This week has been filled with communities as we have been wrapping up our social studies unit on the similarities and differences between urban, suburban, and rural communities. The 2nd graders had a blast creating their own community in a box. They had to decide whether their community would be urban, suburban, or rural. Then they had to think about where people in their community would work, play, and live. They even got to name their communities (Texas Farm, Soaring Dolphins, and Awesome Town, just to name a few.) It was so fun to watch them work together to create their own towns and debating whether something such as a donut shop or a lego store would be more beneficial to their communities.

We also began guided reading this week. I'm excited to work with the students in small groups as we grow and develop our reading skills!

Practicing our inference skills

Sorting shapes based on color, size, and shape

Looking ahead to next week:
Spelling: chunk ake/er
Memory: John 3:16
Phonics: consonant cluster with r
Grammar: adjectives
Reading: Author's Purpose
Math: Lessons 25-29, a math test will be on Monday! Their fact test will include adding 9
Science: Please make sure your child brings back their new science book covered with a paper bag! We will be starting Chapter 9: Matter on Monday!

Please remember to help your child practice their memory verse. I will test them on either Thursday or Friday.

I will be placing the book orders for Scholastic on Tuesday, September 30th, so please get those ordered. The link is on the blog.

Picture Retakes will be Oct. 1st

We will be going on a field trip to the St. Louis art museum on Oct. 15. Field trip forms and permission slips were sent home in your child's Friday folder. Please sign and return as soon as possible!

Bobcat Shuffle 5k race will be on Saturday, Oct. 4th. I will be running it so come on by to watch the spectacle:)

Our classroom wishlist:
     -a quality mechanical pencil sharpener (we have a hand crank sharpener that the kids and myself struggle with on a daily basis)
     -plastic bags of all sizes (snack, sandwich, gallon)
     -manilla file folders

We were only in school for 3 1/2 days this week, but we still learned a lot! We learned about summarizing stories by listening to the story "Duck for President" and creating a sticky note summary book. We also learned about subjects and predicates, began social studies, and even became artists as we began to recreate Vincent van Gogh's painting,"Sunflowers." It was a great week!

Listening to "Smelly Socks" during center time

Practicing our spelling words during centers

Working on our van Gogh Sunflower paintings

Sticky Note Summaries

Looking ahead to next week:
Memory: 3rd article of the Apostle's Creed
Spelling: Chunk old/ame
Grammar: Long and Short U
Phonics: Compound Words
Math: Lesson 20-24, Math Test on Monday
Reading: We will learn the differences between inferences and predictions, and we will be starting Guided Reading during centers
Social Studies: Chapter 2 Urban, Suburban, and Rural communities. We will be working on a project towards the end of the week to demonstrate our learning!

Please remember to mark your child's church or sunday school attendance in their Friday folders, as well as their behavioral log.

The Bobcat Shuffle 5k race will be held October 4th. Sign up to help raise money for our school!

Trunk or Treat will be on October 10th.

Fall Future Cougar Week – September 22-29, 2014

• During this week, all “Future Cougars” of all ages and their parents will receive free admission to all athletic contests where special activities will take place in their honor.
  
            -Tuesday, September 23rd
                     -Volleyball: 4:15 pm, 5:15 pm, and 6:15 pm
                     -Softball: 6:30 pm
            -Friday, September 26th
                     -Football: 7:00 pm
            -Monday, September 29th 
                     -Soccer: 5:00 pm and 6:30 pm
  

Have a wonderful weekend!

Week 4!

We learned a lot in our fourth week of school! We learned about the main idea and details of a story by looking through bags of goodies. The goodies inside were the details and the kids had to figure out what they all had in common to find the main idea. We also learned about action verbs by creating a verb action hero and having a verb relay race. We learned about magnets in science and practiced centers. To gain more practice with verbs, and to work on our writing skills, we did an Angry Verbs writing project. It was a great week!

Presenting Action Verb Heroes

Determining the Main Idea

Verb Relay Race

Centers! Learning about different types of sentences

Is cereal magnetic?

Main Idea Matching Game

Looking ahead to next week:
Memory: 2nd article of Apostle's Creed part 2- He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God, the Father almighty. From thence he will come to judge the living and the dead.
Spelling: chunk ate/ish
Grammar: Sentence Structure
Phonics: Long and Short I
Math: Lessons 17-19
Social Studies: Chapter 1 Communities

Scholastic book orders can be made online. There's a side link on the blog to place your order! Orders will be due by September 30th.

We will be singing at church this Sunday at the 8am service. Please have your child meet in the church basement at 7:45am.

Next week is a short week! We will get out of school at 12pm on Thursday, and there is no school Friday.

The Bobcat Shuffle 5k is coming up on October 4th. You can sign up to run the race if you'd like, or you can also donate, all to help raise money for our school.

3rd Week of 2nd Grade!

This week, we got to be scientists as we completed our Motion Mission Experiments. We also went on a noun scavenger hunt, and practiced for our reading centers. We had a lot of fun!

For next week:
Spelling: ick
Memory: And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
Grammar: Action Verbs
Phonics: Long and Short O
Science: Chapter 12 Forces and Magnets. We will have a TEST on Friday!
Math: Lessons 12-16. Test on Thursday!

In your child's Friday folder is a scholastic book order form. You can order books using the scholastic link on my blog. Orders will be due September 30!

Remember to sign your child's behavior/work habit sheet for the week, as well as your church attendance this weekend and return to school on Monday.

Dedication Weekend for the new building is this weekend! Come for a chance to worship, explore the buildings, and eat some cupcakes:) Services are at 5 on Saturday and 8 and 10:30 on Sunday, and will be held in the gym.

There will be a PTL meeting on Monday September 8 at 6 pm in the school library.

Our chapel offering mission for this school year is the Christian Resource Center in India. This is a center that helps to spread the Good News of Jesus in a country that is 97% non christian. Pastor Sam Thompson works at Christian Resource Center and is currently studying at Concordia Seminary. He told us in chapel how his GOOD NEWS CLASS brought a young sick girl to know Jesus love, she became a Christian. The girl was diagnosed with a heart problem and was not expected to live. Many years later Pastor Sam Thompson was surprised when he met the girl. She told him how Jesus healed her and her whole family had been baptized. God is at work in India through people at the Christian Resources Center.
Our offering will go to support the work at the Christian Resource Center as they share Jesus.