Curriculum:

Math--Addition (with and without regrouping), Subtraction (with and without borrowing), Mutiplication, Division, Rounding, Estimating, Fractions, Money, Time (to the nearest minute), fact families, patterns, graphing, and telling the temperature.

Reading--We work with whole group and small group reading. We use the AR program, and we use SRA’s.

Handwriting--We learn cursive starting in the middle of the year.

Science--I teach Life (Animals and Life Cycles), Physical (states of matters, sound, heat, light, magnets, force, and electricity), and Earth Science (weather, seasons, the solar system, and the earth).

Social Studies--History. Government, Community, Natural Resources, Landforms, using a map, and using a graph.

Religion--We learn about the sacraments. We Learn about the ten commandments, the parts of the Bible, the holy days of obligation, and the parts of the Rosary. We receive First Reconciliation and First Communion.

English--We learn about adverbs, adjectives, nouns, and verbs. We learn how to break a sentence into subject and predicate. We learn how to write a paragraph.

Sacraments

Parents are required to come to a meeting for First Reconciliation, and a meeting for First Communion.

The second grade receives the sacrament of reconciliation in November. The students learn the difference between a sin and an accident. Father comes in and talks to the students every other week. The PSR and the Day school students do some similar activities, and they receive the sacrament together. The students make a vest that symbolizes the changes your soul goes through before and after confession. The night of First Reconciliation, we have a small service, and after individual confessions there is a reception for the students and parents.

Preparing for First Communion is a year long process. We learn about what the Eucharist is, how we receive it, and how lucky we are to be part of the Catholic Church. The PSR and the Day School Students get together for a day of reflection before First Communion. This is a day when the students learn more about the Eucharist, reflect on the sacrament, do fun activities together, and practice for First Communion. Both Day school and PSR students are required to make a family banner for there pew, make a block for the class banner, and make a box to store their first communion items.