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Week of October 20th

 

Archway Cicero Second Grade Newsletter

Week of October 20, 2020

 

 

Greetings, parents of second grade!

 

IMPORTANT DATES

 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
10/19 No School			Reading Groups

 

 

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

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	½ Day
8:45 Spalding 9:30 Writing 10:10 Math	8:10 Spalding 10:10 Math 12:30 Science/History	9:30 Math 10:30 Spalding	8:45 Spalding 9:30 Grammar 10:10 Math 12:40 History/Science	8:10 Spalding 10:10 Math	9:45 Math 10:30 Spalding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academics

Math	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.
Reading	This week we will begin our Fairy Tales unit.
Poetry	This week we will begin studying the poem “Foreign Lands.” Scholars will recite their poem on Friday October 30th.
Language Arts	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.
Spalding	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.
Science	This week we will read about the life cycle of ants, bees, and wasps.
History & Geography	We will begin learning about Ancient Greece and practice map skills.

 

 

Best,

The Second Grade Team

Foreign Lands - Due 10/30

 Foreign Lands (Due 10/30)

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Up into the cherry tree Who should climb but little me? I held the trunk with both my hands And looked abroad in foreign lands. I saw the next door garden lie, Adorned with flowers, before my eye, And many pleasant places more That I had never seen before. I saw the dimpling river pass And be the sky's blue looking-glass; The dusty roads go up and down With people tramping in to town. If I could find a higher tree Farther and farther I should see, To where the grown-up river slips Into the sea among the ships, To where the road on either hand Lead onward into fairy land, Where all the children dine at five, And all the playthings come alive.