Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Flanagan for donating the tree and for ALL the families who sent in decorations! The students had a blast!

Tuesday, December 2: Giving Tuesday

Friday, December 5: First Friday Mass - Formal Uniform.

Saturday, December 6: Ship Bottom Parade!

Monday, December 8: School Closed. Immaculate Conception. 

Tuesday, December 9: HALF of 2nd grade will go to Santa's Secret Workshop

Friday, December 12: other HALF of 2nd grade will go to Santa's Secret Workshop

Friday, December 12:  1:15 pm Our Lady of Guadalupe Prayer Service. Formal Uniform.

Monday, December 15: 6:00 p.m. Chrismath. Designed by grades 6-8, All are welcome!

Tuesday, December 16: 6:00 pm Christmas Concert (K - 5th grade)  Students should be dressed nicely in white, off-white, silver, or gold tops and black bottoms. Dresses are fine. 

Friday, December 19: Tag Day:  Wear red and green and donate $2 or more to support St. Bernard's Food for Pets

Monday, December 22:  Christmas Mass. Formal Uniform. 

Tuesday, December 23: Early dismissal at 12:45. No afterschool EDP. 

December 24-January 4: Christmas break

January 5:  School resumes

2nd grade is off to a great start! 

Specials Schedule:

Monday:  Physical Education & Technology (wear P.E. uniform)

Tuesday: Physical Education & Art (wear P.E. uniform)

Wednesday: Art & Music

Thursday: Music & Spanish

Friday:  Library & Technology

Welcome Back 2nd Graders!

Hey 2nd Graders!

I can't wait for the first day of school! 

I hope you did some reading over the summer and worked on your 2nd grade summer packet!

I hope you had fun and laughed and prayed and ran and swam and are ready for 2nd grade!

2nd graders are expected to read for 15 minutes each night...might as well tell you that now!

We have so much to look forward to this year!

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A few notes about our subjects this year....

RELIGION

Many of you will be receiving sacraments-Please make sure children are signed up and registered for their sacraments with your parish! It's never too early! Many parishes celebrate Reconciliation for the first time with 2nd grade as early as December, while others do it later in the spring. Please check with your parish. Holy Communion will also be celebrated with your parish later in the spring.

St. Mary Academy WILL have a celebration with all sacrament students in the spring, but the students receive their sacraments from their parish church.

Get ready for MATH!

Now that you're in second grade we will review relationships between numbers and recognize mathematical patterns. As second graders you'll become adept at one and two-digit addition and subtraction and learn a variety of methods for solving mathematical problems. We will learn and compare money values, time, analyze and interpret data on charts and investigate characteristics of two and three dimensional shapes, among other things!

LANGUAGE ARTS

Second graders will gain more skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. They will continue to build an understanding of the connection between sounds, letters, and words. They will gain skills in using word roots to help them figure out the meaning of new words. Second graders practice word use and comprehension by writing to express ideas and information.

Foundational skills for second grade readers involve making sure they are able to read carefully and independently for sustained periods of time. They will grow in their ability to comprehend unfamiliar text and to make predictions based on what they have just read.

In second grade, students continue learning how to communicate clearly and coherently with their writing. 

Second grade students will grammatically correct sentences and paragraphs. They will continue to review the grammar rules they have learned to this point, and will add new concepts such as; distinguishing between complete and incomplete sentences, identifying and correctly using parts of speech including nouns and verbs, adjectives and using quotation marks correctly.

SOCIAL STUDIES

 Second graders explore the lives of people who make a difference in their everyday lives and learn the stories of extraordinary people from history whose achievements have touched them, directly or indirectly. They uncover what a community is and how to be a part of it. Students study people who supply goods and services and gain an understanding of the complex interdependence in our freemarket system.  Second graders will be acquiring an understanding of what humans must have to survive (needs vs wants), their place in the world (basic geography skills), their national identity (Patriotism, American holidays, landmarks, and symbols), their community (what makes a community and the jobs that keep it operating). 

SCIENCE

Second graders will acquire a broad range of skills for understanding the natural world around them. This year, students will start making detailed observations, drawing conclusions from data, and even learn how to make use of the information they gather.  In physical science we will explore states of matter, magnetism and motion and force. In earth science second graders will explore the composition of the Earth, changing landforms, weather and space. In life science,  we will learn about plants and animals and their habitats and life cycles. 

 Something fun we do is our Animal Anthology binder-this is what you will need a binder for! (see above) Parents?-You are going to be amazed what your children are going to teach YOU about their animals this year. They get so excited about what they learn, they can't wait to get home and share.

Get ready for an adventure-2nd Grade is going to R O C K!

2nd grade students wrote letters to President Donald Trump after learning about government and patriotism. President Trump wrote back to the class and sent each student a signed note and a photo for our classroom. Thank you President Trump! God Bless America!

Congratulations to ALL who took the challenge!

Way to go GRAYSON, ETHAN and KAYLA for coming in 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

 Important dates coming up:

Wednesday, March 5th   1:15 p.m. Ash Wednesday Mass  Formal Uniform

Friday, March 7th: Trimester 2 Report Cards Open/2nd grade reads with preschool! :)

Friday, March 7th 1:15 p.m. Stations of the Cross   

Friday, March 14th: Early Dismissal at 12:45 p.m. (Teacher PD 1:00-3:00)

Monday, March 17th TAG DAY (green) Minimum $2 donation for Make a Wish Foundation

March 21st 1:15 p.m.  Stations of the Cross

Monday, March 24th  Pizza Lunch Forms Due

Wednesday, March 26th   School Closed   Faculty Spirituality Day

 Friday, March, 28th  1:15 p.m.  Stations of the Cross

2nd Graders worked very hard on their non-fiction Literature Projects. Their presentations were very informative as they stood in front of the class and taught each other about their topics. Their projects were awesome, but the best was how interested they were in each others' projects and the questions they asked. Way to go 2nd grade!