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Monday, May 11, 2026

Week 35

Springtime is always such a fun time in 2nd grade because we move through our learning!  The second graders have grown so much this year, and they are so capable of doing so much in-depth work!

Early Release on Friday:
This Friday, May 15, we have an early release for a teacher in-service day.  Dismissal is at 11:15 AM.

Christian Studies:
This week in Christian Studies we’ll continue learning about the early church and its origins.  We’ll learn about Paul and his missionary journeys.  We’ll discuss how God provided for him and protected him, and how God used him in ways beyond what Paul could have imagined.  We’ll also learn about Paul at the Areopagus and how he used the knowledge of the people he was ministering to in order to relate Jesus to them.

Language Arts:
This week’s phonics concept is kind of tricky.  We’ll be learning about other Bossy R combinations.  This includes: /air/ spelled ear and er (bear), /ar/ spelled ear (heart), /er/ spelled or, ar, ear, our (earth), and /or/ spelled ar and our (reward).  The words on our spelling test will come from the words that we practice this week on days 1-3.  Our red word for this week is: different.

In reading we’ll look at a fable.  We’ll look at the characteristics of a fable and analyze what makes this week’s selection a fable.

Science:
This week in science we’ll move from solids and liquids into identifying the best material for a cold pack, which will include analyzing data in two different categories: coldness and which material can take the shape of your arm.  We’ll then discuss heating wax and we’ll discuss the vocabulary words “melting” and “freezing.”  We’ll then learn about the process of creating a silver necklace.  This will give us the base knowledge we need for creating a replica of a gemstone.

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About Mrs. Picker

Mrs. Rebekah Picker grew up just across the river in Hermiston, Oregon. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Concordia University in Portland, Oregon in 2010 with a degree in Early Childhood/Elementary Education with a minor in Professional Church Work. In May of 2014, Rebekah received her Master of Education degree from Heritage University. She started at Bethlehem in 2010. Rebekah is married to David, who works as a sales manager in the Tri-Cities area. She also has two daughters and a son. Fun fact: Rebekah is a mirror-image twin, meaning that she is right-handed and her identical twin is left-handed.