Week 8

We have a really short week this week, but it will be filled with fun learning!

No School Wednesday-Friday:
We have school Monday and Tuesday this week, then no school Wednesday-Friday so the teachers can attend the Northwest District Educators Conference.

Spirit Wear Last Day!
Our spirit wear last day will be on Tuesday this week!

Christian Studies:
This week we’ll read about the 10 Commandments and we’ll discuss how they apply to our lives.

Math:
We’ll begin our next module on hundreds, tens, and ones this week.  We’ll be grouping tens as hundreds, then we’ll work with three-digit numbers and understand place value.

Science:
We’ll look at maps around the world and throughout history.  Then we’ll discuss the symbols used in the maps we examine, getting us ready to create our own maps of our models next week!

Language Arts:
No spelling or phonics this week, but we’ll do a week of reviewing concepts next week.

We’ll read our informational text, Places We Go.  We’ll do a first reading of the text, then we’ll do a close read.  Through our close read, we’ll pick out the main topic of each section and supporting details.

Week 7

This is the week before Fall Fest and our final push to raise money for all of the things that will positively impact our students!  All Fall Fest packets are due back on Friday, October 11, whether or not any money was raised, so please return them if you have it!

Free Dress Day!

2^nd grade ONLY has a free dress day on Thursday, October 10!  Look for a note coming home today with more information!

Pumpkin Day!

The pumpkin patch is coming to BL for K-3 grades!  The kids will spend Friday morning choosing a pumpkin, decorating it, playing pumpkin games, and having a special pumpkin snack!

Christian Studies:

This week in Christian Studies we’ll continue chronologically through the Old Testament.  We’ll first learn how God delivered His people from slavery in Egypt.  We’ll also talk about Mose and Miriam’s response to being delivered—their songs.  We’ll discuss how these stories apply to our own lives.

Math:

In math this week, we’ll continue looking at graphs.  We’ll interpret bar graphs, and then we’ll make bar graphs to represent data.  We’ll finish off the week with a test on picture and bar graphs.

Language Arts:
This week we’ll examine our last Bossy R combination that says /er/--ur.  We’ll practice spelling words with Bossy R ur and will keep practicing our new red words for the week.

We’ll also start a new text.  We’ll start by looking at people who help their communities.  Then we’ll learn about the genre informational text.  Then we’ll read our new text: Places We Go. 

Science:

In science we’ll talk about where we can find ice and snow on Earth.  Then the students will plan out where they will put ice and snow on their models.  We’ll also start to examine patterns that we can find on Earth dealing with land and water, then we’ll add some of those patterns to our models.