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Parents Say...
Throughout the centuries, parents have given their children plenty of good advice. Here is just a small sampling:
PAUL REVERE’S PARENTS: “I don’t care where you have to go, young man. Midnight is past your curfew!”
MONA LISA’S PARENTS: “After all the money your father and I spent on braces, Mona, that’s the biggest smile you can give us?”
COLUMBUS’S PARENTS: “I don’t care what you discovered, Christopher. You still could have written!”
MICHELANGELO’S PARENTS: “Mike, can’t you paint on walls like other children? Do you have any idea how hard it is to get that stuff off the ceiling?”
ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S PARENTS: “Again with the stovepipe hat, Abe? Can’t you just wear a baseball cap like all the other kids?”
ALBERT EINSTEIN’S PARENTS: “But Albert, it’s your school picture. Can’t you do something about your hair?”
THOMAS EDISON’S PARENTS: “Of course we’re proud that you invented the electric light bulb, Thomas. Now turn off that light and get to bed!”
Daily Schedule
8:05 - 8:15 School-wide Prayer/Flag Salute/Announcements
8:15 - 8:30 roll/homework check
SSR (Sustained Silent Reading)/Computers
8:30 - 9:45 Math/Language Arts/Computers
9:45- 10:00 Recess
10:00 - 11:35 Language Arts/Math/Social Studies/Music
11:35 - 12:15 Lunch
12:15 - 12:45 DOL (Daily Oral Language)/Spanish
12:45 - 1:25 Handwriting/PE/Science/Social Studies
1:25 - 2:00 Library/Handwriting/Science
2:00 - 2:15 Go over homework/Pack up
2:15 - 2:50 Religion/Story Teller/Dismissal
*PE Monday, Wednesday 12:45 - 1:25
*Motor Development Tuesday, Friday 10:00 - 11:30
*Music Thursday 11:00 - 11:30
*Computers Tuesday 8:15 - 9:45
*Spanish Monday, Wednesday 12:15 - 12:45
*Library Thursday 1:30 - 2:00
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
HOMEWORK
Second grade has 20-30 minutes of homework per night,
Monday through Thursday. There is no homework over the weekend unless work has to be made up. Work not completed in class becomes homework. Homework is returned in the weekly envelopes after it has been corrected.
WEEKLY FOLDERS
Envelopes will be sent home on Thursday. Please go over your child’s work and praise him/her for work well done. Sign envelope and return the next day.
REPORT CARDS
Report cards are given each trimester. Grades are based upon oral and written participation, effort, completed assignments, teacher observation and assessment.
ABSENCES
Please send a note back to school with your child after being absent. If your child went to the dentist or doctor, they must have a note from the doctor in order for the absence to be excused. If work has been requested before 9:00 a.m., you may pick it up from the trophy case after 3:00 p.m.
CLOTHING
Remember to put your child’s name on all items to be worn or brought to school. Full uniforms with sweatshirts are worn on Mass days.
FIELD TRIPS
Selected field trips are planned throughout the year to enrich our curriculum. Parents will be notified of dates and how they can assist. No siblings are allowed on field trips. Please send a bag lunch on field trip days. Uniforms will be worn on all field trips.
MONEY
All money sent to school must be in an envelope with the child’s name on it. This includes lunch money and free dress money.
LUNCHES
Please put late lunches on the table in the hallway near the office. Do not bring them to the classroom.
BOOK ORDERS
Please pay by check to Lucky Books. When ordering both books and software remember to write separate checks.
BIRTHDAYS
Help us celebrate in second grade. If your child wishes to bring something, feel free to choose from the following “treats” for the class:
*a book
*puzzle
*class game
*pencils
*book on tape
*music
GRADE TWO CURRICULUM GOALS
RELIGION The religion book covers four areas: Our
Catholic Church, The Sacrament of
Reconciliation, The Sacrament of the
Eucharist and the Mass. Specific topics covered include:
- the Blessed Trinity
- the Law of Love
- Pentecost
- the Holy Spirit as our helper
- the seven Sacraments
- the Parish
- parts of the Mass
- the Ten Commandments
The children will participate in school liturgies,
prayer services and a variety of school-wide
and classroom stewardship activities. Memorization of the
Act of Contrition is also required.
Coming to Jesus, Sadlier, 1998
LANGUAGE ARTS Signatures is a comprehensive reading
program that covers all the strands of
language arts. The books offer a collection of
children’s literature that promotes skills and
strategies to support the development of
reading, writing, listening, speaking, and
thinking skills. Additional activities that
strengthen these areas include:
- book reports
- daily oral language
- story writing
- paragraph and letter writing
- poetry
- spelling
A spelling list will be mastered each week. Related activities are done on a
daily basis.
Signature Readers 2-1,2-2
Language Handbook
Practice Book 2-1, 2-2
Harcourt Brace,1999
The phonics workbook is designed to implement structural analysis and decoding skills. Students will receive guided instruction and reinforcement in phonics skills that make for effective, independent word-attack capability.
Areas covered include: alphabetical order
beginning, middle and final consonants
short and long vowels
compound words
two-syllable words
blends, digraphs and diphthongs
prefixes and suffixes
contractions
synonyms, antonyms and homonyms
Phonics Practice Book, Harcourt Brace, 1999
MATH The program focuses on computational and
procedural skills, conceptual understanding,
problem solving, and mathematical reasoning
California HSP Math, Harcourt School Publishers,
2009
SOCIAL STUDIES The goal of the social studies curriculum is to develop literate citizens.
Students are provided with the knowledge, skills and civic values to be
active and reflective participants in the world of the twenty-first century.
History-Social Science for California, Then and Now, Scott Foresman, 2006
Map Skills for Today, Weekly Reader Corp. 1986
SCIENCE This is a hands-on activity based program which allows students to inquire,
investigate and discover techniques for problem-solving. The units are:
*Plants and Animals
*Home for Plants and Animals
*Changes on Earth
*The Sun and Its Family
*Matter and Energy
*Watch It Move
Specific activities include an animal and a planet report.
McGraw-Hill Science, Macmillian/McGraw-Hill
Edition 2002.
HANDWRITING A review of manuscript is taught in the first trimester. Cursive is taught in the
second semester.
D’Nealian Handwriting, Scott Foresman and Co. 1991.
MUSIC Weekly music is taught by Phyllis Gurnett
SPANISH Spanish is taught twice a week by Sonia Scott.
COMPUTERS Loretta Edmonson teaches weekly classes in the computer lab.
P.E. Classes are held two times a week on Monday and Wednesday. Motor
Development skills are taught Tuesday and Friday. These classes are
with our P.E. teachers Denise Cirelli, and Chad Mortensen.
ART ENRICHMENT Monthly art lessons are given by Mrs. Bonney.
