“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10
We welcome spring!
Reading Language Arts– Reading/Spelling Test Friday 3/25
This week we will read Officer Buckle and Gloria, a fictional story
Spelling Words include cannot, maybe, playground, myself, sunshine, upon, inside, nobody, pancake, baseball, someone, classroom, outside, nothing, into, everywhere
Vocabulary words discussed this week from the story include attention, buddy, obeys, speech, enormous, safety, shocked, station
Grammar Goal: Abbreviations
Phonics Focus: Compound words
Fluency: good readers read fluently, connecting the text
Writer’s Workshop
Poem in my Pocket sharing
This week we begin a read aloud, Charlotte’s Web
Math– Chapter 6
3-Digit Subtraction and Problem Solving
Social Studies / Science
Animal Adventures -How do scientists learn about wild animals?
Scholastic News
Handwriting-Letters b and h
Cursive can be challenging but the second graders are working hard! Individual strokes (undercurve, slant, downcurve, overcurve,) are important to master!
Keys to legibility are size, shape, spacing and slant! Handwriting is important and strengthens our fine motor skills! Neatness counts!
Religion
We will be reading about the many miracles Jesus performed while here on earth
Chapel is Wednesday
We continue to be a daily blessing to others as we give away a heart or cross each day throughout Lent
Important Information and News:
•Second Grade delivered the message, “What is Lent? ” this past Wednesday to all of Trinity! Congratulations on a job well done! Everyone had an important job from reading scripture to providing necessary props!
•Last Thursday was Green Day here at Trinity and we had a mischievous small visitor stop by second grade and create some chaos in our classroom! Please let us know if you know how to catch a leprechaun! He also sent us on a scavenger hunt with clues that finally led us to gold!
•The second graders recently suggested a shoe tying contest and so a shoe tying contest was recently held in our second grade classroom! The importance of shoe tying cannot be overlooked or underestimated; safety is key! Those who still have yet to master the skill have time but extra practice is encouraged in order to receive the high honor medal for second grade shoe tying as soon as possible!
• Here comes 3-digit addition and subtraction! At home, children should be practicing their math addition and subtraction facts. Please use flash cards or simply ask simple fact questions whenever you have a minute or two to practice. Make it fun!
•We are writing in our journals nightly. Please encourage as much independence as possible. Reinforce rereading sentences to proofread. Does/Do my sentence(s) make sense? Did I add punctuation and capital letters when necessary? Have I written at least 3 sentences to answer the prompt? Have I reviewed and checked my “checklist?”
•*If your son or daughter has a hard time completing homework, please let me know so I can reinforce the concept in school the following day. Thank you!
•Are YOU interested in becoming a MYSTERY READER? If so, please email me so we can set up a date and time for you to “Zoom” in and share a book with our class! We hope everyone will take part in this fun activity and spend some time with us!
• Please remember to send in extra masks for your son/daughter just in case a backup is needed!
If ever you have a question or concern, please email me at [email protected].
God bless our week ahead.
Mrs. Antonia Ryan
