Second Grade at St. John Regional Catholic School

Second grade is an exciting year especially in that we prepare to receive the sacraments of Reconciliation, Holy Eucharist and Confirmation.

We have been starting our day with prayer and the pledge of allegiance. Then, we go to morning circle where we greet each other, listen to a read aloud and sometimes we sing and do other activities. We hope to have some share time as the year progresses.

In handwriting, we start the year with manuscript writing and begin to practice cursive writing later in the year.

Some new concepts that we work on in Math are the addition and subtraction of two- and three-digit numbers with regrouping. We begin to learn our multiplication facts, do some work with geometry, especially perimeter, and we continue to work on problem solving and understanding the key words in the problems so that we can solve them.

We continue with Phonics in Grade 2. During phonics, second graders have been able to earn buttons or play coins to use during our much anticipated classroom auctions.

This year we have been reading to other students in the school to improve our fluency, expression and comprehension. We have been doing readers' theater and "buddy" reading in our classroom.

We recently went on a field trip to a pumpkin patch and incorporated science, religion and music into this fun trip.