Monday, December 15, 2025

Quarter 2 Week 9

Hello Second Grade Families,

Please make sure that you are looking at due dates as there are many things happening here soon.


Ancient Greek Celebration
Our celebration will take place on Tuesday, December 16th. The sign-up link for donations was sent out on Thursday, November 20th. Thank you for your generosity! 

Please sent non-perishable items in by Monday, December 15th.
Perishable food must be delivered the day of the celebration, Tuesday, December 16th.


Independent Study Projects:
Packets went home on Wednesday, December 3rd. At the top of the packet, your scholar's assigned historical figure will be written. Please read through the packet, and have the project fully completed by Monday, Jan.12, 2026, to be presented in front of the class. This is the day we return from Winter Break as will count as a test grade.

2nd Round of Parent-Teacher Conferences:
GHNO will send out sign-up links for our second round of parent-teacher conferences on 12/4/25. Conferences on Wednesday will exclusively be offered via zoom. Conferences on Thursday and Friday will exclusively be in-person which we highly encourage. Zoom links will be sent out later, via email to the applicable families. This will take places at the end on independent study week  from Jan. 7-8 (Wed.-Fri.).

Content Corner This Week:
Math - 
Unit: Subtraction
We will be continuing to learn how to subtract with using a vertical equation.

Check Up 3.2 Review sent home on Tuesday, Dec. 16th
Check Up 3.2 on Wednesday, Dec. 17th

They will be using a hands on approach with using base-ten blocks 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 - 
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: 
wonder, pair, pear, pare, check, prove, heard, hear, inspect, itself, always, something, expect, need, thus, woman, women, young, fair, fare, dollar, evening, plan, broke, feel, sure, sugar, least, sorry, press
(30 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


History - 
Unit: The Constitution
Scholars will be starting the next unit about the constitution. They will be learning about life after the revolutionary war and the debating about how the writing of the constitution was going to look like.

Science -
Unit: Exploring Land and Water
Students over the next few weeks will be taking an adventure across the United States to visit different natural parks and visit land formations that can be found there! This week we will be exploring Arches National Park. They will be creating their own arch and showing how weathering effects over time.


Literature -
Unit: Greek Myths
Students will be reading about Narcissus and Echo and King Midas.

Greek Myth Review sent home on Monday, Dec. 15th
Greek Myth Unit Test on Friday, Dec. 19th

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!!

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • Dec. 16th: Ancient Greece Celebration at 1:30-3:00.
  • Dec. 15th-19th: 5 Days of Giving (Dress up days to be announced soon)
  • Dec. 19th: Early Release, Spirit Day
  • Dec. 22- Jan. 9: Winter Break
  • Jan. 7th-9th: Parent-Teacher Conferences
  • Jan. 12th: Independent Study Projects Due
Thank you for your support this week!

Warm Regards,
2nd Grade Team