Camp Sessions

Life of the Second Grade Happy Campers! 

Cabin Stories: 

-What we have learned these past six weeks! 

• Learning about controlling “r” rule (ar /R/, or /or/, er,ir,ur /r/, ear,or,ending ar /r/) 
• Learning about comparative adjectives (which introduce suffixes es, and est) 
• Learning about new digraphs (all, au, aw, oi, oy, oo, ow, ew) 
• Learning about double sounds letters (soft c /s/ & soft g /j/) 
• Learning about suffixes rules (changing “y” to an “i” & dropping the “e” before adding the ending) 
• Learning about tradition in America! 
• Learning about Turkeys! 
  • History - where the name came from! 
  • Economics - how the supply and demand of turkeys affect the price during Thanksgiving! 
  • Geography - where turkeys live! 
• Reviewing about living things
  • Creating a habitat for turkeys
  • Creating a habitat for different types of animals
• Learning about different types of systems! 
  • How the light bulb was created 
  • Different types of ecosystems  

Upcoming Camp Adventures: 

• What we will be learning these six weeks! 

Superkids:  We will be learning new higher level phonics instruction of sound patterns such as graphamenes (aught, tion, ture, etc.), trigraphs (igh/ight), long vowel patterns (-old, ind, ild, ost, etc.) and multiple sounds vowel pairs (ea, /e/).  In English, we will be learning about antonyms, synonyms, review of compound words, editing a paragraph, and using quotation marks to indicate speech inside our writing. We will also be learning how to use and look up words in a dictionary!  

Math: We will be continuing with double digit addition in Module 7 and move on to double digit subtraction in Module 8. We will practice double digit addition and subtraction until Module 10 where it introduces three digit addition and subtraction. Before the end of the six weeks, I hope to be starting Module 11 which deals with money. 

Social Studies/Science: In Social Studies, we just finished traveling the world for Christmas! We still have a few more countries to visit after Christmas break! Once we have finished traveling the world, we will resume and finish our study over Native American Indians.  In Science, we will begin learning about our planet Earth, the solar system, and the water cycle. Please be on the look for a solar system project this upcoming six weeks!  

Camp Announcements! 

Cathlolic Schools week is starting on January 30th - February 4th! 

There is an upcoming opportunity for Safe Environment training! Please notify me or the office if you need safe environment training. 

Second grade will begin learning cursive after the break! Please be advised that they may begin to bring home handwriting homework. 

Dear Parents, 

We made it! We made it through the semester! Thank you for all of your support in your child’s education! It is sincerely appreciated! Next semester, the expectation will be raised in preparation for Third grade. I am truly honored to teach these amazing students! They have been an awesome group of students who definitely show the love of Christ daily by their actions. Thank you for sharing your children with me this past semester. I am very blessed to serve them as their teacher. 

Have a warm, Merry Christmas, and a Happy New year! 

Sincerely, 

Miss Sessions