Second Grade Update

Dear Second Grade Families,

Catholic Schools Week is this week! We celebrate Faith, Excellence, and Service! There are many important updates and changes to our typical schedule. PLEASE READ!

Below is our update. 🙂

Focus Areas for Our Learning:

Reading – We will continue SUPER Magazine this week with a focus on using context clues to understand unfamiliar words and reviewing the common text features of nonfiction texts.
Grammar/Spelling – In Superkids, students will practice the letter-sound correspondences igh/ī/, aught/ôt/, and ought/ôt/ as well as ph/f/ and gh/f/.
Writing – We will continue our unit on fictional narrative writing and discuss problem and solution plots. Students will develop their story plans to map out the beginning/middle/ends of their stories.
Math – Students will review measurement concepts previously introduced and expand to understanding the relationship between inches, feet, and yards. We will also practice counting with money to gain familiarity with coins and symbols.
Religion – We will wrap up our chapter on the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Students will begin practicing the Act of Contrition prayer.

Updates for this Week:

Catholic Schools Week – There are many events this week! Please read the rest of this email carefully.
Wednesday’s Assignments – Students need to get into the habit of putting all Wednesday assignments BACK in their backpack for school on Thursday. Thank you for your assistance with this. I want to make sure they have what they need on Thursdays. 🙂
School-wide Service Project – As you read in the school newsletter, we are supporting Building Futures, an organization that connects clients with shelter, interim housing, rapid re-housing and permanent supportive housing. Second grade has been assigned hand sanitizer. If you haven’t had a chance to send a donation in with your child, there is still time! We are so grateful for any donation you could make!
Dates to remember:
- January 31st: Virtual Catholic Schools Week Mass was canceled due to possible COVID-19 exposure at the church (see note from the office)
- January 31st: Virtual Open House (10:30 – links by grade were sent via email from the office)
- February 1st-5th: Catholic Schools Week
  - Monday – Celebrating Community
  - Tuesday – Celebrating Students
  - Wednesday – Celebrating Service
  - Thursday – Celebrating Excellence
  - Friday – Celebrating Teachers
- February 5th: Noon dismissal
- February 12th: Noon dismissal
- February 15th: No School – Presidents Day

Key Documents/Links (master file also attached for printing):

Schedule – Special events:
- Tuesday – Reading Group – All students will come to Mrs. Suer’s Zoom at 1pm for a special read-aloud. No reading group assignment – happy Student Appreciation Day!
- Wednesday – Faith Families – Wednesday at 8:30 (instead of normal morning zoom) Please refer to this Faith Families list with Zoom information for that day.
- Thursday – Oratorical Fest – Thursday at 10am and 1pm
  - We will watch the first half in class at 10am
  - Students will log in to Zoom and watch the second half at 1pm (Meeting ID: 895 6332 9865 Password: Oratorical)
- Friday – Noon Dismissal – It will be a distance learning day.
Weekly Assignment Matrix – Students should continue to check off their at-home assignments to ensure they are on track.

I look forward to celebrating Catholic Schools Week with our second graders!

All the best,
Catherine

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