Week 31

This week is Holy Week, which is the week from Palm Sunday to Easter.  This week is a roller coaster of emotions as we approach Jesus’ death and burial, and then celebrate His resurrection.  This year our Christian Studies lessons line up with Easter, so I’m excited to dive in deeply with the 2^nd graders this Holy Week!

Early Dismissal and No School:
This Friday (April 18) is an early release day.  Classes will be dismissed at 11:15 AM.
We also have no school on the Monday after Easter (April 21).

Christian Studies:
This week in Christian Studies we’ll be discussing Jesus’ death and burial.  Then we get to read about Jesus rising from the dead.  We’ll end our Christian Studies time this week talking about Jesus appearing to Mary in the garden.

Math:
We’ll keep measuring in inches, feet, and yards this week.  We’ll practice measuring in inches and feet, comparing our measurements between the two.  Then we’ll measure to the nearest yard.  We’ll choose appropriate tools to measure things, and then we’ll have a practice test.  We’ll finish this module by the end of the week.

Language Arts:
This week we’ll be spelling the /f/ sound using “ph” and “-gh.”  We’ll practice some tricky red words: enough, laugh, read (“red”).

We’ll also look closely at our test, reading it carefully, looking at text features, and pointing out details that we see and clues that help us better understand the text.

Social Studies:
We’ll continue talking about the beginning of our country, discussing the reasons for the revolution and the role of soldiers in the American Revolution.  We’ll also explain why George Washington is an important figure in American history.

Science:
We finished our science unit on plants last week after taking a hiatus from it while we wrote our book.  This week we’ll start our new unit on solids and liquids and how they change.  We’ll start off by looking at some plastic gemstones, using them to discuss various features of solids.