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 seventh 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.    

Dear Families,

It is hard to believe that October has arrived.  The brisk, rainy weather this past week was surely a sneak peek at what will be coming up in the next few months.  Please make sure your second grader has the appropriate outer wear labeled with a name and 2A.  

Conferences are scheduled for Thursday, 10/20 and Friday, 10/21.  Look for a link for my Sign Up Genius to be pushed out by the office on Friday, 10/ 7.  I like to meet with all parents at fall conferences.  If the days/ times do not work for your family, please let me know and another time can be arranged.  Thank you in advance for your time. Please note that slots are 15 minutes.  It is important that I stick with this schedule to accomondate all 28 students.  Thank you for your patience and understanding.

We will step away from the journey reading series next week and are poised to enjoy our first novel study, Mercy Watson to the Rescue.  Each homeroom has a set of books to distribute.  We will begin lesson 6 in Jourenys on Friday, 10/14 and complete it on Thursday, 10/20.   There wil not be any assessments on our novel.  

In this week's Friday folder you will find a handout titled "On the Day I Was Born" and "My Baptism". Please complete this with your second grader and return to school on or before Wednesday, 10/12. All religious faiths are welcome to complete.  Please make adjustments for your child's experiences.  Thank you!

The first rotation of STAR assessments was administered last week.  STAR is a standardized testing program for screening and progress monitoring. Testing occurs three times a year. The data gathered will identify strengths and weaknesses and support instruction. STAR results are part of a child's transcript but are not factored into trimester grades.  There is no required studying for STAR.  Look for a letter to come home in the next Friday. 10/14 to review your child's results.  
 
Technology updates continue to occur weekly.  Renaissance is linked to powerschool through the diocese. It was just updated recently and now the App is light blue and green as it appears on the classlink page.  Your child's quick card will open this resource.  I have reviewed the quizzes/scores that have been recorded thus far.  Each child's reading range will be adjusted according to STAR results.  Please encourage your second grader to read and take the AR quizzes.  Remember that Mrs. Tracy's  webpage includes the links needed to locate books and quizzes. 

It seems that some children/families are having difficulty logging into the Google Classroom.  Mrs. Mckinley has shared that sometimes it the the device that may be causing the issue.  A mac laptop can often cause some challenges with GC.  My google classroom code is wupihzn.  Perhaps this will be helpful moving forward.  

The Reader's Notebook, which supports our instruction in the Journeys series, is still on backorder.  The latest update has delivery scheduled for 10/20.  Until that time we will make the needed copies to support our instruction.  You will see these pages/booklet come home in the green folder until books arrive.  Thank you for your patience. 

Please review the uniform policy for your child and follow the guidelines.  

IMPORTANT REMINDERS FROM OUR NURSE'S OFFICE: REMEMBER TO COMPLETE ALL FORMS AND PERMISSIONS ON POWERSCHOOL.  PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR NURSE CANNOT TREAT YOUR CHILD WITHOUT THESE COMPLETED FORMS AND CONSENTS IN PLACE.  THANK YOU. 

  2A Reminders and General Information 

1. Please take the time to review the SMM weekly newsletter. The link is attached to this page for your convenience. 

2. Look for the maroon Friday folder to come home each weekend.  Please send any office or time sensitive materials in this folder. 

3. Please please please make sure you label your child's belongings including fleece, sweaters, and sweatshirts.  My room gets very cool.  Each child should have their sweater or sweatshirt daily.  The students go outside everyday unless there is rain. Please send your child with the appropriate outerwear.     

4. 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.   
 
 5. 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 the content studied at that time.

6. Lunch will be eaten in the church hall.  Afternoon snack will be shared in the classroom or outside.  
 

 2A Specials Schedule

Monday- Spanish and Library
Tuesday- Gym
Wednesday-  Technology
Thursday- Music
Friday- Art


 

Week of October 3rd

 

Thursday, 10/6- Music; Family Reading Night- 6:00-8:00 PM; Math test chapter 2.

