Week of December 3rd

Last week was a great week. It was so refreshing to dive back into our routines. 

Hopefully you heard, or maybe even saw, our class book arrived!! These second graders were thrilled to have their OWN PUBLISHED book! Wow! What an accomplishment!

CHEERS to trying egg nog! 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... What a wonderful time of year!
Come check out our hallway and what we learned and created last week...

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

CHRISTIAN CHARACTER FORMATION PROJECT

Advent is a time of anticipation and preparation, a time of celebration of Jesus’ coming.

Just like a mom and dad have to prepare for a baby that’s on the way, or a host has to prepare to throw a party, we ask God to prepare our hearts for the birth of His son, Jesus. 

PHONICS and SPELLING 

The spelling rule this week is three consonant blends. (For example: scr, str, spr, squ). 

READING SKILLS and STRATEGIES

We can teach inferring for a variety of purposes. Children can infer how a character feels, about why a character behaves a certain way, or even the theme of a book. This week we'll continue to practice this higher level reading skill of making inferences. 

We've also been practicing fluency with various readers theaters AND the green screen... 

GRAMMAR and WRITING 

In grammar we continue our focus on verbs. This week we will zone into changing a verb based on its tense (past, present, or future). Your children are doing their best using all the phonics, spelling, and grammar rules they know to apply this skill in their writing!

In writing, the kids will keep working on their nonfiction pieces. Have you asked your child about what topics they have chosen to write about yet?

This week's NEWS and NOTES

• December 3rd (TODAY) - Afternoon field trip to Laclede Groves
• December 6th (12:30 - 1:00) - Santa's Workshop 
• Week of December 17th - 2nd Change Challenge Collection 
• December 17th - CCLS Advent Service 6:30
• December Reading Logs Due December 21st 
• December 21st - End of 1st quarter - Christmas Breaks begins

BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK!