Quarter 4 Week 1

Hello Second Grade Families,

Welcome to the first week of Quarter 4. Your scholars have learned much this school year and will continue to learn and explore amazing ideas and topics as we continue on in our studies! Spring Break is quickly approaching! We understand families are going on vacations or maybe have travel plans but any assignments or assessments that are missed from leaving early on Friday will have to be made up upon their return from Spring Break with accordance to the GHNO Parent/Student Handbook. If you have any questions, please email your scholar's teachers for more details.

Content Corner This Week:

Math - 
Unit: Measurement

We will be finishing our unit this week. Scholars will be learning how read a measurement word problem and solve either one-step or two-step problems with bar models.

Chapter 5 Review Sent home on Thursday, March 12th

Chapter 5 Unit Test on Friday, March 13th

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

Base-Ten Blocks Link

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.

Spalding Phonogram Cards Link

Spelling Words: 

cloud, draw, drink, garden, goose, peach, pole, queen, rope, season, catch, catcher, kitchen, butcher, black, warm, unless, clothing, clothes, cloth, able

(21 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 the different side of the Civil War and who were the leaders during important time in history.

Civil War Study Guide Sent home on Wednesday, March 11th

Civil War Unit Test on

Science -
Unit: Human Body & Digestive System

Scholars will exploring the purpose and importance of the digestion system within the human body and learning about the different cells that make up the different parts of the body.

Literature -

Unit: Little House in the Big Woods

Ch. 11-12

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

Amazon Link / Barnes & Noble

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 9th: Open House Poem Recitation Due
• 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 at 5:00-7:00pm (Dress Code: smart casual)
• April 18th: GHNO Fiestaval (4-8pm) (Tickets go on sale March 18th)

Thank you for your support this week!

Warm Regards,

2nd Grade Team

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.

Westward Expansion Sign Up

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.

Base-Ten Blocks Link

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.

Spalding Phonogram Cards Link

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

Amazon Link / Barnes & Noble

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