2nd Grade Team: 

Pat Berrie, Courtney Waters & Katie Neugent

WELCOME TO 2ND GRADE
Read "This Week in Second Grade" to find out our happenings of the week.

         May 5 - May 9

               Past Newsletters from 4th Quarter

               April 28 - May 2

               April 21 - April 25

               No newsletter the week of April 14th

               April 7 - April 11

               March 31- April 4

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This Week's Spelling List

          Prefixes

    *PLEASE CHANGE DISCOVER AND DISORDER TO

     PREVIEW AND PRETEST

Past spelling lists through review week #6  

            Getting all the Letter in the Correct Order

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High Frequency Words

        Lists 1-5

    Lists 6-9

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Math Websites

*New websites to come!

Addition Strategies (click)

Problem Solving Process:                       Purple: UNDERSTAND ~ Students are to read the problem and look for the question. They are to circle the question in purple.

Green: PLAN ~ Students are to look for the information (numbers) they need to solve the problem.  Circle the information needed in green.

Orange: SOLVE ~ Students actually solve the problem using a picture, number sentence or words.  Students must show their work and outline or shade over it with orange.

Blue: LOOK BACK ~ Students are to look back to see if they answered the question in purple.  If they did, put a blue smiley face by the purple circle!

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Homework

The students are expected to do the following each week:

• Read 15 minutes every night - record in the Daily Planner

• Practice flashcards

• Complete any assignments (generally on Wednesday nights)

• RETURN THE DAILY PLANNER TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY!

Second Grade Sacraments

Second grade is a huge sacramental year for our students.  In December, they will be making their First Reconciliation. 

Please remember to practice the Act of Contrition with your child at home. 

In May, the students will be making their First Communion.  With second grade being such an important year in the student's faith community, we ask for your cooperation in helping your child practice Mass manners and appropriate Mass behavior.  Thank you so much!

Center Work and Daily Grading

As a second grade team, we use the below grading system to guide us in assessing your child’s accuracy and effort.  Please make sure to look at your child’s work that is coming home, namely center work and other daily activities.  You will see either a plus, check or minus at the top. 

PLUS WORK:  Demonstrates accuracy, as well as best effort and time spent wisely.

CHECK PLUS WORK:  A check plus represents improvement from a check, but not quite up to a plus. The purpose is to show improvement and growth from previous work.

CHECK WORK:  Demonstrates mostly accurate work, some mistakes and areas where there could have been more detail or time spent.

CHECK MINUS WORK:  A check minus represents work that is not quite a check or plus.  It falls in the range of demonstrating some effort, but not enough to produce accurate work. Again, the purpose is to show improvement from a minus.

MINUS WORK:  Demonstrates inaccurate work that was hurried through and lacks detail or following of directions.