Second Grade Friday News - October 10

Our first quarter ends today and report cards will go home on Tuesday.  Be sure to sign up for your parent/teacher conference.

Our field trip to Historic Arkansas Museum is Friday, October 31.  We will leave at 8:30 and return around noon.  We need parents to drive.  Let me know if you’d like to drive and how many students you can take with seatbelts.

 Dates to remember:

          Fri., Oct. 17           Parent/teacher conferences, no school

          Mon., Oct. 20         Fall Break, no school

          Fri., Oct. 31           Field trip to Historic Arkansas Museum, downtown

          Tues., Dec. 2 Field trip to Arkansas Children’s Theater, downtown

The week ahead:

Spelling words:  four, poured, your, course, court, fourteen, mourn, source, resource, forth, Dr., St., smell, thank, open

Memory:  When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.    Ps. 56:3

Religion:  Gideon, The Ten Commandments

Reading skill:  Sequence

Math:  Fractions, Addition

English:  Proper nouns

Writing:  Writing about plants

Social Studies:  Natural Resources, Wants and Needs

Science:  Plants

 

Second Grade Friday News - October 3

Chapel offerings until October 8 will go to Food for Kids.  Please bring food items from the list to help feed hungry children in central Arkansas.

Dates to remember:

Mon., Oct. 6           Larry’s Pizza Night (Teachers will be your servers.)

Fri., Oct. 10           Book orders due – You must order and pay online.  Our class code is DRGL3. 

Fri., Oct. 10           End of the first quarter (last day for AR goals and for Lord’s Prayer and Morning Prayer)

          Fri., Oct. 17           Parent/teacher conferences, no school

Fri., Oct. 31           Field trip to Arkansas Historical Museum, downtown          (Let me know if you can drive.)

**Watch for more information about these 2^nd and 3^rd grade field trips.  We will need drivers.

          Fri., Oct. 31           Arkansas Historical Museum, downtown

          Tues., Dec. 2         Arkansas Children’s Theater, downtown

The week ahead:

Spelling words:  Mr., Mrs., Dr., Jan., Aug., Dec., Tues., Wed., Sun., St., rehearse, search, before, blue, room

Memory:  Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.      Prov. 3:5-6

Religion:  God’s People Build a Memorial, The Battle of Jericho

Reading skill:  Predicting outcomes

Math:  Fractions and graphs

English:  Plural nouns

Writing:  Writing different types of sentences

Social Studies:  Natural Resources 

Science:  Plants

 

Field Trip to Heifer International

We learned a lot on our field trip to Heifer International.  We learned how the gift of an animal can help people who are poor and hungry through the 7 M's.  We presented a check from CLS to buy a goat, some rabbits, some ducks, and a flock of geese.

 

Second Grade Friday News - Sept. 26

Chapel offerings until October 8 will go to Food for Kids.  Please bring food items from the list to help feed hungry children in central Arkansas.

Our field trip to Heifer Village in downtown Little Rock is on Monday, Sept. 29.  We will leave school at 9:00 and return around 11:00.  Children should wear their blue CLS spirit shirts.  Our drivers will be:  Dunn, Farah, LeMaster, and Litwa.  Drivers should arrive at school at 9:00.  Our CLS tag day money from August and September will be donated to Heifer. Our 2^nd and 3^rd graders have voted to buy a goat, some rabbits, a flock of ducks, and a flock of geese.  We will deliver the check to Heifer when we go on our field trip.

The first quarter ends on Friday, October 10.  All children must recite the Lord’s Prayer and the Morning Prayer by October 10.  All children need to reach their AR goal by October 10.  My apologies if I wrote October 3 on any of my communications to you.  Somehow I got a week ahead of myself!  Let me know if you have any questions.

Dates to remember:

            Mon., Sept. 29           Field trip to Heifer Village, downtown Little Rock

            Mon., Oct. 6              Larry’s Pizza night (Teachers will be your servers.)

            Fri., Oct. 10               End of quarter

            Fri., Oct. 17               Parent/teacher conferences, no school

            Fri., Oct. 31             Field trip to Arkansas Historical Museum, downtown

            Tues., Dec. 2            Field trip to Arkansas Children’s Theater, downtown

The week ahead:

Spelling words:  learn, earnest, earth, heard, pearl, search, rehearse, earn, yearn, research, horseback, rocket, early, pretty, someone

Memory:  “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”  Jeremiah 29:11

Religion:  The Golden Calf,  The Snake on a Pole

Reading skill:  Main Idea

Math:  Fact Families

English:  Parts of Sentences – Naming parts (subjects) and Telling parts (predicates)

Writing:  Writing a comparison paragraph

Social Studies:  Natural Resources, Wants and Needs

Science:  Plants

 

Second Grade Friday News

Chapel offerings until October 8 will go to Food for Kids.  Please bring food items from the list to help feed hungry children in central Arkansas.

Our field trip to Heifer Village in downtown Little Rock is on Monday, Sept. 29.  We will leave school at 9:00 and return around 11:00.  Children should wear their blue CLS spirit shirts.  Our drivers will be:  Dunn, Farah, LeMaster, and Litwa.  Our CLS tag day money from August and September will be donated to Heifer. Our 2^nd and 3^rd graders have voted to buy a goat, some rabbits, a flock of ducks, and a flock of geese.  We will deliver the check to Heifer when we go on our field trip.

We are half way through our first quarter.  You may check your child’s progress in each subject on Renweb.  Let me know if you have any questions.

Dates to remember:

          Mon., Sept. 29       Field trip to Heifer Village, downtown Little Rock

          Mon., Oct. 6           Larry’s Pizza night (Teachers will be your servers.)

          Fri., Oct. 17           Parent/teacher conferences, no school

          Fri., Oct. 31           Field trip to Arkansas Historical Museum, downtown

          Tues., Dec. 2 Field trip to Arkansas Children’s Theater, downtown

The week ahead:

Spelling words:  black, pack, crack, snack, horseback, lock, flock, clock, shock, rocket, appreciate, acrobat, grow, last, mouse

Memory:  A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.  Prov. 15:1

Religion:  God’s People in the Wilderness, The Ten Commandments

Reading skill:  Sequence

Math:  Fractions, Temperature

English:  Parts of Sentences – Naming parts (subjects) and Telling parts (predicates)

Writing:  Writing a comparison paragraph

Social Studies:  Natural Resources, Wants and Needs

Science:  Plants

Second Grade Friday News

Chapel offerings until October 8 will go to Food for Kids.  Please bring food items from the list to help feed hungry children in central Arkansas.

Please let me know if you can drive a group of children to Heifer Village in downtown Little Rock on Monday, Sept. 29.  We will leave school at 9:00 and return around 11:00.

We are half way through our first quarter.  You may check your child’s progress in each subject on  Renweb.  Let me know if you have any questions.

Dates to remember:

**Watch for more information about these 2^nd and 3^rd grade field trips.  We will need drivers.

          Mon., Sept. 29       Heifer Village, downtown Little Rock

          Fri., Oct. 31           Arkansas Historical Museum, downtown

          Tues., Dec. 2 Arkansas Children’s Theater, downtown

The week ahead:

Spelling words:  sat, flat, that, fat, acrobat, ate, gate, create, state, appreciate, worried, studied, children, each, girl

Memory:  All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.   2 Tim. 3:16

Religion:  Moses, Escape from Egypt

Reading skill:  Making inferences, Making predictions

Math:  Basic addition facts, Geometric shapes

English:  Types of sentences; statements, questions, exclamations, and commands

Writing:  Writing a story in first person

Social Studies:  Natural Resources, Wants and Needs

Science:  Plants

 

Second Grade Friday News

SECOND GRADE FRIDAY NEWS

Chapel offerings until October 8 will go to Food for Kids.  Please bring food items from the list to help feed hungry children in central Arkansas.

Watch for your child’s STAR reading test results to come home on Monday.  Your child’s AR goal for this quarter will be written at the bottom of the report.  Please help your child reach this goal for the first quarter.  All students need to pass at least one test each week.  You can sign up to follow your child’s AR progress online.

Your child’s spelling grade is determined from the combination of the Friday spelling test, a sentence dictation test, workbook pages, and their spelling in their daily writing.  All of these are important for spelling success.

Dates to remember:

**Watch for more information about these 2^nd and 3^rd grade field trips.  We will need drivers.

        Mon., Sept. 29  Heifer Village, downtown Little Rock

        Fri., Oct. 31      Arkansas Historical Museum, downtown

        Tues., Dec. 2     Arkansas Children’s Theater, downtown

The Week Ahead:

Spelling words:  cried, hurried, replied, fried, tried, worried, carried, copied, married, studied, remarked, finished, alone, river, think

Memory:  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance (or patience), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.  Against such things there is no law.   Gal. 5:22-23

Religion:  Jacob and Joseph

Reading skill:  compare and contrast

Math:  Basic addition facts, Fractions

English:  Types of sentences; statements, questions, exclamations, and commands

Writing:  Writing a story in first person

Social Studies:  Natural Resources

Science:  Working like a scientist