the warm-up workbook.  We have another spelling quiz this Friday.  The words are: me, my, she, her, he, is, we, our, they, their, you, your.  We will also practice letter writing this week.

 

Math: We are wrapping up Unit 1.  We will review the strategies we have learned throughout the unit and prepare for a quiz. The quiz will be on Friday.

 

Science: The students began Lesson 2 of our Animals unit.  They learned about animal habits and environments and had to gather information to decide why an animal would come down from the hills to sleep at a park.  We will extend the lesson by reading about other habitats and the animals that live there.

 

Social Studies:  The students will be creating their own communities.  Last week they learned about what needs to be in a community.  Together in 2 groups they will build a community with homes, places to work/play/solve problems, and roads.  The final goal is to be able to explain how their community works and why buildings and homes were placed in certain places.  

 

Religion: We have begun our lessons on how the church welcomes us and how we can be welcoming to others.  The focus is on the church and school community and we tied it into all of our other communities: family, sports, activities, etc.

 

Mrs. H

 

Superkids: This week we begin Unit 1 Week 2.  Our spelling words are: who, what, why, where, there, here, were, are, be, have, do, how.  We will focus on the th and wh sounds. In writing, we will continue our letter writing practice by writing a, "What's New" letter to a family member or friend.  Tuesday, the students will come home with a paper to fill out that has blank lines for mailing information (return address and mailing address).  Please help them to complete this paper and return it on Wednesday.  Thank you!

 

Math: Our review went well last week, but we did spend an extra day on some trickier problems.  We will have a math quiz on Tuesday and Wednesday.  As the students become more familiar with testing procedures, I will let them work ahead if they are able to.  However, for this quiz we will work together to discuss strategies and how to explain our thinking.

 

Science: We will work on lesson 3: Why do frogs "ribbit"?  Last week in class we began the lesson by learning what sounds different types of frogs make.  This week we will learn about the habitats of these frogs and how to tell how many frogs live in each habitat.

 

Social Studies: The students worked together to create two wonderful communities.  The students began by working in partners to make a small community, then joined together to make a community of 4, and joined together again to make a community of 8.  The students discussed the differences between the communities, how joining together allowed them to have more of what they needed, and discussed what was still wishing from their community.  They discovered that by combining the two communities, they had more of what they needed and wanted.  

These communities are on display outside of our classroom for you to see at Curriculum Night. :)

 

Religion: The students completed a chapter review and brought it home to study.  We will take the quiz on Tuesday.  As with math, this quiz will be done together as they learn the format and testing expectations.  Later in the week we will begin Chapter 2: Baptism.

 

Please reach out with any questions!

Mrs. H

September 11th - 15th

 

Superkids: This week we will begin Unit 2!  We we practice words with the spelling pattern -le and -ng.  Our spelling words are: handle, middle, ring, strong, want, look, come, any, some, very, new, good.  In writing we will begin our first narrative story.

 

Math: This week in math we will continue working on Chapter 2.  We will continue with odd and even, make arrays, and will problem solve.  There are only 5 lessons in this chapter so we will plan to test at the end of the week.

 

Science: This week in Science we will make bird feeders.  We have different options to choose from.  The students will decide which bird they would like to visit their feeder and create from there. :)

 

Social Studies: We will begin the week by learning about community helpers/heroes.  We will then continue to learn about the different types of communities and practice the vocabulary: urban, rural, suburban.

 

Religion:  This week we begin Friendzy!  Our first unit is, "We Need Each Other".  We will also continue with learning about Baptism.

 

As always, if you have any questions, please ask :)

 

Mrs. H

 

Superkids: Unit 2 Week 2 - moving right along!  This week we will practice long vowel i (ie) and long vowel u (ui).  Our spelling words are: show, now, work, first, down, many, about, over, only, before, would, could.  In writing we will finish up our narrative stories.  The students will learn how to illustrate certain parts of their stories and they will share with the class.

 

Math: We have one more lesson in our chapter.  We will plan to have our quiz Thursday morning.  We worked hard this week practicing the strategies and we did not move on when things were tricky.  This is the reason for the delay.  We dug deep and made sure to understand odd and even, arrays, and columns/rows.

