Week of September 6th

What a fun week! 

I think we are all starting to settle into our routines... 

which means there is a lot of learning going on! 

Here's a look back on last week...

What a treat to hear from the famous author, Kate Messner. 

The kids were captivated by her thoughts and really learned a lot about how she gets her ideas. What a great kickoff for our first writing unit! 

 Morning messages are building community...

 Learning how to edit... with RED pens!!

ohhhh, so exciting!

 Brainstorming writing ideas...

Ask your second grader what small moment (or "seed story") they are choosing to write about!

We are all enjoying learning from each other in "share chair".

 Shhhhh. There is a lot of good writing going on!

 Boy, they've been so still and so quiet for so long. Ha!

Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedules to come to curriculum night. 

Please let us know if you have any questions about 2nd grade!

It was a birthday bonanza week! 

Happy birthday, Amelia!

 Happy birthday, Emma Jane and Parker!

 Happy birthday, Justin!

If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen that we had "Flashlight Friday" after our reading test on Friday. It was SO fun!

 Aaaannnd... a little bit of gonoodle!

CHARACTER FORMATION PROJECT
This week the virtue we will examine is diligence. We will discuss diligence as we read about Noah.

READING SKILLS 
We continue to explore story structure in reading. We will focus more on plot this week, and how the characters in our stories deal with problems and solutions. 

SPELLING and PHONICS
This week in spelling we will focus on words with short e, short o, and short u. Be sure to practice the spelling words and other short vowel words at home!

went	tell	pet	job	fog
not	tug	hut	tub	bun

BONUS - favorite and friend

GRAMMAR

Our skills in grammar this week will include a command - a sentence that tells someone to do something and ends with a period, and and an exclamation - a sentence that shows strong feelings and ends with an exclamation point!  We will also review capital letters and proper nouns.

WRITING 
Last week your children practiced their pre-writing skills and brainstormed ideas (small moments) that they wanted to write about. This week we will work on transferring our brainstorming thoughts into a narrative with a beginning, middle and end. 

NEWS and NOTES

• RED reading folders are due today. Next month's log will be in the folders for your child to take home.
• NO SCHOOL September 23rd - teacher professional development
• October 7th and 8th - CCLS Carnival! 
• October 14th - end of first quarter! 

BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK!