December 14th - 18th

"For unto you is born... A Savior, who is Christ the Lord." 

Last week was incredible, as your sweet second graders shared the Christmas story with their beautiful voices. I pray that the excitement of that day will stay with us throughout the rest of this Christmas season. 

 And as if that wasn't enough, students and their partners are working diligently on retelling the Christmas story in their own words. This week we plan on sharing these books with some of the younger classes at CCLS.

 I hope you heard that we visited Sweden last week!

Be sure to ask your second grader about their traditions!

Next we visited Australia... 

Did you now Santa comes to Australia on a surfboard?

Finally, we stopped in Italy. 

The nativity is one of the most beloved symbols in Italy. 

Our class also participated in the "hour of code" last week. 

The kids had a BLAST!

Be sure to ask them what "coding" is all about! 

RELIGION 

December is such a busy time for all families.  Sometimes the true meaning of Christmas gets lost in all the hustle and bustle.  At school we will continue to focus on what Christmas is all about.  At home try to remember to pray together and give thanks to God for giving us the gift of Jesus.

MEMORY
NO memory this week! - Merry Christmas. :)

SPELLING and GRAMMAR

This week, students will spell words with consonant digraphs this week (ch, sh, th, wh sounds) In grammar we will continue to explore verbs, focusing on forming past tense verbs.

LIST ONE

chest	think	shape	thing	wheat
chase	sheep	while	chill	white

LIST ONE

chunk	thirst	shin	throne	whine
chase	sheep	while	chill	white

BONUS - Bethlehem 

SOCIAL STUDIES and WRITING

This week we will wrap up our "Christmas around the world" theme study. Each day we "travel" to another country, we make something to help us remember a special fact about that country. Those projects will be coming home this week! I hope they create a lot of conversation between you and your child about Christmas traditions. 

Another tradition or "legend" we will explore this week is the legend of the Candy Cane. Stay tuned for some fun writing about this legend!

Please do not forget to start reading about your Famous American. Reports are not due until the week of January 19th, but it wouldn't hurt to get started early! I love seeing how excited all of the children are about the people they chose. 

NEWS and NOTES

• December 14th - Advent Worship Service- TONIGHT @ 7:00pm
• December 18th - End of Second Quarter
• December 21st to January 1st - Christmas Break