Math: Students will learn about units of measurement.  The following will be covered: perimeter, area, grams and kilograms, liters, volume, and temperature.  Students will also learn about fractions and multiplication.

Reading: Students will read stories from different genres.  They include: biography, folktale, realistic fiction, and expository stories.

Spelling: Students will learn how to spell animal and family words.  They will also learn the different spellings of words that sound alike.

English: Identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, objects of a preposition, and pronouns.  Use punctuation correctly in sentences and paragraphs.  

Science: Students will finish the unit on simple machines.  The next unit introduced will be on light and sound. 

Social Studies: Students will be introduced to the concept of caring for the Earth’s natural resources – its land, water, air, and plants.  They will explore ways to conserve and protect resources.

Health: Understand the effects of media on health.  Discuss how certain products improve health.

Religion: Students will continue to learn about the Mass and prepare for the Sacrament of Holy Communion.

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Math:  Students will read, write, and recognize place value for numbers to 1000.  They will also begin adding and subtracting  three-digit numbers.

Spelling:  Spelling words will focus on words with ar, ur, or, tr, br, and fr.

Reading:  Students will continue to define vocabulary using the glossary.  Stories that the students will read and will be tested over are: The Dinosaur Who Lived in My Backyard, Why Did the Dinosaurs Disappear?, Monster Tracks, and Molly the Brave and Me.

English/Writing:  Students will continue to classify practice sentences.  They will be introduced to subject/verb agreement and pronouns.  Students will continue to journal write.  Students will write a two- point expository paragraph.

Religion:  We will focus on the Last Supper, Jesus dying for us, and Jesus Rising on Easter Sunday.

Science:  Students will examine simple machines.  They will identify how inclined planes make work easier.  They will also describe the characteristics of wedges and screws.

Social Studies:  Students will identify families as the basic social unit and talk about customs.  They will also recognize the diversity of the American culture.

Health:  March is National Nutrition Month, so students will describe how a healthy diet can protect against diseases/conditions.  They will also name the basic food groups.

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Math:    The students will subtract two-digit numbers with and without regrouping.  They will subtract horizontally and vertically.  Students will also begin the unit on Geometry.

Spelling:  Students will spell words with oo, u_e, wh, sh, th, and ch.

Reading: The students have begun a reading unit on animals and camouflage.   They will continue to use the following reading strategies: asking questions, making connections, predicting, summarizing, and clarifying.  Students will begin to define vocabulary by using the glossary.

Science: Students will learn about force and work.  They will also learn about how to make work easier with simple machines.

Health: The students will continue to learn healthy habits and they will learn how to take care of their teeth.

English:  Students will do daily journal writing.  They will also write an expository paper.  They will continue coding sentences.  They will be introduced to prepositions in a sentence.

Social Studies:   Students will discuss American leaders  and their accomplishments. They will  discover how our country grew and create a time line.  They will also learn about how technology changed over the years.

Religion:  The children will be grateful for God’s loving mercy in giving us the Sacrament of Reconciliation.  Students will begin to focus on the season of Lent.

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For the months  of December and January we plan to cover the following topics:

Spelling:  We will learn about the long ‘a’ spelled ai, a_e, ay;

long ‘e’ spelled ea and or ee; and  long ‘i’ spelled y, i_e, igh. 

Reading/Phonics:  The class will read “Whales Song”, “Cinderella”, “I See Animals Hiding”,” Animal Camouflage”, ”What Color is Camouflage?”, and “They Thought They Saw Him”.     We will review consonant blends, diagraphs and ‘o’.

English:  We will continue to classify sentences.  We will introduce a noun job chart and add common and proper nouns to the chart.  We will also continue writing using the writing process.  We will write a friendly letter to Santa in December.

Math:  The students will begin adding two-digit numbers and be introduced to regrouping.

Social Studies:  The students will learn about the Native Americans.  They will be assigned a Native American tribe to research.   They will also learn about the American Revolution and the growth of the United States.

Science:  Students will identify and explore rocks, minerals, and granite.  We will also talk about forces and work.

Health:  The class will learn about promoting good health through medical checkups and physical activity.

Religion:  We will focus on Advent as we enter the Christmas season, continue to learn the Act of Contrition, and practice for our scheduled trip to a nursing home.  We will also continue to discuss the Old Testament and the Ten Commandments.

