Homework   

Week of:

Aug. 30 through Sept. 3

Monday Night:

-Review work from last week – in blue “My Daily Work” folder with your parents.  Keep this work

forever and ever – amen.  Have your parents sign week one of the “My Work Portfolio” sheet.

-Complete your math homework in your red math folder and return your math assignment in your red

 folder tomorrow.

-Read for 15 minutes in and get your Reading Log signed.

-Practice your Bible memory verse to quote Friday.

(*PARENTS-PLEASE REVIEW YOUR CHILD’S MATH HOMEWORK EACH NIGHT WITH YOUR CHILD.

  THEY WILL BE TESTED ON THESE MATH CONCEPTS EVERY FIVE DAYS.)

Tuesday Night:

-Complete “Spelling Practice Book” pages 1 and 2. (Do not return these until Friday.)

-Read for 15 minutes and get your Reading Log signed.

-Complete your math homework in your red math folder and return your math assignment in the red folder

tomorrow.

-Practice your Bible memory verse to quote Friday.

Wednesday Night:

-Read for 15 minutes and get your Reading Log signed.

-Practice your Bible memory verse to quote Friday.

Thursday Night:

-Complete “Spelling Practice Book” pages 3 and 4.

-Study your spelling words, especially the ones you missed on the pre-test today!

-Read the story “Exploring Space With an Astronaut” for 15 minutes and get your Reading Log signed.

 *Return your reading textbook tomorrow.

-Complete your math homework in your red math folder and return your math assignment in the red folder

tomorrow.

-Practice reciting your Bible memory verse to quote tomorrow.

*YOU WILL HAVE YOUR WRITTEN SPELLING TEST AND ORAL MEMORY VERSE TEST ON FRIDAY.

*RETURN ALL OF YOUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS IN YOUR GREEN HOMEWORK FOLDER

TOMORROW.

Spelling Words

Iris and Walter

Short Vowels cvc, cvcc,

 1. drum                   7. chop

                                                          2. rock                    8. sack

                                                          3. list                      9. tag

                                                          4. desk                   10. rib

                                                          5. job                     11. mess

                                                          6. sad                     12. dust

Challenge Words

13.  pocket                         14.  lettuce                     15.  engine

BIBLE MEMORY VERSE

8-30-10 through 9-3-10

“I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt into the land of the Canaanites . . .

a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Exodus 3:17

Math:  This week we will be working on addition of doubles, e.i. 1 + 1, 2 + 2, 3 + 3, adding o and adding 1,

the commutative property of addition, identifying addends and sums, graphing, telling time to the hour,

using logical reasoning to solve a problem, and solving a problem by acting it out.  Students will have

homework in math each Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.  Please be certain your child completes this

homework and returns it in their math folder the following morning.

Reading:                                                                                                  

This week we are reading Iris and Walter, which is a Realistic Fiction story.  Please remind your

child that realistic fiction means that the actions in the story could really happen, but it is not actually

a true story.  In this story, Iris is a child who moved to the country with her parents.  She did not like the

country because she was lonely and thought there were no children there, until. . . her grandpa took her on

an adventure and they found Walter.  Iris and Walter became fast friends, showing Iris that the country

is a nice, friendly place to live also.  God created us all in need of companionship and friendship, and He

always places the right friends in our lives at exactly the right time. 

Language/Grammar:  What makes a complete sentence?  As we study this week, the children are learning 

that a sentence must make sense, be in the correct order, have a capital letter for the beginning and

punctuation at the end.

Writing:  Normally, we think of a voice as what we literally "hear".  However, in writing voice is the word

choice showing how the writer feels.  Since we do not literally speak during writing, we must be certain we

choose our words carefully in order for the audience to know how we feel.       

 Bible: 

Our focus in Bible this week is to understand how terrrible it is to be a slave.  The students will 

participate in several activities giving them a slight idea of how it felt to be a slave under the hand of the

Egyptians.  In application to our own lives today, we need to understand that sin makes us a slave.  We 

must strive to continually make right choices in order to avoid becoming a slave to sin and unhappiness...I

am so thankful God sent his only Son, Jesus, in order to free us from our bondage of sin, just as He sent

Moses to free the Israelites from the Egyptians.

Science:  Weather!  What fun we are having learning about weather.  We are learning about cloud 

types, what the types of clouds mean, and weather terminology.  The best part of this learning is our 

super fun hands-on activities.  We will be making several weather "instruments", as well as going outdoors

to experience and experiment!

IT IS SO MUCH FUN TO BE IN SECOND GRADE!  WE ARE LEARNING SO MUCH AND HAVING A

GREAT TIME DOING SO!!! 

Important Events:  

Monday, September 6, 2010 - No School.  Labor Day.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - See You at The Pole.  8:45am in the school parking lot.

August 19 - September 9, 2010 - Attraction and Dining Coupon Books.  These books are a great fund

raiser for our school, as the proceeds are generous and the books are something of value to the owner. I

love my Attraction and Dining Coupon Book.  This book will pay for itself many times over as you use the

coupons in them.  I am thankful for the money I have saved with my coupon books.   I bought one as a gift

and it is still being used.

 Don't forget to save Box Tops!  The competition will begin September 1, 2010!