Greetings from 2nd grade!! This week we celebrated the 100th day of school. I feel like we have accomplished so much, yet we have so much more to do!! I want you to know that I feel blessed to be able to work with your child. Please take note of the following:

President brochures will be due Tuesday, February 16th. Please be sure to look at the requirements. They were attached to the newsletter last week! If you have any questions please let me know. Try not to wait until the last minute. J We do have a test coming up as well. The study guide will go home next week!

Attached to your newsletter is the February Book-It Calendar. Please send in your child’s January Book-It minutes as soon as possible. Thanks!

Field trip information and permission slips went out Wednesday. We will be going to the Museum of Nature and Science on Thursday, February 11th. We have a limited number of chaperones, so I will have to choose by who turns their slips in first and how we can accommodate for 17 children. The permission slips are due by Wednesday, February 3rd.

If you are planning to order a yearbook please turn in your forms by Monday, February 8th.

Like Halloween, for Valentines Day we will not have a big party. Instead we will be going to the skating rink on Wednesday, February 10th. We will be skating in the afternoon. Please look for that permission slip in the next week. We will take about 45 minutes on Friday, February 12th to have a small treat and pass out valentines. If your child brings valentines, please be sure that he/she has one for everyone in our class. Thanks!

Here’s what we have been up to this week:

Religion: In religion this week we listened to the story of the Prodigal Son. At first the young man just wanted to get his money and go out and live as he pleased. At the end of the story the son received something far more valuable than money…..he received forgiveness. Money can’t buy forgiveness. Whenever we come to God in prayer, in worship, in our daily lives, we come confessing our sins, admitting we don’t deserve His grace, but pleading for His mercy. No matter how many times we have sinned, God’s love is always bigger. He always calls us to repent about our sins, receive His forgiveness, and turn away from our sins. All of this happens because of what Jesus has done for us! We also talked about the parable of the Good Shepherd. Once there was shepherd who had 100 sheep, but as he looked around he realized one was missing. He loved and cared for that one lamb so much that he went out and looked for it until it was found. Jesus is our Good Shepherd. He cares about each one of you. If someone gets lost in sin, if someone gets into trouble, Jesus doesn’t walk away and say He has plenty of other followers. No, Jesus cares about every person. He wants to bring you back to a life with Him, with forgiveness, with faith, and with the promise of eternal life. Jesus said that there is rejoicing in heaven whenever a sinner repents. Our Good Shepherd loves us!!

Math: In math this week, focused mainly on double digit subtraction. The kids are excited about it and they were doing quite well so we started right in on borrowing (or regrouping). It is so nice to see them get excited about math. We did test over our subtraction by 5’s facts. We began practicing subtraction by 6’s. It is obvious that this does not come as easy as addition. If your child is struggling be sure to spend some extra time at home on subtraction.

Reading: We began our week by reading “A Chair for my Mother.” We went over the following high frequency words: bought, buy, fall, four, full, and world. We checked comprehension and discussed predictions. We also talked about making inferences. We are continuing to practice reading out loud so that the kids become more confident and fluent.

Science/SS: In science this week we spent the majority of our time discussing the water cycle. We talked about what it means when water evaporates and condenses. I am trying to have the kids use those words so they begin to understand it better. We defined the terms drought and flood. The kids also had to draw and label the water cycle. In social studies we talked about voting. Voting means that you make a choice about who you think will do the best job and who best represents what you believe. We also began talking more about the 3 branches of government and what are each branches responsibilities.

Language Arts: In language arts, we discussed how to use an encyclopedia to help us find information. In addition, we talked about the suffixes –ful, -less, and –ness. Finally, we talked about the letters we will be writing to our pen pals in Newhall, IA (my mom’s 2nd grade class). The kids are really excited about that!

Spelling and Phonics: In spelling this week we studied word with the vowel sounds in moon and book. In phonics, we reviewed compounds, -le endings, hard and soft c/g, blends, vowels, and digraphs. Finally, we worked on contractions with will and not. The kids caught on to this fairly quickly.

God’s blessings on your week!! Remember there is nothing that can separate us from the love of our Good Shepherd!!

In Christ,

Miss Rempfer


If your child is sending out Valentines here is a class list:

Braydon Cavin Trevor Alexis Olivia Victoria
Haven Konner Torrey Dawson Brekyn Matthew
Emily Hailey Connor Vincent Jayla
Spelling Words: plane, plain, tale, tail, rode, road, hole, whole, to, too, two, see, by
Challenge Words: threw, through

Extra list: hardly, sour, porch, shells, raw, bride, besides, anywhere, died, cares, dream, ages, sunshine, meeting
Challenge Words: laugh, valley

Memory Work: Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you. I Peter 5:7
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever. Psalm 118:1