Meet the Teacher

My name is Kathleen Jacono, and I am a second grade teacher at SMM.  My tenure here began in 1995 teaching Reading and English to seventh and eighth graders.  The following year, I transitioned to first grade, where I remained for 20 years.  This is my fifth year teaching second grade at SMM.  I truly love this age group and I feel very privileged to work alongside the children as they prepare to receive two sacraments.  I am an alumni of St. Mary Magdalen school which makes this nurturing environment feel like home.    

April 23, 2021

Dear Parents,

May Crowning is now scheduled for Monday, 5/17 at 1:30 in the afternoon.  The second and eighth grade students will be the only participants this year due to safety guidelines.  Please look for a blue handout in this week's Friday folder that provides important information to follow.  Sadly no family or guests are permitted to attend.  The service will be videoed so that all families can enjoy this special event.  

Mr. Tiernan has planned a very special reward for the students next Thursday and Friday.  This is in recognition of the generous donations made during our Sock Drive for CSW.   Second Graders have been assigned a Thursday time slot.  Thank you again to all families for the very kind donations to the needy in the Wilmington community. 

We have completed our timeline presentations and each is displayed in our classroom for all to enjoy.  I absolutely loved seeing all of the photos and hearing about special events and milestones in your child's personal history.  Thank you for taking the time to assist your second grader with the collection and assembly.  I have encouraged each second grader to look over their project and make any needed grammatical corrections.  Such as Title in caps; commas in dates and places as well as proper nouns captitalized.  

First Holy Communion is scheduled for May 15th and 16th.  Please encourage your child to complete the workbook and banners in a timely manner.  We have assembled our Mass bookelts and completed the Catholic Identity Retreat pages that focus on the Sacrament of the Eucharist.  Mrs. Winchell and I are planning a special craft to display in our second grade hallway. Please send a 4x6 photo of your child in their Communion Outfit  on or before Friday, 5/21.  (Please send a "dressed up" photo of your child if they are not receiving the sacrament at this time, or have already received the Eucharist.)  Thank you so much for your time and consideration.

Each child has a cursive label inside of the back of their homework organizer.  Please encourage your second grader to refer to this model when practicing cursive at home. They each have a new cursive name plate.   

All parents should continue to conduct the health screening each morning before leaving for school.  Thank you for reviewing proper mask wearing with your child.  I remind them often to pull their mask up over their nose.  

All studens have received Login information for XtraMath, Prodigy, Epic, Freckle, Brain Pop, ABC Mouse, and Dreamscrape in folders or taped inside homework organizers. Look for the "Mrs. Jacono's Extra Resource Virtual Classroom" with the images and links available in one place. I have also included a link for AR so that children can use the book finder and take AR quizzes at home. This is available to all on my Google Classroom.  Click on the classwork tab and scoll down to locate.

Please note that STAR is used to identify both strengths and weaknesses.  Teachers use the information to guide instruction and support the needs of their students. Students who score in red, (at risk) or yellow, (intervention) qualify for support in the Aquinas Center.  A score in the blue zone, (on watch), encourages a teacher to more closely monitor student progress in the homeroom.  Green indicates grade level or above.  STAR will be administered in mid-May for the final evaluation.
 
 This year our school theme is "Called to Serve".  Each month we will be focusing on a different Corporal Work of Mercy.  During the month of April-May we will share ways to "Bury the Dead". I will keep you informed throughout the year of specials deeds as we reach out in our community and beyond.    

 
Thank you for all you do,
Kathy   
 

2A Reminders and General Information 

1. Please take the time to review the SMM weekly newsletter. It is also linked to my Extra Resouce Virtual Classroom.  My own webpage is available by clicking on the apple.  

2. Look for the maroon Friday folder to come home each weekend.  Please send any office, or dismissal forms in this folder. 

3. Please please please make sure you label your child's belongings including fleese, sweater, and sweatshirts.  My room gets very cool.  Each child should have their sweater or sweatshirt daily. Children should always have the appropriate outerwear for walking to lunch and playing outdoors.  

4.. Your second grader needs to be very independent.  Children should be able to tie their own shoes,  and open their own snack/lunch containers. 

