Week of Feb 19th

Happy Tuesday! Here's what's in store for the week... 

CHRISTIAN CHARACTER FORMATION PROJECT

This week we will read from Matthew about Peter's confession of faith. The virtue we will focus on is COURAGE. We define courage as God’s power for you to overcome fear. As we read, we will ask ourselves this “Big Question” - Who do you say Jesus is?

PHONICS and SPELLING 

NO SPELLING THIS WEEK! 

READING SKILLS and STRATEGIES 

Did your second grader tell you about March Book Madness? March Book Madness is an online bracket-style tournament that matches books in one-on-one "games."  The games will be decided by a simple vote on a Google Form from kids all across the globe!  After each round of voting the bracket will be updated and the next round of voting will begin.  We are SO excited to read all 16 books before the first round of voting begins on March 6th. This year's theme is "The Character's Journey."

After we read a book, we rate the book, and discuss WHY we would give it that particular rating. We will also zone in to each of the characters and discuss what makes each of them so captivating. 

WRITING and GRAMMAR 

Wow! Your children worked VERY hard last week on their biography reports about their Famous Americans. Thanks to those of you that really helped make this a team (home and school) project. 

This week we will work on editing and adding finishing touches on the biographies and making the posters. As a reminder, February 22nd at 2:15 is our "Walk of Fame."  During the "Walk of Fame," parents and other students from the school are invited to walk the school's halls while your second graders teach them about their Famous American. Your second grader should plan on dressing up "in character" that day. We will NOT have formal presentations in class.

NEWS and NOTES 

• February 22nd
• Famous American "Walk of Fame" at 2:15
• Six Flags "Read to Succeed" forms due
• Week of February 25th - Coin Collection for CCLS-U
• February 28th - February Reading Logs due
• March 8th - End of 3rd Quarter
• March 18th-22nd - SPRING BREAK 
• March 31st - CCLS Sunday at Concordia 

BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK!