Quarter 1 Week 3

Hello Second Grade Families,

Welcome to the 2nd grade blog! Here you will find weekly updates, what we are learning this week and any important announcements! 

We are almost done with the third week of the school year. Our homework routine will continue to grow, as you will see this week as we will be starting Spalding words for daily homework. Please note the homework is graded each night, and points will be taken off if it is turned in late.

We will introduce each of the words in class by breaking it apart, looking for phonograms, and reciting the different rules that go with each. Please be sure to carefully review the instructions at the top. Please dictate the words to your child. Parent says word, then says word in a sentence, then say the word again. Child says and writes word with the markings/syllables without looking at the front page. Parent helps child make corrections, before moving on to the next word. When you complete the list, your child will need to fold their sheet of paper so the words do not show. Repeat the entire process again, however child will write the word without syllables/markings. Each word will have been practiced as total of 2 times.

Child should use the lined paper provided for Spalding homework and write their name at the top. The intention of this homework is to practice applying phonogram knowledge to spelling, a well as to practice letter formation. Please instruct your child to use their best handwriting and to rewrite any words that were not written with care.

Letter formation, pencil grip, and other Spalding resources can be found inside your scholar's red folder behind their behavior calendar. 

Each day we practice our phonograms as a whole class and we strongly suggest that every student have a set of Spalding phonogram flash cards to review during homework time each day. The cards are available for purchase via the Spalding International website or at curriculum night on Tuesday. 

Their is also a Spalding app that can be purchase through your phone app store that will be able to provide you with the correct pronunciation of each phonogram and correct letter formation.

Content Corner This Week:

Math - 
Scholars will be reviewing about place value, standard, expanded, and word form, along with 1, 10, or 100 more or less than a number. They will be learning new things as skip counting by 1s, 2s, 3s, 5s, and 10s, and comparing numbers using greater than, less than, and equal to. 

Spalding - 

Spelling Words: became, brother, rain, keep, start, eye, I, mail, male, female, glass, party, upon, they, two, twin, twice, twelve, twenty, between 

Spelling Test on Friday! 

Don't forget your scholar has Spalding homework 

Monday-Thursday.

It is located inside their red folder.

Grammar - 
Learning how to write a small summary, synonyms, antonyms, alphabetizing, nouns, and verbs. 

History - 
Unit: Geography of the Americas

We are finishing this unit! Please review with your scholar their study guide.

Study Guide - Test is on 9/1/26!

Please review the study guide over the concepts we have learned in history for this unit. 

Science -
Unit: Properties of Matter

They will be identifying the different states of matter and sorting items accordingly. 

Literature -
Reading Elmer and the Dragon Chapters 8-10 and starting Charlotte's Web on Monday!

Reading Log-

Your scholar will bring home their first reading log on Monday! Each day this week, students are reading a book from their home library. At home, students will read this book aloud to an adult. We will begin sending paper practice books from school to read nightly starting week 5!

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. 

Poem -
"The Cow" by Robert Louis Stevenson
DUE: WEEK OF 8/31!
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

• Aug. 28: Early Release; Spirit Day
• Sept. 4: Early Release: R&R Weekend
• Sept. 7: No School, Labor Day Holiday
• Sept. 11: FULL DAY Friday
• Sept.18: Early Release
• Sept 25: Early Release

Thank you for your support this week!

Warm Regards,

2nd Grade Team

Quarter 4 Week 10

Hello Second Grade Families,

We have made it to the last week of the school year!

End of Year Happenings!

We are fast approaching the end of the school year, please keep a few things in mind when planning for vacation. 

• The first is that GHNO, we continue instruction and learning until the very last day of school, May 22nd. 
• The second is that on Friday, we will have a cumulative math assessment as well as a final Spalding test. These test will not be given early. Please plan to have your scholar present for these assessments.
• Your student will begin bringing home items they no longer need in the classroom, such as supply boxes, books, folders, notebooks, and workbooks. This will help avoid your students from having a huge, heavy bag on the last day of school.

Last Day of School:

• Students will still need a snack and a lunch.
• Students will take their last Spalding and Math test. (These can not be given early!)
• Please note that any absences or leaving early other than those excused due to illness will result in a zero for any missed work of tests on the last day if school.
• Students will bring home any remaining items from the classroom.

Library Books:

We will be collecting library books the week as there are no more visits for the year, please make sure they are turned in ASAP. Please reach out to the front desk, if you do not know what book you are missing. You can send $20 to the front desk (in an envelope), replace the book (labeled with a note), or visit the PSO Website to pay the missing book fee (link found below).

Lower School Book Replacement

Content Corner This Week:

Math - 
Your scholar will be completing their End of Year Cumulative Assessment Review to prepare them for their test on the last  day of school. This review will include concepts of place value, addition and subtraction strategies, word problem with bar models, measurement, repeated addition (multiplication), graphing, telling time, shapes, and fractions.

End of Year Review sent home on Thursday, May 21st

Enf of Year Cumulative Assessment on Friday May 22nd

Spalding - 

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.

Spalding Phonogram Cards Link

Spelling Words: 

empire, mayor, wait, degree, prison, engine, visit, guest, guessed, guess, department, obtain, family, favor, Mrs., Mr., Miss, husband, amount, human, view, clerk, through, o'clock, clock, support, does, Tuesday, regard, escape

(30 words)

Spelling Test on FRIDAY! 

Don't forget your scholar has Spalding homework 

Monday-Thurday.

It is located inside their red folder.

Grammar - 

Scholars will be working on their 2nd grade memory book with writing and illustrations pertaining to different sayings and idioms they have learned throughout the year.

History - 

Scholars will be working on their 2nd grade memory book with writing and illustrations pertaining to different history units they have learned throughout the year.

Science -
Unit: Weather and Water Cycle

Scholars will be learning about condensation, precipitation and collection within the water cycle.

Literature -

Unit: The Cricket in Time Square

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

Reading Log-

No reading log this week! 

Please continue the practice of having students read 20 minutes each night.

Poem -
"Furry Bear" By: A. A. Milne
DUE: May 18th
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

• May 18th: Furry Bear Poem Due
• May 21st: Early Release
• May 22nd: Early Release/Spirit Day/Last Day of School

Thank you for your support this week!

Warm Regards,

2nd Grade Team