5. Look for the homework binder to come home each day that your child is in the building.  It will contain the homework organizer and green folder.  Please sign the organizer daily and check the contents of the folder.   
 
 6. Please scroll down this page to see each subject including the Essential Questions, Vocabulary, and Concepts/Strategies/Skills that are being studied.  Bolded information is what will be covered currently.  




 

2A Specials Schedule
 

Monday- Art; Gym 
Tuesday- extra recess time when available
Wednesday- Library
Thursday- Music
Friday- Spanish and Technology 


Friday, 4/23- Spanish and Technology- Lesson 24 assessments  
 

Week of 4/26
 

Monday, 4/26- Gym and Art- Lesson 25 in our reading series.  Please review skills, concepts, and words lists in the LA section of this page.

Tuesday, 4/27- Science Test Unit 8

Wednesday, 4/28- Library

Thursday, 4/29- Music; Math Test chapter 11; Begin Unit 5 assessment in Reading; VISIT TO ICE CREAM TRUCK 

Friday, 4/30- Spanish and Technology- Complete Unit 5 Assessment packet; Spelling test lesson 25. 

MATH:  The bolded chapter is the concept we are currently studying. 

Chapter 1 Apply Addition and Subtraction Concepts
Essential Question: What Strategies can I use to add and subtract? 

Chapter 2 Number Patterns
Essential Question: How can equal groups help me to add? 

Chapter 3 Add Two Digit Numbers
Essential Question:  How can I add two digit numbers? 

Chapter 4 Subtract Two Digit Numbers 
Essential Question:  How can I subtract two-digit numbers?   

Chapter 5:  Place Value
Essential Question:   How can I use place value?  
Vocabulary:  compare, digit, equal to, expanded form, greater than, hundreds, less than, ones, place value, tens, thousand

Chapter 6 : Add Three digit numbers 
Essential Question: How Can I add three digit numbers? 

Chapter 7: Subtract Three Digit Numbers
Essential Question: How can I subtract three digit numbers? 

Chapter 8   Money: 
Essential Question:  How do I count and use money? 
Vocabulary:  cent, dime, dollar, penny, quarter, nickel, $

Chapter 9 Data Analysis
Essential Question:  How can I record and analyze data? 
Vocabulary:  bar graph, data, key, line plot, picture graph, survey, symbol, tally mark,

Chapter 10; Time
E.Q.; How do I use and tell time?
Vocabulary:  a.m., analog clock, digital clock, half hour, hour, hour hand, minute, minute hand, p.m., quarter hour

Chapter 11:  Customary and Metric Length 
E.Q.  How can I measure objects? 
Vocabulary: centimeter, estimate, foot, inch, length, measure, meter, yard

Chapter 12:  Geometric Shapes and Equal Parts 
E.Q.: How do I use shapes and equal parts?
Vocabulary:  angle, cone, cube, cylinder, edge, face, fourths, halves, hexagon, parallelogram, partition, pentagon

Please look for words lists for each lesson below.  The lists studied each week will be bolded.  

Week of 4/19
Lesson 24- Half Chicken; The Lion and the Mouse
EQ- Why are some stories told over and over?
Comprehension- Cause/Effect; Point of View
Vocabulary- Antonyms
Phonics and Spelling- prefixes re- and un-
Grammar- irregular action verbs
Writing- Research- finding evidence

Week of 4/26
Lesson 25- From Seed to Plant; Super Soil 
EQ- How do plants grow and change?
Comprehension- Text and Graphic Features; Cause and Effect
Vocabulary- Using Context
Phonics and Spelling- words built with aw, al, o
Grammar-more irregular action verbs
Writing- Complete research paper on a planet. 
 
