Below you will find the link for the second grade Blizzard Pack.  Please let me know if you do not have a printer and need a hard copy.  Directions and guidelines are included.  Thank you! 

2019 2020 Blizzard Pack

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 fourth 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.    

June 5, 2020

Dear Parents, 

We made it to the finish line and are ready to begin the last week of school.  This year did not end the way any of us envisioned, but with your support, time, and great effort, the children have continued to learn and grow.  I simply cannot thank you enough for making your child's education during the last few months a top priority.  You have each been true hereos and I am forever grateful.  

Please look for activities for the last week of school to be sent to parents by Sunday afternoon.  I have included some ideas and suggestions that can be shared and practiced over the summer as well.  

With Communion Dates in place, please look for two important videos to watch along with your second grader as they prepare for this special sacrament the end of June. 

Look for Field Day challenges to be forwarded by Mrs. McLaughlin on Wednesday.  Miss Mack will send out the talent show video by Thursday.  

There is a virtual awards ceremony on Friday, 6/12.  Please take the time to view this with your child. Report cards will be sent to parents.  

The Diocese is forming its own task force to create recommendations under the areas of 1) Education, 2)Health and Wellness 3) Community 4) Other. Look for more information regarding how these areas will affect our school reopening for the 2020-2021 school year in the next couple of months.

I will be participating in the Drive By/Pick up next week during certain time slots.  Remember to follow the guidelines that were sent from the office.  Children need to return their anthology reader and any social studies textbooks that may be at your home. Borrowed classroom readers and all library books should also be returned at this time.  

Look for Zoom invitations for Monday evening and Tuesday morning. I have some surprise fun ideas in mind and will keep you posted. I would love to see all of the children participating as we say good-bye for the summer.  As you know, the recent storms left me without internet service and I could not do Zooms yesterday as planned.  Thank you for your understanding and patience. 

Primary teachers have decided to use 'NA" on certain standards under Social Skills and Work Habits for this final report.  We are not able to truly evaluate these standards for trimester 3. 

Please send me an email if you would like to schedule a phone conference as we close up the year.  All grade level teachers consider many variables as we construct homeroom lists for third grade.  Mrs. Tyler and I are not able to accept teacher requests. There is so much unknown regarding what parameters will guide our reopening in September.  But there will be some differences to ensure the safety of children and teachers.  

Many parents ask what they can do over the summer to make sure their child does not regress. Look for a list of benchmarks for third grade sometime over the next month.  At the mimimun, keep your child reading a variety of books.  The contract for AR will be extended until July 31st. Logins for Journeys/Fusions will remain active until I am assigned new students in August.  This site offers some addtional opportunities for review and practice.  Look for the Close Reader and Writing Handbook in your child's bag.  These books can be great resources for summer practice.  Computation practice is imperative for third grade success.  Attachments forwarded last week included a vareity of support pages/ideas that can be used for review and practice. 


With prayers of good health and well-being,
Kathy

 
 

 
 
 
  




 
 
 

 
 
Reminders: 

*The Children in 2A have pen pals at St. Ann's School in Wilmington.  Each student received a letter in November and we completed our Christmas letters for mailing.  We included a picture to exchange with our pen pals.  We are looking forward to reconnecting with St. Ann's students in the next few months.  

* Second Graders will participate in Accelerated Reader during the second and third trimesters. This is an incentive program to increase comprehension and vocabulary.  Mrs. Geraghty will guide the children to choose at least one book from the library in their ZPD range.  Once your second grader completes a book, he/she will take a brief comprehension quiz on IPads in the library, or in our classroom.  The children will still be allowed to choose a second library book for reading enjoyment.  Children can also read books from your home library while working toward their AR goal.  Please visit the Library Web page and follow the guidelines presented.  Second Graders must read and master at least 5 books for trimester 2.  Mastery scores are 80% or above. 

.*Call the school office if there is a change in the established dismissal.  Don't rely on emails for this communication. 

* All students will be participating in STAR Reading and Math this school year.  The tests are not read to the students as they were in the first grade's Early Literacy format.  Children are encouraged to try their best and to take their time. These scores are not factored into trimester grades, but are valuable for guiding instruction and monitoring individual progress.   

*Please check your child's binder daily.  Homework and daily reminders will be included in the homework organizer.  Initial the organizer each day.  Math homework sheets will be in the green folder.  Please check and initial any written homework. 

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; To begin Monday, 9/30
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.  








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, climb, price

Unit 2 Word Lists
High Frequency 
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
Lesson 15:  cannot, pancake, maybe, baseball, playground, someone, myself, classroom, sunshine, outside, upon, nothing, into, inside, nobody, everywhere, off, new, after, over

Unit 4

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

UNIT 5

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, across, voice, hours, behind, 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

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: Jesus's Miracles:  "Believe and see the glory of God"  

May-The Second Miraculous Catch of Fish at the Sea of Tiberias
Welcoming new ideas

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 for Living Things

Big Idea: Living things meet their needs in their environments.  Environments change over time.  

Vocabulary:  environment, food chain, pollen, adaptation, resource

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 6:  Earth and It's Resources
 Big Idea: Changes can occur to the earth's surface.  People need earth's resources like rocks, plants, and water. 

Vocabulary: earthquake, volcano, flood, weathering, erosion, drought, natural resources, products. 

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.  Please look for some classroom map activities to come home in the next couple of weeks. 


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