We're learning a lot of new things this week!
In MATH we're learning about identifying positions (first, second, third), adding 2 to a number, and creating/reading repeating patterns. We have a short math test on Thursday, 10/3 and we'll do a practice test in class on Wednesday.
In SPELLING, our words are: talked, talking, dropped, dropping, excited, exciting, lifted, lifting, hugged, hugging, smiled, smiling. Our challenge words are: dragging, amazed, danced. Our test is Thursday afternoon (due to our Friday field trip).
In WRITING we're learning about author's purpose, and writing persuasive letters in our journals.
In GRAMMAR we're learning about joining sentences using "and" or "but".
In READING we're talking about the five W's of fiction: who, what, when, where, and why.
In RELIGION, we're studying how the Catholic church teaches us to live.
In SCIENCE, we're finishing up the water cycle.
In SOCIAL STUDIES, we're looking at important people in history.
Whew! After all that studying, we'll be ready for a fun field trip to Green Meadows Farm on Friday!
Monday, September 30, 2013
Friday, September 27, 2013
Happy Friday!
We had a fantastic end to the week! Everyone ended the week earning extra reward stickers because everyone had great Friday behavior! We also earned another "brownie point" because Mrs. Caporale told the 2nd graders that she was proud of their behavior in Mass today. Two more brownie points (compliments) to go, and the class earns a brownie party!
Everyone's homework for the weekend is to read at least 15 minutes each day, and to HAVE FUN! Have a great weekend everyone!
Everyone's homework for the weekend is to read at least 15 minutes each day, and to HAVE FUN! Have a great weekend everyone!
Thursday, September 26, 2013
What are we up to today?
We second graders have done a lot this week so far! In math we started to tell time to the 1/2 hour, and we're learning to tell the difference between odd and even numbers. We also spent time learning "some, and then some went away" math problems, which is our introduction to subtraction. They are doing a great job!
In writing, we talked about brainstorming, which is coming up with as many ideas as you can. Our writing topic of the week is "Important Places In My Life." They have interesting stories! We also started learning beginning cursive strokes this week.
In spelling, we're talking about consonant blends, and we used our spelling words this week as an example. We talked about the sounds associated with th, sh, st, and br. We're ready for our Friday spelling test!
In grammar, we're working on starting sentences with a capital letter and ending them with a period, exclamation mark, or question mark.
In Social Studies, we are finishing our personal timelines this week - what hard workers! In Science we're finishing up a unit on Weather.
Finally, in Religion we are studying the Sacrament of Baptism, and learning the signs (water, oil, candle, white clothes) that go along with Baptism. They are bringing home a take-home test today and it's due tomorrow. Everyone got a great start on it in class today.
So - that's our busy, fantastic week so far! Please remember that field trip permission slips and money are due tomorrow! If you have questions, please feel free to ask!
In writing, we talked about brainstorming, which is coming up with as many ideas as you can. Our writing topic of the week is "Important Places In My Life." They have interesting stories! We also started learning beginning cursive strokes this week.
In spelling, we're talking about consonant blends, and we used our spelling words this week as an example. We talked about the sounds associated with th, sh, st, and br. We're ready for our Friday spelling test!
In grammar, we're working on starting sentences with a capital letter and ending them with a period, exclamation mark, or question mark.
In Social Studies, we are finishing our personal timelines this week - what hard workers! In Science we're finishing up a unit on Weather.
Finally, in Religion we are studying the Sacrament of Baptism, and learning the signs (water, oil, candle, white clothes) that go along with Baptism. They are bringing home a take-home test today and it's due tomorrow. Everyone got a great start on it in class today.
So - that's our busy, fantastic week so far! Please remember that field trip permission slips and money are due tomorrow! If you have questions, please feel free to ask!
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Congratulations to our newest Student Council Members!
We held Student Council elections today, and Sam and Gianna were chosen as our class Student Council Representatives today, and Braeden is our alternate. Once a month Gianna and Sam will attend Student Council meetings with other classroom representatives. The first meeting is this Thursday, September 26th at noon. Braeden will attend if Sam or Gianna can't make it. Congratulations!
We have a Religion test this Thursday, but don't panic! This chapter was a long one with lots of information, so we decided to make it a take-home test. Everyone got a review sheet in class today, and they can use it on their take-home test. We also reviewed the chapter in class today and we'll do the same thing on Thursday. The test will come home Thursday and it is due Friday.
FIELD TRIP COMING UP: Field trip forms are in the red dot section of your child's OCEAN binder. We are going to Green Meadows Farm on Friday, Oct. 4th. The forms are due this Friday, and the students earn a valuable Brownie Point if all of the forms are returned tomorrow!
As a reminder, please sign your child's assignment notebooks each night. They earn rewards if their ANB (assignment notebook) is signed for the entire week. Thanks!
We have a Religion test this Thursday, but don't panic! This chapter was a long one with lots of information, so we decided to make it a take-home test. Everyone got a review sheet in class today, and they can use it on their take-home test. We also reviewed the chapter in class today and we'll do the same thing on Thursday. The test will come home Thursday and it is due Friday.