Unit 1 Word Lists
High Frequency Words
Lesson 1- around, be, five, help, next, or, pull, take, until, walked
Lesson 2- brings, children, come, do, family, like, make, those, use. with
Lesson 3- city, full, no, other, places, put, school, sing, think, this
Lesson 4- by, cheer, could, hello, hundred, mind, play, read, use, today
Lesson 5- both, cold, eat, find, green, little, long, says, table, we

Target Vocabulary
Lesson 1- curly, straight, floppy, collars, drooled, weighed, stood, row
Lesson 2- remembered, porch, crown, cousin, spend, stuck, visit, piano
Lesson 3- hairy, mammals, litter, stayed, canned, chews, clipped, coat
Lesson 4- insects, dangerous, scare, sticky, rotten, screaming, breeze, judge
Lesson 5- wonderful. noises, quiet, sprinkled, share, notice, bursting, suddenly

Spelling Words
Lesson 1- sad, dig, jam, glad, list, win, flat, if, fix, rip, kit, mask, as, his, sandwich, picnic
Lesson 2- wet, job, hug, rest, spot, mud, left, help, plum, nut, net, hot, get, not lunch, spend
Lesson 3- cake, mine, plate, size, ate, grape, prize, wipe, race, line, pile, rake, gave, bike, mistake, while
Lesson 4- doze, nose, use, rose, pole, close, cute, woke, mule, rode, role, tune, home. joke, wrote, ice cube
Lesson 5- spin, clap, grade, swim, place, last, test, skin, drag, glide, just, stage, slip, drive, climb, price

Unit 2 Word Lists
High Frequency Words 
Lesson  6- animals, bear, know most, myself, second, she, sleep, three, work
Lesson 7 air, car, cried, funny, he, pictures, pretty, told, try, window
Lesson 8- before, eye, few, happy, high, my, open, people, starts, yellow
Lesson 9- afraid, dark, for, kept, many, might, own, show, why, would
Lesson 10- because, better, go, me, old, really, right, they, was, you

Target Vocabulary
Lesson 6- shaped, branches, pond, beaks, deepest, break, hang, winding
Lesson 7- blooming, shovels, scent, tough, wrinkled, plain, muscles, nodded
Lesson 8- beware, damage, bend, flash, pounding, prevent, reach, equal
Lesson 9- tunnel, curled, height, direction, toward, healed, brag, tease.
Lesson 10-millions, choices, drift, simple, weaker, wrapped, disgusting, decide

Spelling Words. 
Lesson 6 -next, end, camp, sank, sing, drink, hunt, stand, long, stamp, pond, bring, jump, left, young, friend
Lesson 7- dress, spell, class, full, add, neck, stuck, kick, rock, black, trick, doll, will, off, across, pocket
Lesson 8- dish, than, chest, such, thin, push, shine, chase, white, while, these, flash, which, then, catch, thumb
Lesson 9- liked, using, riding, chased, spilled, making, closed, hoping, baked, hiding, standing, asked, mixed, sleeping, teasing, knocking
Lesson 10-  I'm, don't, isn't can't we'll, it's, I've, didn't, you're, that's, wasn't, you've, us, them, they're, wouldn't  

Unit 3 Word Lists
High Frequency 
Lesson 11: another, far, grow, hard, heard, kind, light, more, some, to
Lesson 12:  against, along, bird, different, girl, hold, moving, night, part, someone
Lesson 13: about, everything, first, her, of, slowly, store, story, two, world
Lesson 14: all, food, front, hair, never, party, sky, started, stories, warm, 
Lesson 15: after, book, care, ever, live, new, off, over, small thought

Target Vocabulary
Lesson 11: understand, gathered, impatient, impossible, believe, problem, demand, furious
Lesson 12:  vibration, tune, volume, expression, creative, performance, concentrate, relieved
Lesson 13: culture, community, languages, wear, subjects, lessons, special, transportation
Lesson 14:  knowledge, curious, motion, silence, illness, imitated, darkness, behavior, 
Lesson 15: obeys, safety, attention, buddy, station, speech, shocked, enormous. 

Spelling Words
Lesson 11: hens, eggs, ducks, bikes, boxes, wishes, dresses, names, bells, stamps, dishes, grapes, jets, frogs, stitches, fences
Lesson 12: pay, wait, paint, train, pail, clay, tray, plain, stain, hay, gray, away, stay, day, raisin, birthday
Lesson 13:  free, teach, teeth, please, beach, wheel, team, speak, sneeze, sheep, meaning, weave, eat, read, between, reason, about, first, world, slowly
Lesson 14: own, most, soap, float, both, know. loan, goat, flow, loaf, throw, coach, so, grow, swallow, ocean, started, stories, sky, party
Lesson 15:  cannot, pancake, maybe, baseball, playground, someone, myself, classroom, sunshine, outside, upon, nothing, into, inside, nobody, everywhere, off, new, after, over

 Unit 4 Word Lists

High Frequency Words
Lesson 16:  also, fly, gone, have, horse, look, river, said, saw, something
Lesson 17:  any, blue, carry, doing, else, room, studied, sure, teacher, turned
Lesson 18:  always, anything, been, draw, friends, mother, soon, under, watch, words.  
Lesson 19:  are, baby, didn't, good, I'll, is, please, sound, talk, too
Lesson 20:  I've, begins, being, flower, ground, laugh, ready, stood, tall, very

Target Vocabulary
Lesson 16:  received, account, budget, fund, chuckled, staring, repeated, disappointed
Lesson 17:  practice, hurried, position, roared, extra, curb, cheered, final
Lesson 18:  accepted, express, taught, grand, pretend, prize, wonder, fluttering
Lesson 19:  assistant, agreed, polite, failed, tearing, wisdom, cleared, trouble
Lesson 20:  depended, sore, sprang, studied, gazing, hero, exercise, overlooked

Spelling Words
Lesson 16:  running, clapped, stopped, hopping, batted, selling, pinned, cutting, sitting, rubbed, missed, grabbed, mixed, going, wrapped, swelling, gone, saw, said, something
Lesson 17:  night, kind, spy, child, light, find, right, high, wild, July, fry, sigh, by, why, behind, lightning, sure, studied, carry, teacher
Lesson 18:  happy, pretty, baby, very, puppy, funny, carry, lucky, only, sunny, penny, city, tiny, many, sorry, noisy, friends, always, draw, been
Lesson 19:  car, dark, arm, star, park, yard, party, hard, farm, start, part, spark, art, jar, carpet, apartment, please, sound, didn't, I'll
Lesson 20-horn, story, fork. score, store, corn, morning, shore, short, born, tore, forget, for, more, report, force, stood, ground laugh, ready

UNIT 5 Word Lists

High Frequency Words
Lesson 21:  across, behind, house, how, move, nothing, one, out, took, voice.
Lesson 22:  boy, does, everyone, field, floor, found, into, their, toward, what’s
Lesson 23:  coming, down, four, give, great, idea, knew, large, though, write,
Lesson 24:  away, began, brother, brown, earth, here, listening, surprised, there, without
Lesson 25:  ball, done, hear, learn, leaves, only, our, through, were, young

Target Vocabulary
 Lesson 21:  webbed, waterproof, steer, whistle, otherwise, junior, slippery, finally
Lesson 22:  knot, copy, planning, lonely, heavily, seriously, answered, guessed
TRADE BOOK POLAR BEARS: Arctic, cub, den, lemming, tundra, dart, heaves, shrinking, survive, extinct, fierce
Lesson 23:  yarn, stands, spinning, dye, weave, sharpening, duplicated, delicious
Lesson 24:  tumbling, flung, tangled, empty, swift, peacefully, stream, blazed
Lesson 25:  pod, soak, shoot, root, nutrition, tasty, soften, grain

Spelling Words
Lesson 21:  father, over, under, herd, water, verb, paper, cracker, offer, cover, germ, master, fern, ever, remember, feather, across, voice, house, behind.
Lesson 22:  meet, meat, week, weak, mane, main, tail, tale, be, bee, too, two, sea, see, threw, through, does, their, toward, what's
TRADE BOOK: Arctic, cub, den, extinct, fierce, fur, heaves, helpless, ice, island, lemming, nibble, ruffle, seaweed, sniffs, snow, survive, tumbles, tundra, twitch
Lesson 23:  helpful, sadly, hopeful, thankful, slowly, wishful, kindly, useful, safely, painful, mouthful, weakly, jumped, saying, quickly, wonderful, four, knew, though, write
Lesson 24:  unhappy, retell, untangle, unkind, repaint, refill, unlike, remake, unpack, reread, unlock, replay, read, happy, rewrite, overheard, brothers, here, surprised, there
Lesson 25:  tall, saw, dog, draw, call, fall, soft, paw, ball, yawn, log, small, all, walk, awful, wallpaper, done, leaves, our, were

