Week 12

October is just about over; time sure does fly! To celebrate Reformation Day, we learned about Martin Luther and the 95 theses. We colored a Luther Rose to help remind us of God's love for us.

Practicing plural noun endings

Good Friends at Guided Reading

Working hard on figuring out the plot of the story during guided reading

Spelling Practice is fun when you get to write on your desks!

Learning about Maps

Creating our own Barefoot Island Maps

Painting Fall Trees

Happy Reformation Day!

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Memory: "For the Wages of sin is death, but the fight of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23
Spelling: Lesson 10 ope/ord
Math: Lessons 47-51  Test Thursday
Science: Chapter 5 Land and Water
Grammar: Plural Possessives
Phonics: vowels and r, sounds of y
Reading: Character Traits

Classroom News:
November reading logs have been sent home in your child's Friday folder. The reading goal for this month is to read for 340 minutes, which equals about 11 minutes each day. Make sure your child records their reading time on the log. Reaching 340 minutes will earn your child a free pizza hut personal pizza and also an A+ on their grade card (this is part of their grade:) )

Guided Reading books will now be part of our homework each week. They will be sent home at least once each week. Please take the time to have your child read the book to you. Ask any higher level comprehension questions that come to mind as they are reading and encourage them to make predictions and visualize the text as they read. Some example questions: "How does a certain character's actions affect other characters?," "What could have been done differently for a better outcome?," "What does this remind you of?," etc.

Needed: Pencils! We go through them very quickly:)

School News:

• TJ's Pizza and Butterbraids orders are due Wed. Nov. 5th.
• Muffins for Moms is Wed. Nov 5th! Begin to come to the church basement at 7am, and moms are welcome to stay for chapel afterwards.

Week 11

    We had a great week this week! We learned about maps, and even got the chance to make our own giant maps! We also wrote some pretty cools stories about a pumpkin.

Looking ahead to next week:
Memory: John 14:6
Spelling: Lesson 9 chunk ide/eat
Grammar/Phonics: pronouns and s and es plurals.
Reading: Mood and Tone
Math: Assessment 8 on Thursday
Social Studies: Landforms and geography


We will have a half day on Wednesday. Dismissal is at noon.

Next week is Red Ribbon Week.

TJ’S Pizza And Butter Braid - Back By Popular Demand!!! TJ’S Pizza And Butter Braid Orders. PTL would like to help you order your favorite pizza, butter braids, and cookie dough just in time for the Holidays! Look for the order form and flier in your child’s backpack on October 23rd. Order forms are due November 5th and the delivery date is November 18th. Any questions, please contact Barb Simon at 636-240-9067.

Muffins for Moms is set for Wednesday morning, November 5^th.  Moms meet in the church basement between 7 and 7:45 AM to enjoy a donut and some coffee or juice with your child(ren).  Everyone is invited to stay for chapel if you can.  What a great time to spend time with the kids before they go off to school!!  

Week 10 has come and gone!

We had a great week. We had so much fun on our field trip to the art museum. The harvest party was also a huge hit!

During school, we learned about quotation marks by reading comics, acting them out for the class, and recreating the comic speech bubbles into a paragraph. We have a lot of great actors and actresses in 2B! 

We also did a science experiment with gummy bears. We observed the physical properties of the gummy bears. Then we left them in water overnight. The next day, we were amazed at the physical changes that took place! The gummy bears were huge!

Looking ahead to next week:

Memory:  He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.                     

1 John 2:2

Spelling: Lesson 8 ine/ice:

fine, mine, whine, line, vine, slice, mice, nice, dice, ice

Grammar/Phonics:

Pronouns

Review quotation marks

Reading: Theme

Math:
Fact and written test on Thursday

Social Studies:

Chapter 3 and 4 

What does a map show?

What is geography?

Important Information/Dates:

Book Orders are due October 22! 

Red Ribbon week is coming up Oct. 26th- Oct. 31st

This week is all about being healthy and staying drug and alcohol free. We will have a door decorating contest and special dress down days to celebrate.

Below are the dress days for Red Ribbon Week (Oct. 26th- Oct. 31st)

• Monday: 
• “Turn your back on drugs”
• Backwards Day
• Wear your clothes backwards (regular dress code)

• Tuesday:
• “Team up on drugs”
• Favorite Sports Team Day
• Wear your favorite sports team shirt (with regular dress bottoms)

• Wednesday:
• “Drugs will make you confused”
• Mis-matched Shoe Day
• Wear mismatched shoes (with regular dress code clothes)

• Thursday:
• “The choice for drugs is black and white” 
• Black & White Day
• Wear a black or white shirt (with regular dress bottoms)

• Friday: 
• “Ride the wave of drug prevention”
• Hawaiian/Beach Day
• Wear sunglass and flowered leis (with regular dress code clothes)

The End of 1st Quarter is upon us. Wow, time sure does fly by when you're having fun in 2nd grade!
This week, we learned about point of view and how we need to try to put ourselves in other people's shoes to see things the way they see things. We also began learning about how matter changes through physical and chemical changes. We began practicing blog writing...stay tuned for more on our in class blog written by our 2nd graders! Finally, we began a program called Adapted Mind which is tailored to meet each student's individual math needs. I am super excited to use it as the year continues!

The Science Review Swat game was a very close race!

Pals

Point of View

Creating a graph: "What time do you wake up in the morning?" 

Sorting the tricky -ed sounds

Practicing commenting using our paper blogs

Praying with our prayer partners

Looking ahead to next week:
No memory or spelling
Grammar/Phonics: Syllables
Math: Test 6 on Monday
Science: Chapter 10- experiments and fun to come!


We will be going on our field trip to the St. Louis Art Museum on Wed. October 15th. We will board the bus at 10am and return around noon. Uniform bottoms and field trip t-shirts for dress, bring a peanut free lunch which we will eat when we return. Please make sure you have turned in your permission form!


We will also have our harvest party on Wednesday afternoon.


No school on Thursday or Friday. Parent Teacher Conferences on Thursday! Looking forward to meeting with everyone:)


Scholastic book order forms went home on Thursday. I will be placing the order on Wednesday, October 22. Remember, each purchase made earns points for our classroom so we can buy books!

It was a busy week in 2B. We learned about author's purpose pie, adjectives, and began a science unit all about matter. We also talked a lot about respect this week. What does it mean, what does it look like, what does it sound like. Hopefully the weekend won't wipe those lessons out of their memories:)

Classifying Properties of Matter

Brainstorming words with the consonant cluster "R"

Scientists in action measuring the mass of solids

Scientists in action measuring the length and width of solids

Author's Purpose: "Persuade Miss Beach why she should live in your community"

Adjectives describe!

Adjectives describe!

Scientists in action: forming a hypothesis of which container has the most water inside. Conclusion: All containers had the same volume! Liquids are a type of matter that take the shape of the container it is in. 

Looking ahead to next week:
Memory: Eph 2:8-9
Spelling: chunk on/ong
Grammar: consonant clusters with s, sounds of -ed
Phonics: common and proper nouns
Reading: Point of View
Math: Assessment 4 on Monday, lessons 31-34
Science: Chapter 9 Test on Tuesday, Begin chapter 10: Matter Changes

The Bobcat Shuffle is tomorrow morning! I will be running it, hope to see you there!
 Trunk or Treat will be next Friday, Oct. 10th!

        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!