Week of March 11th

WOW! It's the 4th Quarter and that is VERY hard to believe! I'm so proud of all the learning and growing that has been done this year! Let's push through one full week until we all get a well deserved Spring Break!

Here's what's in store for the week... 

CHRISTIAN CHARACTER FORMATION PROJECT 

This week we will read about the parable of the talents from Matthew chapter 25... The virtue we will explore through this story is responsibility. We define responsibility as God's power for you to be accountable to Him and others. As we read, we'll ask ourselves this "Big Question" - How can you use the skills God has given to you to serve others and glorify Him?

PHONICS and SPELLING 

Most consonants behave themselves, each making their own ONE sound. This week we will read, sort, and spell words with consonants that break that rule. These are called hard-c and soft-c, and hard-g and soft-g. 

READING SKILLS and STRATEGIES 

This week your second grader will practice fluency, text-based evidence comprehension questions, and written responses that encourage thinking beyond the text. 

Also, I hope you heard about the first round of voting for March Book Madness! We will find out the results on Wednesday, and vote from the elite eight that day! 

WRITING and GRAMMAR 

We will continue to work on persuasive writing this week, with the addition of writing book reviews to persuade others to read books we love. We are always working on grammar while writing, but we'll be focusing on contractions again this week. 

NEWS and NOTES

• March 15th - Report Cards Go Home
• March 18th-22nd - SPRING BREAK 
• March 28th - Literacy Night
• March 29th - READING LOGS DUE 
• March 31st - CCLS Sunday at Concordia
• April 19th - NO SCHOOL - Good Friday 
• April 22nd - NO SCHOOL - Easter Monday
• April 25th - Grandparents' Day 
• April 25th - Elementary Operetta 

BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK!