Happy end of 1st Quarter!! It is hard to believe that we are a fourth of the way through this school year! We have definitely been learning a lot so far! This week in Reading we focused on Response to Literature. We practiced writing a summary of stories and also focused on the characters. Mrs. Bezner then came in for a special read aloud on Thursday afternoon. In Math, we finished Unit 2 on addition and subtraction with our Unit Test. Our theme for this week was Weather, so in writing we wrote about our favorite type of weather and described why we liked it. For Bible, we looked at the story of Jesus' birth and the visit of the shepherds. We learned about the Good News that the angels had to share which was that the Savior of the world had been born.
Some important announcements for this next week:
1. On OCTOBER 27th we will be having our annual K-3rd grade field trip to go sweet potato digging. A permission slip was sent home with every student on Friday. Please sign and return it to me by this Wednesday. If you have any questions please feel free to email me.
2. This Friday OCTOBER 24th is Parent/Teacher Conferences. This will be a no school day for students. A paper was sent home with each student on Friday with the time scheduled for their conference. Please return the signed portion of the paper to me by this Wednesday. If there are any questions or if you would like to reschedule your conference please email me with a few days and times that would work for you.
3. Our Spelling words for this week are: easy, even, keep, team, zero, peace, breeze, these, teeth, leave, please, cheese, yours, upon
4. Our Bible Memory Verse for this week: "Where is the child who has been born to be king of the Jews? When we were in the east, we saw his star. Now we have come to worship him." Matthew 2:2
Saturday, 18 October 2014
Friday, 10 October 2014
Bienvenidos a South America!
We had a great start to October in 2.1! Here is what we learned this week:
In Phonics we worked on Long A words and on making words. In Reading, we learned to look for smaller words that we already know to help us know how to read big words. We were also very excited to start Word Work in our Daily 5 time. The students had lots of fun playing different word games with our Word Wall and Spelling words. In Bible, we learned about the birth of Jesus and how He is the only one that is able to save us from our sins. In Writing, we worked on personal narratives. I am very excited to read what the students have written about their life! For our Math time, we continued to work on Subtraction and Addition and learned some shortcuts to help us do harder problems. For Social Studies, we continued our study of South America. We even had a visitor from Colombia come in to share with us! We have also learned many new Spanish words this week which has been a fun activity for us!
Some announcements for this upcoming week:
1. There is NO SCHOOL on MONDAY, OCTOBER 13th. Enjoy the extra day off! :)
2. Our Spelling Words for next week are: why, fire, wild, Bible, try, bright, mind, life, Friday, skylight, mild, kind, story, could
3. Our Bible Memory Verse for next week: "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy. It is for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:10-11
3. We will be having our Unit 2 Math test on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15th.
In Phonics we worked on Long A words and on making words. In Reading, we learned to look for smaller words that we already know to help us know how to read big words. We were also very excited to start Word Work in our Daily 5 time. The students had lots of fun playing different word games with our Word Wall and Spelling words. In Bible, we learned about the birth of Jesus and how He is the only one that is able to save us from our sins. In Writing, we worked on personal narratives. I am very excited to read what the students have written about their life! For our Math time, we continued to work on Subtraction and Addition and learned some shortcuts to help us do harder problems. For Social Studies, we continued our study of South America. We even had a visitor from Colombia come in to share with us! We have also learned many new Spanish words this week which has been a fun activity for us!
Some announcements for this upcoming week:
1. There is NO SCHOOL on MONDAY, OCTOBER 13th. Enjoy the extra day off! :)
2. Our Spelling Words for next week are: why, fire, wild, Bible, try, bright, mind, life, Friday, skylight, mild, kind, story, could
3. Our Bible Memory Verse for next week: "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy. It is for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:10-11
3. We will be having our Unit 2 Math test on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15th.
Praying everyone has a safe and blessed weekend despite the bad weather!
Saturday, 4 October 2014
South America Week!
Our theme this week was South America! We learned several Spanish phrases and prayed for those in South America who have still not heard about Jesus. We also took a "trip" to Argentina and Brazil and learned some interesting facts about their food, land, and culture. In Writing, we wrote a narrative story and continued to learn about editing and revising. For Reading, we studied different strategies that good readers use to improve their reading. We focused on Using Punctuation while reading and Stretching words that we are not sure how to read. It has been wonderful to get to meet with each students individually and talk about their goals for their reading this year and how we can accomplish them. In Math, we focused on subtraction and also on Frame-and-Arrow problems. For Bible, we worked on learning the books of the Bible and learned about what took place between the Old and New Testament. Next week, we will start learning about the life of Jesus.
Friday we also had a kick off assembly for Walkathon. Some information was sent home with the students in their Friday folders about Walkathon. Please be sure to look at that for all of that information.
Important Information for next week:
1. Spelling Words: grade, played, train, eight, faith, today, neighbor, gave, railway, praise, wave, weigh, enough, children
2. Bible Memory Verse: "She is going to have a son. You must give hime the name Jesus. That is because he will save his people from their sins." Matthew 1:21
Have a great and safe weekend! :)
Thursday, 25 September 2014
Toguchi Beach!!
We had a great short, week in 2.1! We learned about Adjectives and how they make our writing more interesting for the reader. We also started Reading to Someone and learned how to use different reading strategies to help us become better readers. In Math, we learned patterns to help us be able to add bigger numbers. We also started learning the books of the Bible and which go in the Old Testament and which go in the New Testament.
Today, we had a wonderful day at Toguchi Beach!! THANK YOU to all the parents who came out and joined us! The kids really enjoyed playing at the playground and then finding some fun sea creatures in the ocean! We were able to find crabs, sea cucumbers, sea stars, and many other fun animals.
A few updates for next week:
1. This MONDAY is picture day for our class. If you would like to order pictures, please send the order form and money with your child on Monday.
2. For Spelling this week, we will be reviewing the words from the last five lessons. They are:
Lesson 1: ask, best, went, past, stamp, clap, next, ten, sent, band, funny, sister
Lesson 2: must, puppy, under, contest, will, little, print, lost, block, this, spell, ever
Lesson 3: hidden, grass, hill, stuff, hammer, bless, kitten, ribbon, pizza, cliff, two, Monday
Lesson 4: smoke, quick, backpack, hike, clock, lake, strike, backstroke, check, ticket, friend, baseball
Lesson 5: gym, city, circle, gone, age, centre, giant, space, garden, cycle, square, oval
3. Our Bible Memory Verse for this week is:
"Instead, he takes delight in the law of the Lord. He thinks about his law day and night. He is like a tree that is planted near a stream of water. It always bears its fruit at the right time." Psalm 1:2-3
Today, we had a wonderful day at Toguchi Beach!! THANK YOU to all the parents who came out and joined us! The kids really enjoyed playing at the playground and then finding some fun sea creatures in the ocean! We were able to find crabs, sea cucumbers, sea stars, and many other fun animals.
A few updates for next week:
1. This MONDAY is picture day for our class. If you would like to order pictures, please send the order form and money with your child on Monday.
2. For Spelling this week, we will be reviewing the words from the last five lessons. They are:
Lesson 1: ask, best, went, past, stamp, clap, next, ten, sent, band, funny, sister
Lesson 2: must, puppy, under, contest, will, little, print, lost, block, this, spell, ever
Lesson 3: hidden, grass, hill, stuff, hammer, bless, kitten, ribbon, pizza, cliff, two, Monday
Lesson 4: smoke, quick, backpack, hike, clock, lake, strike, backstroke, check, ticket, friend, baseball
Lesson 5: gym, city, circle, gone, age, centre, giant, space, garden, cycle, square, oval
3. Our Bible Memory Verse for this week is:
"Instead, he takes delight in the law of the Lord. He thinks about his law day and night. He is like a tree that is planted near a stream of water. It always bears its fruit at the right time." Psalm 1:2-3
I hope you all have a blessed and restful weekend!
Friday, 19 September 2014
This week in 2nd grade:
In Reading, we continued Read to Self and also added Work on Writing. The students did a wonderful job of reading and writing the whole time. Next week we will be adding Read to Someone as one of our choices! In Math we reviewed addition and looked for patterns that will help us add bigger numbers. In Writing, we went through the writing process and learned how to revise, edit, and peer reflect on our writing. Today we turned in our first final draft of writing and I can't wait to read them! In Bible, we learned that even when we make mistakes and sin, God will forgive us if we ask Him too. We studied how Israel turned away from God, but God continued to love them.
Some reminders for next week:
- There is NO SCHOOL on MONDAY for students. Have a wonderful long weekend!
- Next FRIDAY is our FIELD TRIP to Taguchi Beach! More information was sent home today in the Friday Folders. All students need to bring a lunch from home and if they want to go into the water they must have water shoes. We are excited to have this day to spend together and have fun exploring the wonderful world that God has created! I look forward to seeing many of you there! If you have any questions please send me an email.
- PICTURE DAY is Monday, September 29th. Order forms were sent home today in the Friday Folders. If you would like to order, please send the completed form and money with your student on the 29th.
- Our Spelling words for next week:
gym, city, circle, gone, age, center, giant, space, garden, cycle, square, oval
- For the next few weeks our Bible Memory Verses will come from Psalm 1 which our theme verse for this year. This week we will be focusing on verse 1:
"Blessed is the one who obeys the law of the Lord. He doesn't follow the advice of evil people. He doesn't make a habit of doing what sinners do. He doesn't join those who make fun of the Lord and his law." Psalm 1:1
In Reading, we continued Read to Self and also added Work on Writing. The students did a wonderful job of reading and writing the whole time. Next week we will be adding Read to Someone as one of our choices! In Math we reviewed addition and looked for patterns that will help us add bigger numbers. In Writing, we went through the writing process and learned how to revise, edit, and peer reflect on our writing. Today we turned in our first final draft of writing and I can't wait to read them! In Bible, we learned that even when we make mistakes and sin, God will forgive us if we ask Him too. We studied how Israel turned away from God, but God continued to love them.
