Welcome to Mrs. Buscemi's Second Grade!

Room 17

Religion: We have just finished learning about the seven sacraments. We did a report on our baptism and brought in pictures, candles, and small mementos to show everyone! We were so cute when we were baptized either when we were a baby or older! Fr. Michal came in to talk with us about Baptism and showed us the Baptismal font in the church!

Reading: We have also started a book study where each month we read different genres. October is mystery books and in class we are reading Treasure Island. Here is the list for the year!

October- Mystery books
November- Fiction
December- Seasonal Books
January- Biography
February- Science Fiction
March- Olden Day Books

Math: We have completed three chapters in our math series already! Our first chapter was on addition and subtraction strategies. Our second chapter was on facts to 20 and the third chapter was on Place Value. We have also solved story problems by drawing pictures and creating number sentences. Our currect chapter is on money! Keep working on addition and subtraction flash cards!

Language: We have spent a great deal of time on the subject and predicate of sentences, types of sentences, and nouns. Each day we continue to write daily entries in our journals! We even wrote our own scary Halloween stories! Check some of them out in the first edition of E-News coming soon! Last but the least, we also did poetry. This month we focused on Alliterations!

Handwriting: We have been working on neat printing and covering the basic strokes. We started working on individual letters and we will continue to work on a new letter each day. Then we are on to cursive letters! Soon, we will copy a poem by Jack Prelutsky called Black Cat and decorate it with a cat of our own - just in time for Halloween!

Social Studies: We have started on our Second Unit called Our Earth. We studied the eight types of landforms and soon we will be learning how to care for our resources.

8th Grade Partners: We have met with our 8th grade partners and filled out an interesting survey to learn about each other. We even took pictures to hang on the wall. We meet with them to do crafts, projects, and read great books! This month we will be decorating and painting a pumpkin!

Here are the Class Rules:

Here are the Class Rules:
1. Raise our hands to speak.
2. Listen to directions first time given.
3. Respect one another and their things.
4. Be truthful and honest.
5. Always try to do your best!