Second Grade Update

Dear Second Grade Families, 

I hope this message finds you all well! 🙂

The Fun Run lived up to its name and was a blast! Thank you for supporting your child. SPN reached its goal and Mrs. Murray is rewarding all students with free dress on June 1st! 🙂

Below is our weekly update:

Focus Areas for Our Learning:

• Reading – We will wrap up our SUPER magazine this week. Students will practice connecting text to self, reviewing rhythm and rhyme in poetry, and reading fluently (accuracy, pace, and expression).
• Grammar/Spelling – In Superkids, students will practice different spellings of the long I sound as well as using comparative adjectives.
• Writing – Students will finish their animal reports. The focus will be on editing and producing a final informational report. 
• Math – Students will revisit fractions, including an activity to work together and devise a “fair shares” solution for dividing snack bars. 🙂 The class will also continue to work on subtracting larger numbers with regrouping as well as adding/subtracting 10s/100s.
• Religion – The class will start our chapter about living in God’s image. We will discuss the importance of honoring and respecting all people because we are all children of God.
• Science – We will continue our read-aloud of “Top Secret”, including responding to questions in our literature journals to synthesize information from the story.
• Social Studies – We start our unit on the economy and discuss needs versus wants.

Other Updates for this Week:

• Assessments: Students will take the Star reading and math on Thursday and Friday, respectively. They will also be completing some reading assessments on their own at home (see schedule and matrix). Please do not help with these activities.
• Dates to remember:
  • May 20th: Star Reading
  • May 21st: Star Math
  • May 26th: All School Mass – Feast of St. Philip Neri
  • May 28th: Noon Dismissal (on campus learning)
  • June 1st: Free Dress for meeting Fun Run goal!

Key Documents/Links (master file attached – please print):\

• Schedule –
  • Tuesday/Friday – No reading groups. Students will complete reading assessments via Seesaw. Please do not assist.
  • Thursday – Instead of normal reading groups, students will Zoom with Ms. Andie from the Alameda Free Library. This is a joint 1st/2nd grade activity, and ALL students will log on to Mrs. Sturlini’s Zoom at 1:00 (meeting id: 326 366 5663, password: 1stgrade)
  • Thursday/Friday – Star Reading and Math; Please make sure your child has a good night’s sleep and hearty breakfast. Please also make sure to send a snack that day.
• Weekly Assignment Matrix – Below is work that will be done at home and needs to be brought to school:
  • Become a Writing Superstar (Thursday, 5/20)
  • Subtraction with Regrouping worksheet (Thursday, 5/20)
  • Cover page for animal report (Thursday, 5/20)

We look forward to a great week!

All the best,
Catherine