Monday, April 7, 2025

Quarter 4 Week 4

Monday, April 7th

This week we will be learning:

Spalding:

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

Spelling Words: election, elect, aboard, jail, shed, refuse, broke, plan, least, dollar, distract, restrain, royal, objection, object, pleasure, please, measure, treasure, navy, forty, fourteen, fourth, four, population, populate, proper, judge, weather, whether, worth

Cursive: All Spalding assignments are to be done in cursive!!

Spelling Test on Friday! 

Don't forget your scholar had Spalding homework Monday-Thursday.
It is located inside their red folder.

Literature: 

Your scholar will continue Boxcar Children. They will build their reading comprehension by defining new vocabulary bases on context, answering comprehension questions, and checking  their predictions.

CURRENT Classic to Keep
The Boxcar Children by: Gertrude Channer Warner
Please make sure you get a copy with this ISBN.


Reading Log:

Each day, students will bring home a book of choice from the GHNO classroom library. At home, students will read this book aloud to an adult

Each day please log:

 1. The title of the classroom library book read.

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

 3. Parent initials confirming minutes read.

Please make sure your scholar is reading and this log is filled out and turned in on Mondays.  

It will be counted as a quiz grade


Grammar:
Your scholar will reflect on what their two favorite animals are and create an expository paragraph. Students should use their previous knowledge on how to write in complete sentences by using capital letters, end marks, and checking that they make complete sense. Students should also use descriptive words to describe their animals.

 Editing Checklist will be sent home on Tuesday, April 8th.

(Please walk through the checklist with your scholar and make corrections along the way. Also, please make sure it is returned the next day so your scholar can continue in their writing process)

 
Math:
Your scholar will be working on skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s, and working on repeated addition practice. The scholars will be taking their unit test this Friday.

Review sent home: Thursday, April 10th

Unit Test: Friday, April 11th 

  Please make sure your scholar is completing their math homework nightly when assigned. 
 
 
History:
 
Your scholar will continue the Immigration and Citizenship Unit. They will be learning what types of work immigrants did and the many contributions they made toward America becoming a strong and powerful company. They will be learning about Andrew Carnegie, Irving Berlin, and Dr. Albert Sabin and the significants to history.

 Science:

Scholars will learn about the functions of the excretory system. They will also explore the five main food groups and give examples for each. Scholar will start the next unit learning about natural resources. The will be able to tell the difference between natural and human-made resources.

Digestive System Review sent home: Tuesday, April 8th 

Poem:
Harriet Tubman by: Eloise Greenfield
Due: April 14th

Your scholar will be practicing at school but we highly encourage parents to help their scholar practice each day at home. Making sure that they are showing expression, following punctuation, and saying the title and author. 

 

Important Dates: 

4/12 - Fiestaval 4:00-8:00pm

4/18 - No school

4/21 - NORMAL SCHOOL DAY

4/25 - Spirit Day

5/2 - No school

5/9 - Spring Concert at Trinity Baptist Church

Monday, March 31, 2025

Quarter 4 Week 3

Monday, March 31st 

2nd Grade Field Trip this Thursday, April 3rd to the Natural Bridge Caverns


This week we will be learning:

Spalding:

Phonograms: We work through all 70 phonograms each week. We recommend choosing a few each night to review with your scholar, specifcally those found in the words of the week.

Spelling Words: catch, catcher, black, warm, unless, trophy, voices, voice, began, begin, begun, able, suit, eight, ate, afraid, gone, go, done, do, track, uncle, rather, comfort

Cursive: All Spalding assignments are to be done in cursive!!

Spelling Test on Friday! 

Don't forget your scholar had Spalding homework Monday-Thursday.
It is located inside their red folder.

Literature: 

Your scholar will start our next classic to keep "A Cricket in Time Square" by Garth Williams. Scholars will be identifying setting and character motives (character traits).

CURRENT Classic to Keep
The Boxcar Children by: Gertrude Channer Warner
Please make sure you get a copy with this ISBN.

Reading Log:

Each day, students will bring home a book of choice from the GHNO classroom library. At home, students will read this book aloud to an adult

Each day please log:

 1. The title of the classroom library book read.

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

 3. Parent initials confirming minutes read.

Please make sure your scholar is reading and this log is filled out and turned in on Mondays.  

It will be counted as a quiz grade


Grammar:
Your scholar will chorally  respond to the question answer flow along with the class while labeling the parts of speech in a given sentence. They will also be looking at a sentence and seeing if they are able to identify the mistakes of capital letters and end marks.
 
Math:
Your scholar will be finishing our Chapter 5 Unit on Measurement and Length on Tuesday. We will be starting Chapter 6 Unit on Multiplication!! This unit is taught different than normal multiplication in 2nd grade it is taught as repeated addition.

Review sent home: March 31st

Unit Test on: April 1st  

  Please make sure your scholar is completing their math homework nightly when assigned. 
 
 
History:
 
Your scholar be starting their next unit in history over Immigration and Citizenship. They will be learning why people came to America in the first place and what it was like arriving in America. There will be a special project that goes with the unit, please look forward to an email with further information. 
 
The Civil War Study Guide was sent home on Tuesday (3/28) and returned to school Wednesday with a parent signature. 

Review sent home: March 28th

Unit Test on: April 1st 

Science:
Your scholar will starting a new unit on science covering Human Cells and the Digestive System. This week they will be learning about how cells work together, the 4 different types of tissues, and how tissues make up different organs in our body.

FIELD TRIP on Thursday April 3rd

 
Important Dates: 

4/3 - 2nd grade Natural Bridge Caverns Field Trip

4/12 - Fiestaval 4:00-8:00pm (Tickets go on sale March 1st)

4/18 - No school

4/21 - NORMAL SCHOOL DAY

5/2 - No school

5/9 - Spring Concert at Trinity Baptist Church