I am Enny Fortt. I am from Peru, and I ‘ve been teaching for 28 years. Dedicated to nurturing young minds, I strive to provide a positive and enriching learning environment where my students can grow academically and personally.
In addition to my work as a classroom teacher, I am a Spanish tutor and a teacher of folkloric dances. I am passionate about sharing cultural heritage, helping others connect with the beauty of my language and traditions, and fostering an appreciation for diversity and creativity.
Through my work, I aim to inspire my students to become lifelong learners and respectful global citizens.
Spiritual
2nd graders are beginning to understand their relationship with Jesus and how it helps them to see, live, and celebrate their faith. They are growing in their ability to demonstrate love for God, neighbor, and creation and are curious to learn more about the Holy Trinity.
Social/Emotional
Seven-year-olds are very concerned with rules and whether something is right vs. wrong (good/bad). They want to be a member of a group, have a best friend, and want to do well.
Physical
2nd graders have developed more control over small muscles, so they can now write and draw more skillfully.
Many 2nd-grade students have the opportunity to prepare and celebrate the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist with their classmates, if St. Frances Cabrini is their home Parish. It’s a very special time for them and their parents as we all grow in our faith.
Our service activity focuses on service to our school community. Second-grade students are responsible for counting out the milk, traying up each grade’s order, and delivering for lunch.
Religion: In Second grade, we focus on the life of Jesus, the Trinity, and the Mass. There will be an in-depth study on the gift of the Sacraments as we prepare for Reconciliation and Eucharist. The children learn to make prayer an integral part of their life and develop a personal relationship with Jesus. They learn about our Parish and the parts of the Mass. We discuss Education in Virtue daily.
Reading/Literature: Students develop greater fluency as readers and apply comprehension and vocabulary strategies to a wide variety of literary and informational texts. Students will begin to identify and use literary components of character, setting, conflict/ problem, events, conclusion, main idea, and details.
• Learn to understand and use higher-order thinking skills in comprehension, such as predictions, inferences, cause and effect, character mapping, and point of view.
• Identify and use parts of speech such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, and pronouns.
• Identify and use contractions, antonyms, synonyms, and homonyms.
Language Arts/English: The students learn how to use the steps of the writing process for pre-writes, drafts, editing, revising, and publishing. They learn and understand how to write a good 5-sentence paragraph and to apply writing conventions such as complete sentences, correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
Mathematics: Students in 2nd grade refine their understanding of the base ten system and use place value concepts of ones, tens, and hundreds. They become fluent with single and double-digit addition and subtraction, problem-solve, and talk about what they did to solve those problems.
Social Studies: Students will have the opportunity to explore the world around them, develop an appreciation for diversity and discover the importance of contributing to one’s community. They learn about family heritage, heirlooms and traditions, and the people, places, and holidays in the US and countries around the world.
Science: Students explore, observe, describe, identify, and experiment in their study of Engineering Design Process, Matter, Living Things, and the Earth’s Surface.
Enrichment: Students attend weekly enrichment classes for library, music, PE, and Art.
