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2nd Grade News
May 18-22, 2009
Dear Parents,
This is the last full school week of school this year - we are in the single digits for days left and believe me, the kids are counting down! We are nearing the end of some of our books and others- we may not reach the endJ
Understanding weight, reading temperatures, and probability as well as multiple-step word problems will keep us busy in math this week.
In vowac, we will continue to learn about words spelled with the suffix "ed". We will also review the sounds of "soft c" and "soft g" and words spelled with those letters.
We will study the miraculous conversion of Saul (the persecutor of Christians) and then follow the changed Paul on his missionary journeys. The memory verse for this week is a repeat of last week: Romans 8:31b-32: "If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own son, but gave him up for us all- how will he not also, along with him graciously give us all things?" (Note: I changed it a little from last week)
We are completing a unit in reading this week and will take the unit test over the skills we have mastered in this unit.
The spelling words for the week are words containing suffixes:
1. peaches 9. toys
2. hauling 10. stretcher
3. singer 11. front
4. pointing 12. father
5. swelling 13. again
6. chewing 14. school
7. scratches 15. people
8. pitches
The paragraph for the week is:
I have a friend who says his father can do everything. He loves his father very much. I just listen to him boast.
The most important event of the week is our class field trip on Wednesday along with the 3rd grade. Hopefully the weather cooperates and we can enjoy a beautiful spring day. We will board the bus as soon as the students arrive and head to Sioux Falls. Our first stop will be a fire station on the corner of 41st Street and Marion Road. From there we will head to the Great Plains Zoo. We will eat a sack lunch prepared by the cooks at the park near the zoo and at 12:00 we will tour the zoo. At 2:00 we will make our departure and return to school in time for the students to catch their buses to take them home. As I told you on the permission slips, the students may bring hand-held video games or other things to occupy their time on the bus (if they don't cause motion sickness). They may also bring a snack for the bus ride but liquids must be in containers with a cover to eliminate spills. Please send a jacket or sweatshirt with your child just in case - sometimes the weather in Hull is different from Sioux Falls. Miss Lanae Attema, our Western helper, will accompany us on our trip. This will also be her last day in our class and we wish to thank her for being such a great helper this semester and wish her God's blessing as she enters college.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Eekhoff
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