"We practice skills that we use all our lives!"

Language Arts

1) Students journal or write in their notebooks on a topic each 
     day.

2)  Students are reading and answering questions or working on 
     understanding sounds. They have a workbook page and home- 
     work page each night.

3) Students make a trip to the library to exchange books every 2 
     weeks.  We are encouraging them to pick up books they can 
     read.  Mr. Rooney has challenged all students to read 25 
     books this year.  He plans to reward our students handsomely 
     come June for their reading time.  So encourage your children 
     to get on board!

4)  Spelling- Students practice spelling words found in their 
     reading and often used in their writing.  They either write the 
     word 5x each every night or do another activity.

Math

1) We are learning math used in everyday life.  Counting 
     numbers, adding, time, money, and Calendar.

2) We are using the Saxon Math Program for 2nd Grade.  We  
     are presently reviewing addition facts, time, counting by tens, 
     and how to read graphs.  Please help your child review their 
     math facts each week.       

3)  Every other day we work on Math skills that are a little more 
     challenging in afternoon, 8th period. 

1) We are working on the concept of Neighborhoods and then we 
     will move on to Communities.  

2) We will spend quite some time discussing and learning about 
     how our how our Communities work together.

3) We will also learn how to read a city map and find our way 
     around, using map skills.

Science  

1)  We are learning how to classify different objects into groups 
      with similar characteristics.

2)  Next we will be studying our Solar System.   We will learn 
     about the heavenly bodies in our space, as well as why we have 
     day and night,  what causes seasons, and valuable information 
     about our planets.