Quarter 4 Week 7

Hello Second Grade Families,

We have a busy month ahead, as we wrap up the school year. Please remember to read through the blog and keep up with homework. It is very important that students are here every day on time (unless sick or excused absences) and are not leaving early - we are taking grades up until dismissal most days and up until the last day of school.

Spring Concert:

Please read the information about the Spring Concert, which is mandatory this Friday, May 1st at 5:30pm located at Trinity Baptist Church. Please have your child use the restroom BEFORE joining the class section. Students are to wear concert dress attire, and sneakers or athletic shoes are not permitted. Please no water bottles, tissues, etc. We look forward to seeing all of their hard work!

** Note: Students will be rehearsing all week during the afternoon at 12:45, so please try not to pull your student early. Thank you!

Library Books:

We will be collecting library books the week as there are no more visits for the year, please make sure they are turned in ASAP. Please reach out to the front desk, if you do not know what book you are missing. You can send $20 to the front desk (in an envelope), replace the book (labeled with a note), or visit the PSO Website to pay the missing book fee (link found below).

Lower School Book Replacement

Content Corner This Week:

Math - 
Unit: Data (Graphs)

We will be finishing up the data unit this week. Scholars will begin learning about 2-D and 3-D shapes.

Chapter 8 Unit Review sent home on Tuesday, April 28th

Chapter 8 Unit Test on Wednesday, April 29th

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: 

during, endure, police, until, truly, true, whole, hole, address, request, raise, August, struck, getting, get, don't, Thursday, Saturday, admission, canoe, caption, cautious, caution, cellar, covered, creature, curtain, declared, declare, explain

(30 words)

Spelling Test on FRIDAY! 

Don't forget your scholar has Spalding homework 

Monday-Thurday.

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: Civil Rights Leaders

Scholars will be starting our next unit talking about different Civil Rights Leaders. 

This week: Jackie Robinson and Rosa Parks

Science -
Unit: Moon Phases and Tides

Scholars will exploring and learning about moon phase and how the moon affects the tides here on earth.

Recycle Project sent home on Monday, April 13th

DUE: Thursday, May 7th

Natural Resources Study Guide sent home on Thursday, April 23rd

Natural Resources Unit Test on Tuesday, April 28th

Literature -

Unit: The Cricket in Time Square

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

Next Classic Need

Classic to Keep NEEDED

The Cricket in Times Square by: George Selden

**PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE REVISED EDITION**

Correct version has a statement at the bottom 

"FORWARD AND UPDATES BY STACEY LEE"

ISBN: 978-0374390402 / Amazon Link 

Please make sure you get a copy with this ISBN.

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 -
"Furry Bear" By: A. A. Milne
DUE: May 18th
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

• May 1st: Early Release / Lower School Spring Concert (REQUIRED)
• May 6th: MAP Reading Assessment
• May 7th: MAP Math Assessment / Recycle Project Due
• 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