Happy Monday! One more full week of school before Christmas break. The children are getting anxious, but it will be nice to have one more "normal" week of learning before our shortened week. Here's a look back on last week.
Did you hear about our "Hour of Code?"
If not, ask your second grader how some "games" on chrome books and iPads are really computer science!!
We also practiced fluency with four different Christmas "Readers Theaters" last week.
About half of the class was able to record a practice "performance" that I added to Seesaw. If you haven't gotten a Seesaw message yet, be on the lookout this week.
This week's goals and objectives
CHRISTIAN CHARACTER FORMATION PROJECT
This week we will discuss the virtue of self-sacrifice as we dig deeper into the Christmas story. Self-sacrifice is God's power for you to give something up to help others. Even while He was still a baby, Jesus was worshiped as "King of the Jews." The Magi traveled a long way to honor this King. Even the gifts given to Jesus remind us of the sacrifice our King would make for our sake. This week take some time to think about what your family could be willing to sacrifice in order to honor Jesus.
READING SKILLS and STRATEGIES
In reading this week we will be working on summarizing. Good readers recognize that when they read difficult text, they need to read more slowly and summarize the important ideas in the selections. Students will practice this in various ways, one in particular will be the bible readings of Jesus' birth.
PHONICS and SPELLING
This week students will work on recognizing and spelling words with consonant digraphs (ch, sh, th, and wh)
LIST
ONE
chase
|
sheep
|
while
|
chill
|
white
|
chest
|
think
|
shape
|
thing
|
wheat
|
LIST TWO
chase
|
sheep
|
while
|
chill
|
white
|
chunk
|
thirst
|
shin
|
throne
|
whine
|
BONUS – Shepherd
WRITING and GRAMMAR
Your second graders are going to work very diligently this week to get their nonfiction writing pieces published before the end of the quarter. They'll be revising and editing and using all they know about spelling and grammar. This week's grammar focus is past tense verbs. Students will learn that the verbs in their writing need to agree. They are such great writers!
NEWS and NOTES
- December 19th (tonight) - CCLS Advent service
- students should arrive early and come sit with their class/grade
- December 20th - End of 2nd Quarter
- December 20th - Class Party
- December 21st - Christmas Break begins
BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK
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