Welcome to 2nd grade! 

Look at what we're doing this week. 

May 20-24
Happy Easter!

We will celebrate the year with AR reward party on Tuesday, baby shower to donate items to maternity shelter on Wednesday, Color Games on Thursday, and end of the year party on Friday.  We have a lot to celebrate!

Thank you for your contributions towards our bake sale.  We raised about $350 for plants that we planted at Our Lady of the Angels Maternity Shelter and for Catholic Relief Services.

Math
We will complete on module 18, which covers, reading a clock and understanding the difference between a.m. and p.m.

TEKS:  Geometry and Measurement—2.9.G Read and write time to the nearest one-minute increment using analog and digital clocks and distinguish between a.m. and p.m.

 Religion  
Students will discuss the parts of the Mass to understand the significance of each part and our role in participating in the liturgy.  

Objectives:   Identify major parts of Mass.  Identify the Penitential Rite as a time to show sorrow for sin & ask for forgiveness.  Identify the Gloria as a song of praise to the Holy Trinity.  Identify the components of the Liturgy of the Word and prayer responses. Identify the Prayer of the Faithful as the final part of the Liturgy of the Word. Explain prayer of adoration before the Blessed Sacrament.   State that the Catholic Church is a sign of God's love for the world.   State how faith helps us to pray.

Language Arts

We will read nonfiction texts and answer questions to show understanding.

TEKS:(14) Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about and understand expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to: (A) identify the main idea in a text and distinguish it from the topic; (B) locate the facts that are clearly stated in a text; (C) describe the order of events or ideas in a text; and (D) use text features (e.g., table of contents, index, headings) to locate specific information in text.

Science

We will continue life science unit.  We will look at the needs of living things and how those needs are met.  
TEKS.b.2.C, TEKS.b.2.D, TEKS.b.2.E, TEKS.b.2.F, TEKS.b.3.A, TEKS.b.3.B, TEKS.b.3.C, TEKS.b.4.A, TEKS.b.9.A, TEKS.b.9.B, TEKS.b.10.A) 
 

Social Studies

TEKS: (1B, 11A, 11B, 12A, 12B, 18A, 18B, 18C, 19A, 19B) 

Students will learn about the needs of  communities around the world and how Catholic Relief Services provides for the needs of these communities.  

Students will learn about government: local, state and national.  We will learn about ways to become citizens.

You will find classroom news and weekly homework in the Monday Memo which will be in students' take home folders.

Please find below some websites that will be helpful this year.

Website to check on your child's progress with Accelerated Reader:       hosted29.renlearn.com/229065/homeconnect/

Online support for math:  https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do

Online support for social studies and science:  https://app.studiesweekly.com/online

Online support for religion: 
https://religion.sadlierconnect.com/login.html

Please contact me with any questions or concerns.  

God bless,
Suzi