Week of May 1st and Grandparent's Day

It's Achievement Test Week!

The children are ready and prepared, and don't worry... there is no way to study at home. However, you can always help by encouraging your child to do their best during testing, providing a healthy breakfast, and getting your child to school on time.

We will have two sections of tests every morning except on Friday, when there will only be one. After testing we will prepare for our author celebration that is quickly approaching. Enjoy the week off of homework! Maybe do some extra reading with your child this week!

APRIL READING LOGS are due this week.

I forgot to mention this in my blog last week, so any day this week would be great.  The May log will obviously be the last one for the year, but I STRONGLY encourage you to support your second grader by keeping them reading all summer! Summer is a wonderful time for children to read what they most enjoy, to learn new things, and to have fun with reading! Summer reading is also an important way to prevent kids from losing too much ground — research shows that summer reading can make a significant difference in a student's overall academic achievement, particularly when beginning a new school year. Continue to make reading a priority!

NEWS and NOTES 

• May 1st - 5th - Standardized Test week! 
• Friday, May 5th - Field Trip to the St. Louis Storytelling Festival
• May 8th-11th Middle School Book Fair!
• Wednesday, May 10th - our class chapel service AND "Author Celebration!"
• Be on the look out for an invitation coming home this week!
• May 15th - Field Trip to Botanical Gardens
• May 19th - Field Day
• May 26th - Last Day of School - Closing worship @ Webster

BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK!

Wow! What a day!

Enjoy the pictures and special memories!

Thanks to all of you for partnering with us in your child's education! 

Love, Mrs. Leet and Mrs. Klug

Week of April 24th

Ready for another week?

Lots going on in these last few weeks until SUMMER!!

Please ask if you have any questions about Grandparent's (or Special Friend's) Day.
Also, please let us know if your child will NOT have a special friend so we can work something out.

Here's what's going on this week...

CHRISTIAN CHARACTER FORAMTION PROJECT
The Great Commission - Jesus commands us to go and make disciples... This week we will read from Matthew 28:16-20 and talk about Responsibility. We define responsibility as God's power for you to be accountable to God and others. Imagine standing on top of that mountain with the other disciples. You were with Jesus the last three years and saw him heal people, restore sight to blind people, and forgive people. You saw him die and be put into an empty tomb. Now he stands before you and gives you a command to make disciples of all the people in the world. As you discuss this with your second grader this week, ask yourselves this big question, "How can you share Jesus with everyone you meet?"

READING SKILLS and STRATEGIES
I am so excited about the genre study that we will begin this week... The kiddos have nonfiction and fiction nailed…so now I want to take them a little deeper. So, as we read and analyze story structure this week, we will be looking further into various genres. 

PHONICS and SPELLING

This week we will sort and spell words with _dge, -ge, -lge, -nge, and -rge spelling patterns. As your child studies the words of the week, notice which words rhyme - and have the same ending vowel and consonant sounds.

**Please note**

**The spelling test will still be on Thursday before Grandparents/Special Friend's Day festivities begin**

LIST ONE

cage	page	judge	lodge	large
barge	bulge	change	range	hinge

LIST TWO

fudge	wage	judge	lodge	aged
barge	bulge	smudge	range	hinge

BONUS – grandparent

GRAMMAR and WRITING

Your children were thrilled to begin writing their autobiographies!! We're hoping to get through our rough drafts and maybe even get them revised, edited, and published before our Special Friend's arrive on Thursday.

In grammar our focus will be on adjectives, so we will be sure to add many adjectives in our autobiographies as we revise them!

NEWS and NOTES 

• April 27th - Elementary Grandparent's Day and Elementary Operetta
• May 1st - 5th - Standardized Test week! 
• Friday, May 5th - Field Trip to the St. Louis Storytelling Festival
• Wednesday, May 10th - our class chapel service AND "Author Celebration!" SAVE THE DATE!

BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK!

Week of April 18th

HE IS RISEN!

HE IS RISEN INDEED!

ALLELUIA! 

Happy Easter! I hope you all enjoyed a happy and healthy Easter break. 

My family and I had a wonderful time celebrating the paramount and factual event that brings life - Jesus is Risen! It's REAL news! 

Only six weeks left until summer vacation. I know they are going to go FAST.
We will continue to work hard. Here's what's in store for this short week. 

CHRISTIAN CHARACTER FORMATION PROJECT 

This week we will read the heart of God’s eternal story of justice for us, His children. Before break, we saw Jesus dead after being unjustly executed. Jesus, however, went willingly to His death as the only perfect sacrifice for our sins. In Matthew 28, we see Jesus risen again, the triumphant Savior. Our virtue focus this week will be Justice. We remember Justice as God's power for you to do the right thing. By witnessing Jesus’ own sacrifice and His willingness to do the right thing, each of us can be reminded to stand for justice.

READING SKILLS and STRATEGIES 

We'll be reading more nonfiction this week as we focus on sorting our ideas to help organize our thoughts and summarize our reading. This will fit perfectly with some reading and studying about Earth Day!

PHONICS and SPELLING 

This week we will spell words with hard and soft consonants. Please note that the lists are very different this week. Be sure your child knows list one before he/she moves to list two.
LIST ONE

cent	gym	germ	camp	cave
face	girl	wagon	gift	gem

LIST TWO

cent	gym	germ	calf	content
pencil	graze	guide	gentle	garage

BONUS – resurrection 

GRAMMAR and WRITING 

In writing we will begin working on autobiographies. This week we will focus on brainstorming the important parts to this piece, and begin "sloppy copies." The grammar focus will be on contractions, so we'll be sure to include those in our autobiographies. 

NEWS and NOTES 

• April 27th - Elementary Grandparent's Day and Elementary Operetta
• May 1st - 5th - Standardized Test week! 
• May 10th - our class chapel service AND "Author Celebration!"

Looking back on last week, 

we all LOVED studying about Mo Willems and even trying to write like him...

And reading so many of his books! 

And another birthday... Happy 8th to Kaylee!

Hope it was great!

BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK!