1st Quarter 2nd Grade Newsletter

We want to welcome back all of our Cardinals to the 2024-2025 school year! We are so excited to begin your 2nd grade journey with you. We hope that everyone's summer was enjoyable and relaxing. It's hard to believe it's that time of year again, but we are ready and looking forward to an amazing year!

Math- Students will ask questions, collect, analyze, and represent data using bar and picture graphs. They will also develop basic fact fluency in addition and subtraction using multiple strategies.

Reading/ELA- Students will focus on story elements in fictional text to write narratives and opinion pieces. Daily choral reading & partner reading allows for fluency practice. Students will demonstrate comprehension by responding to text.

Word Study- Students will review short and long vowel spelling patterns and "r" controlled vowel sounds and spellings.

Science- Students will understand how science is a part of daily life and study different life cycles of animals, insects, and plants.

Social Studies - Students will develop map skills.

The beginning of the year is a crucial time to collect important data. This set of data will be what guides our future instruction, what drives our interventions, and will be what we compare our mid-year and end of year data to. We ask that you ensure your students have an adequate amount of sleep each night, and are arriving to school on time. All your help and support of our students' success is appreciated.

August

8th - Emma W. - Ms. Whitaker's Class

9th - Sebastian C. - Ms. Whitaker's Class

19th - Morrissey M. - Mr. Frye's Class

1st - Zahra - Mrs. Rieger's Class

10th - Emma - Mrs. Rieger's Class

7th - Michaela B. - Ms. Holley's Class

12th - Dylan B. - Ms. Holley's Class

23rd - Clarke S. - Ms. Millward's Class

10th - Avery T. - Ms. Millward's Class

15th - Charlin V. - Ms. Millward's Class

31st - Henry C. - Ms. Henry's Class

September

11th -Tyriq W. - Ms. Whitaker's Class

22nd - Santiago J. - Ms. Whitaker's Class

15th - Greyson H. - Mr. Frye's Class

20th - Sam M. - Mr. Frye's Class

5th - Sunny - Mrs. Rieger's Class

10th - Luis - Mrs. Rieger's Class

10th - Rarity - Mrs. Rieger's Class

13th - Adonis F. - Ms. Holley's Class

23rd - Yeremy O. - Ms. Holley's Class

28th - Andrea S. - Ms. Holley's Class

27th - Ruth H. - Ms. Henry's Class

16th - Anmol M. - Ms. Henry's Class

October

4th - Penelope N. - Mr. Frye's Class

22nd- Christopher M. - Mr. Frye's Class

25th - Tristan K. - Mr. Frye's Class

Save the Date! 2nd Grade has a field trip scheduled for October 11th, 2024. We will be visiting Vostrikov Ballet Academy to see Puss in Boots!

Further details to come. Keep checking your child's yellow folder! 😁

On the first day of school, 2nd grade students gathered on the black top to discuss rules and expectations for the playground. Safety is extremely important when playing on the playground. Please ask your student to tell you what some of our playground rules and expectations are.

Some responses may be:

-going down the slide, not up

-not climbing on top of the monkey bars or climbing wall

-using equipment safely and appropriately

-taking turns

-keeping swings where they are and not raising them higher

-asking friends to play if they look lonely