2nd Grade
Week of December 16th
2024-2025
Tidbits:
Christmas Around the World:
On Monday December 16th, your kiddos will be traveling around the world-visiting many different countries to learn about the countries' different Christmas traditions and customs. They will have a suitcase(decorated paper bag, a passport(made of paper),and need to pass through security before entering to embark to their destinations! We will need help! We will be sending out a sign up genius to ask for help cutting, organizing and donating time and goods to make this trip be a fun one!
Christmas Pageant : Thursday December 19th @7:00PM. Please bring your kiddos by 6:40. The doors open at 6:30 but the kids are NOT to come to their homeroom until 6:40.
Attire: Speakers should wear black pants and white tops. The students with non-speaking parts should wear Christmas Colors or their Sunday best. Please remember-it gets WARM up on stage when picking out their outfits.
We are in full gear for our Christmas Pageant! This year second grade will be performing "The First Christmas" a nativity musical! We will be giving some students parts to read during the pageant. Here are the songs that the kids will be singing at their performance. Please practice them!
Mentor Sentences: Parts of Speech video
Outerwear
Please send in a labeled jacket/hat/gloves with your kiddos
Lunch
Students will eat lunch at 12:06. Recess is 11:42.
Friendly reminder: SOTI is a peanut free school so lunch items should not include any peanut products.
Spirit Wear store is always open!! The new Spirit Wear store will stay open year round. Items may change based on the season or special events. These items will be shipped directly to your home. https://chesapeakedistribution.com/collections/school-of-the-incarnation
Looking Ahead
Language Arts: Elf Writing
Mentor Sentences: Skills we have learned thus far.
Parts of Speech video
Math: Math Facts games
Social Studies:Christmas Around the World
Religion: Blessed Books /Jesse Tree
Homework
language Arts:Practice Fundations Skills-Read Aloud for 15 minutes each night
Math:Practice addition and math facts each night
The amount of homework required DEPENDS on your child's Math class-not homeroom!!
To access homework: www.Schooloftheincarnation.org/Resources/Homework Resources/Soti studies/ go math k-5
Ms. Mautino's Math class does the odd problems on odd days and the even numbers on even days on the front page.
Mrs. Shallow's Math class does the whole front page-back page is optional.
Ms. s.'s Math class does the front and back of the page.
Monday:
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Mrs. Shallow -Pg.
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Tuesday -
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Wednesday -
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Thursday:
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Calendar
Thursday, December 19th: 7th Grade Science Fair 2nd Grade Christmas Pageant 7:00 PM
Friday, December 20th: ½ Day (Noon) Dismissal - NO Afternoon ESP Spirit Wear Day December 23 - January 1: School Closed - Christmas Break
Thursday, January 2nd: Classes Resume
Fundations Tapping
To do this the students tap their fingers on their thumb for each sound they hear in a word . For example’”ship”-they would do 3 taps for the 3 sounds(sh-i-p). They would then curl their fingers and say the word-ship.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Ms. Amy Mautino(amautino@schooloftheincarnation.org)
Mrs. Audra Ruyter(aruyter@schooloftheincarnation.org)
Ms. Jordan Sdanowich(jsdanowich@schooloftheincarnation.org)
Mrs. Eileen Granzow: egranzow@schooloftheincarnation.org
Mrs. Natalie Shallow(nshallow@schooloftheincarnation.org)
Ms. Rachael Price(rprice@schooloftheincarnation.org)
FUN TIMES IN 2ND GRADE