UNIT 6 Word Lists 

High Frequency Words 
Lesson 26:   again, ago, alone, don’t, every, follow, goes, head now, won’t.
Lesson 27:  buy, called , even, father, maybe, outside, tomorrow, town, water, where
Lesson 28:  above, enough, falling, happened, lived, loved, should, sorry, want, while.
Lesson 29:  eight, near, once, paper, seven, upon, wash, who, woman, your
Lesson 30:  almost, dear, door, from, money, pushed, remember, sometimes, together, years.

Target Words
Lesson 26:   ordinary, control, cage, upset, sensible, confused, training, suspiciously
Lesson 27:  exact, discovered, remove, growled, amazed, explained, guard, souvenirs.
Lesson 28:  served, overjoyed, valuable, worn, concealed, glimmering, content, task
Lesson 29:  search, contained, startled, odd, leaned, tossed, grateful, village
Lesson 30:  inventions, remarkable, designed, amounts, accomplishments, achieve, composed, result.

Spelling Words
Lesson 26:  root, crew, spoon, few, bloom, grew, room, you, stew, boost, scoop, flew, zoo, noon, shampoo, balloon, again, don't, goes, won't
Novel:  Toasty, happier, snuggled, dream, chew, frighten, bedroom, growled, cookies, snout, hoof, department, yard, shout, best, driveway, upstairs, boom, couch, house
Lesson 27:  took, books, foot, hoof, cook, nook, hood, wood, stood, shook, crook, cookbook, look, good, crooked and bookcase, buy, where, tomorrow, water
Lesson 28:  cow house, town, shout, down, mouse, found, loud, brown, ground, pound, flower, out, now, towel, pounce, above, enough, should, want
Lesson 29:  aim, snail, bay, braid, ray, always, gain, sly, chain, shy, bright, fright, tray, try, contain, thigh.
Lesson 30:  seated, keeps, speed, seen, means, clean, groan, roast, bowls, crow, owe, grown, green, snow, peace, below, almost, dear, money, pushed

This Year's Theme: Called to Serve
Corporal Works of Mercy
April- May- Bury The Dead 

Chapter 1: Jesus is the Son of God
Key Words: Holy Family, Divine, Blessed Trinity

Chapter 2: Jesus Christ Gives us the Church
Key Words: disciples, apostles, resurrection, church

Chapter 3: We celebrate God's Love
Key Words:  Catholics, parishes, faith, worship, sacrament 

Chapter 9:  God gives us His Laws
Key Words:  commandments, Great Commandment, Ten Commandments 

Chapter 10:  We Follow God's Laws
Key words:  free will, sin, mortal sin, venial sin, mercy

Chapter 11: We Prepare for the Sacrament of Forgiveness
Key Words: Penance and Reconciliation, conscience 

Chapter 25;  We Honor Mary and the Saints; 
Key Words:  Saints, procession

Chapter 12:  We Celebrate the Sacrament of Forgiveness
Key Words:  Contrition, Confession,, A Penance, Absolution 

Catholic Identity:  Morality:  Peace and Reconciliation

Chapter 6: The Church Year

Chapter 7:  Ordinary Time

Chapter 4:  Baptism;  
Key Words:  Grace, Original Sin, Baptism

Chapter 5: Confirmation 

Chapter 13 Advent

Our Lady of Guadalupe
 
Chapter 14; Christmas

 Chapter 8:  We Learn about God's Love:
Key Words: Bible, Old Testament, New Testament Gospels

Chapter 15  We Celebrate God's Love
Key words: Mass, Last Supper, communion

Chapter 16 We Gather for the Celebration of the Eucharist
Key Words: Assembly 

Chapter 17  We Celebrate the Liturgy of the Word
Key Words; Liturgy of the Word; Psalm, Homily 

Chapter 18  We Celebrate the Liturgy of the Eucharist 
Key Words:  Liturgy of the Eucharist, Eucharistic prayer

