Wow! The weeks keep flying by and your children are learning so much!
Last week we spent a lot of time thinking and discussing integrity. They even modeled a few examples and non-examples of integrity. (See below)
Hopefully you saw your child's post on Seesaw.
This was one of our white board messages of the week...
This was a non-example of when you can see your neighbor's paper...
This was an example of when a friend feels left out...
Keep talking about our virtues at home!
I can see each child really building confidence in their identity!
The kiddos also worked hard as they tackled "main idea" with nonfiction this week.
After reading a book or even just a chapter (if that's what you're reading) with your child at home, be sure to ask, "What's the WHOLE thing about? What's the main idea?"
We couldn't help but sneak in a short "Flashlight Friday" when we found out our field trip was cancelled. It was so dark and gloomy anyway...
We're also having fun learning about the legend of Johnny Appleseed...
GOALS and OBJECTIVES for the week
CHRISTIAN CHARACTER FORMATION PROJECT
This week we will explore the virtue of self-sacrifice with a rather tough reading from Genesis 22. Last week we learned about how God had made Abraham many promises that seemed impossible to fulfill. However, Isaac's birth had brought great joy to Abraham and Sarah. He was the child they had waited for so long, and yet this was the child that God now asked Abraham to sacrifice. It must have been painful to even consider. Because Abraham knew God's faithfulness and love, he was ready to give what he loved most back to God. God’s promises and strength make us capable of giving to Him and others. I challenge you to investigate this virtue with us by having tough conversations at home about how you can give God what matters most to you.
READING SKILLS
We will continue to discuss main idea with nonfiction this week. We will investigate with a variety of texts but always ask ourselves, "What's the WHOLE thing about?" We will also learn about different clues to help us determine the main idea... Reading the title, reading the first and last sentence, or even looking at the pictures can all give us clues!
SPELLING and PHONICS
Our focus this week will be discriminating between short i and long i. Look for some new homework to help with this skill!
In spelling this week we will begin testing
with two lists. LIST ONE will always be the on-level spelling words for the week. LIST TWO is called the beyond-level list, but usually contains at least half of the on-level words. Some of you may feel that your child is ready for a few
more challenging words. If your family decides that your
child can spell every word from list one, it can be your
family's choice that your child be tested on list two. The homework and
the classwork will always be with the list one words, so please be sure
that you have a conversation with your child about this before
Thursday's test.
LIST ONE
fin
|
pick
|
nine
|
pipe
|
side
|
hike
|
did
|
rip
|
mix
|
five
|
LIST TWO
fin
|
pick
|
nine
|
pipe
|
side
|
hike
|
hive
|
dinner
|
smile
|
brick
|
BONUS - geologist
WRITING and GRAMMAR
In grammar, we will continue to work on forming complete sentences with subjects and predicates. Students will learn that the predicate tells what the subject does or is.
In writing, your second graders are working hard on applying what they know about sentences as they publish their small moment stories!! Having a published piece of writing is a very exciting time for an author! Be sure to ask your second grader what small moment they wrote about!
NEWS and NOTES
- Remember to keep tracking reading from home with the September "RED" reading log. They will be due at the end of the month (September 30th)
- Field trip to the apple orchard - MOVED TO WEDNESDAY!
- NO SCHOOL this Friday, September 23rd - teacher professional development
- October 7th and 8th - CCLS Carnival
- October 14th - end of first quarter
- October 21st - Report cards go home
- October 27th - EARLY Dismissal & October 28th NO SCHOOL
- student led conferences
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