Mrs. Rhonda Floros, Mrs. Maggie Serafini, Mrs. Jane Foy2nd Grade Teachers

Ms. Juli Warren, Aide

Fine Arts Teachers:Ms. Deb Donley – Technology, Mrs. Sue Bak – PE, Mr. Guy

Casper – Art, Mr. Andrew Rankin– Music, Mrs. Barb Gustafson – Spanish, Mrs. Sue Michalowski & Mrs. Antonia

Adducci – LRC SRS Team:

Mrs. Margie Connelly, Mrs. Julie Harding, Mrs. Anke Schulte, Mrs. Antonia Adducci

•More independent work •More written responses to literature•Reading as a recreational activity•Writing paragraphs and then well-developed stories•Introduction to cursive handwriting, beginning in December•Increased participation in faith life•Changing clothes for P.E. class

•The importance of the Catholic faith is expressed each day through prayer, song, Bible stories, and discussion.•Our religion series, Blest Are We, draws on and instructs in Church doctrine in ways that help students understand and appreciate the Church’s teachings as they apply to life today.

Goals of the Religion Curriculum•Ten Commandments – understand that they guide us in how to love God•Sacraments – Baptism, Reconciliation and Eucharist•Parts of the Mass – Introductory Rites; Eucharistic celebration; Liturgy of the Word; Closing Rite•Scripture Stories - recognize parables tell us about the Kingdom of God•Christian Prayer – understand and express different forms of prayer•Catholic Church – show understanding that we are all members•Parish Life – participate in our parish through service projects•Vocations – understand that we are all called by God

•Helps students to think about, develop, and practice positive social skills •Divided into three units:

•Empathy Training •Impulse Control and Problem Solving •Anger Management

•Includes photographs, videos, practice through role-playing and related literature

Second Step

The Superkids program integrates•Reading•Writing•Phonics•Spelling•Grammar

Go Math! Program •Number Sense and Place Value•Addition and Subtraction •Measurement and Data•Geometry and FractionsStudents should practice math facts, telling time, and counting coins at home.

▪Science is taught in a class lesson followed by a hands-on activity in the science lab once a week.▪We will study physical, life and earth science. ▪Our “Egg Drop” experiment will kick off our year in September.

•Read about current events in Time for Kids magazine. •Learn the cardinal directions.•Read simple maps showing states, capitals, bodies of water, country boundaries and landforms.•Introduce the concept of map scale.

Our “adventure” to Australia integrates:•Science – plants and animals•Geography •Human characteristics •Resources•Literature

• Second grade shares an iPad cart with 30 iPads.• We use them for cross-curricular projects

throughout the year.• We utilize Seesaw, an online portfolio.

Thank you for coming to see us! See you soon for the Sacramental

Meeting on Thursday, September 28, where we will talk more about Reconciliation and First Holy

Communion.