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Fall is officially here, and the weather has gotten cooler.  We have many exciting things to learn over the next couple of months.  The following is a summary of the planned topics for October and November.

Math

In Math, place value and number words up to 100 will be introduced.  The functions of “greater than” and “less than” will be utilized along with numbers in expanded form.  We will also go over ordinal numbers, graphs, and tables.  The students will also learn the definitions of range, mode, and median.

Spelling

We will learn spelling words with gl, bl, tr, dr, sk, mp, ng and long a.

Reading

We will begin vocabulary tests on Fridays.  These words are introduced from the Open Court story of the week.    We will read folktales, fantasy, and true adventure stories.  Comprehension skills will include clarifying, predicting, summarizing, classifying, and  sequencing.

English/Writing

The class will continue daily journals and they will learn the writing process.   We will continue with the Shurley method and coding sentences.

Religion

We will learn about the story of Adam and Eve and Original Sin.  We will introduce several bible stories from the Old Testament, and learn about the Ten Commandments. We will also discuss how Catholics are given a saint’s name, a patron saint.  We will discuss All Saints Day which is November 1st.  November 17th we will celebrate Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Feast day.   Second Grade will also lead the Thanksgiving Prayer Service on Tuesday, November 22nd.

Science

In Science, we will observe the different states of matter.  We will also identify properties of solids, liquids, and gases.  We will  classify rocks and discover the physical properties of rocks and minerals.

Social Studies

Students will describe the free enterprise system, identify goods and services, and compare wants and needs.  As different work environments are identified, students will be able to explain bartering and trade.  Students will begin to learn about Native Americans, European Explorers, English Pilgrims and American Pioneers.

Health

Students will learn the importance of fire safety.  They will learn about behaviors that help a person stay healthy.   They will also learn major body organs.

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September will be a busy month as we get ready for cooler weather.

We will have ITBS testing October 10-14.  I have listed below some of the topics that we are covering this month.

Spelling:  The Spelling focus will be short o, the final k sound, the /st/ sound and the /nd/ sound.  Unit 6 will be a review chapter.

Reading:  The students will read and have content tests over: Ant and the Three Little Figs, Tomas and the Library Lady, and Amber on the Mountain. They will begin to read their tests independently the last week of September.  In phonics, students will apply the short and long vowel rules to decode words. They will also decode compound words and begin identifying consonant blends and diagraphs.  The second week of September, students will do the DIBELS testing.  They will also take their first Dolch test.  Reading logs will be due on September 30.

Grammar/Written Language:  Students will write from a variety of prompts.  They will continue to write in their journal daily.  They will review Shurley jingles and they will begin coding sentences.

Math:  Students will continue to work on math facts.  They  will do addition and subtraction.  They will use addition to check their subtraction.  Students should also be working on memorizing math facts at home.

Social Studies:  Students will discuss the different types of communities.  They will identify national symbols and they will use map skills.

Science:  Students will observe solids, liquids, and gases.  They will describe the color, luster, texture, hardness, flexibility, and buoyancy of solids.  They will also measure the mass of solids.

Health:  Students will identify common causes of conflict in children and practice methods to cope with stress.

Religion:  Students will understand that God made us, and that God created everything.  They will also learn about the Blessed Trinity.

The class recites the Act of Contrition daily to prepare for Reconciliation.

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As we complete the school year we will learn about the following topics:

Spelling: Students will learn to spell number words, words with the /00/ sound, words ending in ed and ing, and words with the ou sound.

Reading: Students will read: The Story of the Statue of Liberty, Dreamplace, A Place Called Freedom, and New Hope.  Students will also continue to learn new vocabulary words.  They will also present book reports at the end of the May.

English: Students will learn about regular and irregular verbs.  They will review commas in a series and subject verb agreement.

Math: Student will be introduced to fractions and multiplication.

Science: Students will discover different aspects of light and sound.

Health: Students will review how to get along with peers.   They will also talk about summer safety.

Social Studies: Students will learn about local, state, and federal government.  They will learn how to vote for leaders and what it means to be free.

Religion: Students will talk about the seven sacraments.

Have a great and safe summer!

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The following is a listing of topics plan for the month of May.