FIELD TRIP COMING UP: Field trip forms are in the red dot section of your child's OCEAN binder. We are going to Green Meadows Farm on Friday, Oct. 4th. The forms are due this Friday, and the students earn a valuable Brownie Point if all of the forms are returned tomorrow!
As a reminder, please sign your child's assignment notebooks each night. They earn rewards if their ANB (assignment notebook) is signed for the entire week. Thanks!
Monday, September 23, 2013
A New Week of Exciting Learning
It sounds like everyone had a great weekend. We are back and ready to learn. Today we also celebrated Ben's birthday - thanks for the cupcakes, Ben!
We had our spelling pre-test today. Our test is Friday and here are this week's consonant blend spelling words:
stop stream
strap mask
nest twin
hand breeze
brave state
ask
clip
Our alternate, optional spelling words are:
browse straight skeleton
Have a great day everyone!
We had our spelling pre-test today. Our test is Friday and here are this week's consonant blend spelling words:
stop stream
strap mask
nest twin
hand breeze
brave state
ask
clip
Our alternate, optional spelling words are:
browse straight skeleton
Have a great day everyone!
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
We are HAPPY 2nd graders today!
Second grade had a GREAT day! Everyone did a fabulous job on their math test!
Our most exciting news is that everyone in the class was on green or higher for our behavior chart! That means everyone did their job today and so they ALL earned stickers toward their reward goals.
Nathan reminded the class that we also added another brownie to our "Brownie Points" pan today, because Mrs. St. Louis complimented us on the great job we did on our math test!
Some of us are ready for tomorrow's spelling test and some of us need to study a little tonight. Don't forget, there is no school on Friday. The kids are ready for a long weekend!
Our most exciting news is that everyone in the class was on green or higher for our behavior chart! That means everyone did their job today and so they ALL earned stickers toward their reward goals.
Nathan reminded the class that we also added another brownie to our "Brownie Points" pan today, because Mrs. St. Louis complimented us on the great job we did on our math test!
Some of us are ready for tomorrow's spelling test and some of us need to study a little tonight. Don't forget, there is no school on Friday. The kids are ready for a long weekend!
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
2nd Grade Says "Hi"
Here we are, and we just finished lunch and recess. The second graders would like you to know what we've been up to today. We read a fun book about Bats, and learned how to organize the main ideas for writing.Our class also wants the parents to know that there is a password master list in today's take-home folder for each child. Hopefully this will help you keep all the the passwords straight! There is one web site (www.storybird.com) that we haven't started using yet, but we will soon.
We had our first music class today with our new teacher, Mrs. Kuhl. It was fun!
Also - since most of the parents would like to know how their child's behavior was in class each day, we started a daily behavior chart. Please look for it in the front of the OCEAN binder. We will complete these each day, so you know how your child's day went.
Thanks for reading - from Mrs. Theriault's second grade class :)
We had our first music class today with our new teacher, Mrs. Kuhl. It was fun!
Also - since most of the parents would like to know how their child's behavior was in class each day, we started a daily behavior chart. Please look for it in the front of the OCEAN binder. We will complete these each day, so you know how your child's day went.
Thanks for reading - from Mrs. Theriault's second grade class :)
Monday, September 16, 2013
Happy Monday!
Hello and welcome to Monday! Today we prepared for Wednesday's math test by completing a sample test in class together. They all did great! They can review the practice test between now and Wednesday.
Today we also continued our Daily 5 centers - they are going well! We continued our Weather unit in Science, and we started our cursive handwriting unit by learning beginning cursive strokes. Everyone is very excited to get started on cursive! We also visited scootpad.com and brushed up on our math practice in Computer Lab. It was a great day!
Our spelling test is this Thursday, and our words this week are:
tune mice
page late
nose cube
space blaze
size home
fine vote
and our optional, extra-credit challenge words are:
erase spice
confuse
As a reminder, please make sure your child has gym shoes for Wednesday and Thursday, and that they bring their library books to school on Wednesday. Have a great Monday!
Today we also continued our Daily 5 centers - they are going well! We continued our Weather unit in Science, and we started our cursive handwriting unit by learning beginning cursive strokes. Everyone is very excited to get started on cursive! We also visited scootpad.com and brushed up on our math practice in Computer Lab. It was a great day!
Our spelling test is this Thursday, and our words this week are:
tune mice
page late
nose cube
space blaze
size home
fine vote
and our optional, extra-credit challenge words are:
erase spice
confuse
As a reminder, please make sure your child has gym shoes for Wednesday and Thursday, and that they bring their library books to school on Wednesday. Have a great Monday!
Friday, September 13, 2013
A short and busy week coming up!
Today we had a LOT of fun with all the grandparents visiting - it was sad saying goodbye to them. Also, our Team Delightful (1st & 2nd grade) performed their cheer at the Friday Scattering. They did a wonderful job and Mrs. Goertz and I are so proud of them all! It was an exciting day.