Some reminders for next week:
- There is NO SCHOOL on MONDAY for students. Have a wonderful long weekend!
- Next FRIDAY is our FIELD TRIP to Taguchi Beach! More information was sent home today in the Friday Folders. All students need to bring a lunch from home and if they want to go into the water they must have water shoes. We are excited to have this day to spend together and have fun exploring the wonderful world that God has created! I look forward to seeing many of you there! If you have any questions please send me an email.
- PICTURE DAY is Monday, September 29th. Order forms were sent home today in the Friday Folders. If you would like to order, please send the completed form and money with your student on the 29th.
- Our Spelling words for next week:
gym, city, circle, gone, age, center, giant, space, garden, cycle, square, oval
- For the next few weeks our Bible Memory Verses will come from Psalm 1 which our theme verse for this year. This week we will be focusing on verse 1:
"Blessed is the one who obeys the law of the Lord. He doesn't follow the advice of evil people. He doesn't make a habit of doing what sinners do. He doesn't join those who make fun of the Lord and his law." Psalm 1:1
Friday, 12 September 2014
It was an exciting week in 2nd grade with many new things happening! In Reading we were able to reach our goal of 20 minutes of independent reading for three days in a row!! We are excited to add another aspect of reading next week for the first time. In Writing we learned how to write a good beginning and ending to our stories and also about the writing process. We reviewed the parts of a sentence and had lots of fun creating funny sentences.
In Bible we learned about King Saul and King David. Through our memory verse, we learned that what God wants most of all from us is obedience to the commands that He has given us. This week we also had our very first Math test! Next week we will be starting Unit 2.
The Spelling words for next week are:
smoke, quick, backpack, hike, clock, lake, strike, backstroke, check, ticket, friend, baseball
Our Bible Memory Verse for next week is:
"Lord, you are good. You are forgiving. You are full of love for all who call out to you." Psalm 86:5
In Bible we learned about King Saul and King David. Through our memory verse, we learned that what God wants most of all from us is obedience to the commands that He has given us. This week we also had our very first Math test! Next week we will be starting Unit 2.
The Spelling words for next week are:
smoke, quick, backpack, hike, clock, lake, strike, backstroke, check, ticket, friend, baseball
Our Bible Memory Verse for next week is:
"Lord, you are good. You are forgiving. You are full of love for all who call out to you." Psalm 86:5
Have a wonderful weekend!
Sunday, 7 September 2014
It was another great week in the 2nd Grade! This week we continued to work on building our independent reading stamina and made it to 19 MINUTES! We are very proud of this accomplish and the steady progress we have been making every day. In Bible we learned about how God is always with us and will help us if we ask Him so we do not need to be afraid of anything. We also continued our Math review of number patterns, coins, and addition. In Writing, we are learning about the different parts of a story. This week we planned our character, setting, problem, and solution and next week we will work on putting it all together to make a story.
We also had our first Friday Store today. The students have been collecting their money everyday and had the opportunity to spend it today for some fun classroom coupons.
Next week we will have our normal Spelling and Bible tests, but we will also have our first Math test over Unit 1. I will send home a review sheet as homework during the week and then we will have our test on Friday, September 12th.
Our Spelling words for this week are:
hidden, grass, hill, stuff, hammer, bless, kitten, ribbon, pizza, cliff, two, Monday
Our Bible Memory Test for this week is:
"What pleases the LORD more? Burnt offerings and sacrifices, or obeying him? It is better to obey than to offer a sacrifice." 1 Samuel 15:22
Thank you to all who turned in their Taguchi Beach permission slips! We are very excited for our field trip in a few weeks and to have many of you join us for that fun day! Also, thank you for turning in your Scholastic Book Orders. The order will be placed soon and I will notify you when the books come in.
We also had our first Friday Store today. The students have been collecting their money everyday and had the opportunity to spend it today for some fun classroom coupons.
Next week we will have our normal Spelling and Bible tests, but we will also have our first Math test over Unit 1. I will send home a review sheet as homework during the week and then we will have our test on Friday, September 12th.
Our Spelling words for this week are:
hidden, grass, hill, stuff, hammer, bless, kitten, ribbon, pizza, cliff, two, Monday
Our Bible Memory Test for this week is:
"What pleases the LORD more? Burnt offerings and sacrifices, or obeying him? It is better to obey than to offer a sacrifice." 1 Samuel 15:22
Thank you to all who turned in their Taguchi Beach permission slips! We are very excited for our field trip in a few weeks and to have many of you join us for that fun day! Also, thank you for turning in your Scholastic Book Orders. The order will be placed soon and I will notify you when the books come in.
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