Advent Season is a time when we prepare for the birth of Jesus. During Advent the Second Graders will be collecting items for the Corpus Christi Food Pantry. we are looking forward to learning the following:
Religion: Advent a time for preparing for the birth of Jesus, Advent Wreath, Commandments
Math: Math Olympics, circle graphs, line plots, Venn diagrams, word problems, two digit addition
Reading: We will make predictions using text features, learn about what a glossary and an index is, review synonyms, discuss the features of an informational text, and continue to work on our reading skills by fluency, comprehension and accuracy
Phonics: We will learn three ways long a is spelled ai, ay, ea, r-controlled vowels, y-as long -e, syllables with "y", and I will introduce our new syllable type -le
English: compound words, nouns, verbs, verbs past and present tense
Writing: We are continuing to build on and strengthen our writing formation of letters getting ready to learn cursive writing in January.
Science: We will be learning about plants, plant parts, seeds, how seeds travel, how plants are grouped, plants with and without flowers, woodland , desert, prairie, marsh plants adapt to live in their environment.