Next week there is no school on Friday, so we'll be packing a lot into the four days that we're here. Our spelling pre-test is on Monday (and will come home Monday night), our spelling test is Thursday, Sept. 19th (since there is no school on Friday), and we will have a short math test on Wednesday. If your child has been doing ok on their daily math homework, they will do fine on the math test. The test is about graph reading (they do great at that), continuing a simple repeating AB pattern, knowing "one more" and "one less" than, telling time to the hour, filling in missing numbers on a number grid, and double digit addition up to the number 9 (such as 2+2, 3+3, etc.). We'll be reviewing for the test on Monday and Tuesday.
Monday we start a bathroom reward system! Students always have the opportunity to use the bathroom before 8:00 am, at 10:00 recess, between lunch and noon recess, and after specials. Every Monday, each student will receive 5 bathroom tokens to use for the week. If they need to use the bathroom in addition to the "free" times I just listed, they simply turn in a coin. At the end of the week, they can turn in any unused coins for stickers, which they use to earn rewards. The kids are excited to start this!
I hope everyone has a great weekend! Be safe and God Bless!
Next week there is no school on Friday, so we'll be packing a lot into the four days that we're here. Our spelling pre-test is on Monday (and will come home Monday night), our spelling test is Thursday, Sept. 19th (since there is no school on Friday), and we will have a short math test on Wednesday. If your child has been doing ok on their daily math homework, they will do fine on the math test. The test is about graph reading (they do great at that), continuing a simple repeating AB pattern, knowing "one more" and "one less" than, telling time to the hour, filling in missing numbers on a number grid, and double digit addition up to the number 9 (such as 2+2, 3+3, etc.). We'll be reviewing for the test on Monday and Tuesday.
Monday we start a bathroom reward system! Students always have the opportunity to use the bathroom before 8:00 am, at 10:00 recess, between lunch and noon recess, and after specials. Every Monday, each student will receive 5 bathroom tokens to use for the week. If they need to use the bathroom in addition to the "free" times I just listed, they simply turn in a coin. At the end of the week, they can turn in any unused coins for stickers, which they use to earn rewards. The kids are excited to start this!
I hope everyone has a great weekend! Be safe and God Bless!
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Classroom rules & reminders
Hi families of 2nd grade!
Today we spent a lot of time reviewing classroom rules about talking out of turn, raising our hand, listening, and being respectful. We found that we need to be reminded of these rules every so often.
We also talked about our religion test tomorrow, and we all agreed it was a good idea to look over the review sheet tonight.
We finished up our Team Delightful cheer and are ready to perform it for the school - we are excited for Friday's Scattering so we can show everyone the cheer we have been working on with 1st grade!
Have a great day everyone - hope to see all of the parents at Parent's Night tomorrow night, and hope to see all of the grandparents on Friday!
Today we spent a lot of time reviewing classroom rules about talking out of turn, raising our hand, listening, and being respectful. We found that we need to be reminded of these rules every so often.
We also talked about our religion test tomorrow, and we all agreed it was a good idea to look over the review sheet tonight.
We finished up our Team Delightful cheer and are ready to perform it for the school - we are excited for Friday's Scattering so we can show everyone the cheer we have been working on with 1st grade!
Have a great day everyone - hope to see all of the parents at Parent's Night tomorrow night, and hope to see all of the grandparents on Friday!
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Upcoming homework and tests
Parents, just a reminder that your child has a spelling test this Friday. This week's words on are on the blog in the previous post. Also, there is a Religion test on chapter 1 on Thursday. We went over everything today and they all were given a study guide which we completed in class. They should be bringing the study guide home at night to look it over. If they know the information on the study guide, they will do fine on the test! Finally, they have a math homework sheet due each Monday through Friday. There is no math homework given on Fridays unless they have missing work.
Also - please remember to initial assignment notebooks each day. The children are earning rewards for this.
They are doing a wonderful job! Hope to see all of you at Parent's Night on Thursday at 6:30 pm!
Also - please remember to initial assignment notebooks each day. The children are earning rewards for this.
They are doing a wonderful job! Hope to see all of you at Parent's Night on Thursday at 6:30 pm!
Monday, September 9, 2013
Spelling Words and Book Rewards!
We will have a spelling pre-test each Monday, and a test on Friday. This week's spelling words are:
drum
rock
list
desk
job
sad
chop
sack
tag
rib
mess
dust
AND...our challenge (optional, extra credit) words are:
pocket
lettuce
engine
Please help your child study these words so that they are prepared for Friday's test. Their pre-test is in today's take-home OCEAN binder.
READING: Remember that your child should be reading at least 15 minutes each night. Those minutes get logged onto the September reading calendar which came home the first week of school. Anyone who turns in their September sheet with an average reading time of at least 15 minutes a night earns a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut! Let's get reading!!
drum
rock
list
desk
job
sad
chop
sack
tag
rib
mess
dust
AND...our challenge (optional, extra credit) words are:
lettuce
engine
Please help your child study these words so that they are prepared for Friday's test. Their pre-test is in today's take-home OCEAN binder.
READING: Remember that your child should be reading at least 15 minutes each night. Those minutes get logged onto the September reading calendar which came home the first week of school. Anyone who turns in their September sheet with an average reading time of at least 15 minutes a night earns a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut! Let's get reading!!
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