Week of February 16th

Welcome back to school!

I hope you all enjoyed the day off, and maybe even had a chance to play in the snow! My kids thought the snow made for the BEST Valentine's Day! 

Also, thanks to everyone for such a wonderful, well-thought through Valentine's Day party! We sure are blessed by such exceptional families!

Here's a look back...

We also made Valentines for Tilda, our sponsor child in Uganda. 

Thanks for remembering to save coins for our collection! 

We will have ONE MORE collection in March.

We did a lot of VERB review this week.

Your second graders are experts!

 Scanning verb QR codes...

Hopefully you each received a fun "special report" e-mail from your child about a storm or natural disaster last week. The children did such a great job researching, writing and reporting about their topics! Please let me know if you didn't get an e-mail, and I'll be sure to pass it along!

RELIGION

God shows his love for us by giving us a sign of Jesus' power. This week we will read about Jesus power over nature as He calms the storm, as well as His power and love that meets our physical and spiritual needs as He feeds the crowd. We will be reminded to turn to Him in prayer because He opens doors and guides us through each day.

MEMORY WORK

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and will not be afraid. Isaiah 12:2

SPELLING and GRAMMAR

In spelling this week we will spell words with the oo, ui, ew, ue, and oe spelling patterns. List one and list two have several different words. Be sure to look at both lists and decide which list is best for your second grader.
LIST ONE

fruit	clue	flew	canoe	glue
root	boot	suit	new	shoe

LIST TWO

fruit	clue	flew	canoe	glued
school	mood	bruise	chewed	shoelace

BONUS - hurricane and tornado 

SOCIAL STUDIES

Why do we celebrate President's Day in February? This week we will look back on two very important historical leaders; George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. We will learn about them, compare and contrast their lives, and determine what made them such memorable presidents.

COUNTRY PROJECTS ARE DUE NEXT WEEK!!

I can't wait to see all the hard work that has been happening at home!

Please join us on Friday, February 26th from 12:30 to 1:30 during our "International Board Walk" (a display of everyone's county report) in the second grade hallway.  

This will be a time for your child to talk about their country openly, share fun facts they learned, answer questions, and share food or music from their country.

Students will also be presenting in class. Here is a reminder of the order.

Students 14-17	Monday, February 22nd
Students 10 – 13	Tuesday, February 23rd
Students 5-9	Wednesday, February 24th
Students 1-4	Thursday, February 25th

Mrs. Ladd's class will also be hosting a "Walk of Fame" on the 26th from 10:30 to 11:25. 

Her students will be sharing their Famous American Reports. You're invited!!

SCIENCE

We will wrap up our weather unit this week with a test on Friday. This week's story in the reading book is called Super Storms. How perfect!

NEWS and NOTES

February 19th - CCLS Trivia Night

Week of February 22nd - Country Projects Due

February 25th - Join us for Strange Donuts (and normal ones too!) A hot chocolate bar will accompany these tasty treats beginning at 7:30 a.m. in the gym - $2 suggested donation.

March 4th - End of 3rd Quarter

March 6th CCLS Sunday at Mt. Calvary

March 14- 18 SPRING BREAK!