 

Science: This week we will review what we have learned in our Animal Adaptations unit.  We will prepare for a unit test.  The students will also be creating habitat dioramas!  More information to come on this as we get closer :)

 

Social Studies: This week we will begin to discuss maps.  We will learn about the compass, compass rose, map key, map grid, and symbols.  

 

Religion: We are wrapping up our chapter on Baptism.  We have our final lesson, a review and quiz.  The students will be coming home with their chapter review to practice.

 

Happy Sunday!

Mrs. H

 

Superkids: This week we begin Unit 3.  Our spelling sounds are /s/ and /z/.  The spelling words are: mess, class, buzz, quiz, was, does, doesn't, close, goes, easy, busy, because.  In writing we will begin Opinion Writing.

 

Math: We begin Chapter 3 - Adding Within 100 Using Strategies. We will practice adding 10's and 1's using a 100 chart and number line.  This chapter is a bit longer so we will not have the quiz until next week.

 

Science: On Monday, information is coming home on our Animal Habitat project.  This is a home project that will allow students to research, learn about, and build a model habitat in the form of a diorama.  Look in the home folder for more information!

 

Social Studies: We did not get to maps last week due to the shorter week.  We will begin Maps this week!

 

Religion: We will take our religion quiz and begin Chapter 3 - Our Church Shows Us How to Live.  We will focus on heroes and saints and how saints show us how to be holy.

 

Mrs. H

 

Superkids: This is Week 2 of Unit 3.  We are practicing the three -ed endings.  Our spelling words are: lifted, lived, pushed, pulled, school, friend, people, outside, more, all, years, should.  In writing we will continue our opinion pieces.  

 

Math: We will continue with topic 3 - Adding Within 100 Using Strategies.  We spent a day last week reviewing our strategies and did not have math on Friday.  I always want to make sure that we understand what we are working on before moving to a new strategy.  The plan is to have the quiz on Friday, however if we need time to review again, we will do so.  Thank you for understanding!

 

Science: Tomorrow the students will come home with the questionnaire to fill out for their animal!  This week we will begin our next unit - Plant Adventures.  Our first lesson is about seed dispersal. 

 

Social Studies - We will continue with our chapter on maps.  The students are learning key vocabulary terms like compass, compass rose, map grid, map key, etc. 

 

Religion - We did not begin Chapter 3 last week, but we will begin this week!  Chapter 3 - Our Church Shows Us How to Live.

 

Mrs. H 

 

Superkids: This week we will begin Unit 4.  Our spelling words are getting trickier and I am going to be giving the students more rigorous activities to help them practice.  Our words this week teach us r-controlled vowels.  The words are: dark, start, party, storm, forget, morning, dirt, thirsty, under, person, turn, purple.  In writing we will begin Informative Writing.

 

Math: We are still working on Topic 3.  We spent our time on Friday reviewing regrouping to help with adding two 2-digit numbers.  This week we will begin our assessment review and practice.  We WILL have the quiz this week.  Thank you for your understanding as we needed to spend extra time on this challenging topic.

 

Science: We will continue with the topic of seed dispersal.  This week we will focus on how animals move seeds and how the shape of seeds contributes this.

 

Social Studies:  We reviewed maps last week and the students created a map of their bedroom.  We will begin the week with a group quiz and will continue with our next lesson on Geography where the students will learn about Earth's features.

 

Religion - We will continue with Chapter 3.  The students will come home with a chapter review before the quiz.  

 

Mrs. H

 

Superkids: We are in Week 2 of Unit 4.   The spelling words are difficult this week, but we will practice daily in class and I know you all are practicing at home!  Thank you for that!  This week we are practicing different spelling patterns for the /er/ sound.  Our words are: worst, word, worm, worry, early, earth, learn, heard, dollar, sugar, regular, calendar.  In writing we will be writing research papers on one of three animals: blue whale, Komodo dragon, artic fox

 

Math: We began our topic 3 quiz on Friday.  Everyone is working hard and taking their time.  We will finish Monday and will begin our next topic: Add Fluently Within 100.

 

Science: We are learning how animals can move seeds.  We will do our experiment on Tuesday.  The students will create a "fluffadoo", which is a model animal, and will have trials to see which seeds will stay on the "animal" and move from one place to another.

 

Social Studies: We will spend the week learning about continents and oceans.  There's even a fun song to help them remember the continents from largest to smallest!

 

Religion - We will have our quiz on Chapter 3 on Monday.  The students brought home a study guide on Friday.  Next we will begin Chapter 4: We Praise and Thank God.  We will learn about praising and thanking prayers.  In Friendzy we have moved into Unit 2: I Can Do It.  This unit is about having a growth mindset.  It encourages the students to always know that they "can do it".  

 

Superkids: We are beginning Unit 5 this week.  This week we are practicing ways to spell using the /aw/ sounds.  It's explained in the book as the sound a crow makes "caw".  The words are: draw, yawn, awful, fault, August, called, smallest, chalk, walk, talk, today, away.  In writing we will finish our information writing!

 

Math: We will continue with Topic 4: Adding to 100.  We will plan to have the quiz at the end of the week.  However, I always make sure the students are ready before assessing.  If it seems we need more time, I will plan to take the quiz next week.  

 

Science: This week we will begin our next lesson: Water, Sunlight, and Plant Growth - Could a plant survive without light?

Social Studies: We wrapped up our section on Geography.  Now it is time to review and study for the quiz!

 

Religion: We have been learning the difference between thanking and praising prayers.  We will continue with this chapter throughout the week.  With a quiz on Friday.  In Friendzy we will continue learning about having a growth mindset and the theme, "I Can Do It".

 

Superkids: This week begins week 2 of Unit 5.  The students will begin practicing poetry with similes.  Our spelling words follow three different patterns this week.  The /oi/ sound spelled with oy and oi, /ow/ spelled with ow and ou, finally the long o sound spelled with -ow.  The words are: boy, enjoy, joined, points, shout, ground, around, crowd, flower, snow, below, yellow.  

 

Math: We did need a bit more time with this topic.  I do feel confident with the students adding multiple two digit numbers.  We have a lot of great strategies working for us.  We will review and plan to have our quiz on Wednesday or Thursday, depending on how our review goes.  Our next topic is: Subtract Within 100 Using Strategies.

 

Science: We will start the week with planting radish seeds.  We will place one group of seeds in the sun and one group in darkness to see which grows.  Our essential question is, do plants need sunlight to grow?  We will continue with a deep dive into the life cycle of a plant.

 

Social Studies: We will begin our next unit: Economics.  Our first lesson will be: How Do People Use Our Environment.  The students will learn about conservation and national resources.

 

Religion: We will review and practice for our Chapter 4 quiz.  We will also review and practice for our Unit 1 Test.  Expect to see two study guides come home.  We will also be leading mass next week.  The students will receive their speaking parts by Wednesday.  

 

Superkids: This week we begin Unit 6.  Our spelling words have the long oo (moon) sound and the short oo (look) sound.  The students are also learning that -ew can make the long oo sound as well.  The spelling words are: cook, took, stood, foot, too, tool, boot, soon, blew, chew, threw, grew.  In writing the students will create characters for a narrative story.

 

Math: This week we begin our chapter on subtracting within 100.  As always we will take our time and work through the strategies at the students' pace.

 

Science: On Friday, the students planted seeds.  Some plants are being kept in the dark and others are being kept in the sunlight.  When we begin to see growth, we will revisit this lesson and discuss what we've learned.

 

Social Studies:  We will continue with Economics.  We will continue to learn about our environments and how people use them to live and work.

 

Religion: This week we will focus on our mass.  Thursday we will begin to review for our Unit Quiz.  **Mass is this Wednesday, November 8th.

 

Superkids:  This week we will work on Unit 6 Week 2.  Our spelling words review the soft c /s/ and hard g /j/.  The words are: city, circle, nice, space, pencil, excited, age, page, huge, large, giant, gentle.  In writing the students will finish their narrative stories.  

 

Math: We will continue with subtracting within 100.  We have a unit test coming up and we will begin preparing for that.

 

Science: We are continuing to learn about plants.  We are growing radish plants and are exploring the life cycle of a seed.

 

Social Studies: We will continue learning about our environment.  This week we will learn about pollution.

 

Religion: On Monday we will have our unit assessment.  The rest of the week we will learn about our conscience and free will.

 

Superkids: This week we will begin Unit 7.  Our spelling words focus on the kn /n/ and wr /r/ sounds.  The words are: know, knew, knee, knock, knife, knot, write, wrote, wreck, wrap, wrong, wrinkle. In writing, the students will learn how to write stories with steps (How-To stories).

 

Math: We will spend this week reviewing what we have learned up to this point.  We will take a quick assessment at the end of the week.

 

Science: We will continue to study the life cycle of a seed.  

 

Social Studies: We shifted gears and focused on Thanksgiving before break.  We will pick up where we left off with learning about our environment and pollution.

 

Religion: We will begin learning about Advent and Christmas.

 

 

Superkids: This week we will continue with Unit 7, Week 2.  We have a few different spelling patterns: igh, ought, and aught.  The words are: sigh, high, sight, bright, fright, night, slight, caught, taught, bought, brought, thought.  In writing the students will continue with their How-To stories. 

 

Math: We will begin Topic 6.  We will continue learning subtraction and strategies to solve word problems and equations.

 

Science: We will continue with our study of the plant life cycle.  We will explore this topic for the next week, but will begin to wrap up and have a quiz before break.  

 

Social Studies: We will begin to learn about goods and services.  We will learn how goods get into our stores.

 

Religion:  We will continue with our study of Advent and Christmas.

 

 

Superkids: This week we begin Unit 8.  Amazingly this means we are halfway through the Superkids curriculum!  The spelling patterns are long i and long o endings (-ild, -ind, -old, -ost).  The words are: old, told, cold, hold, sold, most, post, child, wild, kind, find, mind.  In Writing the students will write a book review.

 

Math: We will continue subtracting in Topic 6.  The students are learning many useful equations and are able to apply them to subtraction word problems.

 

Science: We will begin to wrap up our study of the plant life cycle.  We will have a quiz before break.

 

Social Studies: We will continue with goods and services.  We will finish this lesson and have a quiz before break.  

 

Religion: We will continue to learn about Christmas.

 

Superkids: This week we will review past spelling words.  We will not have a new spelling list and there will not be a quiz.  We are also not starting a new writing activity.  We will practice commas in dates and addresses, proper nouns, and other past grammar lessons.

 

Math: We will finish Topic 6.  The students will have a quiz on Wednesday.  

 

Science: We will finish our plant unit!  We have been working on this for quite a while and the kiddos are ready for their quiz.  We will review and have a quiz on Tuesday.

 

Social Studies: We are just about finished with our goods and services lesson.  There is a short quiz to go with this lesson that we will take after we review.

 

Religion: We will continue learning about Christmas.  

 

Superkids: We will begin Unit 8 Week 2.  Our words are quite tricky this week so we will spend quite a bit of time practicing.  We will play games, review in centers, and use them in writing.  The words are: head, bread, meant, heavy, ready, action, vacation, question, position, future, picture, adventure.  In writing the students will begin their book review.  They will write a review about a book they have read in small group.

 

Math: We will begin Unit 7: More Solving Problems Involving Addition and Subtraction.  We will solve one and two step problems while also learning how to make true equations.  

 

Science: Our next unit in science is called, Work of Water.  In our first lesson the students will make a model of the earth's surface and will use it to discover an important principle about how rivers work. 

 

Social Studies: We will continue with our Economics unit.  Our next focus will be services within the community and who provides them.

 

Religion: We will begin to focus on Reconciliation.  We have a special communion book with in depth lessons that have short videos to match.  We will also work on Chapter 6: We Celebrate God's Forgiveness.

 

Superkids: Due to the unexpected extra day off, we are going to use the rest of this week to review.  Today the students will complete their Mid-Year Assessment.  I am going to use the data from this assessment to see what needs to be reviewed.  If necessary, I will have the students complete the assessment again after we have reviewed.  

 

Math: We are continuing with Unit 7.  We are practicing multistep problems.  The students will practice how to break down a word problem to identify the first and second parts of the question.

 

Science: We will do our first experiment!  The students will see how and why water moves when we can't see anything moving it.

 

Social Studies: We will continue with Economics and our study of community services.

 

Religion: We are continuing our study of Reconciliation.  We will begin to learn three important prayers: The Hail Mary, Act of Contrition, and the Glory Be.

 

Superkids: This week the students will learn double consonant endings, -ff, -ll, ss, -dd.  They will also practice adding an -le to the end of a word.  Our spelling words are: cliff, ruffle, baffled, spelling, dull, press, miss, hassle, tussle, saddle, cuddle, huddle.

