Week of February 20 - 24

2nd Grade Parent Update

Week of February 20 - 24

Announcements for this Week:

Teaching Touching Safety

This week, we will teach a series of lessons on touching safety as part of our catechetical mission to protect God’s children from the dangers of abuse. Using the approved curriculum provided by the Virtus program, we will teach students about touching rules and saying “No!” to uncomfortable or inappropriate touch. More information about Touching Safety will be in the weekly bulletin.

Ash Wednesday Mass

Students will attend a special Mass this Wednesday, February 22 at 8:00 AM. Together with St. Jerome parishioners, we will celebrate the beginning of Lent, talk about how to prepare for Christ’s resurrection at Easter through prayer and fasting, and receive a symbolic cross of ashes on the forehead. Please join us!

February Awards Assembly

The Awards Assembly for the month of February will take place on Thursday, February 23 at 8:00 AM in the Front Yard. Virtue Award recipients and February birthdays will be honored at this assembly.

Reconciliation Family Retreats

Students who will be making their sacraments this year should have received information about attending a family retreat to share and discuss information about the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Students with last names beginning with A - L will attend with their parents this Sunday, February 26 at 2:00 PM. Students with last names beginning with M - Z will attend with their parents next week on Sunday, March 4 at 2:00 PM.

Looking Ahead:

Hawaii Raffle Tickets

We are still short of our fundraising goal so keep selling Hawaii Raffle tickets to family, friends, and neighbors! Students who sell a whole sheet of tickets will earn a non-uniform dress days the following Thursday and have a chance to win free movie tickets! The due date for tickets and money has been extended to MARCH 2! The drawing will be at Pasta and Bingo Night on Saturday, March 24!

Dr. Seuss Day

We will celebrate the birthday of the great Dr. Seuss on Friday, March 2! Volunteers from the LMU Library will visit our school and share their favorite Dr. Seuss books with us. We’re looking forward to our story time!

End of Second Trimester

The trimester ends on Friday, March 2. Please contact me if you have concerns!

Curriculum Update:

Phonics: The Vowel Sound “aw” and “ough”, Silent Letters in “gn”, “wr” and “wh”

Reading: Theme: Classroom Traditions, Skill: Making Judgments

English: Adverbs (Words that Tell about Verbs)

Math: Chain Operations, Choosing Methods to Solve Problems

Religion: Touching Safety

Social Studies: Using Map Scale to Measure Distance, Trade

Science: Plants as a Natural Resource

Homework for this Week:

Monday - Presidents’ Day

No School

Tuesday - Gateway to Art at 1:30 PM

ABC Spelling Words

Practice Book p. 74

Math p. 64

Wednesday - Mass at 8:00 AM

Spelling Clues

Practice Book p. 80

Math Worksheet

Social Studies p. 32

Thursday - Assembly at 8:00 AM

Spelling Scramble

Practice Book p. 76

Math p. 65

Science p. 60A

Friday

Spelling and Phonics Test

Vocabulary and Comprehension Quiz

Reading Logs Due

Spelling Words

awful

bought

claw

draw

saw

straw

family

finally

morning

paper

really

whoever

wrong