Math: Students will continue with the unit of measure.  The following will be covered: perimeter, area, grams and kilograms, liters, volume, and temperature.  Students will also learn about place value to 1000.

Reading: Students will read stories from different genres.  They include: biography, folktale, realistic fiction, and expository stories.

Spelling: Students will learn how to spell animal and family words.  They will also learn the different spellings of words that sound alike.

English: Identify nouns, verbs, adjective and adverbs.  Use punctuation correctly in sentences and paragraphs.  

Science: Students will finish the unit on simple machines.  The next unit introduced will be on light and sound. 

Social Studies: Students will be introduced to the concept of caring for the Earth’s natural resources – its land, water, air, and plants.  They will explore ways to conserve and protect resources.

Health: Understand the effects of media on health.  Discuss how certain products improve health.

Religion: Students will continue to learn about the Mass and prepare for the Sacrament of Holy Communion.   

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Spelling:  Students will spell words with the ar, ur, and or sounds.  Students will also focus on easily misspelled words.

Reading/Phonics:   From stories, students will continue to define vocabulary using the glossary.  Stories that students will read and will be tested over are: All Eyes on the Pond, Dinosaur Fossils, The Dinosaur Who Lived in My Backyard, and Why Did the Dinosaurs Disappear?.

English:    Grammar covered will include commas in a series and abbreviations.  Students will also learn about compound subjects and predicates.

Math – Geometry:   Children will identify the visual aspects of solid and plan figures.  They will also build upon what they already know about congruence, similarity, transformations, and symmetry.

Social Studies:  Students will learn about the government and our country today.  Key vocabulary words for this unit are: government, mayor, citizen, governor, Congress, President, freedom, motto and monument.

Science:  Students will observe how rollers and wheels make work easier.  They will also observe inclined planes and how it affects the distance that an object travels.

Health:  Students will learn about promoting good dental health by visiting the dentist and taking care of teeth.

Religion:  Students will continue to prepare for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.  We will also discuss the season of Lent.

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Math: Students will learn about money and time.  They will find the amount of change after making a purchase.  They will also add and subtract money with regrouping.  Students will also tell, write and show time to the quarter hour, to five and one minute intervals.

Spelling:  Spelling words will focus on the br, fr, tr, sl and sp sounds.

Reading:  Students will continue to define vocabulary using the glossary. Stories that the students will read and will be tested over are :  Monster Tracks, Molly the Brave and Me & Dragons and Giants.

English/Writing:  Students will learn about subject verb agreement, punctuation in a letter and regular/irregular verbs.  The class will continue to work on Treasure books for writing.

Religion:  Students will focus on the season of Lent and they will be ready to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Science:  Students will examine simple machines.  They will identify how inclined planes make work easier.  They will also describe the characteristics of wedges and screws.

Social Studies:  Students will discuss people and place in history.  They will will identify families as the basic social unit and talk about customs.  Students will also recognize the diversity of the American culture.

Health: March is national Nutrition Month,  so students will describe how a healthy diet can protect against diseases/conditions.  They will also name the basic food groups and select foods for each group.

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Math:    The students will subtract two-digit numbers with and without regrouping.  They will subtract horizontally and vertically.

Spelling:  Students will spell words with oo, u_e, wh and sh.   Students will also spell words with long o-spelled ou, o_e, and ow.

Reading: The students have begun a reading unit on animals and camouflage. In this unit, the students will be reading and writing for information.  They will continue to use the following reading strategies, asking questions, making connections, predicting,  summarizing, and clarifying.

Science: Students will learn about the mass of an object. They will also learn about friction and gravity.

Health: The students will know major body organs (heart, lungs, stomach, and brain).

English:  Students will do daily journal writing.  They will also write an expository paper.  The grammar covered will be adverbs, adjectives, and punctuating dialog.

Social Studies:   Discuss the American leader, Martin Luther King Jr.  and his accomplishments, children will also discover how our country grew and create a time line.  They will also learn about how technology changed over the years.

Religion:  The children will be grateful for God’s loving mercy in giving us the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

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For the month of December we plan to cover the following topics:

Spelling:  We will learn about the long ‘a’ spelled ai, a_e, ay;

long ‘e’ spelled ea and or ee; and  long ‘i’ spelled y, i_e, igh.

