Mrs. Kennedy – 2nd Grade
Email: ckennedy@saintstansschool.org
Office Hours: Math – Wednesday 7:45-8:10am (Mrs. Kennedy).
Reading- Monday 7:45-8:10am (Ms. Taylor).
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Hello Gr. 2 Families,
Below are the days and times for office hours for extra help sessions in Math and Reading.
Ms. Taylor’s extra help sessions for Reading are Monday mornings from 7:45 -8:10.
Mrs. Kennedy’s extra help sessions for Math are Wednesday mornings from 7:45-8:10.
Below are the days and times Title 1 Services are offered. (Teacher invitation only)
Math Title 1-Tuesdays 7:45 a.m.
Reading Title 1-Thursdays 7:45 a.m.
Second graders are busy learning new things every day. The focus is to continue to develop a positive classroom community and reinforce classroom policies and procedures. It is important for all of us to support one another as we continue through the school year together at St. Stan’s.
Below is an outline of concepts that will be covered.
Religion: This is a very special year for second graders as we prepare our hearts for Jesus. We will be celebrating the Sacraments of Reconciliation and First Holy Eucharist. I am looking forward to preparing your child for these special sacraments. Both are a time of joy and excitement as the children come closer to Jesus.
Our Religion series is called Word of Life. We have begun Unit 2 which consists of 4 chapters: Chapters 5–8
Chapter 5: God’s Plan to Save Us
Chapter 6: The Passover
Chapter 7: Learning to Love
Chapter 8: God with Us
Reading: Students will read and understand realistic fiction, fiction, informational text, fables, legends, & folktales.
The next few units will help children understand the following skills:
- Understanding setting and characters; character traits
- Identifying main ideas
- Making and confirming predictions
- Explaining patterns and structures in poetry
- Understanding plot elements
- Comparing and contrasting
- Text features: headings, bold words, photos, captions, glossary, and index
- Moral or lesson of a story
Students will learn the vowel digraphs ie (that make the long i and long e sound); ee, ea, ey, y (that make the long e sound); o, oa, ow (that make the long o sound), long i sound made by i, ie, i_e. igh, y; comparative endings –er, -est; r-Controlled vowels er, ir, ur; vowel diphthongs ou, ow, oi, oy; vowel teams oo, ue, ew, ui; and g and dge.
The children will be expanding their vocabulary and comprehension skills as we continue to progress through the year.
Weekly spelling lists consist of 10 spelling words, 3 High-Frequency words, and 5 Vocabulary words. Tests will be given on Fridays, and they will consist of the spelling words and high-frequency words. Students need to understand the meaning of each vocabulary word as they will be tested on these words. New word lists will be sent home on Fridays. Please log into the Spelling City website using the following link to help your child study weekly spelling words by playing some fun games. www.SpellingCity.com/ckennedy7. Also, this is a great resource to use if your child is absent when lists go home or if the list gets misplaced. Spelling words will also be posted in Google Classroom Announcements.
Language: We are currently learning the writing process and writing Personal Narratives. Students will plan, draft, and publish their writing.
Students will be improving their writing skills by learning about nouns, plural nouns, possessive nouns, and proper nouns.
Science: We will be learning about Technology and Tools: what technology is, the steps of the design process, and how we use tools and machines.
Math: We will be working with equal groups and adding within 100.
Social Studies: We will continue to discuss why it’s important to learn about the past.
Feel free to contact me throughout the year with any questions or concerns that may arise. My email address is ckennedy@saintstansschool.org.
Thank you and may your child continue to have a positive and fun-filled year!
Mrs. Kennedy ☺
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