Monday, April 13, 2026

Quarter 4 Week 5

Hello Second Grade Families,

Snapshot of our Uniform Guidelines:

  • Shoes: Shoes are all white or all black or the Navy and White "Keds School Days" Shoes.
  • Socks:  All white or navy, free of logos and must be visible
  • Shorts/Pants: Navy Blue for K-4 and Khaki for 5-6.
  • Shirts: GH Shirt that is sky blue, or white and tucked-in appropriately.
  • Boy's Hair: MUST be above ear, neck and brows. Those who choose to have longer hair MUST style it in such a way the hair MUST be pulled back neatly and smoothly with a hair band (Possibly with hair gel) in a bun or ponytail.
  • Girl's Hair: Hair should be neatly combed or styled. Neat bows, barrettes, headbands, and hair ties are permissible so long as they coordinate with the uniform. Hair must be natural-looking and conservative in its color and cut (no bleaching or unnatural streaking/highlighting, no artificial jet-black coloring, and no unnatural colors).
  • Jewelry: No rings, bracelets, or fitbits. Simple analog watch is allowed.
  • Outerwear: Only GH sweaters and quarter zip pullovers inside the building!

Content Corner This Week:
Math - 
Unit: Time 
We will be continuing our unit covering time. They will be learning how to read analog clocks to the hour, to the 5 minutes, and to the minute, an hour past and an hour to, am and pm.

Chapter 7 Review sent home on Thursday, April 16th
Chapter 7 Unit Test on Friday, April 17th

They will be using a hands on approach with using analog clocks 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 - 
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: 
forty, fourteen, fourth, four, population, proper, judge, weather, whether, worth, contain, figure, sudden, instead, throw, threw, personal, everything, rate, chief, perfect, second, slide, farther, duty, intend, company, quite, quit, quiet
(30 words)

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

Grammar - 

Scholars will begin reflecting and writing an expository paragraph about their two favorite animals. They will be creating an outline, rough draft and a final draft.

Editing Checklist Homework sent home on Tuesday, April 14th
(DUE: Wednesday, April 15th)


History - 

Unit: Civil Rights Leaders
Scholars will be starting our next unit talking about different Civil Rights Leaders. 
This week: Susan B. Anthony

Ancestor Project Due April 16th

Immigration Study Guide sent home on Wednesday, April 8th
Immigration Unit Test on Friday, April 17th

Science -
Unit: Resources (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) / Moon Phases
Scholars will exploring and learning about the conversation of resources. They will also begin learning about the different moon phases

Recycle Project sent home on Monday, April 13th
DUE: Thursday, May 7th

Human Body Study Guide sent home on Thursday, April 9th
Human Body Unit Test on Tuesday, April 14th

Literature -
Unit: The Boxcar Children

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

Next Classic Need
The Boxcar Children By: Gertrude Warner
Due: March 30th
ISBN: 978-0807508527
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 -
"Harriet Tubman" By: Eloise Greenfield
DUE: April 20th
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

  • April 18th: GHNO Fiestaval (4-8pm)
  • April 20th: Harriet Tubman Poem DUE
  • April 24 (FRIDAY): No School (Holiday)
  • May 1st: Early Release / Lower School Spring Concert
  • May 5th: MAP Reading Assessment
  • May 6th: MAP Math Assessment
  • May 8th: Early Release
  • May 15th: Early Release
  • 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

Monday, April 6, 2026

Quarter 4 Week 4

Hello Second Grade Families,

Snapshot of our Uniform Guidelines:

  • Shoes: Shoes are all white or all black or the Navy and White "Keds School Days" Shoes.
  • Socks:  All white or navy, free of logos and must be visible
  • Shorts/Pants: Navy Blue for K-4 and Khaki for 5-6.
  • Shirts: GH Shirt that is sky blue, or white and tucked-in appropriately.
  • Boy's Hair: MUST be above ear, neck and brows. Those who choose to have longer hair MUST style it in such a way the hair MUST be pulled back neatly and smoothly with a hair band (Possibly with hair gel) in a bun or ponytail.
  • Girl's Hair: Hair should be neatly combed or styled. Neat bows, barrettes, headbands, and hair ties are permissible so long as they coordinate with the uniform. Hair must be natural-looking and conservative in its color and cut (no bleaching or unnatural streaking/highlighting, no artificial jet-black coloring, and no unnatural colors).
  • Jewelry: No rings, bracelets, or fitbits. Simple analog watch is allowed.
  • Outerwear: Only GH sweaters and quarter zip pullovers inside the building!

Content Corner This Week:
Math - 
Unit: Time 
We will be starting our next unit covering time. They will be learning how to read analog clocks to the hour, to the 5 minutes, and to the minute.

They will be using a hands on approach with using analog clocks 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 - 
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: 
afraid, uncle, rather, comfort, election, elect, aboard, jail, shed, refuse, district, restrain, royal, objection, object, pleasure, please, measure, treasure, navy
(20 words)

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

Grammar - 

Scholars will be continuing to identify and label parts of speech within given sentences.

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
Possessive Noun: name of a person, place or thing that owns something


History - 

Unit: Immigration and Citizenship
Scholars will be continuing our unit about Immigration and Citizenship. Students will be learning about becoming an American citizen.

Ancestor Project Due April 16th

Immigration Study Guide sent home on Wednesday, April 8th
Immigration Unit Test on Friday, April 17th

Science -
Unit: Resources (Human-made vs Naturally made)
Scholars will exploring that the differences in human-made and nature made resources that can be found all around them. They will be able to sort and have discussions.

Human Body Study Guide sent home on Thursday, April 9th
Human Body Unit Test on Tuesday, April 14th

Literature -
Unit: The Boxcar Children

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

Next Classic Need
The Boxcar Children By: Gertrude Warner
Due: March 30th
ISBN: 978-0807508527
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 FRIDAY!!

Poem -
"Harriet Tubman" By: Eloise Greenfield
DUE: April 20th
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

  • April 10th: Full Day Friday
  • April 17th: Early Release/Spirit Day
  • April 18th: GHNO Fiestaval (4-8pm)
  • April 20th: Harriet Tubman Poem DUE
  • April 24 (FRIDAY): No School (Holiday)
  • May 1st: Early Release / Lower School Spring Concert
  • May 5th: MAP Reading Assessment
  • May 6th: MAP Math Assessment
  • May 8th: Early Release
  • May 15th: Early Release
  • 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

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