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 3^rd 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 2^nd 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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During the month of December we will continue to discuss Advent which means coming.  We will continue to discuss the Corporal Works of Mercy.  We will make our annual trip to St. Joseph’s Nursing Home to carol and bring them gifts for the holidays.

Math

We will continue to work on their addition and subtracting.  We are moving into adding 2 and 3 digit numbers without and with regrouping.  All second graders are expected to know their addition and subtraction facts by heart.

Language Arts

We will continue to work on Shurley Method.  We are working on adverbs & propositions.  Remember to read every night.  All students should read at least 20 minutes every night.

Social Studies

Second graders will be working on community service.  Here we will use this time to help prepare for our visit to the nursing home.

Science

We will begin to move into our new booklet.  We will discuss rocks and categorizing as well as begin to describe the physical properties of the rocks they are observing.

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Math
We will continue to work on word problems.  We will be learning to read and use a graph to retrieve information.

Language Arts
We will continue to work on our jingles, and completing our preposition books.  We will learn about topics and supporting sentences.

Social Studies
In Social Studies we will continue to study Native Americans, and continue on our Indian projects.  Come visit our hallway outside our class.   Don’t forget Indian projects/reports are due November 23rd.

Science
We will continue to study the physical properties of matter.  We will identify matter attracted to magnets, exploring magnetic attraction and identifying different types of magnets.

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Math
We are beginning to enter into the place value/house value that each number is placed. We will talk about how much each of these numbers is worth. We have just exited the portion of the book that works on basic addition and subtraction. Please continue to work on these facts, as well as their family members (5+4=9; 4+5=9; 9-4=5; 9-5=4). These should be memorized by now. \We also are beginning to practice counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s. We are doing this to prepare to begin counting by 3,s, 4,s, etc. which is part of the goal for the year. We will continue to work on word problems, finding clue/cue words in the story to answer the problem as well as write the word form of a number.

Religion
We will continue to work on our seven sacraments. We have discussed baptism and reconciliation in detail. We will discuss this again in February just before our reconciliation.

Science
We are discussing the physical properties of solids by looking at other characteristics. We will begin to discuss buoyancy, flexibility, and hardness. We will discuss mass, followed by our first test review for the year in science. Look for further information to come out as we prepare for our first test.

Social Studies
The students will be discussing the “friendly” state of Texas and completing a state book of Texas. Here we will discuss our capital, state bird, tree, motto, and much more. Don’t forget our visit to St Joseph’s home in December.We will be looking for drivers. Please make sure that you get all in line with your “SAFE ENVIRONMENT.” Please contact Mrs. Campos for more information. More information will follow in November.

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