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Cicero Second Grade Newsletter
Week of October 20, 2020
Greetings,
parents of second grade!
IMPORTANT
DATES
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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10/19 No School
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Reading Groups
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Announcements:
- Our first class order from scholastic is due on October 30. If you'd like to purchase some books for your scholar, visit scholastic.com/bookclubs and use the code QWCF3
Currently they are offering home delivery, as well as a free book when you spend $10 and a free book of choice when you spend $25. Each book you buy helps provide books for our class library :)
-Sign up for reading groups here!: https://signup.com/go/FDNFAjZ
- Please send
your student with a healthy snack and lunch to help him or her be successful
throughout the day in the classroom. We
have noticed that students who have highly-processed and sugary meals have
difficulty concentrating in class and regulating behavior. (Please keep this in
mind as Halloween approaches).
-Please
remember to send your child with a reusable water bottle for the school day.
-Please send your scholar with their composition notebook, if you did not already bring it on the first day of school.
-Reading
groups begin this week, and students should be reading their leveled readers
out loud with parents 15-20 minutes every night. Please send books back to
school on Mondays and Thursdays.
-For students
returning to campus, please send your edukit or school supplies with your
scholar if you did not drop them off before fall break.
-Please note
that If you are dropping your scholar before 7:40 am, make sure to reserve a
spot for your scholar in our morning club. They also must wear their mask prior
to morning temperature checks in the car line. Students without a mask won't be
allowed in the classrooms and will have to wait for you to provide one for them
at the front office. Beginning October
20, the school will no longer be providing masks to scholars who forget. If
your child forgets, we will have them call their parents at the front office.
We highly recommend placing some extra masks in your scholar’s backpack as a
backup. Morning Club signup link: https://signup.com/go/vFmMVhA
If you are
using the morning club, please make sure you pull into the drop off lane
closest to the school and proceed through
the teacher parking lot to the teachers on duty.
Thank you in
advance and hope you enjoy a wonderful break!
NEW ZOOM SCHEDULE FOR REMOTE SCHOLARS
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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½ Day
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8:45
Spalding
9:30 Writing
10:10 Math
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8:10 Spalding
10:10 Math
12:30 Science/History
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9:30 Math
10:30 Spalding
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8:45
Spalding
9:30 Grammar
10:10 Math
12:40 History/Science
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8:10 Spalding
10:10 Math
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9:45 Math
10:30 Spalding
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Academics
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Math
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This week we will begin our unit on length. Please take a few extra
minutes to check in with your student as they complete their homework, as
this unit has been a struggle for second graders in the past.
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Reading
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This week we will begin our Fairy Tales unit.
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Poetry
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This week we will begin studying the poem “Foreign Lands.” Scholars
will recite their poem on Friday October 30th.
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Language Arts
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The students will review nouns, and verbs. This week we will learn
about linking verbs. We will also do a narration exercise, copywork, and
dictation.
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Spalding
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This week we will begin learning new words in Spalding. We will learn 10 new words on Tuesday and
Wednesday. We will review on Thursday
and test on Friday.
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Science
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This week we will read about the life cycle of ants, bees, and
wasps.
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History & Geography
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We will begin learning about Ancient Greece and practice map skills.
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Best,
The Second Grade Team
