Grade 2

Wednesday, January 3: School reopens

Friday, January 5: First Friday Mass at 1:15 ~ Wear formal uniforms

Monday, January 15: No School for students

Monday, January 22: Pizza forms are due today

Tuesday, January 23: 2nd/3rd grades attend Daily Mass at 9am

Thursday, January 25: Pizza Lunch

Friday, January 26: TAG Day ~ Wear green and white and donate $2 or more to support NUT Carcinoma.

Catholic Schools Week begins on Sunday, January 28!

Congratulations to Ella Grace for taking 1st place in our IXL Christmas Break Challenge!

Congratulations to Julia and Angelina for taking 2nd and 3rd place-WAY TO GO GIRLS!

Friday Dec. 1: First Friday Mass at 1:15 p.m. Children must be in formal uniforms.

Monday Dec. 4: Kids Kastle Christmas Shop will be open for children to purchase gifts for family members. 2nd grade date to shop will be announced soon.

Friday Dec. 8: Immaculate Conception Mass at 1:15 p.m. Children must be in formal uniforms.

Monday Dec. 11: Pizza form due for pizza lunch on Thursday 12/14.

Tuesday Dec. 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe Prayer Service at 1:15 p.m. 2nd grade will sing the Magnificat at the end of Mass.

Wednesday Dec. 13: Makeup pictures or redo pictures. Please make sure to send in your order form for makeups and for redo pictures send back your photo package. Formal uniform is required.

Thursday Dec. 14: Pizza Day!

Friday Dec. 15: TAG Day! Wear red and green to support St. Bernard's Food for Pets. Please send in a $2.00 donation in an envelope or baggie labeled with your child's name and TAG day on bag. Please label ice cream money and place ice cream money in your child's lunchbox.

Saturday Dec. 16: Ugly Sweater Run. Please follow Facebook and school emails for more information.

Monday Dec. 18: 6th - 8th Grade Chris-Math. Open to all at 6:30. A fun experience for all!

Tuesday Dec. 19: Christmas Show Pre k- 5th grade at 6:30 p.m. Children arrive at 6:00. Please refer to Ms. Coyne's email from 11/27.As we get closer I will send out more info as well as confirm dress up attire which most likely will be red and black Christmas clothing, preferably red on top black on bottom.

Thursday Dec. 21: Christmas Mass at 1:15 p.m. Children must be in formal uniforms.

Friday Dec. 22: Early Dismissal at 12:45 p.m.. EDP in the afternoon will not be available.

Monday Dec. 25- Tuesday Jan. 2: Christmas Break! School Closed!!

Wednesday Jan. 3: School reopens!!

Here are some upcoming important dates:

Wednesday, Oct. 4: Picture Day Wear formal uniforms.

Friday, Oct. 6: First Friday Mass at 1:15 p.m. Wear formal uniforms.

Monday, Oct. 9: Columbus Day ~ No School

Wednesday, Oct. 18: No School for students. Staff PD

Tuesday, Oct. 24: Mass for grades 2 and 3 ~9am St. Mary of the Pines

Wednesday, Oct. 25 & Thursday, Oct. 26: 12:45 Dismissal. Parent Teacher Conferences

Friday, Oct. 27: Tag Day. Wear blue and white and bring $2 or more to support Birthright of Barnegat

Saturday, Oct. 28: Trunk or Treat Noon to 2 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 30: Spirit Week. PJ Day. Pizza forms due today.

Tuesday, Oct. 31: Halloween Costume Contest

Hello! Below is the 2nd grade supply list. It is slightly different than the one on the website, but this one is correct. Don't worry if you "can't find something," I have extra supplies and your child will 'never be without.' Get ready for a great year- 2nd grade is THE BEST! :)

SUPPLY LIST-Grade 2

Pencil case
Crayons
Markers (washable)
Colored pencils
1 hard plastic ‘going-home’ folder
1 regular folder
2 yellow highlighters
Erasable blue pen
2 glue sticks
1 glue bottle
Scissors
Ruler
Large pink eraser
1 expo dry erase marker, any color
Hand held pencil sharpener
3 boxes #2 sharpened pencils (Ticonderoga pencils are the best)
1 can play-dough
1 white ONE INCH binder with clear view sleeve
1 journal notebook (9.75 x 7.5 size lines)-iScholarinc.com #10116 or Staples.com #42079

1 composition book (9.75 x 7.5 size lines)- iScholarinc.com #10029 or Mead.com #09902

Tissues
1 container of disinfectant wipes

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!

Second grade students worked on "Cooperative Landform Projects." Students had to take bars of red, yellow and blue clay and blend the colors to make the colors they needed to create LANDFORMS. After researching different kinds of landforms, students had to work together to build and label them inside a pizza box. They came out great! This was a favorite project for the students this year. :)