Mrs. Clack – Second Grade
Posted on March 11, 2010, by Bea Clack, under Second Grade.
Religion
Congratulations to all those who completed one of their milestones in the Catholic faith by making their first Reconciliation. We will next move on to preparing for First Holy Communion. During this time we will begin to learn about the Creed. We will discuss what we mean when we recite this Weekly at Mass each Sunday. We will discuss the Blessed Trinity, and our Lenten Promises that we have made.
Social Studies
Our little citizens will continue to sing out their hearts as we practice and prepare for our upcoming presentations of the United States of America program- more information to follow. During this month, the students will be studying the states. We will practice our little jig that we will perform for the program. Yeeeehaw! We are going to do a little jig through the month of March!
Language Arts
We will continue to review Possessive Nouns and Possessive Pronouns. This is a very hard concept sometimes but remember it always answers the questions “WHOSE”. We will also continue to work on punctuation. We are a work in progress and are continuing to practice by checking and editing our own work that we write. This is what makes us better writers. As we write daily paragraphs we are preparing for our 3rd grade teachers. Please remember, parents, that it is very important that your students are reading nightly at home. Reading and writing goes hand in hand. Please keep it up! Your kids are doing a fantastic job!
Math
Our little leprechauns are going to be keeping their cauldron full of change at the end of this rainbow. We will begin counting out change in small and large amounts of unknown amounts. Pull out those piggy banks and play store at home. We will begin the counting the second week of March. Following Counting money amounts, we will be working on time, both analogue and digital. It would be a great time after money to introduce the students to a watch that they might have or a clock at home. These are the two most difficult concepts with 2nd graders. They should be practicing these at home as well as at least 5 minutes of math facts a night. We are continuing to take the timed tests and those will come home as we take and review what score the children made.
Science
For the month of March, the students will finish up on Rocks and Minerals and begin to discuss Simple Machines. This is still part of the physics piece of this program and we will begin moving quickly. This is one of the best parts of the program, and the kids really seem to get pumped. Question them about what they learned in science. It is so cool!
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