Sofia was "caught being kind" today! Way to go Sofia!!! 

Jace  was "caught being kind" today! Way to go Jace, keep it up!

Friday, January 6: First Friday Mass at 1:15pm  (formal uniforms!)

Wednesday, January 11: Chick-Fil-A Lunch (all orders due 1/6)

Monday, January 16: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ~ No school for students.

Wednesday, January 25 -Thursday, January 26: 12:45 Dismissal Days ~ Optional Parent Teacher Conferences 

Friday, January 27: Tag Day ~ Wear green and white & bring $2.00 (or more) to support NUT Carcinoma 

Sunday, January 29-February 3: Catholic Schools Week

Wednesday, February 8: Non-fiction literature projects due!!!  BRING RUBRIC!

Rebecca was "Caught being kind" today! Way to go Rebecca! Keep it up!

Brielle was "caught being kind" today! Way to go Brielle-keep it up!

Robbie S. was "caught being kind" today. Way to go Robbie-keep it up!

...another student "caught being kind." WAY TO GO Kotryna! 

Giovanni A. was "caught being kind" today! Way to go Giovanni-keep it up!

It's NOVEMBER already! 

Looking ahead:

Tuesday, 11/1: All Saints Day Mass at 1:15 - students must wear their formal Mass uniform. 

Wednesday, 11/2: Pajama Day - students wear pajamas to school (No slippers, bathrobes, or one-piece pajamas)

Thursday, 11/3: Sports Jersey & Jeans Day

Friday, 11/4: First Friday Mass at 1:15 -students must wear their formal Mass uniforms. 

Friday, 11/11: Veteran's Day Mass at 1:15 - students must wear formal Mass uniform

Thursday, 11/17: "A Night of Paint" 6pm (babysitting included)

Tuesday, 11/22: Thanksgiving Mass 1:15 - students must be in formal Mass Uniform

Wednesday,  11/23:  Early dismissal 12:45 - NO aftercare!

Monday, 11/28:  Pizza forms DUE & Kids Kastle Holiday Shoppe begins this week!

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!

Our SPECIALS schedule for 2022-2023:

Monday:    Physical Education & Technology

Tuesday:     Physical Education & Art

Wednesday:   Art & Music

Thursday:    Spanish & Library

Friday:    Music & Technology

*You do NOT need to wear your P.E. uniform on the first day of school.

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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!