Helpful Highlights
END OF TRIMESTER 2
February 24th marked the end of Trimester 2. We look forward to starting Trimester 3, and finishing the year strong! Report Cards will come home in Friday Folders on March 5th! Please follow this checklist, after reviewing your student’s accomplishments!
Sign the copy and return to school in blue homework folder
Keep the original
Keep awards
DR. SEUSS BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
Battle of the Books is a competition among Dr. Seuss’ top titles, with kids voting in a number of matchups to choose the big winner… bracket style! We kicked off this new LS Theme Day on March 2nd. The battle will last for 3 weeks. Stay tuned for the WINNER!
Learning Goals:
Compare Classic Dr. Seuss Books to Beginner’s Dr. Seuss Books
Understand the purpose of a tournament bracket by determining a single winner amongst the participants
Learn how to vote using a ballot &/or a google form
Gain an understanding of Dr. Seuss’ life and his works
Explain some of the techniques used in his books
SPRING TERM PARTNERS
A message from our awesome Upper School Principal, Megan Strange:
Thank you SO MUCH for your prayers for Upper School Spring Term at NCCS. If you are new to our team this year, HERE is a link that will describe what Spring Term is all about. We are so grateful for the opportunity to partner our Upper School Spring Term teams with our AMAZING Lower School Prayer Partners as we get ready to head out for our adventures. This year we have 17 Spring Term teams. Some will head out on airplanes, buses, and shuttles to be away for an entire week and some will meet at school each morning, work all day on projects in the local area, and return to their own homes in the evenings. Spring Term occurs the last week of March and we covet your prayers over this time.
In the past, we would come and visit your classes BEFORE Spring Term to get to know each other and then visit your class again AFTER Spring Term to talk about how things unfolded. Due to COVID, those large gatherings aren't easy to coordinate and obviously we all want to be safe about that. We are going to try and coordinate some type of interaction (whether virtual or through letter writing).
After Spring Term, we are hoping we can coordinate a day where all the Upper School Spring Term Teams and the corresponding Lower School classes can meet outside around campus to share how the Lord worked during our Spring Term time as a result of the Lower School prayer partners. Please stay tuned as Mrs. Titus and I will work that out after Spring Break and standardized testing.
Thank you for doing an amazing job raising up Champions for Christ. On behalf of our Upper School team, you have done a fantastic job laying a great foundation for our Upper School students and we are so grateful for all of you!
Here are the second grade partners:
Davis - Proverbs 31:30
Romine - Puerto Rico
Floresta - Dominican Republic
Loving Learning
Right now, we are loving learning about:
Bible - We will be taking a short break from our Moses series, as we prepare for Easter. Over the next 3 weeks, we will cover 9 lessons of the Easter story. This week we will focus on “The Triumphal Entry,” “The Last Supper,” and “The Garden of Gethsemane.”
Phonics / Spelling
Spelling Focus: Use ch right after a consonant or vowel team. Ex: lunch, beach
Use tch right after a short vowel sound. Ex: latch, stitch
Grammar / Creative Writing - This week we begin a Creative Writing Unit. Our focus will be writing an Instructional Paragraph. Students will learn to identify an audience, purpose, and materials for a “How-To” paper. They will also learn to use time-order words, as the teacher models the Writing Process for this type of paragraph.
Reading - This week we continue Unit 6: Main Idea.
Comprehension Focus: Main Idea
Pattern Statement: Something large can be supported or held up by enough smaller things.
Visual Tool: Idea Framework
SPECS Logs: Reader’s Response, Visual Tool, Reflection (Today, I learned…..)
Vocabulary: lifeboats, nectar, termite, steward, drones, predator, stern, bow
Math - We will wrap up Unit 6. The test is on Tuesday. We will also begin Unit 7: Whole Number Operations and Measurement and Data. This week students will practice finding differences between 2-digit numbers and multiples of 10, and solve an open response problem by applying place-value concepts and addition properties.
Social Studies - We continue our study of Georgia’s Past, comparing the Creek & Cherokee Indians. This week we will discuss their homes, the Trail of Tears, and take a look at the Cherokee Alphabet. In addition, we will work on map skills.
Save the Date
April 2 - No School - Good Friday!
April 5-9 - No School - Spring Break!
April 14 - Class Pictures
April 19-23 - IOWA Testing Week
