Friday, May 13, 2016

Memory: This will be our last memory test of the year... For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.    
Romans 3:23
Spelling: High Frequency Words for Quarters 3 and 4. Once again, we will not have a graded test over these words. However, we will have a pretest on Monday, practice the words throughout the week, then have a post (ungraded) test on Friday to see how much they improved. 


2nd grade HFW list #3 and #4
50 words
1. set                      11. such                21. land                 31. change              41. letters
2. put                      12. because          22. different          32. off                    42. mother
3. end                     13. turn                23. home               33. play                  43. answer
4. does                    14. here               24. us                    34. spell                  44. found
5. another               15. why               25. move               35. air                     45. study
6. well                    16. asked             26. try                   36. away                 46. still
7. large                   17. went              27. kind                 37. animals             47. learn
8. must                    18. men              28. hand                38. house                48. should
9. big                       19. read              29. point               39. America            49. picture
10. even                  20. need              30. again               40. page                  50. world 



Grammar: commonly confused homophones
Reading: non-fiction text features review 
Math: We will be learning about area and perimeter, and having some fun math activities that go along with it
Social Studies: The kids will be doing some research on a potential vacation destination this summer.
Science/Writing: Animal Reports

Important News and Information:
-Gracie's last day was this Friday 5/13. We wish her and her family good luck, and send them lots of love and prayers as they move to Florida. We will greatly miss them!
-Grades 1-3 Spelling Bee will be on Tuesday, May 17th at 2pm. Our class participants will be Lizzie and Sarah!
-Artist Wayne Trinklein will come to our class on Tuesday, May 17th to teach our class about his art. He will also work with the kids to design tree sculptures of their own to take home. 
-Scholastic Book Orders (the last of the year) are due on Tuesday, May 17th by the end of the school day. This way, they will arrive just in time for summer!
-Last day of school is on Thursday, May 26th. We will have a closing chapel service and dismiss as 10am. 
-Our class auction books came in today! They will be distributed on Monday:)
-The school hot lunch program will not be open the last week of school. Snacks will be available to purchase, but please send your child with a packed lunch that week!


Alexander Calder inspired circus sculpters






Sorting Animals by their groups 

Observing an invertebrate--worms!