Quarter 1 Week 4

Hello Second Grade Families,

We hope you had a restful three-day weekend! We are so proud of the wonderful start your scholars have made in second grade. Over the past three weeks, they have worked hard to learn routines, build friendships, and show perseverance in their learning.

Rocket Math:

Last week we launched Rocket Math, a program designed to help students build speed and accuracy with their math facts. Mastering these facts will give students a strong foundation for the more complex math concepts we'll be tackling this year. We encourage you to celebrate your child's progress at home as they "blast off" with Rocket Math! Each night have them practice along the outside and then set a 1-minute timer for them to complete the inside with an expo marker. Scholars will bring what they completed during that time to school the next day with the expo still on it to show they practiced the night before. If you need an expo marker for at home please contact your scholars teacher and one will be sent home.

Content Corner This Week:

Math - 
Scholars will be finding missing numbers on a given number line by finding the pattern of skip counting. They will be reviewing how to compare 2 or more numbers and putting them in order. They will be learning to recognize and name bills.

Check Up 1.2 Review - Sent home Wednesday, September 3rd

Please have your scholar teach you how to do 1 or 2 problems to help them review these concepts. Sign and return the next day.

Check Up 1.2 Assessment - Thursday, September 4th 

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.

Spelling Words: would, could, should, any, many, city, only, where, seem, week, weak, first, sent, cent, mile 

Spelling Test on Friday! 

Don't forget your scholar has Spalding homework 

Tuesday-Thursday.

It is located inside their red folder.

Grammar - 
Learning how to identify adverbs within a simple given sentence. They will also be learning the grammar rules of when/how to use A or An.

History - 
Unit: Ancient India

Learning about the mystery of the Indus Valley civilization and the religion of Hinduism.

Science -
Unit: Properties of Matter

They we discovering different ways to measure and classify matter within an experiment.

Literature -
Reading The Dragons of Blueland  chapters 3-6.

Please bring The Dragons of Blueland as soon as possible.

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 the following MONDAY.

Poem -
"The Cow" by Robert Louis Stevenson
DUE: SEPTEMBER 2ND
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

• Sept 5: FULL DAY Friday
• Sept 12: Early Release
• Sept 17: Lower School Student Picture Day
• Sept 17-18: The Big Give (more information to come by email)
• Sept 19: Early Release
• Sept 26: Early Release
• Sept 29-Oct 3: Homecoming Week (can buy a homecoming mum on the PSO website)

Thank you for your support this week!

Warm Regards,

2nd Grade Team