Reading/Phonics:  The class will read Cinderella, I See Animals Hiding and Animal Camouflage this month.      We will review consonant blends, diagraphs and ‘o’.

English:  We will continue learning about homophones and homographs.    Subject/verb agreements will be taught and the different types of sentences and punctuation will be reviewed.

Math:  The students will begin adding two-digit numbers and be introduced to regrouping.

Social Studies:  The students will learn about the American Revolution, the Oregon Trail, and the growth of the United States.  They will also learn about key historical figures who influenced the nation.

Science:  Students will identify and explore rocks, minerals, and granite.

Health:  The class will learn about promoting good health through medical checkups and physical activity.

Religion:  We will focus on Advent as we enter the Christmas season, continue to learn the Act of Contrition, and practice for out scheduled trip to a nursing home.

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The month of October went very well with fun events like the Book and Bake Sale and Halloween Carnival.   The following is a summary of the planned topics and activities for the month of November:

Math

In math, we will go over  ordinal numbers and learning how to use graphs and tables.    The definition of range, mode, and median  will be introduced.

Spelling

We will learn spelling words with sk, mp, ng,  and long a.  The website called SpellingCity will be introduced to encourage at home practicing.

Reading

We will continue vocabulary tests and Guided Reading Groups. We will read folktales, fantasy, and true adventure  stories.  Comprehension skills will include clarifying, predicting, and  summarizing.

English

In English, we continue writing entries in our journals;  in addition to, reinforcing pronouns, punctuation, and possessive nouns.

Religion

At the beginning of this month we will discuss All Saints Day which is November 1st.  November 17th we will celebrate Saint Elizabeth of Hungary’s Feast Day.  The children will learn that God is forgiving and has given us the gift of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.  At the end of November, we will begin to talk about Advent.

Science

We will classify rocks and discover physical properties of rocks and minerals.

Social Studies

We will cover Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving.  Students will learn about Native Americans, European Explorers, English Pilgrims and American Pioneers.

Health

Students will cover the behaviors that help a person stay healthy.   They will also learn about germs and how they can be passed from one person to another.

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This is what we will cover this month in 2nd grade.

Math

In Math, place value and number words up to 100 will be introduced.  Then functions of greater than and less than will be utilized along with writing numbers in expanded form.

Spelling

Spelling tests are conducted weekly.  We start with words selected with short “e” and “u” sounds.  Words containing constant blends like gl, bl, pl, gr, tr, and  dr will also be included.  Can you think of five words that contain these constant blends?

Reading

As spelling is tested weekly, vocabulary is tested on Friday.  These words are introduced from the story of the week.  In October, we will cover: fantasy and fiction genres.  Comprehension skills include: predicting, classifying, cause and effect, and sequencing.

English/Writing

The class will continue daily journals.  Each morning students are asked questions to get them thinking and recording these thoughts. Students will learn five-step writing process to produce written work.  Along with being able to identify types of sentences, irregular past tense, and punctuation dialogue.

Religion/Prayer

In the area of religion, the focus will be obeying God’s commandments and loving God with all our hearts.

The Act of Contrition will be introduced.

Science

In science, students will observe how matter changes state along with, identifying properties of liquids and gases.

Social Studies

In this area student will describe free enterprise; identify goods and services and what is a “want” and what is a “need”.  As different work environments are identified students will be able to explain bartering and trade.

Health

In Health, the importance of fire safety will be presented.

**Important Dates**

ITBS Achievement Testing: Oct. 11 – 15th

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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 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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Religion

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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Religion
We will be discussing the Corporal Works of Mercy.  We will be visiting St. Joseph’s Nursing Home.  We will continue to learn the Act of Contrition.  We will end the month by discussing how we should be thankful for God’s goodness and have a Thanksgiving Prayer Service.

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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English
We will continue to practice Shurley Method jingles. We have mastered the subject, noun, verb, and adjective. We will now begin to learn the adverbs and pronouns. The students will be taking home their jingle folders. Please continue to help them study and send back these folders everyday. We are making books that show how well they have learned the nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Your child should have a library book to read at least twenty minutes every day. Some have their readers to practice the story for the week. The more they read the better for their reading fluency.

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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