Week of October 10th

Last week was SO fun! 

I think we all enjoyed taking the week off from normal routines and delving into our author study of Kevin Henkes. As we read his books, your second graders really worked hard on developing "good reading habits." Each day we discussed different strategies for reading. Ask you second grader about ways they can help themselves understand - or comprehend - the books better as they read!

 We also tried illustrating just like Mr. Henkes...

 After all the connections, predictions, character study, and visualization, they voted.

Each child chose their favorite character and their favorite story...

 We are also LOVING the Christian Character Development Program. It really sparks great discussions and conversations about our identity. I hope you all are able to have conversations at home as well! 

And now... goals and objectives for this week...

CHRISTIAN CHARACTER FORMATION

Think of a time you were mistreated. What happened? How did you feel? Matthew 6:14-­15 says, “For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.” This week we will review the virtue of integrity as we continue to study Joseph. Integrity is God’s power for you to be true to Him and yourself. Joseph had been treated wrongfully by his brothers, but he was not bitter. Instead, he recognized that God was ultimately in command of his life. God created good from the evil done to Joseph, and Joseph forgave. As you discuss this with your child, ask yourselves... How can you forgive with a forgiveness that lasts?

READING SKILLS

When readers draw conclusions, they use what they already know and clues from the author to understand the story in a new way. This week your children will work on deepening their comprehension through drawing conclusions.  Learning to draw conclusions and inferences is a skill that develops over time with experiences that require children to put together various pieces of information.

SPELLING and PHONICS

This week students will identify words with short u and long u spelling patterns. Here are the two lists for the week. If your child would like to test on list two, be sure they know list one. Many "list one" words appear on the dictation portion of the test.

LIST ONE

duck	dude	rule	bump	cube
fume	rude	sun	cup	bud

LIST TWO

duck	dude	rule	bump	cube
fume	rude	thud	crunch	trunk

BONUS - Chrysanthemum 

WRITING and GRAMMAR

I sure hope you all received a special message from your child's pumpkin on Seesaw last week. Your young authors have been busy! This week they will work on identifying nouns during grammar. In writing, we will begin writing a new genre, "how-to" procedural writing. We will begin by brainstorming what we can teach to others, and then dig further into a detailed paper which describes how to do something.

NEWS and NOTES

• October reading logs will be due at the end of the month (October 31st)
• The goal is to read at least 60 minutes per week.
• 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!