Monday, March 2, 2026

Quarter 3 Week 8

Hello Second Grade Families,

Westward Expansion Celebration:
We will be celebrating this event on March 3rd, 2026 from 1:30-3:00. If you are willing and able, please review the signup and help us with what you can to make this event memorable.

Non-perishables items are needed by Monday, March 2nd.
All food items are needed on the day of celebration on Tuesday, March 3rd.

Content Corner This Week:
Math - 
Unit: Measurement
We will starting our next unit covering measurement. Scholars will be learning how to measure with feet and yards. They will also learn how to compare and order measurements with a given word problem.

Check Up 5.2 on Friday, March 6th

They will be using a hands on approach with using base-ten blocks during each days lesson.

Videos were sent home on the weekly blog email if you need help!

Please check agendas/red folders for homework when assigned.

Spalding - 
MOVING FORWARD ALL OF SPALDING WILL BE IN CURSIVE!

Phonograms: 
We are starting to work through all 70 phonograms each week. We recommend choosing a few each night to review with your scholar.

Spelling Words: 
pass, shut, easy, ease, bone, hopping hop, knife, mouth, oak, sign, space, wagon, wheat, window
(15 words)

Spelling Test on Friday! 
Don't forget your scholar has Spalding homework 
Monday-Thursday.
It is located inside their red folder.

Grammar - 

Scholars will be learning how to identify prepositions. They will be looking at different example sentences and looking at how to find these prepositions.

Prepositions: a joining word, it joins the noun to the rest of the sentence
Object of the Preposition: always comes after the prepositions and answers
Possessive Pronouns: a pronoun that replaces a possessive noun


History - 

Unit: Civil War
Scholars will be continue learning about The Civil War. They will be learning about Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, and Abraham Lincoln along with the coming of the war.

Science -
Unit: Force, Motion, Energy, and Sounds
Scholars will exploring two types of force, gravity and magnets. They will be partaking in an experiment with how magnets work and what uses they have in everyday life.

Study Guide sent home on Thursday, February 13th
Unit Test on Friday, March 6th

Literature -
Unit: Little House in the Big Woods
Ch. 9-10

Students will build reading comprehension by defining new vocabulary based on context, answering comprehension questions, and checking their predictions.

Next Classic Need
Little House in the Big Woods
Due: January 26th
ISBN: 978-0064400015
Please write your scholars name inside so if it gets misplaced it can be easily returned to them!

Reading Log-
Each day, students are reading a book from their home library for a minimum of 20 minutes. At home, students will read this book aloud to an adult.

Each day please log:
1. The title of the book from home.

2. The total minutes your student spent reading (20 minutes minimum each night).

3. Parent initials confirming minutes read. 

Please make sure you scholar is reading each night and this log is filled out and turned in on MONDAY!!

Poem -
"Open House" By: Aileen Fisher
DUE: March 9th
Please help your child practice nightly. They are required to speak the title, author and poem from memory in front of their classmates.

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • March 3rd: Westward Expansion Celebration (Westward Expansion Sign Up)
  • March 6th: Early Release
  • March 13th: Early Release/R&R Weekend
  • March 16-20th: GHNO Spring Break
  • March 23rd: Last Day to Order Yearbooks
  • March 27th: Lower School Art Show (more details to come)
Thank you for your support this week!

Warm Regards,
2nd Grade Team