The Second Grade “Scoop”
Date: January 8
For the Week of: January 11-15
Reminders:
*Jan. 11: Unit C Science Test: A study guide went home Monday, Jan. 4.
*Jan. 13: Report Cards go Home
*Jan. 18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: No School
*Jan. 20: Class Picture Day: Please note, this is a change from the previous class newsletter.
*More information will be coming soon about a field trip to the Museum of Nature and Science that the second and third grades will take in early February.
Spelling:
We will be on the book list unit 20, and the challenge list 11. The pretests will be Monday, January 11, and the final tests will be Friday, January 15.
Memory Work:
Memory work for this week is enclosed. Students may say their memory work any morning of this week.
Math:
We continue to work on 100 addition facts. We continue working on subtraction facts (3s and 4s) as well. I do have both addition and subtraction flashcards to loan out for extra practice!
Reading:
*Also, the BookIt program continues this month. January calendars were given out before Christmas break. Our goal is 15 minutes of reading a day, or 465 total minutes for the month of January. All January calendars are due Monday, Feb. 1. Students who do complete their reading goal for January will get a certificate for a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut! Have your child let me know if he/she needs a new calendar.
English/Language Arts:
We continue to work on the forms of the verb be, as well as helping and linking verbs, commas in the names of places, and the forms of verbs go and do.
Science:
We are finishing up our study about the earth and its natural resources. The test is Monday, Jan. 11. A study guide was sent home Monday, Jan. 4. The study guide is also posted on our classroom blog. Our new unit will be about weather and space. We also will be taking a field trip to the Museum of Nature and Science to visit the expedition health exhibit as well as the IMAX. This field trip will fit with a nutrition/body unit we will do at the end of the year. More information will be coming….
Social Studies:
We are studying about our government, and how it works at the city, state, and national levels. Students will do a special president project in February.
On a final note…
*Please continue to check your child’s HOME folder and assignment book each evening.
*Just a reminder that you can access our class blog by going to www.zionmrsbrewer.blogspot.com OR by going to the school website (www.brightonzionlutheran.org), clicking on School, Class Pages, and Mrs. Brewer’s name.
*Beginning in the second half of our school year, each student will have a chance to be our Student of the Week. When it is your child’s turn, he/she will bring home a form to fill out. Please help your child fill out the form by Wednesday of his/her week. On that day, he/she will share his/her answers with us and also have the opportunity to share one special item. More information will be sent when it is your child’s week.
*Thank-you again for all the beautiful, wonderful, and yummyJ gifts given to me! I was TRULY overwhelmed by your generosity, and I do appreciate you thinking of me this Christmas season. Your children are a GREAT blessing to me, and I look forward to another semester with them!
God’s blessings on your week!
In Christ,
Mrs. Brewer
Spelling Words—Unit 20
For the week of Jan. 11-15
dishes
dresses
bells
boxes
beaches
days
bikes
wishes
things
names
children
Review
cups
frogs
Challenge
coins
classes
Spelling Words—Challenge List 11
For the week of Jan. 11-15
evening
fighting
already
track
growing
finger
blocks
hose
tape
sharp
seals
mouth
arose
bunch
Challenge:
juice
carefully
Memory Work
For the week of Jan. 11-15
Salvation is found in no one else. (For
there is no other name under heaven
given to men by which we must be
saved.) Acts 4:12
