Holy Cross 2nd Grade

I could not have been prouder of our 2nd Graders on Sunday!  They did an amazing job of remembering their spots and orders.  They all looked like little glowing angels!  Since I could not be with them at their parties, we had our own little party today at school.  Tomorrow (Tuesday) Fr. Tony will be dropping by to bless any religious gifts they bring in.  If anyone has any pictures from 1st Communion that they would like to share, you should be able to post them under the photos tab. 

We will be having a science test over matter on Wednesday. Review books will be sent home Tuesday night. This is our last unit in Language Arts, so we will have our LAST reading and spelling test on Thursday.  There are only fifteen words this week to study.  Next week we will be reviewing and doing some POETRY!

Here is what we have going on this week in class:

Language Arts: ire/ier/ure sounds; synonyms/antonyms; characters and settings; types of sentences; writing: friendly letters

Math: 3 -digit addition; finding missing parts problems (435+ ____=692); 3-digit subtraction

Religion: Blessed Virgin Mary

Handwriting: P/R; B; writing sentences in cursive

Social Studies: last Junior Achievement class; Unit 6: Family History; immigrants; customs; landmarks

Science:  Unit 5 review on matter; TEST WEDNESDAY

Question of the week: What is another name for the Eucharist?

Have a fantastic week!

We are down to our last week before First Communion.  We will be practicing all week over at church.  Hopefully the information sheet I sent home on Friday made it into your hands.  If not, please let me know and I will send another.  There are aLOT of events coming up this May, so I'm updating the calendar tab so you can use it to check up on things.  Our field trip will be included in there.  We are going to St. Joseph's Holy Family "God's Country" over by Jasper.  It is a neat place with many Cathoic replicas.  It should be very interesting and space is unlimited, so feel free to join us on May 15th. 

Here is what is happening in 2nd Grade this week:

Language Arts: /or/,/oar/,/ore/ sounds; adverbs; comparing and contrasting with Venn Diagrams; prefixes/suffixes; writing: persuasive writings

Math:  greatest to least; TEST WEDNESDAY!; adding 3-digit numbers (reviewing regrouping would be a help at home)

Religion: practice and review for 1st Communion; St. Simon Stock and the scapular

Cursive: S; L; P

Social Studies: Junior Achievement

Science: solids, liquids, gases; properties of matter (if I can make it happen there will be a test Friday, but most likely it will be Tuesday of next week)

Question of the week: What comes exactly after the reading of the Gospel during mass?

Have a great week!

We are getting so close to First Communion and the students and I are more than ready for it!  I will send home some reminder information this Friday in folders, along with the seating chart.  We are finishing up talking about the "real presence" this week, and will be practicing over at church like crazy next week.  I am very proud of how serious they take this sacrament! 

Here is what is coming up this week in 2nd Grade:

Language Arts:  eer/ear/er/ere sounds; comparative/superlative adjectives (adding -er or -est); multiple meaning words; possessive noun review; writing: Best Part of Me

Math: Changing numbers by hundreds, tens, ones (ex.  what is 100 more than 341?); patterns on the hundreds chart (440, 450, 460, 470...); <,>, = with 3 digit numbers; ordering 3 digit numbers least/greatest

Religion: learning about the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist; St. Simon Stock and the scapular

Cursive: G, S, L, P

Science: Types of matter (solids, liquids, gas) and their properties

Question of the week: How many tens does the number 539 have?

Have a great week!

We have started our Junior Achievement Program this week!  Carey Maurer from Duke Energy is our teacher.  The kids learned about business and community workers, and are very excited to be "making donuts" in their next class.  Don't forget, First Communion banners are due this next coming Tuesday (April 23). 

Here is what is happening in 2nd Grade this week:

Language Arts:  ar/are/air sounds; autobiographies; a/an usage; proper nouns; writing: The Story of Me; THERE IS NO TEST OVER THEIR WEEKLY STORY

Math: building to 1,000; counting hundreds, tens, and ones; standard and expanded form numbers; how much more/less than a number

Religion:  Explaining the mass; the real presence

Handwriting: G, S

Social Studies: Junior Achievement; 13 colonies

Question of the week:  Which number is odd, 57 or 54?

Have a great week!

We had a fabulous time at our retreat last Friday!  The kids are still talking about it.  The students are also still talking about our visit from Leon Potts and his wife (they brought them in a 'thank you' treat), as well as the unleavened bread that we made. They sure were spoiled with lots of extra fun last week! I hope you are all having fun working on the First Communion banners at home.  Those will be due by April 23.  Your information sheet may say the 22nd, but that is a snow day.   I will take them anytime before then as well.  Due to the short week we will be having our reading test on Wed. and our spelling on Thursday.  We will also be ending our chapter on graphs and probability in math Thursday.  I will not give a test, but they will be doing an assignment covering the chapter which will be graded.  So, I will probably send home a review sheet on Wed., though it is just that- a tool for you to review with.  They are doing super on this chapter so extra practice is not really needed.  Our Flat Stanley projects are rolling in and we are having a blast reading them!  I will post pictures of those, the retreat, making unleavened bread, and our visit and "thank you" from Leon Potts and his wife.  Check them out when you get a chance!

