Week of December 11th

Happy Monday! One more full week of school before Christmas break. The children are getting anxious, but it will be nice to have one more "normal" week of learning before our shortened week. Here's a look back on last week. 

Did you hear about our "Hour of Code?" 

If not, ask your second grader about how they dabbled with coding last week!
Wow! Many of them know way more than I do! 

CHRISTIAN CHARACTER FORMATION

This week we'll continue to read about the story of Jesus' birth. As we read, we'll discuss how we think the different characters were feeling and carry on the topic of "making inferences" as we read different perspectives of the Christmas story from The Bible. Your second graders sure have enjoyed using bibles, finding passages, and discussing their knowledge! 

PHONICS and SPELLING 

One more week of spelling before break! The students will read, sort, and spell words with the "bossy R" this week. These r-controlled words have the "ar" and "or" spelling patterns. 

READING SKILLS and STRATEGIES 

Inferring is kind of like the big umbrella and predicting fits neatly under it. But what’s the difference between them? We'll be investigating the two this week... Predicting is when you use your schema + clues the author gives you to make an “educated” guess. A prediction can usually be confirmed or denied through further reading. Making inferences also requires your schema + clues the author gives you to make a guess, but inferences are not clearly confirmed or denied through reading. Wow! We'll be working hard! 

GRAMMAR and WRITING

Our targeted grammar skill will challenge second graders to identify linking verbs and helping verbs this week.

In their own writing, Students have been publishing and practicing some "free writing" as they finish. Stay tuned for a nonfiction publishing party!

This week's NEWS and NOTES

• Week of December 17th - 2nd Change Challenge Collection 
• Last month we collected about $110.00 dollars! What a great start to our $250 goal! 
• December 17th - CCLS Advent Service 6:30pm  
• December Reading Logs Due December 21st
• December 21st - Class Christmas Party!   
• December 21st - End of 2nd Quarter - Christmas breaks begins

BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK!