100th Day

Dear parents and friends,
On Friday, we will celebrate our 100th Day of School at ECA! We’ll
do 100 exercises with all other elementary students first thing in the
morning.

BIBLE: Second graders are responsible for presenting in Chapel on
Thursday, 7:50 -9:15 am. We will recite the FIVE FAITH FACTS, with
Scripture and songs to illustrate each.
1) God is who He says He is.

2) God can do what He says He can do.

3) I am who God says I am.

4) I can do all things through Christ.

5) God’s Word is alive and active in me.

I’m believing God! (based on Beth Moore’s book)

You are cordially invited to attend.

VERSES: Please review Hebrews 11:6 and Philippians 4:13 this week.

READING: Nate the Great solved his mystery. Now we will analyze
how— clues, setting, characters, plot. Ms. McLamb’s readers will discover
where the cat’s meow came from, and practice reading for fluency and
decoding.

MATH: Adding tens and solving word problems will prepare students
for regrouping. Fast Facts is a daily exercise to put basic facts
into your child’s memory.. Please practice with your child using the
sheet he or she brings for homework.

SCIENCE: After a fantastic field trip to the planetarium, with the
watchful eyes of 4 mothers, we will explore and illustrate the effect
of the SUN on plants and animals.

SPELLING: List I-3 includes sing/Mr., sang/found, sung/ nice, song/
plant, doll/got, feet/away, zoo/came, add/went, lace /lake, miss/
west. The two words separated by / are the two that should appear in
the same sentence. Please see the SPELLING SYSTEM explained,
including homework, on another post.

LOOK at the STARS with a real strong telescope on Friday evening from
ECA’s playground. Shooting off rockets will add to the excitement in
the air! I hope to see you there.

For looking at the stars,
Mrs. Moyer

Mysteries and Stars

BIBLE: Learning songs and verses about the FIVE FAITH FACTS will help us prepare for presenting chapel to elementary kids on Thursday, January 31, 7:50 am -8:30 am. This week and next, we will make a booklet centering on these FAITH FACTS. Encourage your child to practice this verse: Galatians 6:4 "Each one should test her own actions. Then she can take pride in herself, without comparing herself to somebody else."

MYSTERIES to be solved in reading groups: 3 groups with me will follow Nate the Great, a boy detective as he searches for clues. The other group will search for The Cat’s Meow with Ms. McLamb. I am appreciative of her help.

MATH We are playing games with cubes, preparing to regroup in addition and subtraction. Most days, kids will have 90 seconds to accurately complete Fast Facts. Please practice these orally with your child as you walk or drive, to put them into his long term memory.

PLANETARIUM visit on Thursday, and exploring the map of Colombia in the National Park, counts for science, Spanish and social studies. Thank you to each parent who volunteered to travel with us. The van will leave ECA at 9:30 am and return by 2:15.

WORDS: This week we will practice our alphabetizing skills using DICTIONARIES. Alphabetizing to the 4th and 5th letters, identifying guide words, noting parts of speech….these are skills that the kids will use for the rest of their lives. Pray we’ll take firm steps in developing this new skill.