This Week

Coming up...

Wednesday:

*Report cards go home.

*Finish Portrait Masks.

Thursday:

*50th day of school-50's day--we will do 2050 BC.

*Children my dress in Ancient Egyptian costume...we will have our portrait masks, so if you cannot find anything else, don't worry!

*We will cook/eat Egyptian food and play Egyptian games.

Friday:

*Ethan will present on The Great Sphinx.

*Adopt-a-park work day.

*Wear jeans and school t-shirts!

*Sack lunches will be provided for those who are signed up for school lunch.

Monday

*Spelling Tests

*Bible/History Tests 

        (I will try to keep these tests on Fridays as much a possible!  
        This week they are on Monday because of our park work day 
        on Friday.)

***Our marble jar is almost full!  Look for news of an upcoming "good choices party"!  Your students have had fabulous behavior this year and I am very excited to celebrate with them.***

Latin in song!

Ask your child about this picture.

The second graders continue to surprise me with how well they're doing in Latin!  We have learned vocabulary for lessons 1-15 in our text Prima Latina.  We've also been working on the Pater Noster (the Lord's Prayer in Latin) -- they have the first half down pretty well. 

Here's a sense of the structure of our week:
On Tuesdays, we review and add more vocabulary words, most recently taking them from the Latin hymns we're memorizing.  So far, they know "Veni, Veni, Immanuel" (O Come Immanuel) and "Adeste Fidelis" (O Come All Ye Joyful).  We're currently working on the second verse for each of those songs.  Songs are a wonderful and enjoyable way to pick up common vocabulary words and grammar in context.  On Thursdays, we review using games and read a Roman myth.

We hope to show off our Latin at the Christmas program.  If you want to quiz your children on their Latin, here are a few words from our list:
natus, regis, angelus, adeste, venio, video, triumpho, laetus, fidelis, laudo, clamo, ambulo, navigo, porto, oro, laboro, specto, amo, adoro, habito, judico, paro, libero, regina, stella, silva, terra, unda, aqua, cena, corona, mensa, veni, captivum, solve, qui, gemit, exsilio, privatus, Dei, gaude, nascetur

Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Cure

On Friday, your child will complete a project in connection with Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle.  They have already come up with an imaginary (or real) behavior problem and thought of a magic cure for the problem. 
They will create a poster to show these ideas in class tomorrow.  The only work they will need to do at home, is to create a sample of the cure.  They should be able to use ordinary household items for this.  

For example: to make "magic dust" your child could mix flour and glitter, put it in a container, and create a label for the container.  It should be simple!

The children will have the opportunity to show their creations in class on Friday morning.

Please call or e-mail me if you have any questions!

Next Week's Assignment

On Monday, we will make portrait mummy masks in class.  Please send (not wear) a knit long sleeve shirt to school on Monday.  Arms with stripes would be ideal!

Also, in order to be in full costume, each child will need two rolls of toilet paper.

Spelling Homework

On Monday, a spelling packet went home in your child's folder.  This is due on Friday.  There will also be a spelling test on Friday over the words in the packet.  *Bonus words (see last page in the packet) are included on Friday's test.*  This homework should not be overwhelming if it is divided up during the week.  Spelling words will not be posted on the blog, because we are working from two separate lists each week.

Our "Personal Pyramid" project begins Tuesday!

Don't forget to bring your supplies.  

As a reminder, here is a section of the homework assignment that was sent home in your blue folder:

As a Homework Assignment, bring a Ziploc bag (labeled with your name) filled with a number of small items which can be added to the walls and floor of your pyramid.

 

For example, you might want to include:

• a photograph of yourself and/or your family
• magazine pictures or stickers of favorite foods, games, pets, and pastimes
• an object or two which represent a collection and/or your participation in a group activity (church, scouts, sports, team).
  
  
  
  
  Chapel is tomorrow morning.  Please be on time to school wearing your chapel uniform.
  
  
  
  
  There are no spelling words or test this week.  
  
  
  
  
  Don't forget to make your family crest and turn it in to Mrs. Jeter.  If you still need a shield cut out, you can get one in the office.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   Wednesday is our Field Trip to the CAC to watch "The Three Little Pigs" presented by UMHB students.
   
  
  Friday is Canterbury Faire.  Students may wear non-scary costumes (no weapons) to school that day.  It is also a half day for the elementary students.  Pick up is at 11:45.  
  
  ECO will be provided.
  
  
  I will see you in the morning.
  
  
  Love,
  Mrs. Smith 
  
  
  
  

2nd Grade Math News - Oct 12

In Math the students have reviewed Addition Math Facts: 0, 1, doubles, 10, 2 and 9.  The students have also worked on Telling Time to the Half Hour, Estimating and Meaureing Line segments in inches, Ordering two digits,  Fractions, Rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 2, Counting pennies, nickels and dimes, and writing money amounts using Dollar signs and Cent Symbols

Next week they will be reviewing Addition Math Facts: 3 and 4, Collecting Data using Tally Marks, Estimating the sum of two two-digit numbers, Estimating and Measuring Line segments using centimeters, and ordering three-digit numbers.