Friday, April 8, 2016

April 4-8

Acting out comics that we read. After we acted them out, we wrote out the comics and added quotation marks to them. 

We did an inferencing activity with comics, then wrote out the dialogue using quotation marks.


We took turns measuring each other's height using feet and inches. 


Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Memory: Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.    Matthew 24:35
Spelling: ea/ai:
least, appear, really, cereal, repeat, detail, waist, praise, afraid, again
Grammar: As we go through our three (ish) week long poetry unit, we will be studying various skills such as repetition, imagery, line break, simile, metaphor, rhythm, personification, and alliteration. 
Phonics: Review adding the -er suffix to words and how that changes the spelling of the word
Reading: Poetry Introduction
Math: Lessons 101-103, we will not have a test next week
Science: We will have a quiz over electricity on Tuesday. A review sheet was sent home in today's Friday folder. 
Writing: Acrostic Poems

Important News and Information:
-Monday 4/11 is Cardinal's Day at Zion- Kids are welcome to wear jeans and a cardinals shirt to school!
-Wednesday 4/13 is our final inservice day of the year. We will dismiss at noon.
-Friday 4/15 is Zion Spirit Day. Kids are welcome to wear a Zion spirit shirt with regular dress bottoms. 
-Book Orders are due on Friday 4/15
-The Musical will take place on Friday, April 22. 2nd grade will wear khaki bottoms and a solid blue shirt. Please arrive in the church basement at 6:45pm. The musical will begin at 7pm. 
- No School on Friday, April 22 for a Spring Break day.
-Classroom Wishlist: We are now in desperate need of kleenexes (we are down to only one box!). We also need brown paper grocery bags for an upcoming art project, so if you have any at home that you aren't using, we would love to have them!