Week of October 30th

Happy (almost) Halloween! 

I hope you all have a fun and safe evening!

I want to thank you all so very much for arranging your schedules so that we could have such successful conferences. I just LOVED watching the children talk to you about their feelings toward school, and I also thoroughly enjoyed being able to have some one-on-one time with just the parents. I know I presented a lot of reading information, so I strongly encourage you to contact me if you have ANY questions!

I'm always here to help! We are a TEAM! 

Also, thanks for another AMAZING birthday celebration!

Mrs. Leet felt VERY loved!

Here's what's in store for the week! 

CHRISTIAN CHARACTER FORMATION PROJECT 

This week we will revisit the virtue of COURAGE as we read from 2 Chronicles and learn about a king named Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat uses courage when he is faced with the terrifying news that the nations bordering Judah to the east, Ammon and Moab, were coming to wage war against him with larger armies than Judah had. He courageously turns to God for help and answers. We will define courage as God's power for you to overcome fear, and ask ourselves this big question, "How can we trust, seek, and follow the Lord in every situation, especially when we are afraid? 

PHONICS and GRAMMAR

As students work with words and spelling patterns this week, they'll focus on the long O sound, particularly "o", "oa", "ow", and "oe" spelling patterns. And as usual we will also be reviewing commonly misspelled sight words. 

READING SKILLS and STRATEGIES 

What is alliteration? Simply solicit a second grade student for the solution! While our reading target is still "visualizing", we'll be using poetry (with alliteration) to go beyond the text as we think about what we are reading! 

GRAMMAR and WRITING 

Wasn't it fun to hear your child's "published piece" of writing? Well, this week we are going to learn about writing a paragraph. The paragraphs we write are going to be mailed to a REAL publishing company and turned into a class book! The kiddos are ALREADY excited about this! 

As they write their paragraphs we'll focus on applying all of our grammar skills! We're learning about plural and possessive nouns this week! 

NEWS and NOTES

• October Reading Logs DUE TUESDAY - October 31st 
• November 12th - CCLS Sunday at Mt. Calvary 
• First "Change Challenge" collection - November 20th (more information to come)
• November 22nd Thanksgiving break begins 

BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK!