5/17-21

This week in second grade:

MATH:
Chapter 6 Am I Ready? Adding three digit numbers
-Add hundreds
-Mentally add 10 or 100
-Check My Progress
-3 Digit Addition activity

LA
-Decoding and encoding /a/ words
-practice decoding and encoding
-New spelling words- test Friday
-Capitalization

Reading:
-Chapter 26 in Superkids
-Continue Super Magazine

Writing:
-Dear Future Second Grader
Informational text about what to expect in second grade!

Religion
Month of Mary
-Rosary
-activity on Mary
-Visit Mary Statue
-Sunday Gospel

Social Studies
-Map Skills

​Science
-Chicks!

5/3-7

This week in 2nd Grade
Math: Shapes
-Problem Solving draw a diagram
-Check My Progress
-Three Dimensional Shapes
-Faces, edges, and vertices
-Relate shapes and objects
*Please continue to study Math Vocab!*

Language Arts- Superkids Chapter 12 6-10
-New Spelling Words
-Identify Compound Words
-Distinguish singular and plural pronouns
-Review Spelling words

Reading
Finish Book Club Book "Keena Ford and the Second grade Mix Up" and Book talk Journal

Writing
-Rough Draft of report
-Review editing and revising
-Good Copy
-Cover for report
-Present reports

Religion
Ascension Thursday Mass Preparation

Social Studies
Saving the planet

Science 
-Chicks!

4/26-30

This week in 2nd Grade 

Math - Chapter 10 - Time
Chapter 12 - Geometric Shapes and Equal Shares 
-Chapter 10 Review 
-Chapter 10 Test on Tuesday 
-Am I Ready for Chapter 12? Geometric Shapes and Equal Shares
-Two-Dimensional Shapes 
-Sides and Angles 
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Language Arts - Superkids Series 
Unit 12 - Lessons 6-10
-Unit 11 Assessment 
​-Introduce tricky w words 
-decoding tricky w words
-Teach prefixes mis- and dis-
-New Spelling Words - Test on Friday! 
-Reader Stories - What are the Superkids up to? 
-Somebody, wanted, but, so, then comprehension checks 
-New book club book- “Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up”
-Book Talk Journal 
-Writing - Children's Reports - African Animals 
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Religion - Blessed Are WE series, Blessed 
Our 1st Holy Communion - Reflection 
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Social Studies: 
Geography - Changing the Environment
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Science:
Chicks :) ​

4/19-22 (No school Friday!)

Math Chapter 10 Time
-Time to QUARTER HOUR
-Time to FIVE MINUTE INTERVALS
-A.M. and P.M.
-Chapter Review

Language Arts Superkids Unit 11 Lessons 6-10
-Teach long vowel words with open-syllable vowel patterns
-Practice decoding and encoding long vowel words with open syllable vowel patterns
-teach irregular plurals
-new spelling words

Reading:
Superkids Readers Chapter 22
SUPER magazine with practice pages

Writing: 
-Problem and solution stories
-Presenting our stories to the class!

Religion:
Blessed series
Our First Holy Communion
​

This Week 4/12-16

​This week in 2nd Grade 

Math - Chapter 10 - Time
-Am I Ready?
-Time to the HOUR
-Time to the HALF HOUR 
-Problem Solving - Find a Pattern
-Check My Progress 
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Language Arts - Superkids Series 
Unit 11 - Lessons 1-5

​-Teach adding -ing and -ed endings
-Teach verbs with -ing and -ed endings
-teach verb tenses for irregular verbs
-Practice decoding and encoding verbs with -ing and -ed
-New Spelling Words - Test on Friday! 
-Reader Stories - What are the Superkids up to? 
-Reading Text in Speech bubbles/balloons 
-SUPER Magazine stories along with Practice Pages 
-Writing - Problem and Solution Story 
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Religion - Blessed Are WE series, Blessed 
Our 1st Holy Communion 
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Social Studies: 
Geography - Changing the Environment
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Science:
Hand washing experiment (GERMS) - finishing

This week 3/22-26

This week in 2nd Grade 
Math - Chapter 11 - Measurement 
-Centimeters and Meters 
-Select and use Metric Tools 
-Compare Metric Lengths 
​-Relate Centimeters and Meters 
​-Measure on a Number Line 
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Language Arts - Superkids Series 
Unit 10 lessons 5-10

