St. Fabian Catholic School 
St. Fabian Catholic School is a Christ-centered family, deeply rooted in Catholic traditions. We are dedicated to the enrichment of the whole child through academic excellence, spiritual development, and service to our community, while preparing our students to become architects of their futures.

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Phone: 248-553-2750
Email:  csutherland@stfabian.org

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Mrs. Danielle Custodio
2nd Grade
​​Email / 248-553-2750

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About Mrs. Custodio
Education:
As an educator, I believe it is important to lead by example as a life-long learner and continue to take classes to learn and grow as an educator. I have a Bachelor's degree in Education and English. A Master's in elementary education and I am working towards my doctorate.   
Experience:
I have taught Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, first-grade, K-8 STEAM (Science, technology, engineering, and math), and post-secondary education.
I have experience in both Catholic and public schools.
Family:
My husband, Ivan, and our two children, Emily and Kaden.
​Free Time: 
In my free time, I enjoy vacationing with my family, watching my son's football games, and MSU football (go green!).
​Likes:
The ocean, dogs, being a mom, teaching, and  the hymn  Amazing Grace.
​Dislikes:
Cold, cooking, and snakes

Welcome to Grade 2

Second grade is a fun and busy year, with two sacraments. In second grade students will be growing academically, socially, and spiritually. In my classroom I focus on teaching the whole child in a warm and loving environment where students are encouraged to strive to do their very best every day!
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In Second grade here are some of the topics your student will be learning in each of the subjects.

​Religion 
Second grade is an important year for the Catholic faith. We start the year by preparing for Reconciliation, learning about our relationship with God, and reflecting on ourselves as we develop a deeper, closer relationship with our faith. We then move into First Communion preparation. We continue to build our faith as we prepare to take on a bigger role in the Church.

Math
We use the enVision Math 2.0 curriculum. Over the course of second grade, we strengthen our foundation of addition and subtraction, learn about place value, understand and use data/graphing, use shapes, learn about time and money, measurement, and end the year touching on fractions. 

Science
We use the Mystery Science curriculum. Over the course of second grade, we cover four science units: animal biodiversity, plant adaptations, erosion and Earth’s surface, and properties and phases of matter. We engage in hands-on experiments weekly.

Social Studies 
We use the Studies Weekly curriculum. Over the course of second grade, we learn more about being citizens of our community, the history of our state, general history and processes of our country, and eventually a look into the world around us.

Language Arts
We use the Wonders curriculum for reading, writing, grammar, and spelling. Over the course of second grade, we are working to improve our writing and speaking skills, working to gain a deeper knowledge of literacy conventions to improve overall reading and comprehension, and lastly making connections with what we read to ourselves, the world, and to other texts.

Handwriting
We use the Zaner-Bloser Handwriting Book.  This book continues to work on improving manuscript writing. It has easy step-by-step directions.  Each lesson has a practice skill, and application skill and then a review of what they have learned. The program teaches students to write fluently and legibly with very few strokes.