Grinch Day

Tuesday, December 19th, 

“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! 
What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. 
What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!” 

Week of December 11th

RELIGION

*Church Seasons study

*Identify distinguishing characteristics of each chruch season

*Illustrate the colors used to identify each church season

*Advent Prayer Service

MATH

*Weekly time tests continue

*Ballpark estimates (rounding to the nearest 10)

*Begin double digit addition

*Learn partial sums algorithm

*Learn how to regroup (carry) the one

DAILY 5

*Read to Self, Read to Someone, Word Work & Listen to Reading

*Mini Lesson: Story elements

SOCIAL STUDIES

*Christmas, Kwanzaa and Hanukkah study

*Identify important characteristics of each

*Identify fun traditions for each

*Compare to our celebration of Christmas

WRITING

*Sheila Rae the Brave

*Create a character to write a story about

*Alexander and Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

*Create a characters and write about something that happens to that character

Week of December 4th

Congratulations to all of the 2nd's graders on a beautiful first Reconciliation weekend.  We are so proud of all the students and thankful to have been a part of the journey. 

RELIGION
*Reconciliation reflection ~ How did it go?

*Learn about the season of Advent

*Advent Prayer Service

*Reflect on how to share our time, talents and treasures

*Prepare a kindness prayer chain for the classroom

MATH
*Weekly time tests continue

*Estimating costs when given $1.00 to spend

*Explorations

*Ballpark estimates (rounding to the nearest 10)

*Begin double digit addition

DAILY 5
*Read to Self, Read to Someone, Word Work & Listen to Reading

*Mini Lesson: Adverbs; all parts of speech review

SOCIAL STUDIES

*Christmas, Kwanzaa and Hanukkah study

*Identify important characteristics of each

*Identify fun traditions for each

*Compare to our celebration of Christmas

WRITING
*Write a pet story either real or made-up

*Add adjectives to make writing more interesting

*Sheila Rae the Brave

*Create a character to write a story about

*Fun activity for Christmas: Elf Application