ELA

We will begin in our Journeys Reader this week with Unit 1, Lesson 1. Our anchor text will be the fictional story Henry and Mudge. With this text we will be introduced to new vocabulary words and high frequency (sight) words. Our phonics element for the week will be a review of the short vowel sounds for a (as in apple) and i (as in igloo). Our spelling words for the week will reflect this and contain the short a and i sounds. We will have our first Spelling test this Friday, September 13th. With our anchor text, and other stories we will learn how to infer and predict. We will also review the Sequence of Events-what happens first, next, then and last in a story. When reading at home this week it would be a wonderful idea if you discuss inferencing and sequencing story events with your child.

Math

We begin Unit 1 this week, which is a study of addition concepts, including "putting together", "related facts", "counting on", "doubles" and "near doubles". Be sure to review addition facts at home, either with flash cards or online games. Fluency with addition facts will be a wonderful foundation for subsequent math units. 

Religion

Second grade is such a special year. Students receive two sacraments this year-Eucharist and Reconciliation. Students will begin Unit 1 this week by learning that God the Father sent His Son Jesus to be with us. Jesus is God's greatest gift. On September 8th, the church celebrated the birth of the Blessed Mother Mary. In honor of Mary's birthday students will play a "Hail Mary" game, which will help students remember the words of the Hail Mary prayer.

 

Science

We will visit the Science Lab for the first time this week. In the lab we will use our powers of observation to emulate scientists who classify plants and animals. We will observe objects with different properties, and sort them in various ways. Our first unit in Elevate Science is the study of matter. New vocabulary for this unit will be: matter, properties, solid, liquid, gas.

Social Studies

Our first Social Studies unit will focus on "Families Today and in the Past". Students will be introduced to their Social Studies book. Students will learn new vocabulary for this unit: family, community, responsible, respect.