Chapter 20:  Lent 

Chapter 19: We Go in Peace to Share God's Love
Key Words: Blessed Sacrament, Tabernacle
Catholic Identify Retreat Booklet:  Liturgy of the Sacraments 

Chapter 21:  Three Days

Chapter 27:  Easter

Chapter 22:  God Calls us to Love and Serve
E.Q. What can we do to love and serve God? 
Key Words:  Called by God

Chapter 23:  The Church Lives Today
EQ  How does the church live and grow today?
Key Words:  pastor, bishop, diocese, pope

Chapter 24:  We Pray
E.Q.  What are some ways to pray and worship God?
Key Words:  prayer, temple

Chapter 26: We Show Love and Respect
Key Words: New Commandment

Catholic Identity- Creed
Catholic identity - Liturgy and Sacraments 

THE BOLDED UNIT IS CURRENTLY BEING STUDIED
Unit 1: Work  Like a Scientist

Big Idea:  Scientists ask questions about the world around them.  They find answers by investigating through many methods.

Vocabulary: inquiry skills, science tools, thermometer, investigate, hypothesis, draw conclusions, communicate

Unit 2: Technology in our World

Big Idea: Engineers use a process to design new technology to meet human needs. Technology affects our everyday life and can affect the environment around us.  

Vocabulary:  engineer, design process, technology and environment 

Unit 3: All About Animals

Big Idea: There are many kinds of animals.  Animals need certain things to live and grow.  Fossils help us learn about animals that lived long ago.  

Vocabulary: Shelter, survive, lungs, gill, mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, insect, life cycle, reproduce, tadpole, larva, pupa, metamorphosis, dinosaur, extinct, fossil

Unit 4:   All About Plants

Big Idea:  All plants need certain things to live and grow. Plants have parts that help them grow and change. 

Vocabulary:  Basic needs, nutrients, flower, seed, pollen, seed, seedling, germinate, cone

Unit 5- Environments and Living Things
Big Idea- Living Things meet their needs in their environment; Living Things change over time. 

Vocabulary- environment, food chain, pollen, adaptation, resource.

Unit 6- Earth and Its Resources 
Big Idea- Changes can occur to the earth's surface. People need earth's resources like rock, plantsm and water

Vocabulary - earthquake, volcano, flood, weathering, erosion, drought, natural resources, product. 

Unit 7: All About Weather
Big Idea: Weather changes from day to day and from season to season. 

Vocabulary: weather, temperature, precipitation, wind, weather pattern, water cycle, evaporate, condense, season, irrigate, hibernate, tornado, hurricane, lightning, thunderstorm

Unit 8:  The Solar System
Big Idea: Earth is a planet in our solar system. Changes happen on earth and in the sky from day to night.  

Vocabulary:  planet, solar system, orbit, star, constellation, rotate.  

Unit 9:  Changes in Matter
Big Idea:  Matter can have different properties.  Matter can be a solid, liquid, or gas.  The properties of matter can change.  
Vocabulary:  matter, property, mass, volume, solid, liquid, gas, water vapor, condensation, evaporation 

Unit 10:  Energy and  Magnets
E.Q. What is energy?  What are Magnets?  How strong is a Magnet? 

Vocabulary:  energy, sound, heat, light, vibrate, pitch, loudness, magnet, pole, repel, attract. 

THE BOLDED CHAPTER/UNIT IS CURRENTLY BEING STUDIED

Unit 1: Where We Live
Vocabulary- vote, law, rural, capital, community, history, urban, suburb  
The children are exploring Our Country, Continent and a map of the world.  


Unit 2  Our Earth
Vocabulary:  geography, landform, ancestor, producer, consumer, natural resource, crop, conservation 

Unit 3: Working Together
Vocabulary:  income, goods, servces, tax, factory, trade, transportation, barter

Unit 4: Our Country Today
Vocabulary: government, mayor, citizen, governor, congress, president, freedom, motto, monument

Unit 5- Our Country Long Ago
Vocabulary: Shelter, tradition, explorer, colony, colonist, independence, pioneer


Unit 6:  People and Places in History
E.Q. Why is it important to study people and places in the past?
Vocabulary: immigrants, holiday, custom, landmark, artifact, invention, communication