Week of April 29th

Last week sure was an exciting week...

 Only FOUR more weeks left until summer! 

Here's what's in store this week...

CHRISTIAN CHARACTER FORMATION PROJECT 

This week’s Christian Character story comes from the books of Luke and Acts, where we will learn more about Jesus Ascension. The virtue we'll study is courage. We define COURAGE as God’s power for you to overcome fear. The “Big Question" this week is - How does Christ's position in Heaven give you courage to go boldly before God as we wait for His answers? 

PHONICS and SPELLING  

This week we will read, sort and spell words with the ire, ier, and ure spelling sounds and patterns.

READING SKILLS and STRATEGIES 

As the year comes to an end, I will begin "benchmark testing" again. This “test” provides teachers with a reliable resource to accurately identify each child’s instructional and independent reading levels and document their progress through one-on-one assessments. Having an end of the year benchmark will provide third grade teachers with a great knowledge of where to begin instruction next year. Each second grader has made tremendous progress this year. Be proud! 

GRAMMAR and WRITING

We will be sending an invitation for our Author Celebration this week. Please RSVP as soon as possible. We would like for each child to have someone special join us for this extraordinary event. It will be after chapel, in classrooms B&C on the church side of campus. Your children are excited to share all their written work with you! We have a variety of genres to reveal; they've worked really hard this year!

NEWS and NOTES

• April 30th (TOMORROW) - April READING LOGS DUE 
• May 6th - 9th - Scholastic Book Fair at the Middle School
• May 8th - Our Class Chapel and Writing Celebration 
• May 17th - Field Day
• May 20th - Field Trip to Botanical Gardens 
• May 24th - Last Day of School 

BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK!