Week at a Glance

October 11-15, 2021

Math: As we continue working on our flexible thinking and problem solving skills with adding and subtracting, we will solve for missing addends, use fact families to solve addition and subtraction problems, and solve two-step word problems. We will determine what strategies (e.g., drawing a picture, visualizing, writing number sentences, etc.) work best to help us in our understanding.

Science: With the help of our Mystery Science videos and activities, we will use our listening skills to identify frog sounds in different environments. If time permits, we will also explore the mini lesson topic of who invented pizza.

Language Arts: During Writing time, we will work on writing opinion statements, supporting our opinions with reasons, and forming opinion paragraphs. We will also start to review our print handwriting (in preparation for cursive later in the year).

Reading: During our daily phonics instruction and routines, we will identify base words and explore the rules for writing plural words and for writing words in the past tense. We will practice our fluency during our daily reading in our decodable Superkids readers. Additionally, we will work on our informational text comprehension strategies during small group instruction with our Super magazine.

Social Studies: No Social Studies - see Science

Religion: This week we will discuss how Jesus is the “bread of life” and how he gave his life for us. We will also review symbols from the liturgical season of Ordinary Time.

Tests and Quizzes:

• Spelling Test = Thursday, 10/14 - See list

Additional Reminders:

• No school = Monday, October 11th - Enjoy the long weekend!
• Bears/Packers dress down day will be on Thursday, October 14th for the second grade students due to the Godparents Day prayer service on Friday, 10/15. (The rest of the school will have the dress down day on Friday.)
• Godparents’ Day = Friday, October 15th - Please remember this event is for the second grade students and their godparents (or godparent substitutes) only.
  • If you did not yet sign up with the Google Form, please do so.
• Please take your child to Mass over the weekend.
• Health Forms are due Friday, October 15th.
  • SJCS is required by the State of Illinois and The Archdiocese of Chicago to maintain health records for every student. Below is a summary of the requirements by grade level and all forms are due no later than October 15th. Failure to submit the required health information by this date will result in exclusion from school until the forms are received.
  • Please contact Mrs. Wegener ([email protected]) with any questions.
• Mass = Tuesday, October 12th - We will attend in person. All are welcome to join us to pray.
• Socktober = now through the end of the month (10/29) - Please send in new socks for the food pantry and other Saint Joseph organizations.