Friday, 10/7- Library; PICTURE DAY;  Students will need their photo envelope or photo pass if ordering on line.  Animal Blessing- 2:00 
 

Week of October 10th
 

Monday, 10/10- Fall holiday

Tuesday, 10/11- Gym; Novel Study- Mercy Watson to the Recue; Continue story structure project 

Wednesday, 10/12- Technology

Thursday, 10/13- Music

Friday, 10/14- Art; Begin lesson 6 in our reading series.  Mass- 10:00 AM

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

Chapter 1 Numbers and Arrays
Vocabulary- array, equal groups, even, repeated addition, column, equation, odd, row

Chapter 2 - Fluency and Strategies within 20
Vocabulary- addends, doubles minus 1, expression, difference, doubles plus 1, sum 

Chapter 3 - Addition to 100 Strategies 
Vocabulary-compensation, open number line

Chapter 4 -Fluently Add within 100
Vocabulary-Partial sums, regroup

Chapter 5- Subtraction to 100 Strategies 
 Vocabulary:  difference, halves, minus, quarters, subtraction equation, unequal shares 

Chapter 6- Fluently Subtract within 100 
Vocabulary- equal groups, even, odd, repeated addition

Chapter 7- Understanding Place Value to 1000
Vocabulary- expanded form, hundred, hundreds place, standard form, thousand, word form

Chapter 8 - Count and Compare Numbers to 1000
Vocabulary-compare, equal to, =, increase, decrease, greater than >, less than <

Chapter 9- Add Numbers within 1000
Vocabulary- edge, flat surface, vertex, compatible numbers 

Chapter 10-Subtract numbers within 1000
Vocabulary-compensation, difference, open number line, difference, regroup, sum

Chapter 11- Measure and Estimate Lengths
Vocabulary: centimeter, estimate, length, height, foot, inch, meter, yard

Chapter 12- Solve Length Problems
Vocabulary-bar model, length unit, measure

Chapter 13- Represent and Interpret Data
Vocabulary-tally chart, talley mark, bar graph, data, key, line plot, picture graph, survey

Chapter 14- Money and Time
Vocabulary-analog clock, hour hand, minute hand, $1 bill, $5 bill, $10 bill, $20 bill, AM, PM, cent, cent sign, dime, dollar, dollar sign, half past, midnight, nickel, noon, penny, quarter, quarter past, quarter to

Chapter 15- Identify and Partition Shapes 
Vocabulary- equal shares, unequal shares, angle, cube, edge, face, fourths, halves, hexagon, octagon, pentagon, quadrilateral,  rhombus, polygon , right angel, side, thirds, vertex 

Lesson 5- Teachers Pet, Westburg by Bus
EQ-How is a school like a community?
Comprehension-Story Structure; Author's Word Choice
Vocabulary-base words with ed and ing
Phonics and Spelling- Consonant Blends with r, l, s
Grammar- Plural nouns
Writing- Narrative- True Story 

Novel Study- Tuesday, 10/11- Thursday, 10/13

Lesson 6- Animals Building Homes- Begin Friday, 10/14
EQ-What are animal homes like? 
Comprehension-Text and graphic features; Using context 
Vocabulary- Base words and prefixes- un-, re- 
Phonics and spelling- Common final blends
Grammar- More plural nouns
Writing- Informational paragraph 


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, ouTarget Vocabulary
r, through, were, young

 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 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, eight, once, your, who.
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-"One Body in Christ"
 September- Each Person is Sacred

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 4- Baptism
Key Words- grace, original sin, Baptism 

Chapter 5- Confirmation 

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 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


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

Chapter 1 Families Today and in the Past
EQ- How does life change throughout history?

Chapter 2- People, Places and Nature
EQ- What is the world like? 

Chapter 3- Government
EQ- How does government work? 

Chapter 4-People who Supply our Goods and Services
EQ- How do people get what they need? 

Chapter 5- Making a Difference
EQ- What makes someone a hero? 

Chapter 6- Our American Culture
EQ- How is culture shared?