Second Grade – Mrs. Ernest

Kristen Ernest • 1-262-377-4659 x • kristen.ernest@splgrafton.org

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Week of January 5th

Thank you for working so hard with your children to prepare for the Christmas program! I am so proud of their hard work and how well they did. Also, thank you for your contributions to our Polar Express party and class book exchange. I posted pictures on Class Dojo of all the fun 🙂

 

Looking ahead to January, here are some important dates:

  • December 23rd-January 3rd: Christmas Break - NO SCHOOL
  • January 8th-21st: MAP Testing (Our class will be testing on January 14th and 21st)
  • January 23-24th: K-8 Parent/Teacher Conferences
  • January 24th: NO SCHOOL
  • January 26th-31st: National Lutheran Schools Week



Reminders:

  • December Reading Logs: Students should try to read for at least 20 minutes each day. They should record their minutes read on their December Reading Calendar. These will not be due until after Christmas Break. January reading logs were also sent home.
  • Students can log in to Prodigy, Boddle, Savvas, and Epic from home for extra Reading/Math practice over Christmas Break! Please let me know if you need login information.

 

What we’re learning this week:

Reading
  • Read about traditions and Native American life
  • Decodable Texts
  • Reading with expression

Writing
  • Fairytale writing

Grammar:

  • Irregular Verbs
  • Simple and Compound Sentences
  • Conjunctions

Spelling

Words with ou, ow, oi, oy

  1. About
  2. Spoil
  3. Amound
  4. Noise
  5. Count
  6. Flower
  7. Clown
  8. Loyal
  9. Join
  10. Found

High Frequency Words

  1. Took
  2. Often

*Spelling test on Friday 1/10

Math
  • Review
  • 6-1 Strategies to Subtract Fluently within 20
  • 6-2 More Subtraction Strategies
  • 6-3 Represent Subtraction with 2-Digit Numbers

Social Studies
  • People and Places
  • A Legend of Daniel Boone

Science
  • Solar System
  • Outer and Inner Planets Review

Religion
  • Naaman is Brought to Faith
  • God Sends Jonah to Nineveh

Memory

*No memory due Tuesday


Due Friday

Colossians 3:12- Put on them, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.

 

Quick Links

Second Grade Math Resource Folder
Memory Work 2024-2025

Music

School-Wide Notes… Details on Ms Bremer's music page Classes singing in Worship… (keep watch for changes) 
  • Sun, Sept. 8 - Gr. K-8 - 11am Outdoor Worship - bring chairs & blankets to sit on!
  • Sat., Nov. 9, 5pm Gr. 2-3 sing in Worship
  • Sun, Jan 26 - 8am Gr. K-8 students A-K; 9:30 am Gr. K-8 students L-Z
  • Sat., Feb. 15, 5 pm Gr. Kind-1st sing in Worship
  • Sun, April 13 - 8am Gr. K-8 students L-Z; 11am Gr. K-8 students A-K
Children's Choir Notes… * Groups & Schedules  ** Extracurricular Handbook
  • For Gr. 1-2; Kindergarteners can join April 7
  • Start rehearsals Mon, Sept 23 & first sing for worship, Sun. Oct. 20, meet 9am
General Music Class… 
  • Kindergarten & Gr. 1-2 - Mrs. Heide Young, teacher
  • Gr. 3-8 - Ms, Valerie Bremer, teacher