Friday 23 February 2018

Friday News 2/19-2/23

Here's a look at our week:

Reading/Writing: This week we learned the difference between a fact and an opinion. We also continued working on our letters. We learned how to write longer letters by planning what we will write across different pages.


Math: We continued learning about coins. We practiced counting coins and making change.

Bible: This week we started learning about parables, which are stories that teach us a lesson. We learned the parable of the four soils and of the wheat and weeds. We learned that people have different responses to hearing about Jesus, but our job is tell everyone about what Jesus has done.


Kid City: We learned about the hospital and the jobs of a doctor and nurse. We looked at some tools that a doctor uses and role-played going to the doctor to get medicine.

Important Information:

1. Spelling Words: raft, calf, built, golden, gulf, left, held, shelf, folktale, milk, building, drift, halfway, felt, once, Thursday

2. Memory Verse: Forgive one another, just as God forgave you because of what Christ has done. Ephesians 4:32

3. Our Elementary Week of Reading is NEXT WEEK!! Each day we will have a different activity to celebrate Reading!

Monday: Bring a stuffed animal
Tuesday: Character Parade - dress up like your favorite character! Be sure to bring the book to school with you too!
Wednesday: Wear a Hat or Sunglasses
Thursday: Wear a shirt with words on it
Friday: Pajama Day

Upcoming Dates:
2/26-3/2 - Week of Reading
2/28 - Progress Reports sent home
3/1 - Family Reading Night at 5 pm in the Cafeteria
3/21 - Student-Led Conferences
3/23 - 2nd Grade Field Trip to the Aquarium
3/30 - End of 3rd Quarter
3/31-4/8 - Spring Break

Have a great weekend! :)

Thursday 15 February 2018

Friday News 2/16

This week was our Service Week! We got to be a part of the Kid's Club held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoon. We enjoyed learning about Jesus, playing games, making crafts, and singing songs!




Reading: This week we learned how to ask questions while reading. We read some funny books and asked questions with a partner and on our own.


Writing: This week we made goals on how we want to improve our letters.

Math: We have been focusing on money this week. We learned how to count pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.

Bible: We finished our unit on Jesus's miracles. We learned about Jesus healing a blind man and bringing Lazarus back to life. On Friday we made puzzles showing what we learned about Jesus's power.





Kid City: This week we also starting learning about places in our community. We learned about a bank and how to deposit and withdraw money.


Important Information:

1. Spelling Words: spend, front, thumb, sending, triangle, climb, hung, strong, along, thank, trunk, bring, donkey, think, February, himself

2. Bible Verse: I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even if they die. John 11:25

3. There is no school on Monday.

4. Our Elementary Week of Reading will be from 2/26-3/2. Each day we will have a different activity to celebrate Reading!

Monday: Bring a stuffed animal
Tuesday: Character Parade - dress up like your favorite character! Be sure to bring the book to school with you too!
Wednesday: Wear a Hat or Sunglasses
Thursday: Wear a shirt with words on it
Friday: Pajama Day

Upcoming Dates:
2/19 - President's Day - No School
2/21 - Photo Retakes
2/26-3/2 - Week of Reading
2/28 - Progress Reports sent home
3/21 - Student-Led Conferences

Have a wonderful long weekend! :)

Thursday 8 February 2018

Friday News 2/9

Here's a look at our week:

Reading: We finished learning about Cause and Effect. We read several books and identified the cause and effect in each one.

Writing: We learned how to retell part of the story in our letters so that our reader knows what the book is about. On Friday we shared some of our letters with the class!















Math: We finished our unit on three-digit subtraction and took our chapter test. On Friday we started learning about money. We learned the characteristics of a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter.


Bible: This week we learned about Jesus raising Jairus's daughter from the dead, how he healed a man who was paralyzed for 38 years, and how he fed 5000 people with only 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. We learned that Jesus has power over death, long sicknesses, and that he can take a little and multiply it to be a lot more.

Important Information:

1. Spelling Words: slide, sprint, smile, swish, scream, squeal, splash, skate, start, snow, score, sport, scene, school, January, from

2. Memory Verse: A new teaching! And with so much authority! He even gives orders to evil spirits, and they obey him. Mark 1:27

3. Next week is Service Week for the Middle and High School students. Because of this our schedule will be a little different. We will have no specials classes next week. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoon we will be participating in a Kid's Club put on by the Middle and High School students.

4. Next Wednesday is Valentine's Day! We will be having a little celebration in our classroom that morning. If your child would like to bring Valentines that would be great, but it is not required. We do ask that if they decided to bring some, they bring enough for every one in the class. We now have 20 students in our class - 10 boys and 10 girls.

5. Our Elementary Week of Reading will be from 2/26-3/2. Each day we will have a different activity to celebrate Reading!

Monday: Bring a stuffed animal
Tuesday: Character Parade - dress up like your favorite character! Be sure to bring the book to school with you too!
Wednesday: Wear a Hat or Sunglasses
Thursday: Wear a shirt with words on it
Friday: Pajama Day

Upcoming Dates:
2/12-2/16 - Service Week
2/19 - President's Day - No School
2/21 - Photo Retakes
2/26-3/2 - Week of Reading
2/28 - Progress Reports sent home
3/21 - Student-Led Conferences

Have a great weekend! :)

Thursday 1 February 2018

Friday News 1/29-2/1

Here's a look at our week:

Reading: This week we learned about Cause and Effect. We played a cause and effect matching game with a partner and also identified cause and effect in some stories.



Writing: We began our Opinion Writing this week. We are writing letters about our favorite characters and parts of books to recommend them to others.

Math: This week we continued to practice our three-digit subtraction. Next week we will take our chapter test.

Bible: This week we learned about three more miracles of Jesus. We learned that Jesus has power over evil spirits, long-term diseases, and the wind and waves.

Phonics: Our phonics focus this week was contractions! We learned how to put two words together to form a contraction. Then we performed contraction surgery!















Important Information:

1. Spelling Words: close, brave, through, place, crash, clothes, threw, glad, flash, ground, traffic, prize, strange, drive, seen, become

2. Memory Verse: I am like a gate. Anyone who enters through me will be saved. John 10:9

3. Report Cards were sent home today. Please sign the line that says 2nd Quarter and return the empty envelope to school.

4. Our Elementary Week of Reading will be from 2/26-3/2. Each day we will have a different activity to celebrate Reading!

Monday: Bring a stuffed animal
Tuesday: Character Parade - dress up like your favorite character! Be sure to bring the book to school with you too!
Wednesday: Wear a Hat or Sunglasses
Thursday: Wear a Shirt with words on it
Friday: Pajama Day

Upcoming Dates:
2/12-2/16: Service Week
2/19: President's Day - No School
2/21: Photo Retakes
2/26-3/2: Week of Reading
2/28: Progress Reports sent home
3/21: Student-Led Conferences

Have a wonderful weekend! :)