 

Math: We will wrap up Unit 7 and have a quiz on Friday.  Students will be asked to solve two step word problems and be able to make true equations.  We will work on true equations Monday and Tuesday.  Wednesday and Thursday will be review.

 

Science: The students will learn how rocks move through water and how sand forms at the beach.  We will have an experiment at the end of the week!

 

Social Studies: This week the students will learn what it means to be a consumer.  They will be asked questions such as, "What kind of stores have you visited?" , "Which are your favorite?", "What things did you need or want to buy?" and "Did you buy everything you wanted or did you have to choose what to buy?".

 

Religion: We will review the steps and meaning of Reconciliation and have a quiz.  We will continue working on the prayers and will use our Blessed series to dig deeper into Reconciliation.

 

Superkids: This week the students are learning different ways words can make the short u sound. The words are: above, adult, against, America, amount, apart, happen, children, kitten, button, ribbon, cotton.  In writing the students will begin working on rhyming couplets.

 

Math: As you may have heard from your kiddos, I have decided to move the quiz until this coming week.  During our review I noticed that there are still a few things that are unclear.  I would rather continue to review than give them a quiz before they're ready.  Therefore, we will continue to work on story problems and true equations.  

 

Science: This week we will do our experiment about how beaches are formed!

 

Social Studies: This week we will learn about cost and benefit and what it means to be a wise consumer.  To assist in our learning we will be doing an "Explore" activity where the students will read an analyze a spending situation. 

 

Religion: The students will learn about the Ten Commandments and will learn how to examine their conscience while using the Ten Commandments.  

 

Superkids: This week the students will focus on long a spelling patterns.  -ay, eigh, ange

The words are: delay, maybe, okay, dismay, weight, eighteen, neighbor, eighty, strange, danger, change, ranger

In writing the students will begin descriptive paragraphs using many details so the reader can visualize the descriptions in their head.

 

Math: This week we will begin with money and time.  We will review the coins and their worth along with the hour and minute hand.  The students are asked to add multiple amounts.  I find that it is helpful if they label their coins as they count.  If you have coins at home, I encourage you to have your child name and count the different coins.

 

Science: We will continue learning about flash floods!  The students will learn the difference between a flood and a flash flood.  They will also observe and analyze a map to see where a flash flood may form.

 

Social Studies: This week we will wrap up our consumer lessons with the Explore activity.  The students will analyze different spending situations and see if the consumer is being a wise consumer or not.

 

Religion: The students will continue with the Ten Commandments.  They will bring home a study guide Monday night.  We will have our quiz on Thursday.

 

Superkids: This week our students will focus on the long e sound with the following spelling patterns: -ey, ie, -ine.  The spelling words are: key, turkey, money, honey, piece, chief, believe, achieve, machine, magazine, marine, gasoline.

In writing, the students will continue to draft and publish descriptive stories.

 

Math:  This week will we continue with money, but also begin to learn time.  We will have a quiz on Friday if the students are ready.  If you have coins at home, it's a great idea to have your child practice counting them.  Set out a group of coins and have your child place them in order from greatest to least value; then count.

 

Science: This week the students will investigate how a canyon is formed.  We watched the video describing canyons and made predictions.  We will do our experiment over 2 days this week.

 

Social Studies: The students will spend the week reviewing for a Unit Test.  We will practice all that we have learned about goods and services, needs and wants, and cost vs. benefit.  There will be a study guide sent home.

 

Religion:  Our focus this week is Lent.  We will discuss Ash Wednesday and make Lenten crosses.

 

Superkids: This week we are beginning Unit 11 and we will practice -ed and -ing endings.  The spelling words are: planning, swimming, sitting, making, writing, giggling, jogged, stopped, scrubbed, agreed, smiled, decided.  In writing, the students will plan and write a narrative story.

 

Math: This week we will continue to practice time and money.  There are many topics related to money and time that the students feel confident with.  However, there are still a few that we need to practice.  Differentiating between the hour and minute hand, counting coins in a mixed set, and money in word problems will be the focus of this week.  Please continue counting coins with your child at home.  It's so helpful!  

 

Science: This week we will do our canyon experiment that we did not get to last week.  After this experiment, we have one lesson left and then we will prepare for a unit quiz.