-teach decoding and encoding /e/ words with -ey, ie, and -ine
-Guide practice encoding /e/ words with ie and ei and practice decoding 
-distinguishing between long a and long e words 
-teach using conjunctions and, but, and or (schoolhouse rock)
-unit 10 words to know 
-punctuation, voice levels/pitch, fluency
-introduce new spelling words (spelling test on FRIDAY) 
-Reading - The FAB 4 Review 
-Reader stories - what are the superkids up to? 
-Book Talk Book - Ivy and Bean Break the Fossil Record 
-Book Talk Journal 
-Writing - Description Writing and Easter Writing! 
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Religion - Blessed Are WE series, Blessed 
Stations of the Cross 
Communion - "Blessed" series 
Story of the Week - Easter 
Sunday Gospel 
LENT 
School Prayers 
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Social Studies: 
Producer and Consumer 
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Science:
Hand washing experiment (GERMS) - finishing

This week 3/15-19

MATH:
Chapter 11 Measurement
-Compare customary length
-Relate inches, feet, and yards
-Problem Solving- Use Logical Reasoning
-Check My Progress
-Measurement activity

LANGUAGE ARTS:
- New spelling words
-Teach long /a/ ay, eigh, ange
-Decoding words with long /a/ with ay, eigh, ange
-Adverbs
READING:
Continue with Superkids Readers
-Begin new book club book "Ivy+Bean Break the Fossil Record"
WRITING:
Descriptive Writing: Describing a person you know

RELIGION:
-Stations of the Cross
-First Eucharist Prep
-St. Patrick's Day!
-Lent
-Gospel Packet

SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE
-Continue heritages and family trees
-Germ Experiment continued!

This week 3/8-12/21

This week in 2nd Grade 
Math - Chapter 11 - Measurement 
-Am I Ready for Chapter 11?
-Inches
-Feet and yards 
-Select and use customary tools 
-Check my progress  
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Language Arts - Superkids Series 
Unit 9 lessons 6-10
Finishing up Mid-year Assessment 

-Teach letter-sound correspondences for a-/ŭ/,-en/ŭn/, and -on/ŭn/
-Practice words with a-/ŭ/, -en/ŭn/, and -on/ŭn
-Guide practice decoding and encoding words with a/ŭ/, e/ŭ/, and o/ŭ/
-Teach contractions with pronouns
-review spelling words 
-unit 9 words to know 
-punctuation, voice levels/pitch, fluency, 
-introduce new spelling words (spelling test on FRIDAY) 
-Reader stories - what are the superkids up to?
-Super Magazine and Practice Pages to match 
-Writing - Poem - Imaginary City Poem 
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Religion - Blessed Are WE series, Blessed 
Stations of the Cross 
Communion - "Blessed" series 
Story of the Week - The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig! 
Sunday Gospel 
LENT 
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Social Studies: 
Heritages - Family Tree
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Science:
Habitat Presentations, Hand washing experiment ​

This Week 3/1-5/21

This Week In Second Grade

Math:
Review Chapter 4
Chapter 4 Test
Begin Chapter 11- Measurement
Using an inch ruler to measure

LA:
Mid Year Assessment
New Spelling words
associate double consonants after a short vowel
 Decoding and encoding words with ff, ll, ss, dd
Teach suffixes -ful and -less
Reading- Chapter 17 in readers
Begin SUPER magazine 
Writing- "March In Like A Lion, Out Like a Lamb"

Religion:
Stations of the Cross
First Eucharist Prep
Lenten Reflection
Story of the Week "Same But Different"
Sunday Gospel

Social Studies: Heritages- Family Tree

Science: Diorama Presentations, Hand washing Experiment

This Week

This Week in Second grade

Math:​
-Review addition and subtraction facts
-Review of Money
-Review of number patterns
Review of Arrays

LA:
-Unit(s) spelling reviews!
-Beginning middle and end practice
-FAB 4- Reciprocal Teaching
-Dear Future Writing
-What I love about me!
-Acrostic Poem

Religion:
Adopt a Ram
-School Mass!
-Journal reflections- adopt a ram, "All Are Welcome" story, 
-prayers for our nation
-Sunday Gospel

Science/Social Studies:
Careers! 
We will learn about different caeers and careers in Science!
​

This Week

This week in 2nd Grade 
Math - Chapter 3 - Add 2 Digit Numbers 
-rewrite two-digit addition  
-add three and four two - digit numbers 
-problem solving - make a model 
-chapter 3 review 
-chapter 3 test - Friday 
-Math facts practice/ipads 
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Language Arts - Superkids Series 
Unit 7 lessons 6-10
Cursive starts this week 

-teach letter sound correspondences igh /i/, aught /ot/, and ought /ot/
-decoding and encoding words with igh /i/, aught /ot/, and ought /ot/
-Teach letter-sound correspondences ph/f/ and gh/f/
-teach how to use a dictionary 
-introduce new spelling words (spelling test on FRIDAY) 
-Reader stories - what are the superkids up to?
-SUPER Magazine 
-Writing - What If You Had Animal Feet writing and Craft 
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Religion - Blessed Are WE series, Blessed 
PRAYER 
​My New Years Resolutions - are we keeping them? 
Different Types of Prayer 
God's TOP 10
Reconciliation 
Communion - "Blessed" series 
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Social Studies: 
The US Government, Martin Luther King Jr. 
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Science:
Penguins - KWL Chart/Different types 
​

This Week

This week in 2nd Grade 
Math - Chapter 3 - Add 2 Digit Numbers 
-Are you ready pages - new vocabulary 
-regroup ones and tens 
-add two digit numbers 
-check my progress
-Math facts practice/ipads 
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Language Arts - Superkids Series 
Unit 7 lessons 1-5 
Unit 6 Assessment on Tuesday
Cursive starts this week 
Martin Luther King Jr. Activities throughout the week! 

-Teach decoding and encoding kn/n/ and wr/r/
-Teach distinguishing homophones with kn /n/ and wr /r/
​-Teach prefixes un- and re-
-introduce new spelling words (spelling test on FRIDAY) 
-Reader stories - what are the superkids up to?
-SUPER Magazine 
-Writing - putting steps in order, sequence, how to text 
____________________________________________________________________________________________
Religion - Blessed Are WE series, Blessed 
PRAYER 
​My New Years Resolutions - are we keeping them? 
Reconciliation 
Communion - "Blessed" series 
Martin Luther King Jr. Activities/books 
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Social Studies: 
The US Government, Martin Luther King Jr. 
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Science:
Penguins - KWL Chart 
​

This Week

This week in 2nd Grade 
Math - Chapter 8 - Money
Test on Thursday
-Dollars 
-Review 
-BINGO! 
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Language Arts - Superkids Series 
Unit 6 lessons 6-10

-c with /s/ and g with /j/
-soft c and g 
​-dialogue punctuation 
-punctuation 
-synonyms and antonyms 
-introduce new spelling words (spelling test on FRIDAY) 
-Reader stories - what are the superkids up to?
-Book Talk Book - The Bears on Hemlock Mountain 
-Book Talk Journal 
-Writing - Book Report 
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Religion - Blessed Are WE series, Blessed 
PRAYER 
​My New Years Resolutions - are we keeping them? 
Reconciliation 
Communion - "Blessed" series 
Story of the Week- Why Am I Me?
By Paige Britt
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Social Studies: 
The US Government  
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Science:
Penguins 
​

This Week 

This week in 2nd Grade 
Math - Chapter 8 - Money
-Pennies, nickels, dimes 
-Quarters 
-Counting coins 
-Check my progress 
-Problem solving 
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Language Arts - Superkids Series 
Unit 6 lessons 1-5

-/00/,/ew/ words 
​-dialogue punctuation 
-introduce new spelling words (spelling test on FRIDAY) 
-Reader stories - what are the superkids up to?
-Book Talk Book - The Bears on Hemlock Mountain 
-Book Talk Journal 
-Writing - Problem/Solution - If I got stuck in a snow globe... 
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Religion - Blessed Are WE series, Blessed 
Christmas recap 
​My New Years Resolutions 
Reconciliation 
Communion - "Blessed" series 
Book of the Week - "Zen Shorts" by John J Muth 
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Social Studies: 
The US Government  
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Science:
Winter  ​

12/7-11

  December! 

I hope you all had a great weekend! This week in class we will be starting a new Chapter in Math, and continuing with our Superkids Unit. We will also be focusing on the Christmas season in Social Studies, Science, and Religion! 

We have off on Tuesday for The Feast of the Immaculate Conception! 

Have a great week! ​

This Week 11/16-20

This week in 2nd Grade 

Math - My Math Series 
Chapter 9 - Data Analysis 
-Am I Ready for Chapter 9?
-Take a Survey 
-Make a Picture Graph
-Analyze a Picture Graph 
-Check My Progress - Lessons 1-3
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Language Arts - Superkids Series 
Unit 4 - Week 2 Lessons 6-10
Spelling Test on Friday! 
-associate ear, ar , and or with /er/ 
-different spellings for /er/ 
-forming comparative and superlative adjectves with er and est 
-adding er and est to words ending in y 
-spelling rules 
-introduce new spelling list 
-Read with expression
-Readers and Book Club Book - "Stink - The Incredible Shrinking Kid"
-Book Talk Journals 
-Reading Comprehension 
​-Writing - informational paragraph, research (Animal) 
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Religion - Blessed Are WE series, Blessed 
Chapter 2 - Blessed Are We 
Thanksgiving Basket for people in need..
Book of the Week - "Ladder to the Moon" by Maya Soetoro-Ng
Friday Gospel Reading 
Reconciliation 
Communion - "Blessed" series 
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Social Studies: 
History of Thanksgiving - Native Americans 
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Science:
Plants 
​

This week in Second Grade

This week in 2nd Grade 11/9-15

Math - My Math Series 
Chapter 2 - Number Patterns 
-Even and Odd
-Sums of equal numbers 
-Review
-Chapter 2 Test - Thursday!
-Number Turkey! 
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Language Arts - Superkids Series 
Unit 4 - Week 1 Lessons 1-5
Spelling Test on Friday! 
-decoding and encoding words with r controlled vowels 
-er ending 
-spelling rules 
-introduce new spelling list 
-Read with expression
-Readers and Book Club Book - "Stink - The Incredible Shrinking Kid"
-Book Talk Journals 
-Reading Comprehension 
​-Writing - informational paragraph, research 
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Religion - Blessed Are WE series, Blessed 
Chapter 2 - Blessed Are We 
Thanksgiving Basket for people in need... (more information to follow)
Book of the Week - "My Gratitude Jar" by Kristen Wiens 
Friday Gospel Reading 
Reconciliation 
Communion - "Blessed" series 
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Social Studies: 
History of Thanksgiving - Pilgrims 
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Science:
Autumn weather changes, different habitats and crops that grow during this season
​

10-/19-23
This week in 2nd Grade 

Math - My Math Series 
Chapter 5 - Place Value to 1,000
-Check my progress lessons 1-3
-Problem Solving Strategy - Use Logic Reasoning 
-Read and Write numbers to 1,000
-Skip count by 5's, 10's, and 100's 
-Compare numbers to 1,000
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Language Arts - Superkids Series 
Unit 2 - Week 2
Spelling Test on Friday! 
-long vowel pattern CVVC 
-long and short vowel CVC, CV, CVCe
-words with y/i/, y/e/
-Adjectives ending in y 
-long vowel words 
-Read with expression
-New Spelling Words 
-Readers and Book Talk Book - Break Out at the Bug Lab 
-Reading Comprehension 
​-Personal Narrative Drafts/Good Copies 
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Religion - Blessed Are WE series, Blessed 
Chapter 1 - Blessed Are We 
The History of the Rosary - https://mycatholickids.com/short-history-of-the-rosary/​
Friday Gospel Reading 
Reconciliation 
Communion - "Blessed" series 
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Social Studies: 
United States - Landforms
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Science:
Pumpkins  

This week in Second Grade 10/12-16

Math - My Math Series 
Chapter 5 - Place Value to 1,000
-Am I Ready? Pages - Chapter 5 Vocab Cards
-Hundreds 
-Hundreds, tens, and ones 
-Place Value to 1,000
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Language Arts - Superkids Series 
Unit 2 - Week 1
Spelling Test on Friday! 
-le and ng words
-Nouns and verbs 
-New Spelling Words 
-Readers and Book Talk Book - Break Out at the Bug Lab 
-Reading Comprehension 
​-Personal Narrative Drafts 
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Religion - Blessed Are WE series, Blessed 
Chapter 1 - Blessed Are We 
The History of the Rosary - https://mycatholickids.com/short-history-of-the-rosary/​
Friday Gospel Reading 
Reconciliation 
Communion - "Blessed" series 
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Social Studies: 
United States - 7 continents 
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Science:
Planets - The Solar System ​​

Welcome to Ms. Amoriello's 2nd Grade Class!
Resurrection Catholic School

Please be sure to check the announcements and homework tabs frequently as Ms. Amoriello will be updating them weekly with important announcements and homework assignments. My class "website"- the Google slide will be updated weekly for the upcoming assignments and events. 

My class philosophy

I run my class off routine, kindness and love, dedication, and a love of learning for all. I strive to instill a faith based learning environment and an eagerness for learning, while still having fun! This year will be new for all of us but I am ready for this challenge and determined to give your child the proper tools to succeed, learn and grow! Let's get ready for a fun-filled NEW school year! I'm ready and I know together we will CRUSH this! LET'S DO THIS! 

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