NEWSLETTER - APRIL 9TH

Hi, everyone! Happy Friday! We've come to the end of a wonderful week here in second grade! We started the week by sharing the fun that we had over Spring Break. I loved hearing about all of the adventures your families had! Then, after sharing, the children wrote essays in their Author's Notebooks about their amazing experiences. I enjoyed reading these soooo much!

Here are some other things we learned:
* Writing - We focused on "elaboration" and "adding details" in our writing. Mrs. Corsino's class wrote spring poems using lots of adjectives and the 5 senses (which are hanging on our bulletin board if you'd like to come by and see), and Mrs. Ludwig's class wrote bunny fairy tales!
* Math - We continued to work on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. We did some SAT review, too!
* Science - We really delved into our Science unit on motion and energy. We talked about what makes things move and how to make things go faster and farther. We focused on the concepts of force, friction, and gravity.
*Reading - We talked about the difference between easy books, just-right books, and challenge books, and we discussed how readers of all ages need to read all 3 kinds! We also talked about what people consider when choosing books to read, and the children did lots of independent reading. We did some SAT reading practice, too!
*Language Arts - We reviewed capitalization and punctuation rules.
*Bible - We discussed the story of the prodigal son and talked about the importance of forgiveness.
* We are moving right along in our cursive handwriting, too!

Here are some announcements/reminders:
***NEXT TUESDAY, APRIL 13TH IS OUR MIKE HUCKABEE EVENT!!! IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO GET YOUR TICKETS!!! IT SHOULD BE A FANTASTIC EVENING!!!
4/19-22 - Elementary SAT Testing
5/20 - Elementary Concert at Northside Baptist Church - 7:00 PM
5/27 - Last Day of School!!!

This week during my personal devotion time at home, I've been reading from the book of Nehemiah. This book describes the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. There was much opposition to the rebuilding efforts from others, but despite all of the difficulties, Nehemiah and the Israelites didn't give up. In chapter 4, people are plotting to come against Jerusalem and stir up trouble for the Israelites. Verses 8 and 9 say, "They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it. But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat." When opposition happened, the Israelintes did 2 things. First, and most important, they prayed. They turned to God for help. Then, they took action by posting guards. This was a great reminder to me. When experiencing times of trouble, FIRST, pray...THEN, take action.

Have a great weekend!

In Christ's Name,
Mrs. Corsino and Mrs. Ludwig

PS Mrs. Corsino's Star Student next week will be KAYLEE. Mrs. Ludwig's will be SYDNEY.

PPS SOME SECOND GRADE NEEDS INCLUDE: SHARPIE MARKERS IN ALL DIFFERENT COLORS, PAPER TOWELS, CLOROX WIPES, TISSUES, WET GLUE, GLUE STICKS, ITEMS FOR CLASSROOM STORE/TREASURE BOX. THANKS A BUNCH!!!

MRS. CORSINO ALSO NEEDS WAL-MART GIFT CARDS SO THAT SHE CAN DEVELOP SOME PICTURES AT WAL-MART.COM PHOTO CENTER. SHE'S ALREADY DEVELOPED SOME ON HER OWN, BUT WOULD LIKE TO ADD MORE TO THE MEMORY BOOKS IF POSSIBLE. THANKS!!!