Helpful Highlights
BOOK REPORT
Remember - the President Book Report is due Wednesday, February 10th! We are SO excited to see all of the finished products!!!
VALENTINE’S DAY EXCHANGE
Second graders will have their Valentine’s Day Exchange on Wednesday, February 10th in their classrooms! Students will decorate a bag or box at home and bring it to class on this day. Students may bring Valentine cards for their classmates as long as they bring one for every student. A class list came home in blue folders on January 27th. Also, PTF is providing cookies for the children to decorate in class! Students may wear red and pink on this day, instead of their uniforms, if they would like to!
WINTER BREAK
We hope you enjoy your Winter Break (Thursday, Feb. 11 - Monday Feb. 15)! Classes will resume on Tuesday, Feb. 16th.
END OF TRIMESTER 2
February 24th marks the end of Trimester 2. Report cards will
be coming home in Friday Folders on March 5th. We look forward to starting Trimester 3, and finishing the year strong!
Loving Learning
Bible - The Life of Moses Series: We will focus this week on “Pharaoh Changes His Mind,” and discuss the 2 meanings of fear: being afraid and respect for God.
Phonics / Spelling
Spelling Focus: /ge/ and /dge/
Use ge right after a consonant or long vowel sound. Ex: page
Use dge right after a short vowel sound. Ex: judge
Grammar / Creative Writing - We will be reviewing for the Ch. 8 Test on Pronouns. The test is Tuesday, Feb. 9th. Next, we will begin Ch. 9: More Verbs. Topics this week will include: 1) Helping Verbs (has / have) being used with action words - run and come. 2) Helping Verbs (has / have) being used with irregular verbs - gone and seen.
Reading - Unit 5: Summarization
Comprehension Focus: Summarization
Pattern Statement: Essential information can be organized and restated concisely and coherently.
Visual Tool: Summary Steps
SPECS Logs: Reader’s Response, Visual Tool, Reflection (Today, I learned…..)
Vocabulary: auction, gleaming, ordinary, hayloft, deserve, mill, orchard, snarls, abandoned, thieves
Math - We will start off the week with the Unit 5 Test on Monday, Feb. 8th. Next, we’ll begin Unit 6: Whole Number Operations and Number Stories. This week students will draw picture graphs and bar graphs to represent a data set, as well as solve comparison number stories.
Social Studies - We continue our study of Georgia’s Past, focusing on the Creek Indians. Students will compare the way the Creeks lived to how we live today.
Save the Date
February 10 - President Book Report Due & Valentine Exchange
February 11-15 - Winter Break!!!
February 24 - End of Trimester 2
