2nd Grade

Mrs. Kennedy – 2nd Grade
Email: ckennedy@saintstansschool.org 
Office Hours: Language Arts, Wednesday 7:45-8:10am

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Dear Parents and Students,

Mrs. Kennedy’s office hours for extra help in Language Arts will be Wednesday mornings from 7:45-8:10.  Mrs. Schurch’s office hours for Math will be Monday afternoon from 2:45-3:15.  Notification will be sent letting you know when office hours will begin. 

Welcome to Second Grade!  We hope everyone had a wonderful summer and is ready for some great learning!  There are so many new and exciting things for you to learn. Mrs. Kennedy will be your child’s Language and Science teacher.  Mrs. Schurch will be the Math and Social Studies teacher.  We will both be teaching Religion, Reading, and Spelling.  We look forward to working with you in the upcoming months. 

Our first few weeks of school we will be focusing on developing a positive classroom community and transitioning our students back into a school routine by going over classroom policies and procedures.  It will be important for all of us to support one another as we begin another wonderful school year together at St. Stan’s.

Below is an outline of how we will begin the year in each subject area.

Religion: This will be 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 Christ In Us.  The first unit, “What do we believe?”  consists of 5 lessons.

            Lesson 1-What do we believe?

            Lesson 2-Who is God?

            Lesson 3-Why did God make us?

            Lesson 4-Who is Jesus Christ?

            Lesson 5-What is the church?

Reading:  Students will read realistic fiction and use elements and clues to make connections to what they know about their community. They will learn to distinguish between short and long vowel sounds, rhyming words, the CVCe long vowel pattern, consonant blends, the ch, sh,wh, th, ph consonant digraphs, the tch consonant trigraph, and the –s, -ed, and –ing inflected endings. 

This unit will help your child with the following skills:

  • Understanding setting and characters
  • Identifying main ideas
  • Making and confirming predictions
  • Explaining patterns and structures in poetry
  • Understanding plot elements

The children will be expanding their vocabulary and comprehension skills as we progress through the year. 

Our 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:  Students will be improving their writing skills by learning about simple sentences, subject and predicates, compound sentences, and ending punctuation.  They will plan, draft, and publish their writing.

Science: We will begin by learning about The Nature of Science:  questions scientists ask, skills scientists use, tools scientists use, how scientists find answers and collect and share data.  We will also learn what technology is, the steps of the design process, and how we use tools and machines.

Math:  We will fluently add and subtract numbers 0-20, use a hundreds chart and an open number line to add and subtract, and explore patterns with odd and even numbers.

Social Studies:  We will be learning about what it means to be a citizen of the United States and our local, state, and federal government.  We will also review world geography and map skills.

Feel free to contact us throughout the year with any questions or concerns that may arise. You may contact the school office at 592-5135 or send an email.  My Kennedy’s email address is ckennedy@saintstansschool.org, and Mrs. Schurch’s email address is mschurch@saintstansschool.org.

Thank you and may your child have a positive and fun-filled year in second grade!

Mrs. Kennedy & Mrs. Schurch 

 

Mrs. Schurch  – 2nd Grade
EMAIL: mschurch@saintstansschool.org

Office Hours: Math, Monday 2:45-3:15pm

Dear Parents and Students,

Mrs. Kennedy’s office hours for extra help in Language Arts will be Wednesday mornings from 7:45-8:10.  Mrs. Schurch’s office hours for Math will be Monday afternoon from 2:45-3:15.  Notification will be sent letting you know when office hours will begin. 

Welcome to Second Grade!  We hope everyone had a wonderful summer and is ready for some great learning!  There are so many new and exciting things for you to learn. Mrs. Kennedy will be your child’s Language and Science teacher.  Mrs. Schurch will be the Math and Social Studies teacher.  We will both be teaching Religion, Reading, and Spelling.  We look forward to working with you in the upcoming months. 

Our first few weeks of school we will be focusing on developing a positive classroom community and transitioning our students back into a school routine by going over classroom policies and procedures.  It will be important for all of us to support one another as we begin another wonderful school year together at St. Stan’s.

Below is an outline of how we will begin the year in each subject area.

Religion: This will be 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 Christ In Us.  The first unit, “What do we believe?”  consists of 5 lessons.

            Lesson 1-What do we believe?

            Lesson 2-Who is God?

            Lesson 3-Why did God make us?

            Lesson 4-Who is Jesus Christ?

            Lesson 5-What is the church?

Reading:  Students will read realistic fiction and use elements and clues to make connections to what they know about their community. They will learn to distinguish between short and long vowel sounds, rhyming words, the CVCe long vowel pattern, consonant blends, the ch, sh,wh, th, ph consonant digraphs, the tch consonant trigraph, and the –s, -ed, and –ing inflected endings. 

This unit will help your child with the following skills:

  • Understanding setting and characters
  • Identifying main ideas
  • Making and confirming predictions
  • Explaining patterns and structures in poetry
  • Understanding plot elements

The children will be expanding their vocabulary and comprehension skills as we progress through the year. 

Our 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:  Students will be improving their writing skills by learning about simple sentences, subject and predicates, compound sentences, and ending punctuation.  They will plan, draft, and publish their writing.

Science: We will begin by learning about The Nature of Science:  questions scientists ask, skills scientists use, tools scientists use, how scientists find answers and collect and share data.  We will also learn what technology is, the steps of the design process, and how we use tools and machines.

Math:  We will fluently add and subtract numbers 0-20, use a hundreds chart and an open number line to add and subtract, and explore patterns with odd and even numbers.

Social Studies:  We will be learning about what it means to be a citizen of the United States and our local, state, and federal government.  We will also review world geography and map skills.

Feel free to contact us throughout the year with any questions or concerns that may arise. You may contact the school office at 592-5135 or send an email.  My Kennedy’s email address is ckennedy@saintstansschool.org, and Mrs. Schurch’s email address is mschurch@saintstansschool.org.

Thank you and may your child have a positive and fun-filled year in second grade!

Mrs. Kennedy & Mrs. Schurch 

 

 

 

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