Week 27

We have set our clocks ahead an hour and we’ll be settling in to spring!

Early Dismissals Thursday and Friday:
Just a reminder that this Thursday and Friday (March 13 and 14) we have early dismissals at 11:15 AM.  This is for the 4^th-8^th graders’ student-led conferences.  If you’d like to meet with me about your 2^nd grader, please reach out to me and we’ll set something up!

Publishing a Book!
The 2^nd grade class is publishing a book!  We’ll go through the whole writing process to write our book, and each student will have a part!  They’ll also each illustrate a picture to go with their writing.  We’ll be working on this project over the next couple of weeks.  Check your email for more information, including how to order your own copy!

Christian Studies:
This week in Christian Studies we’ll be discussing a couple of Jesus’ parables.  Pastor Mark used to say that parables are “earthly stories with heavenly meanings,” and I love that view on them.  The first one is the parable of the rich fool.  We’ll be focusing on keeping God at the center of our hearts and keeping greed in check.  Then we’ll talk about the parable of the sower and we’ll talk about what it means to be “good dirt.”

Math:
This week in math we’ll be finishing off our module on fluency in addition and subtraction, using bar models and equations to solve addition and subtraction situations.  Then we’ll start three-digit addition this week, using drawing to represent three-digit addition, decomposing three-digit addends in order to add more fluently, and representing regrouping in three-digit addition.

Language Arts:
This week we’ll be reviewing some phonic concepts: Consonant-le endings, Kind Old Words, Bossy R: ar, Bossy R: or, and au/aw vowel teams.  We’ll be practicing these concepts throughout the week, as well as 5 review red words.

We’ll also spend quite a bit of time this week working on the rough drafts of our writing for our book and our pictures.  We’ll go through the whole writing process to make our writing as good as possible!

Social Studies:
This week in Social Studies we’ll look at farming and how it has changed over the years.  We’ll discuss tools that farmers use in order to produce resources that people use.