SECOND GRADE NEWS
APRIL 2019
WHAT’S NEW? UPCOMING
Please take a look at the Summer Camp: Join us for EVENTS:
upcoming events for more our Summer Camp Fine Art
Fun Camp! April 1-7th No School-
details.
We are currently planning Spring Break
exciting activities for our children
in Preschool through Fifth Grade. April 19th- No School
JOY, FEELING ONE’S OWN
The summer our campers will go April 23rd- Special
VALUE, BEING APPRECIATED on many
exciting field trips, participate in Person’s Day
AND LOVED BY OTHERS,
activities planned to encourage
FEELING USEFUL AND imagination with unique treats, April 22-26th-
CAPABLE OF PRODUCTION arts & crafts, and educational Scholastic Book Fair
activities. Enroll now to secure a
ARE ALL FACTORS OF place for your child in our fun
ENORMOUS VALUE FOR THE and exciting summer program.
Dates for Summer Camp
HUMAN SOUL.
CCon . -MARIA MONTESSOIR Session I: June 17 -July 19
Session II: July 15 – Aug. 16 Throughout the
Session I & II: June 17 - month the children
Aug. 16
will also study topics
such as:
CURRICULUM National Poetry
READING: We will read stories such WORD STUDY: Prefixes, Suffixes,
as The School Mural, which wraps up Compound words.
Month
Theme 6. We will dive into poetry and SPELLING: Please continue to Earth Day
enjoying discovering genres this month. practice at home each week. Spelling
WRITING: We will be focusing on tests are every Friday.
opinion writing. There will also be many SOCIAL STUDIES: Community studies
opportunities for your child to free write. will continue this month focusing on
We are focusing on a solid paragraph living together in a community.
and getting all of our thoughts on CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: We will
paper. discuss and practice perseverance
MATH: We are continuing our unit on (demonstrating determination and
subtraction and moving into time and commitment to complete a task) and
money. Please continue practicing cooperation (working together towards
these skills at home. a common goal).
GRAMMAR: Our class is working on BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS: A reminder
Verbs and pronouns. that all Birthday treats will be done at
PHONICS: Your child will continue the end of our school day. MTCMA
working at their level. encourages healthy treats including
fruit, and rice crispy treats.
April 2019
Homework:
Fine Art Fun Camp: Spelling homework is sent home on Friday. Your
Registration for the 2019 Summer Camp child is asked to complete three activities. Please
will go home at Conferences. This summer our
campers will be studying the wonderful world remind your child that their homework is due no later
of the arts at our Fine Art Fun Camp. than Friday.
The children will go on many exciting field trips,
participate in activities planned to encourage
imagination with unique treats, arts & crafts, and
educational activities. You may notice ADDITIONAL homework sent
home each Friday. This work will say, “Please
complete and return”. Your child is receiving this work
Donations: because they were absent and didn’t get a chance
Are you Spring Cleaning? to catchup at school or your child didn’t turn in their
You may have items that we can use! work that was completed during the school day.
We’re looking for: Please know that we discussed the missing
Gift baskets, trays, glass jars, small cups, books, assignments together and searched for the missing
board games (for indoor recess) work. This work is important because it allows me a
chance to track independent progress and check for
We’re always collecting: understanding. Please allow your child to complete
Paper towel rolls, cans, origami paper, disinfecting this work ON THEIR OWN, as it is independent
wipes, gloves and scarves practice.
If you would like to review the answers together,
please use a colored pencil to correct the work (any
color will do). This is a great opportunity for your child
to see their mistakes and learn from them.
Thank you for your continued support at home!