 

Social Studies: A study guide was sent home last week.  I hope the students are showing how confident they are with the topic.  We will have the test and then begin our next topic - History!

 

Religion: We will continue learning about Lent.  We will also work on prayers and Communion prep.

 

Superkids: This week we wrap up Unit 11 with open syllable vowel patterns.  The students will learn that when a vowel is alone at the end of the first syllable, it is usually long.  The words are: favor, lazy, later, equal, secret, final, title, tiny, broken, total, human, student.  In writing the students will continue to plan and write their narrative story.

 

Math:  This week we will begin to review for a Benchmark Assessment.  This assessment will review all of what we have learned up to this point.  We will have centers in class to play games, do partner activities, individual activities, and work with the teacher to review.  I will determine if we are ready for a quiz at the end of the week or if we need to wait until next week.  

 

Science: The students will begin their last lesson in Unit 3.  We will learn about erosion and the students will experiment with different ways to stop a landslide.

 

Social Studies: On Friday we began learning about Native American history.  We will continue learning about different tribes and how they are similar and different to us.

 

Religion: This week we will learn about Holy Week.  We will also continue learning about Communion/Reconciliation, and practice prayers. 

 

Superkids: This week we begin Unit 12.  In Spelling we will practice w and wh words.  The words are: was, want, wash, water, were, would, what, where, which, who, whose, whole.  In writing we will finish up our narrative stories.  The students are doing a great job writing detail in their beginning, middle, and end.

 

Math: On Monday we will review one last day for our cumulative test.  On Tuesday we will take the test; Wednesday we start a new unit - Numbers to 1,000.  The students will begin by practicing place value.

 

Science: The 2nd graders will continue with erosion and landslides.  

 

Social Studies: This week we will learn how families can learn more about their past.  The students will locate places on a map, be able to identify something special about their communities, and analyze images to show how people share pride in their culture. 

 

Religion: This week we will continue learning about Lent, Holy Week and Easter.

 

Superkids: This week in Superkids we are working on compound words.  Our spelling list is: someone, somewhere, something, anybody, anyone, anything, everybody, everyone, everything, no one, nowhere, nothing.  In writing, we will finish our narrative stories and make our books.  Those who finish early will begin the early stages of our research project.

 

Math: We have begun Unit 9 - Numbers to 1,000.  However, because we had so many out, we will spend tomorrow reviewing.

 

Science: We are at the end of our Water Works unit.  We will review and take a test before starting our new unit - Material Magic.

 

Social Studies: We will continue our learning by reading, "Our Country is Home to Different Families".  We will take a quiz at the end of this section.

 

Religion:  We will spend most of this week preparing for our mass that we lead on Wednesday.  

 

Superkids: This week we will begin Unit 13 and will focus on different ways to read and write long e.  Our spelling words are: green, queen, breeze, squeeze, repeat, defeat, scream, leave, brief, thief, believe, relief.  In writing we will begin to research for our African Animal Research Paper.  

 

Math: This week we will finish up unit 9 with a quiz at the end of the week.  

 

Science: We are taking a quiz on Monday to finalize our Water Works unit.  We will then begin Material Magic by learning about the clothes we wear in different weather conditions.  We will learn about flexibility, absorbency, and texture.

 

Social Studies: We will begin learning about how communities grow and change over time.  We will also discuss why people move to and away from a community.

 

Religion: We will wrap up Growing with God and say goodbye to Blaze.  Our lessons this week are about internet safety our Sacred Self.

 

Superkids: This week we will finish Unit 13.  Our spelling pattern is long a using ea, ay, ai, and a _e.  The words are steak, break, great, stay, holiday, yesterday, stain, plain, explain, table, cable, fable.  In writing the students will multiple sources to find information on their African animal.

 

Math: The students will begin unit 10 - Add Within 1,000 Using Models and Strategies.  The students will focus on adding with place value and partial sums.

 

Science: The students will engage in their first experiment for our Material Magic unit.  The students will need to create a hat that keeps them cool and keeps the sun off their face.  They will use materials that offer flexibility, absorbency, and stiffness.

 

Social Studies: Our focus this week will be on the city of San Francisco as the kiddos learn how historians study the past.  The students will learn about the Gold Rush and the 1906 earthquake and how they changed the community.

