February Newsletter

February

"Love"
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves, 
LOVE NEVER FAILS.
1 Corinthians 13:4 3

Dear 1^st and 2^nd Grade families,

We have entered the month of LOVE. This month we will continue to strengthen our love of our friends, school, community, and love for God.

Below is the different topics we will be covering for the month of February! 

Reading:
Coming soon!

Writing: 

• Non-fiction writing in our science journals this month
• Second grade will write a book report
• 1/2 will write about President Lincoln and Washington 
• Daily grammar - spelling, upper case letters at the beginning of sentences, end punctuation, possessive nouns (singular and plural), plural words, and, contractions.

Math: First and second grade will both be finishing module five of our math curriculum. First grade will be tested on addition/subtraction and geometric attributes of shapes. Second grade will be assessed on place value (understanding four digit numbers, comparing numbers, and ordering numbers) and identifying polygons and quadrilaterals. 

Our next units will focus on: 

• First Grade: In this module students will analyze and describe repeating, growing, and shrinking patterns using a variety of attributes. Students will use what they already know about place value to represent two digit numbers. We will also work on our counting skills (forward, backward, and skip counting).
• Second Grade: In this module students will continue to build the relationship between addition and subtraction. They will extend the make a ten strategy to add two digit numbers. We will also introduce measurement of centimeters and meters.

Science: We are still working on our insects unit. This unit will be taught over the course of 8 weeks. Students have already been introduced to meal worms and wax worms. We have had some fun progress with our meal worms. About 1/3 of our class already has the third stage of a beetle, a pupa. It was very exciting for everyone to see this stage of life for the beetle. They were amazed when they found the skin shed of the meal worm and a new form of its life cycle. I am hoping a few start changing into a beetle next week. We will continue to learn about more insects as the unit goes on and introduce new class pets to everyone.

Social Studies:
This month we will focus on Presidents and Black History Month.

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Religion:
First grade is currently learning about the Holy Spirit. This month our class is also in charge of the mass readings. The last month that we were in charge of mass readings, I had first grade do the majority of the readings. This month, I am having second grade do the majority of the readings. We had our first week of readings already and all the readers did a fantastic job. I am looking forward to giving each student in second grade a chance to do a reading. I am so proud of their confidence to get up in front of our parish and read to everyone. Keep up the good work, second grade!



Second grade religion is taught by Mr. Jay. Please check with Mr. Jay to see what amazing things second grade is learning about.

That is all the news I have for today. Continue to check out the blog posts for any updates about things happening in First and Second Grade!

Mrs. Muller