Sunday, November 26, 2017

Week of November 27th

Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful time relaxing and enjoying family over the break. Can you believe that Christmas break is roughly three and a half weeks away? This year is going by so quickly. I'm proud of all the learning happening EVERY DAY in our class! Thanks so much for sharing your children with me!  Here's what's in store for the week... 

CHRISTIAN CHARACTER FORMATION PROJECT
Advent is a season every year in which we are prompted to remember the incredible narrative of Christmas and the people God used to play a role in all of it. It’s an opportunity to reflect back and celebrate the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ, and an opportunity to look ahead and remember that our risen king will one day return! For the next three weeks, we’ll look at the various men and women in the Christmas story, what they would do, where they go, and what they say. As we see how they give whatever God asked of them, we will be reminded of all the virtues, which will be an excellent review. 

READING SKILLS and STRATEGIES
As we continue to learn about "good reading habits," we will begin to explore making inferences. Making inferences can be a challenging skill... it requires students to read between the lines, to dig deeper and to find out the answer to the question, “what is the author really trying to say?" 
PHONICS and SPELLING
This week, students will read, sort and spell words with common consonant digraphs (sh, ch, wh, th), and practice alphabetizing the word lists. 

GRAMMAR and WRITING 
Wow! Your second graders sure have a lot of knowledge! They are working so vigorously on filling their nonfiction writing pieces with so many facts! As they write, they are also learning all about the elements of nonfiction and how to write to a particular audience. As we investigate texts and edit our own writing this week, our grammar focus will be on verbs. 

This week's NEWS and NOTES

  • November 29th - Afternoon field trip to Global Foods 
  • November 30th - November Reading Logs Due
  • December 4th - Afternoon field trip to Laclede Groves
  • December 18th - 2nd Change Challenge Collection 
  • December 18th - CCLS Advent Service 6:00pm 
  • December 21st - Christmas breaks begins

BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK! 

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