Religion: 

• Students will 
• Discuss and describe how the Holy Spirit leads and guides us.
• Express appreciation for the good things in our lives.
• Define faith, Holy Spirit, Messiah, and Temple.

Math:

• Students will:
• Use a number line to count on when adding.
• Use doubles and near doubles to find the sum of addition problems.
• Make a 10 using ten frames to solve addition problems.
• Add three numbers to find the sum.

Language Arts:

• Students will:
• Generate ideas for writing personal narratives
• Plan the beginning, middle, and end of a personal narrative.
• Draft the beginning, middle, and end of a personal narrative.

Reading

• Students will:
• Spell words with -le and -ng endings
• encode the spelling words to complete sentences (CVVC, CVC, CV, CVCe)
• understand and identify nouns and verbs
• practice reading with appropriate stress and natural phrasing
• discuss grade-level fiction texts

Social Studies:

• Students will:
• Continue to learn and read about the three branches of government
• Explain how the voting process is both a right and responsibility 
• Learn about fictional political candidates and hold a mock election in class
• Complete voter registration cards
• First Social Studies test will be the week of October 3rd, and the study guide will come home this Friday.

Science: see Social Studies → We will switch back to Science the week of October 11th.

Tests and Quizzes:

• Spelling Test = Friday, September 30th - see list below
• Social Studies Test (Community and Government) = week of October 3rd

Additional Reminders:

• Tuesday, September 27th = no All School Mass - We will attend Eucharistic Adoration on Tuesday afternoon as a school community.
• Thursday, September 29th = Food Pantry Collection → 2nd grade should bring canned beans. Thank you in advance for your generosity!
• Thursday = Fire Drill

New Spelling List (Unit 2 Week 1):

handle

middle

ring

strong

want

look

come

any

some

very

good

new