Quarter 2 Week 2

Hello Second Grade Families,

Field Day

Dress Code for Athletic Field Day:

·  City-State (K-4) or House Shirt (5-6)

·  Athletic shorts or pants (modest, loose-fitting, in good repair)

·  Athletic shoes

·  Logo-free jackets, sweatshirts, and/or hats (if needed)

 

Please do not wear:

·  Tank tops, midriff shirts, camisoles, sports bras as outer garments

·  Short-shorts or long, baggy shorts

·  Volleyball spandex shorts unless covered by loose-fitting athletic shorts

·  Tight, athletic leggings unless covered by loose-fitting athletic shorts

·  Sandals, open-toed, or platform shoes

 

Please note: if your student is not in the proper dress code for the day, you will be called to bring clothes.

 

Please also have your child bring a refillable water bottle on Field Day.

 

We are looking forward to another spirited GHNO Field Day. 

Veteran's Day

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to honor their family members who have served in the military by filling out a short info form and attaching a photo to be displayed in the library on November 11, which is a school day. 

Please note: photos will not be returned so just send in a copy of your veteran's photo. 

Forms will be sent home with students on Monday, October 26^th and extra forms can be requested from your teacher or downloaded here. Please return the forms to school by Friday, November 6^th.

Thank you to all those who have served!

Content Corner This Week:

Math - 
This week in math we will review renaming in addition and have a check up Tuesday. Please go over the review with your student and sign it. After Field Day, we will continue to work on renaming in the tens place.

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

Please check agendas/red folders for homework when assigned.

Spalding - 
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: 

lead (the way), led (the way), lead (the pencil), however, mind, shall, alone, order, third, push, point, within, body, field, belongs, cheese, earn, edge, feather, fence, funny, going, honey, letters, orange, pocket, shoes, shoe, stairs, stream

(30 words)

Spelling Test on Friday! 

Don't forget your scholar has Spalding homework 

Monday-Thursday.

It is located inside their red folder.

Grammar - 
This week in grammar we will be starting our first expository writing assignment. We will be looking at examples of different examples and look at what makes them strong or weak. Then we will begin writing our own. 

History - 
Unit: Culture of Japan

Ancient China unit test will be on Tuesday, November 3rd.

Science -
Unit: Organisms and Their Habitats

Students will continue learning about animals and their life cycles.

Life Cycle Project

Due on Thursday, October 29th

Project Guidlines:

• Your student has been assigned an animal or insect to do research on their life cycle.
• All students have been provided a manilla folder (pamphlet folder) in addition to blank copy paper they can use to draw and list their details.
• You project should only be of the animal you were assigned.
• The project can be as creative as you would like! Words and pictures can be either handwritten/drawn or printed to be included on the pamphlet.
• Must have:
• The type of animal.
• Facts about its habitat and a picture of its natural habitat.
• The life cycle must be shown in pictures with each stage properly labeled and in correct order.
• Facts about the animal's basic needs.
• Include on the back of pamphlet any resources used either books or online.

Literature -

This week in Literature we are continuing The Courage of Sarah Noble.

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, NOVEMBER 2ND

Poem -
"Bed in Summer" by: Robert Lewis Stevenson
DUE: November 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

• Oct. 28: Field Day for 2nd Grade
• Oct. 30: Spirit Day; Early Release
• Oct. 6: Veteran's Day Papers due for display; Early Release
• Nov. 13: Early Release; Fall Concert
• Nov. 17: 2nd Grade Grandparents Day
• Nov. 20: Early Release
• Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving Break

Thank you for your support this week!

Warm Regards,

2nd Grade Team

Quarter 2 Week 1

Hello Second Grade Families,

Character Dress Up Day (Oct. 23rd): Costume proposal forms were sent home on inside your scholars red folder. These forms must be filled out and returned on or before Wednesday, October 21st. The costume MUST be approved by the teacher before being able to wear on the 24th.

2nd Grade Field Day (Oct. 28th): Here is the late order link, this will be the last chance to order a shirt. 

26-27 LS Field Day Shirts - LATE ORDERS

Content Corner This Week:

Math - 
This week in math we will be adding 2- digit to 2- digit numbers and 3- digit to 2- digit numbers with renaming the ones to the tens place.

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

Please check agendas/red folders for homework when assigned.

Spalding - 
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: meet, meat, tripped, trip, list, people, ever, held, church, own, once, one, before, know, no, were, where, there, here, dead, leave, early, close, close, nothing, flower, flour, ground, such, morning

(30 words)

Spelling Test on Friday! 

Don't forget your scholar has Spalding homework 

Monday-Thursday.

It is located inside their red folder.

Grammar - 
This week in grammar we will focus heavily on writing a summary based on a short story we read. We will also continue working on identifying parts of speech in sentences. 

History - 
Unit: Ancient China

We are finishing our unit on Ancient China, we will send the study guide home on Wednesday. The unit test on Ancient China will be on Tuesday, November 3^rd. We will be starting our new history unit on The Culture of Japan this week.

Science -
Unit: Organism and Their Habitats

Life Cycle Project is due on Thursday, October 29^th.

Literature -

This week in Literature we are starting our new book The Courage of Sarah Noble. Please send this book to school with your child.

The Courage of Sarah Noble

By: Alice Dalgliesh

ISBN: 978-0689715402

Please place your child's name inside so if lost it can be returned to them quickly.

Amazon Link / Barnes & Noble Link

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 -
"Bed in Summer" by: Robert Lewis Stevenson
DUE: November 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

• Oct. 19: Quarter 2 Starts
• Oct. 21: Proposal Forms Due for Character Dress Up Day
• Oct. 23: Character Dress Up Day
• Oct. 23: Early Release; Spirit Day
• Oct. 28: Field Day for 2nd Grade
• Nov. 11: Veteran's Day: This is a school day

Thank you for your support this week!

Warm Regards,

2nd Grade Team