Week 27

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)