The Second Grade “Scoop”
Date: February 12
For the Week of: February 15-19
Reminders:
*Feb. 15: No school—Presidents’ Day
*Feb. 16: President projects due.
*Feb. 16-26: ITBS (Iowa Tests of Basic Skills)—Please have your child get enough sleep, eat a good breakfast, and bring two #2 pencils to school. Thanks!
*Feb. 17: Ash Wednesday—services @10:00AM and 7:00PM
*Feb. 24: Both second grade classes sing for Lenten service at 10:00AM. Please come worship with us!
*Mar. 1: Book It calendar due.
*Mar. 3: Date for field trip to Brighton High School for a play performance of “Beauty and the Beast.” More information coming…
*Mar. 6: Adult handbell concert at Zion@4:00PM
*March 7-12: Lutheran Schools Week
*Mar. 12: End of Third Quarter—All make-up work needs to be in by this date. Thanks!
Spelling:
No spelling words this week due to ITBS (Iowa Tests of Basic Skills).
Memory Work:
No memory work this week due to ITBS (Iowa Tests of Basic Skills).
Math:
We are building up to 100 subtraction facts. We continue working on subtraction facts (7s and 8s). I do have both addition and subtraction flashcards to loan out for extra practice!
Reading:
*Also, the BookIt program continues this month. February calendars were given out 2 weeks ago. Our goal is 15 minutes of reading a day, or 420 total minutes for the month of February. All February calendars are due Monday, March 1. Students who do complete their reading goal for February 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 pronouns and expository writing. Your child has learned a “jingle” to help them remember what pronouns do in a sentence; we are also working on when to use I and me, we and us.
Science:
We continue to learn more about the sun, moon, stars, and planets. The students are learning a “trick” to help them remember the eight planets in order.
Social Studies:
We are studying about our government, and how it works at the city, state, and national levels. We took our unit test today. President projects are due Tuesday, February 16!
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.
*Chapel offerings are going toward Lutheran World Relief to help the people of Haiti. The “Quarter Raiders” are back as well! The National Junior Honor Society is collecting quarters and other spare change to help the people of Haiti. Students and parents can put spare change into our red and blue bucket by the SRA box.
God’s blessings on your week!
In Christ,
Mrs. Brewer
