Dear Second Grade Families,

Welcome Back to School!   We had a great start last week going over classroom expectations.  This week we have many exciting academic adventures.  We will be visiting many familiar rooms on our campus such as the computer lab, science lab & library but with second grade eyes.  The children are eager to start a routine as I am.

Here are a few highlights for this week:

Tuesday & Thursday:  P.E. will begin this week.  Please send your child wearing their P.E. clothes and appropriate shoes.

BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT:  WEDNESDAY at 6:30. I am looking forward to meeting all of you on Wednesday.  The meeting will begin in Biedermann Hall.

Homework: We will start off with spelling homework this week.  I will be adding homework every week.  This week we will start Unit 1 spelling words.  The children will practice spelling words using spellingcity.com. I will go over homework expectations at Back to School Night on Wednesday.

Math: We will be using “Everyday Math”, this year.  It is aligned to the common core.  We will begin familiarizing ourselves with our math routines and we’ll get started with Unit 1.

English Language Arts (ELA): We will be reviewing consonant blends, short/long vowels, and comprehension strategies such as predict/infer, decoding/phonics, questioning and monitor/clarify.

Writing: We will also begin talking about writer’s workshop.  We will have a few times this week to write narratives.

Spelling: We begin spelling Unit 1 this week.  We will be reviewing short a and i.

sad, dig, fix, if, jam, glad, list, flat, win, his, been, want, was, as

Challenge words:  sandwich, picnic

Spelling Test will be on Friday.  We will also have dictation.  Dictation are sentences that will include spelling words/word patterns and sight words that children should know.  The sentences for dictation are not given ahead of time.

Religion: Family Life:  Unit 1  Family  We will reflect how family members show love to each other.

Social Studies: We will explore our Social Studies book.

Science: We will be visiting the science lab this week  to go over lab rules.  We will look through our science books.

If you have any questions please feel free to email me at secondgrade@sacredheartschoolventura.org.

Blessings,

Mrs. Vazquez

Second Grade Teacher