Week of May 24 - 28

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THE FINISH LINE

YOU MADE IT!!!  It’s been an awesome year in 2nd Grade!  We have learned a lot, and had so much fun together.  We hope you all have a safe, exciting, and restful summer!  We love you and look forward to seeing you next year!

END OF YEAR AWARDS

We invite all parents & grandparents to attend the Lower School Awards Ceremony on Monday, May 24 from 1:30 - 2:30 in the gym. Students will be recognized for various accomplishments such as Academic Scholar, Christian Leadership, and much more! 

END OF YEAR PARTY

Students will celebrate with their teacher and classmates on the last day of school, May 25th.  Each individual class will have fun activities planned.  NCCS & PTF are providing pizza for lunch, as well as Kona Ice!  Wear your 2nd Grade green t-shirt!  Looking forward to a day of fun and celebration!

Week of May 17 - 21

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END OF YEAR AWARDS

We invite all parents & grandparents to attend the Lower School Awards Ceremony on Monday, May 24 from 1:30 - 2:30 in the gym. Students will be recognized for various accomplishments such as Academic Scholar, Perfect Attendance, Christian Leadership, and much more! 

END OF YEAR PARTY

Students will celebrate with their teacher and classmates on the last day of school, May 25th.  Each individual class will have fun activities planned.  NCCS & PTF are providing pizza for lunch, as well as Kona Ice!  Looking forward to a day of fun and celebration!

Loving Learning

Right now, we are loving learning about:

Bible -  We completed our study of Moses.  This week we will retell and share our favorite stories from this year!

Phonics Focus:  Sounds of ough, aught, ought - we will only introduce these sounds.  There will be no test on them.

Grammar / Creative Writing - As the year ends, we will not test on anymore topics; however, we still want to utilize our time wisely to expose students to the following topics:  1) Recognizing and writing similes  2) Dividing sentences into subject and action parts  3) Identifying the “main word” or “simple subject”  4) Identifying the “main action word” or “simple verb”  5) Identifying Predicates  6) Recognizing Run-on Sentences.

Reading - This week we will complete our Intellectual Art and take our final Reading A-Z evaluations.  We will also do a brief introduction to the Comprehension Focus:  Plot - when trying to reach a goal or solve a problem, anticipation rises until something happens that influences the outcome.

Math:  We will continue Unit 9:  Equal Shares and Whole Number Operations.  Students will review place value by writing multi-digit numbers in expanded form and comparing them, use base-10 blocks to solve subtraction problems with & without regrouping, and practice finding coin and bill combinations with equivalent values and using cents and dollars-and-cents notation.

Social Studies:  We will introduce the 3 branches of our Government - local, state, and federal.

Save the Date

May 24 - LS Awards Ceremony in Gym @ 1:30 (parents and grandparents invited)

May 25 - Last Day of School and End of Year Parties

For the week of May 10th-May 14th

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CHANGES TO BIBLE TEST

We are now taking Bible Verse tests with no word bank.  Words WILL NOT be marked wrong for misspellings; however, the missing words must be close to the correct spelling.  Our last test will be Friday, May 14th. 

YEARBOOKS

Students are excited to bring home their 2020-2021 yearbook!  They will come home on Tuesday, May 11th.  We will give them an opportunity to sign each other’s yearbook on that day.

Loving Learning

Right now, we are loving learning about:

Bible -  We complete our study of the last part of Moses’ life, as the Israelites’ journey nears the Promised Land.  Our lessons will include:  Balaam the False Prophet, Moses Sees the Promised Land, and The Death of Moses.

Phonics / Spelling -  Sounds of /tion/ and /sion/.  Our last test will be Friday, May 14th. 

Grammar / Creative Writing - We have completed our writing unit:  Persuasive Writing.  As the year ends, we will not test on anymore topics; however, we still want to utilize our time wisely to expose students to the following topics:  1) Recognizing and writing similes  2) Dividing sentences into subject and action parts  3) Identifying the “main word” or “simple subject”  4) Identifying the “main action word” or “simple verb”  5) Identifying Predicates  6) Recognizing Run-on Sentences.

Reading - This week we will work on our Intellectual Art and take our final Reading A-Z evaluations.

Math - On Tuesday, we will take the Cumulative Test.  Next, we will introduce Unit 9:  Equal Shares and Whole Number Operations.  This week students will divide shapes and use fraction vocabulary to name the shares, explore equal shares of different shapes, use pattern blocks to divide shapes, make a number line, and decide how to share muffins equally. 

Social Studies - We will be introducing Unit 3:  Georgia at Work.  Topics will include:  1)  Needs, Wants, and Choices - identifying costs and benefits of an economic choice.  2)  People at Work - explaining what consumers and producers do.  3)  Goods and Services - explaining that because of scarcity people make choices about goods and services they buy.  4)  Spending and Saving - describing costs and benefits of personal spending and saving choices.

Save the Date

May 24 - LS Awards Ceremony in Gym @ 1:30 (parents and grandparents invited)

May 25 - Last Day of School for K3-4th grade