Dear Parents,
Hi! We've had another WONDERFUL WEEK here in second grade! We finished our reading unit with a story called The Library. It was a funny fictional piece which rhymed! The children were able to make lots of connections with it, which made it fun! We continued our study of Sea Life in Science by beginning to research the Arctic Ocean. We'll finish these up next week! Today we had a blast celebrating Abby's birthday, meeting Jordan's guinea pig Doodles, and having our very own Passover celebration (that's what we're learning about it Bible)!
Here are some other things we learned:
*Writing - We started writing a report about what we learned about the Arctic Ocean.
*Math - We continued to focus on counting coins this week! Specifically, we talked about how to make an amount using the fewest possible coins. We tasted apples and graphed our favorites, and we reviewed lots of other math skills, too!
*Science - For most of this semester, we will be learning about plants, animals, and habitats for Science. This week we learned about plant and animal life in the Arctic Ocean. In the Science Lab, the children learned why freshwater creatures can't survive in salt water and vice versa.
*Social Studies - We continued our study of Johnny Appleseed!
*Language Arts - We reviewed nouns, verbs, and pronouns.
*Bible - We learned all about the Passover meal and why it's celebrated, and Mrs. Corsino's class continued practicing for our class chapel. Today we had our own Passover Meal! Cool!
*We also practiced our spelling words and learned how to make a lower case b in cursive!
Here are some announcements and reminders:
*If your child is in Mrs. Corsino's class, remember to send in a handheld mirror!!!
*Johnny Appleseed Day is right around the corner!!! It will take place on Friday, September 24th. Each child should come to school that day dressed like Johnny Appleseed! After chapel, we will do some fun apple activities. Thanks so much to all of you who have volunteered to help out on that day! The activities will be pretty self-explanatory, so we'll let you know your job right after chapel that morning!
*Mrs. Corsino's class will also have their special class chapel that morning at 8:15. The children will be singing 2 songs and putting on a short play for all to see! Soooo...Mrs. Corsino's class should come dressed in jeans and white T-shirts. They may bring other Johnny Appleseed attire (i.e. flannel shirts, rope belts, pans, etc.) to put on after chapel. WOW! What a fun day it's going to be!
*Hispanic Heritage Day is coming up on Wednesday, September 29th from 10:00-1:00. Mrs. Hernandez sent home a note about this in the Friday folder. At the bottom of this newsletter, you'll see a list of things that the second graders are being asked to bring in that day!
*Next week is spiritual emphasis week. To help make a difference, we are being asked to send in the following items for the food pantry: peanut butter, jelly, ramen noodles, and loose change. Anything you can send in would be appreciated!
*We are already looking forward to this year's ANNUAL AUCTION! Mrs. Corsino's class is responsible for a "Movie" basket, and Mrs. Ludwig's class is responsible for a "Gators" basket. Please send in items if you can! For Mrs. Corsino's class, some ideas include movie tickets, movie candy, popcorn, the popcorn containers you can buy at Target, a DVD of a great movie, movie stickers, etc. For Mrs. Ludwig, anything that go along with the Florida Gators will do!
The other day at home I was reading Psalm 37:3-6, which says, "Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the noonday sun." God loves us more than we can comprehend, and He smiles when we trust Him and delight in Him. Doesn't that make you smile, too?
Have a SUPER-DUPER weekend!
In Christ's Name,
Mrs. Corsino and Mrs. Ludwig
PS Mrs. Corsino's STAR STUDENT next week will be RILEY.
Mrs. Ludwig's will be SHANE.
SECRET WORD: BELUGA WHALES
***MRS. HERNANDEZ IS ASKING IF SECOND GRADE PARENTS CAN SEND IN THE FOLLOWING FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE DAY:
MRS. CORSINO'S CLASS - PLANTAIN CHIPS (THEY SELL THESE AT PUBLIX)
MRS. LUDWIG'S CLASS - COOKIES WITH POWDERED SUGAR ON THEM
THANK YOU!!!
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