Important Notes
•Our second grade Christmas party will take place this Monday, December 18th. We invite the children to come to school in Christmas pajamas! We will celebrate Christmas with cookies and hot chocolate! They’ll be some fun games and we will be busy little elves making Christmas crafts too!
•We’ll be visited by someone “special” on Monday, Dec. 18th as well! If you have not already done so, please send in wrapped books Monday morning for Santa to deliver to your child at the party. Please be sure it is wrapped and placed in a bag marked with your child’s first/last name in order to keep it a secret!
•Thank you to all parents who came to celebrate and help kick off the season at the recent Christmas Show this past Tuesday. The children performed beautifully!
•Mrs. Creary visited us this past Friday as our most recent Mystery Reader and read us a fun story! Thank you so much!
•Please note that Christmas vacation will begin on Wednesday, Dec. 20th. School will resume next year on Tuesday, January 2, 2024!
•I know some parents are considering coming in to be a Mystery Reader…. I strongly encourage you to do so! We can arrange a day convenient for you, morning or afternoon! Please share some time with us for it is a lot of fun for the children. I guarantee that you will have fun too!
English Language Arts
This week and the remainder of next week our focus will be on Christmas themed reading and writing.
Writing
•December writing prompts in our Poetry/Writing Journals
•Adding details to our sentences
Phonics Focus reinforcement of short, long vowel sounds
Grammar Goals reinforcement of previously learned topics
Handwriting Keeping the “Keys to Legibility” in mind as we review manuscript letter formation
Spelling Words seasonal words
High Frequency Words review of previous words
Math-Module 4
•Grouping Tens as Hundreds
•Understanding and Representing Three Digit Numbers
Science
We had some fun in the STEAM lab this past week. We were challenged to make the tallest shelf for an elf with toothpicks and yummy gumdrops! We were successful although it took some patience and perseverance!
Scholastic News
Religion Wednesday Chapel
Advent- 3rd Sunday
Wishing all second graders and their families a very Merry Christmas! I look forward to seeing their smiling faces in the new year!
Antonia Ryan