Here is what is happening this week:

Language Arts: -ge/-dge/-lge/-nge/-rge words; reality vs. fantasy; adjectives; commas in a series; directions; writing: A Trip to Heaven

Math: more, less, or equally likely; certain, probable, or impossible; using graphs to solve problems; assessment Thursday

Religion:  parts of the mass (Liturgy of the Word/Liturgy of the Eucharist); meaning of Eucharist

Social Studies: Native Americans; colonies; the 13 original colonies; we will have a special visitor to tell us more about Native Americans on Tuesday

Cursive: G, S, L

Question of the week:  Is it likely or unlikely to snow in the summer?

Have a great week!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter Day! I am so proud of how good of a job the class did on their Last Supper skit. We are anticipating some exciting things for the remainder of the school year. The students are anxiously awaiting the return of the Flat Stanley projects. We are also very anxious for First Communion! Our retreat is this Friday and permission slips went home today. Please return them as soon as you can. Everyone coming needs to bring a sack lunch. It is going to be an awesome day for the kids to get to experience together. Because of our retreat, their weekly tests will be moved around a bit. Our weekly test over our story is on Wednesday, and our spelling test will be Thursday. Here is what the rest of our week looks like:

Language Arts: hard and soft /c/ and /g/ words; classifying; contractions; compound words; personification and imagery; reports

Math: reading graphs; pictographs; bar graphs; coordinate graphs

Religion: "Bread of Life" John 6; purpose of the mass; making unleavened bread

Cursive: G; S; L

Social Studies: Unit 5: native americans; colonies

Question of the week: What is the contraction for I am?

Have a great week!

We have started putting the basket together for Leon Potts this week. The kids are making a beautiful mosaic cross for him. They will also be making cards to stick in the basket. We have some prayer books, a nice rosary, a couple medals, and a few other odds and ins so far. I will post some pictures of the basket and the cross at the end of the week before we send it off. Thank you again for your contributions.

Last Supper skit is Thursday at 2:15. Reminder, it is a very short skit so if you can not get off work don't feel bad : ) Don't forget to send in clothes for the skit.

This week we are doing our unit on Flat Stanley. There is no spelling list to test over. They are making individual lists of spelling and vocab words from the book. They will be working with the words this week in class. They also will be taking an AR test over the book and turning in comprehension pack that will be graded.

Here is what else is going on in 2nd Grade this week:

Math: more quarter to/half past/quarter after practice; calendar/temperature; multiple step problem solving; TEST FRIDAY

Science: water cycle; weather changes; seasons; types of storms; TEST FRIDAY

Religion: Last Supper discussion and practice; Three Days; LAST SUPPER SKIT 2:15 Thursday

Handwriting: G; S; L; P

Question of the Week: What day of the week is the First Communion Parent meeting on?

Have a very happy Spring Break and Easter!

Thank you to all who sent in money for the RCIA basket. If you did not get the chance to send a couple dollars in, you can still send it in this week. I will be shopping for items for the basket this week. If you have any unused catholic items that you would like to send in we can stick them in there! Make sure you check out new pictures posted under February Fun! Here is what is happening in 2nd Grade this week:

Language Arts: silent letters: kn/bm/wr/bt/gn; sequencing; pronoun/verb agreement; homophones; personification/imagery

Math: finishing up weight (no test on measuring weight and capacity); beginning ch. 15: reviewing time to the nearest 5 min.; telling time to the quarter and half hour

Religion: making Lent wreaths, Last Supper study and practice

Cursive: T/F; G; S

Science: Unit 3 Weather: water cycle, weather changes, seasons

Social Studies: State research project

Which apostle betrayed Jesus for 30 silver coins?

Have a great week!

We had a good time last week celebrating the amazing author Dr. Suess. The kids loved hearing many of his stories. Their favorite was "Bartholomew and the Oobleck". I think they were partial because we made oobleck and it was so interesting, but VERY MESSSSSSY!

From now on I will be posting a question at the end of each blog each week. If the students find the answer with a parent and write the correct answer down in their planner, they will earn a penny for their penny pouch.

Here is what is happening in 2nd Grade!

Language Arts: confused /a/ sound (it says "uh"); main idea/details; possesive pronouns (my,your, his, her, its, our, your, their); context clues; proper noun review; writing: "God is Like"

Math: measuring capacity with cups, pints, quarts, and liters; exploring weight

Religion: finishing up "Passion of Christ" murals; Resurrection Eggs; learning about choosing Pope

Social Studies: finishing up our government unit

Cursive: I, J, Q

**We are also doing a "Clean Teeth" experiment where we will be seeing what happens to an egg when you put it in Pepsi for two days. The students formed a hypothesis and will be checking to see if they are correct. We will also be discussing teeth brushing.

Question of the week: How many students are in 2nd Grade this year? Write the answer in your planner on MONDAY's space and I will check it on Friday.

Miss Weiss

This week we are on a pretty crazy schedule because of Dad's Day, the Deanery Mass, and other activities here at school. Because of this, we will not be doing a unit in language arts. So that means no weekly story, reading test, or spelling test. Instead, we will be celebrating Dr. Suess all week long. We will be reading several books including Cat in the Hat, Bartholomew and the Oobleck, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Horton Hears a Who, and some others. There will be some fun activities, like making oobleck, to go along with these books! We will be having a math test Friday over measuring length in in/cm/ft/yd/m as well as finding area and length.

Here is what is happening this week:

Language Arts: Dr. Suess Literature Study

Math: area, perimeter, Test Friday

Religion: Passion of Christ mural

Cursive: X, I, J

Social Studies: class elections, state research