Examples of work

Below we have attached a few pictures to show parents some good examples of the work we are receieving. Hopefully this will highlight the standard of work our 2nd grade children can produce and give you the parents an insight into the kind of work the children are being asked to produce.

Math resources

An app which we have been using in school for developing mental math strategies and can help with doing addition and subtration problems is 'quick math'. The app costs $2.

The app symbol can be found here
:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quick-math-multiplication/id537802071?mt=8

Some school work and homework information

Every Monday through Thursday there will be Superkids homework, usually a backpack page, and a math sheet or sheets. Classwork not finished in class will be assigned as homework.

When a student is absent they must make up the work that they missed. Missed work will be in the child’s desk. It is their responsibility to bring it home and do it.

There may be other homework assigned such as reading an article in Superkids online and doing a corresponding activity that goes along with it.

Please check your child’s planner and homework every night. Also please write your initials on your child’s homework after you have made sure homework is finished, checked by you, and correct. Students will earn two raffle tickets for every night their homework is finished, checked by you, and initialed.

Each Monday until Christmas break read a non-fiction book or article. It can be on Superkids, Rakids, or one that you choose. Make either a Venn Diagram, KWL chart, web, or cause and effect boxes based upon the nonfiction article or book. Please vary up the reading strategies your child is using. Also spelling and grammar should be correct. The reading techniques should also be done to the best of your child’s ability. If for example, you are making a Know/Wonder/ Learn chart, the child should have learned at least three new facts.

Every Tuesday based upon the nonfiction article or book write a vocabulary diagnosis.

Words that I have never seen before	Words I have seen but I am unaware of what they mean	Words that I know and can know teach someone else

There will be a formal Spelling Test every Wednesday. Wednesday start studying for Spelling Test- Spelling Test will be the following Wednesday. The Spelling list will be in your Wednesday folder. (If your child can spell the words with ease, then make him or her write each spelling word in a sentence. If the spelling word has more than one definition, try to write two sentences to reflect that. The next level would be using different forms of punctuation and detailed complex sentences.)

Thursday there will be either science, religion, or history homework based upon what we are learning in class.
Go to mathletics, Razkids Superkids. Students who have the highest score in mathletics each week will receive two raffle tickets. The student who has read the most pages per week and answered the questions in Razkids will also receive two raffle tickets.

Corrected work will be sent home on Wednesdays.

Homework credit will not be given to homework with no names, messy homework, very late homework, or homework with many errors. This includes sentence fragments, no punctuation, or missing back sides of homework.

What we are currently learning

What we are learning in second grade currently.

History
We learned about geography and family history. Please discuss your family history with your child. Use words like ancestors, traditions, family tree, generations, etc. in your discussion.
We are now learning about our home, the Earth. We are learning about our county and its 50 states, our neighbors, and oceans near us. Please review states, continents, oceans, different type of landforms at home, and our natural resources. These topics would make good nonfiction books/ articles for students to read.

Science
We learned about the life cycle of plants. We are also now learning about animals and their life cycle. We are also very lucky to have Ms. White, the upper grade science teacher come in sometimes and teach us about science as it correlates with what we are doing in class. Last time, Ms. White brought in crickets for us. Please review plant and animal cycles at home. These topics would make good nonfiction books/ articles for students to read.

Math
Mr McKillion will be working the math scheme with 2nd Grade this year. The last topic that was covered was addition and using a variety of methods for adding. Starting this monday (11/2/15) we will be moving on to subtraction and also looking at different methods and strategies for this.
The math homework will generally be:
a page from our workbook on the lesson, but we also try to extent the children and will often give any work we didn’t get finished in class. The children may also get additional worksheets to reinforce the learning.
To assist your child’s learning it would be very beneficial to play maths games with them and quiz them on their math facts and mental addition and subtraction. Here is a link that contains some fun math games for you to try with your child

http://www.math.com/parents/articles/funmath.html

Superkids
Superkids is our brand new language arts program. There are many parts to it. We have a Superkids decodable reader, workbook, magazines, novels, daily routines, online games, and much much more. Check out the website for more details.

Religion

In Chapter 1 we learned what it means to the be the people of God and as people of God we welcome others and celebrate a holy meal at Mass. The Church is like the human body and it has many parts. In Chapter 2 we recognized the signs of the sacrament of Baptism and identified ways to bring God’s light to others.