 

Religion: We will begin Chapter 8 - We Say We Are Sorry.  We will begin religion class by saying the Act of Contrition to help familiarize ourselves with the prayer.

 

 

Superkids: This week we begin Unit 14.  Our spelling pattern focuses on long i.  Our spelling words are: by, sky, reply, white, quite, polite, quiet, buy, idea, eye, sign, island.  In writing the students are going to begin writing about their African animal.  This week they will write the beginning, middle, and end.  If time allows, the students will edit their paragraphs.

 

Math: We will continue with adding within 100.  The students are learning multiple strategies to add 3 digit numbers.  If all is going well, we will have a quiz on Friday.

 

Science: In our next science lesson, the students will learn the insulating and conducting properties of different materials. 

 

Social Studies: This week we will wrap up our history unit.  The students will review through games and will bring home a study guide.  We will have a test at the end of the week.  Our next unit is Civics.

 

Religion: This week we will finish Chapter 8.  We will review and have a quiz.  Our next chapter is titled, We Learn About God's Love.,

April 15th - April 19th 

 

Superkids: This week we will finish Unit 14.  Our spelling pattern will focus on long o.  The spelling words are: groan, croak, charcoal, zone, stone, rewrote, ocean, both, clothes, close, sew, so.  In writing the students will finish their African Animal research paper.  

 

Math: We will begin our next unit - Subtract Within 1000 Using Models and Strategies.  The students will notice that the subtraction strategies are similar to the addition strategies. 

 

Science: Our next lesson is called, "Why are so many toys made out of plastic?".  The students will learn about melting, about solids and liquids states of matter, and discover why plastic was invented.

 

Social Studies: We will have a quiz on our History unit.  We will then start our Civic lessons.

 

Religion: We are preparing for a test that covers 4 chapters.  We reviewed on Friday and the students did well.  We will continue or communion prep and prayer practice.

 

Superkids: This week the students will begin Unit 15.  The spelling pattern focuses on long u.  The words are: fruit, juice, blue, glue, soup, group, loop, food, blew, grew, rule, rude.  In writing the 2nd graders will begin their very own Super Magazine!

 

Math: We will continue with our subtraction unit.  We will have the quiz on Thursday.  On Friday the students will begin their next unit - Measuring Length.  The students will begin by estimating length by relating the length of an object to a known length.

 

Science: On Friday we did our experiment on meltability.  We will have a short quiz to review this topic/concept.  Our next lesson is called, "What Materials Might be Invented in the Future?"

 

Social Studies: We will learn about Earth Day on Monday.  We will also continue with out Civics unit.  Our first lesson is called, "How Can One Person Make a Difference?".  The students will learn about four people who helped their community grow and thrive.

 

Religion: The students are working on Chapter 8 and are learning about creation.  We will continue Communion preparations and prayers.

 

Superkids: This week the students are learning different ways to spell -ar with a long a.  The spelling words are: fair, stair, fairy, dairy, tear, wear, stare, share, merry, ferry, library, dictionary.  In writing the students will continue with their Super Magazine.

 

Math: This week we will begin our new unit - Measuring Length.  They will begin by estimating length and will then measure in inches, feet, yards, centimeters, and meters.  

 

Science: We will begin our next lesson - "What Materials Might be Invented in the Future".   The students will learn how new materials are invented.

 

Social Studies: We will continue with our Civic unit.  The students will learn how leaders help their community.

 

Religion: The students will have a quiz on Chapter 8.  Over the next couple of weeks we will spend time practicing for May Crowning.  More information to come soon!

 

Superkids: Only 2 more weeks of Superkids!  Can you believe it?  This week we will focus on long o in or.  The spelling words are: worn, forty, wore, store, door, floor, four, pour, soar, board, warm, warn.  In writing we will continue to work on our Super Magazine.

 

Math: This week we will wrap up our measuring unit.  We still have over half of the chapter so we will not have a quiz until early next week.  

 

Science: We will review material from our last lesson in preparation for a short quiz.  Our next lesson is - Materials, Properties, and Engineering - Can you build a house out of paper?

 

Social Studies: We will continue with Civics and our discussion of community leaders.

 

Religion - Congratulations to those who made their Communion!  In class we will begin Chapter 10 - We Listen to God's Word.  In this chapter we will learn more about the Nicene Creed.