We’re Publishing a Book!
Every second grader will contribute a page of writing and a picture that goes
with it to our class book! You’ll have
the opportunity to order a copy, if you want to! Look for more information soon.
Early Dismissals
We have two half days
this Thursday and Friday, with dismissal at 11:15 both days. The students will still be doing lots of learning
and work, so they’ll still need their backpacks, water bottles, and they can
still bring a snack for morning recess.
If your child is going to Eagles’ Nest on those days, please also send
them with a lunch.
Christian Studies
This week in
Christian Studies we’ll discuss a couple of parables Jesus told, as well as
their meanings. First, we’ll look at the
parable of the rich fool. We’ll discuss
greed and we’ll examine our own hearts.
Then we’ll look at the parable of the sower. We’ll analyze the parable and will identify
what each type of soil stands for. We’ll
then apply it to our own faiths.
Math
This week we’ll finish off our module, using bar models and boxes to determine
the unknown number in an equation. We’ll
have a practice test as homework on Thursday, and we’ll take our test on
Friday.
Science
We’ve been discussing
pollination and the features of a bee that makes it good at pollinating. The students worked in pairs to design a
pollinator using certain materials. They
then built their pollinators. We’ll test
them out and evaluate how effective they were next!
Language Arts
This week we’ll be
learning about several reasons a word might have a silent “e” at the end of it
(other than it just being a magic “e”).
We’ll not only spell the words, but we’ll also discuss why it has a
silent “e” at the end. The reasons we’ll
be discussing are below:
-English words don’t
end in “j” or “v” (i.e., love, hinge, judge)
-to distinguish the
word from a plural noun (i.e., mouse, house)
-to change an
unvoiced “th” to a voiced “th” sound (i.e., “breath” becomes “breathe’)
-to change the “s” at
the end of a word to make a “z” sound (i.e., impose, compose)
-to soften the “c” at
the end of the word to make an “s” sound (i.e., absence)
