UPCOMING EVENTS:

Tuesday --Mass @ 8:30 a.m.  

 SPECIALS SCHEDULE:

Monday--Spanish and P.E.

Tuesday--Writing Lab

Wednesday--Art/Computer

Thursday--Art/Computer

Friday--Music

Contact me at:

lmazac@notredameparish.net

WEB LINKS:

Religion: 

www.loyolapress.com/grade-2-christ-our-life-interactive-chapter-review.htm

Spelling/Vocabulary: 

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/grade2/

Social Studies: 

www.eduplace.com

Science:

http://www.sfscience.com

Math:

http://www.ixl.com/math/grade/second

www.newton.k12.ks.us/tech/second_grade

Reading:

 www.internet4classrooms.com/

www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_2nd.htm

http://pbkids.org/readingrainbow/books/index.html

Second Grade Traditions:

First Reconciliation, First Eucharist, Journal Bear, Fishing Trip, and Dinosaur Dig

A PEEK AT THE WEEK-August 30th-Sept 3rd.

Religion- We will learn that God's creations are special.  We will learn that people are more special to God tha His other creatures.  We will learn ways to live like Jesus and to follow Him more closely each day.  We will read about Mary, the mother of the church.  Mass is on Tuesday @ 8:30 a.m.

Spelling- We will review ABC order, work with context clues, and will proof read an article to look for missing capital letters and end marks in our writing.  We will work with words that have short vowels.  There will be a TEST on Friday.  The words are: head, clock, sticky, thing, front, gift, lunch, shut, plan, friend, pumpkin, spent, smell, and crop.    

Reading/English  We will continue our phonics and sight word review and work on decoding stories with short vowel sounds.  We will learn how to make complete sentences.  We will learn about "telling" sentences (statements) and commanding sentences.  We will write in our journals and will share them in class. 

Math- We will practice finding the main idea in story problems.  We will move onto subtraction sentences and we will review the terms: subtract, take away, and minus.  We will compare sets of numbers and find out "how many more" are in one group than the next.  Please practice basic addition and subtraction facts with your child!!!  These facts must be memorized. 

Science- We will begin our first science unit this week with Mrs. Trumble.       

Social Studies- We will work on using a map key and a compass rose.  We will learn about the characteristics of cities, suburbs, and small towns including farming communities.  We will read about how one community helped another community during a difficult time. 

Handwriting- We will work on size, shape, space, and slant.  We will practice writing Ll and Ii.

     Have a GREAT week!