Week of September 26th

We survived the heat at Eckert's and picked some very delicious apples! 
Thanks to those of you that came with us!
Here's a video from the trip. Enjoy! 

This week's goals and objectives

CHRISTIAN CHARACTER FORMATION 

This week we will investigate the virtue of COURAGE. We will read about Jacob wrestling God in Genesis 32. As we try to relate to this passage, we will discuss how our lives are never meant to be easy. This is especially true when we take it upon ourselves to wrestle with God and His will for our lives. Oftentimes fear can overpower us. Through Jacob’s example and through our own relationship and “wrestling” with God, we learn that we can indeed trust the Almighty God and His promises. I challenge you to discuss our "Big Question" with your child this week... How does trusting God give you the courage to face the fears you’re wrestling with?

READING SKILLS 

This week in reading your second graders will review making predictions. When they make predictions they will use the story text, the pictures, and what they know from real life (their schema) to make a guess about what will happen next. They LOVE making predictions! Read with your child at least once this week, and ask them to make predictions about the story.

SPELLING and PHONICS
Our concentration in phonics and spelling this week will be identifying spelling patterns with short and long o. Although it's review, we have also really been focusing on recognizing that "magic e" makes the vowel say its name! Knowing all these spelling patterns really helps writers when they are "stumped with spelling!"

The kiddos did GREAT with their first spelling test that had two lists! Props to you all for helping your children be prepared!

LIST ONE

fox	lock	cone	hope	rose
box	dog	pot	poke	rope

LIST TWO

fox	lock	cone	hope	smoke
stove	note	plot	crop	phone

BONUS - predict

WRITING and GRAMMAR 

In grammar we continue to review sentence structure.This week students will learn that you can combine sentences by joining two subjects or two predicates with the word and. Students will also be introduced to the use of quotation marks. 

This week in writing we will take a break from narratives and learn about writing to a prompt. Stay tuned for some fun stories about pumpkins!

Did you hear about our published pieces of writing?

 Your kiddos really enjoyed sharing all of their hard work! 

 NEWS and NOTES

• Remember to keep tracking reading from home with the September "RED" reading log. The logs will be due at the end of the month (September 30th or November 3rd if you child would like to read over the weekend) 
• October 5th - medicine collection for CCLS-U
• October 7th and 8th - CCLS Carnival
• October 14th - end of first quarter
• October 21st - Report cards go home 
• October 25th - 27th Elementary Book Fair
• October 27th - EARLY Dismissal & October 28th NO SCHOOL 
• student led conferences

BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK!