Second Grade News

Mrs. Wiginton’s Weekly Newsletter

March 28th, 2025

Dear Families of Second Grade,

We had another great week in grade 2!! This week we practiced comparing stories. Our class read a story called “Wagon Wheels”. It’s a story about a family living on a prairie in Kansas. We traded facts about what we learned last week from our story about Cowboys to this week’s story about traveling by wagon and surviving life on a prairie surrounded by dangerous elements. We also talked about comparing genre’s, from informational text to realistic fiction. The students did very well!

We continued learning fractions in math. The students did really well with all our little math projects and learning about halves and quarters.

**Please see all the extra IMPORTANT pieces of information regarding school stuff below:

**Here is the link below to order your Bright School Kits for 2025/2026

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*This link is also on the SLA website under Resources as well.

*Also, DON’T forget that once we get back from Spring Break we will have our First Communion Retreat on Thursday, April 10th immediately following school until 6pm. The students will eat pizza during this time as well.

*Once we return from spring break, we will allow the students to wear uniform shorts. Please note that fleece jackets will not be allowed to be worn in the classroom anymore.

This week:

Reading: Our class read “Wagon Wheels” and we loved the story. It was about a father and his sons surviving harsh living conditions but making the best of their circumstances. Our class spelling words this week was a review of the last 4 weeks of spelling. I am very proud of how far the students have come with their sentence work! (I think I say this every week but its true!)

Math: Fraction work + fraction assessment

Writing: Narrative writing using our creative ideas to form a correct paragraph with a main idea and details to support it.

Language Arts: Prefixes and Root Words

Social Studies & Science: Liquids and Landforms

Religion: First Holy Communion

Important Reminders:

*Spring Break: Monday, March 31st- Sunday, April 6th.

*First Communion class retreat, April 10th: will be held after school on Thursday, April 10th from 3-5pm at school. Students will be served pizza during this time. Students will also be given the white canvas board where they will decorate this board with their family name for our Sacrament celebration on Sunday, May 4th. These Family name boards will be due back in school by Friday, April 25th.

*First Communion practice: Thursday, May 1st at 6pm in the church. This is a mandatory practice for all students.

*First Communion: Sunday, May 4th at noon in the church. More info to come!

NO SCHOOL FOR SECOND GRADE only on Monday, May 5th. The rest of the school will have school on this day!!

*May Crowning, Friday, May 9th at 7:45am in front of church (Students will wear their First Communion clothes during this ceremony but will change into their uniforms immediately following mass.

Have a safe and blessed Spring Break. Looking forward to a fabulous last 7 weeks of school once we return. This is the most exciting time for second grade!!!

God Bless you and sending love,

~Mrs. Wiginton