Week of November 12 - 16

2nd Grade Parent Update

Week of November 12 - 16

Announcements for this Week:

Family Dinner Night at Truxton’s

Please join us for a fundraiser at Truxton’s American Bistro on Tuesday, November 13! Bring your flyer and share extra copies with friends and family to support our school. Truxton’s will donate 15% of the proceeds of flyer sales to St. Jerome School!

Gateway to Art

Our next Gateway to Art session will take place on Thursday, November 15 at 1:00 PM. Please contact our docent, Mrs. Lugo, at rebecca-lugo@sbcglobal.net for volunteer info.

November Book Order

The Scholastic Book Order for November will be due on Friday, November 16.

Looking Ahead:

Thanksgiving Prayer Service

We will attend a Thanksgiving prayer service on Tuesday, November 20 at 11:00 AM. St. Jerome will gather as a school community to thank God for our many blessings and make an offering of canned goods from our Student Council Food Drive.

Thanksgiving Holiday

School will be closed Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, November 21 - 23 in honor of  the Thanksgiving holiday. Enjoy this special time with family and friends!

First Trimester Report Cards

The first trimester will end on Tuesday, November 20. Report cards will be distributed on Tuesday, December 4 in the Family Envelopes.

Wild Animal Habitat Diorama

Animal Habitat Projects will be due on Monday, November 26. These projects should help students explore the relationship between an animal and its habitat through its unique adaptations. Projects should be shoebox-sized and may include mixed media. Please contact me or refer to your project guidelines if you have any questions!

Science Center Field Trip

We will be attending a field trip to the California Science Center Ecosystems exhibit on Wednesday, November 28. Students will be connecting their experiences on the trip with our reading, science, and social studies units on animals, landforms, and the complex interactions between living things and their environments. More information will be forthcoming regarding transportation arrangements and permission slips.

November Awards Assembly

The November Awards Assembly will take place on Thursday, November 29 at 8:00 AM.  Our Virtue Award recipients for the month will be honored at this assembly. The virtue of the month is Caring. Students are encouraged to show kindness, consideration, and a spirit of selflessness in their interactions with others at school.

Curriculum Update:

Phonics: Ending Sounds of “ge”, “ce”, and “se”, Possessives and Plural Possessives

Reading: Theme: Spiders, Skill: Sequence and Ordering

Math: Review of Place Value and Number Patterns, Test on Thursday

Religion: Living the Ten Commandments, Loving Others

Social Studies: Landforms and Water on the Earth

Science: Mammals and their Adaptations

Homework for this Week:

Monday - No School

Tuesday - Truxton’s Dinner Night

ABC Spelling Words

Practice Book pp. 149 - 150

Math Review Sheet

Social Studies p. 10

Wednesday

Spelling Scramble

Practice Book p. 156

Math Review Sheet

Science p. 19A

Thursday - Math Test, Gateway to Art 

Rainbow Spelling Words

Practice Book p. 162

Practice Book p. 163 (English)

Friday

Spelling and Phonics Test

Vocabulary and Comprehension Quiz

Spelling Words

cage

face

huge

page

tease

twice

call

enough

full

heard

until

teachers’

men’s