Greetings from 2nd grade!! Things are going well in 2nd grade. I want you all to know that I take time to pray for each of your families every week. Have a wonderful weekend! Please take note of the following:
The book fair will be taking place September 20th-25th. You may go and purchase books with your child before and after school. The book fair is also open Sunday between services I believe. Our class will be going to the book fair on Wednesday, September 23rd at 10:30. You may send money with your child that day if you would like. I will not be allowing your child to leave class to purchase things at the book fair.

Individual school pictures for our class will be taken Tuesday, September 22nd at about 10:10. Please have your child dressed in the clothes you want them in for pictures. We will not have much time to change. They may change after pictures if you would like.

Remember sightword flashcards go home on Tuesdays and are returned by Friday.

The midterm ended today. Midterm reports will go home Wednesday, September 23rd. At that time I will send home an alternate spelling list for you too look at. If you are interested in your child trying this list please indicate that when you sign and return their midterm.

The school carnival is Friday, September 25th, from 3:30-7:30. I hope to see you all there.

I have received news that the food drive will be going on until September 25th. So if you didn’t get a chance you can bring something in and help support our community food pantry.
Here’s what we have been up to this week:

Religion: This week we talked about Joseph. Joseph was one of 12 brothers. His father, Jacob, showed favoritism toward Joseph. This made Joseph’s brothers jealous. They ended up being so angry that they planned to get rid of him. They sold Joseph as a slave. Later, Joseph was put in jail for something he didn’t do. Joseph definitely went through some rough times, but Joseph knew that God was with him every step of the way. God had a plan to turn the bad things into something good. The Bible tells us “to give thanks in all circumstances” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). Even when bad things happen to us, we can give thanks because we know that God’s love and forgiveness will continue. We know that God has a plan for good.

Math: We began the week by taking our 5th written test. The kids are now taking these tests independently. They are doing fairly well, but I have to remind them to read all the directions. Please encourage them to do this on their homework as well. This week we also practiced reading a bar graph, using tallies, counting by 5’s, and identifying different types of lines (horizontal, vertical, and oblique). In addition, we worked on dividing a whole into halves, fourths, and eighths.

Reading: In reading this week I tested the kids comprehension on our last story. We discussed the digraphs th and wh and went over the following high frequency words: better, hour, pick, stay, and told. The class worked on alphabetizing words and reading with feeling (for example, your voice may have inflection when reading a question or exclamation). In addition, we are reading in groups.

Science and SS: In science this week we differentiated between reptiles, amphibians, and fish. This can be kind of tricky because there are some similarities. In addition, we talked about animal life cycles. In social studies, we took our first test. Thank you for all the studying you did at home. Most of the kids were very prepared. Today we started Unit 4: People Long Ago. I must say I had to laugh because one of the kids said, “So we are learning about our parents.” J We discussed the term past, present, and future.

Language Arts: In language arts this week we have been working hard on our personal narratives. A personal narrative tells about something that happened to you. It is a true story and your child is to tell/write it using time order words. Time order words are words that show the order in which things happen (example: first, then, next, after that, finally). We did a prewrite, added details, wrote a rough draft, and now we are working on the final copy.

Spelling and Phonics: This week in spelling we focused on short “u” words. Next week, we will be moving on to vowel-consonant-e words. There will be a note about the alternate spelling list with your child’s midterm next Wednesday. In phonics, we continued to review short vowels. In addition, we went over the following high frequency words: does, about, our, then, other, and where.

Remember to give thanks in all circumstances and know the Lord has a plan!

In Christ,

Miss Rempfer

Spelling Words: five, late, nine, made, side, ate, fine, same, hide, line, give, have, gave, bike
Challenge Words: mistake, write

Memory: Jesus said, “You did not choose Me, but I chose you to go and bear fruit.”
John 15:16

The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. Hebrews 13:6