Week of November 13th

Happy (belated) Veteran's Day to all who have served, or are currently serving our county. 

The kiddos really enjoyed leaning about Veteran's Day last week. 

Stay tuned on Seesaw for pictures of "Our Veteran's Wall."

Did you watch the Veteran's Day Reader's Theater? 

Sorry about my amateur videography, ha! 

 They practiced hard! 

On another note, we your child is an official author! 

Our class book was sent to Student Treasures Publishing Company! If you ordered one, it should arrive just before Christmas break. What a wonderful Christmas present! 

Here is a silly picture of our writers! 

CHRISTIAN CHARACTER FORMATION PROJECT 

We will read about Ruth this week as we study the virtue of Self-Sacrifice. We define Self-Sacrifice as God's power for you to give something up to help others. Ruth willingly gave up her family, the comforts of her own culture, and her native land because she loved Naomi, her mother-in-law. She gave of herself expecting nothing in return. The "Big Question" this week is, "How does God's power help you live a life of self-sacrifice, despite the hard times you're facing?"

PHONICS and SPELLING

There are a lot of ways to spell "long i!" This week, students will read, sort and spell words with all of the "long i" spelling patterns. We will also practice putting the words in alphabetical order this week. 

READING SKILLS and STRATEGIES 

Your second graders are going to have an exciting week of exploring the similarities and differences between themselves and a Pilgrim boy or Pilgrim girl their age! We'll read "a day in the life of..." and work on comparing and contrasting! 

WRITING 

This week we are launching a new writing genre in writer's workshop - nonfiction! Your second graders will begin by learning from other nonfiction authors and expand their ideas to teach readers lots of information.

NEWS and NOTES 

• Operation Christmas Child collection is on Wednesday, November 15th
• First "Change Challenge" collection - November 20th
• November 22nd Thanksgiving break begins 
• November 30th - November Reading Logs Due
• December 18th - CCLS Advent Service 6:00pm

BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK!