PROGRESSING

September 11, 2007
Dear second graders’ parents,

A good night’s sleep does wonders after a busy weekend!! Our board/teacher retreat was wonderfully relaxing and challenging. How can God teach my students, through me and in spite of me?! I deeply appreciate your prayers!

BIBLE We continue adding pages to our TEN P WORDS booklet, as we learn about each word. Yesterday I told stories from my past about how God PREPARED me to become a teacher here. Today PROCLAMATION happens through the Jesus film. How we share our POSSESSIONS in PROJECTS are Wednesday’s words, then PARTNERSHIP with God and other Christians on Friday will finish our booklets.

VERSE to memorize for Friday Acts 1.8 “But you will receive POWER when the Holy Spirit comes on you and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1.8

SPELLING The second part of list A (A/2) are go, my, run, ran, six, all, not, do, did, ten Students will sort these by vowels SOUNDS, and put them in abc (alphabetical) order. These are the words used for homework. Test is on Friday.

READING We will discuss how to act when others make fun of us, as Frog did to Toad in “A Swim.” It is difficult to respond in a forgiving way when our hearts are hurt. After identifying words ending with “-ed” students will sort them according to the 3 SOUNDS those letters make at the end of English words.

SOCIAL STUDIES We are looking at family traditions and “trees” of grandparents and parents to form our own class tree. Look for it during OPEN HOUSE on Sept. 20.

MATH Students will practice partners that make 6. They will learn the strategy of “making a 10” for making addition easier.

FRIDAY INTERNATIONAL FOCUS is a special given by parents to our class as teachers take the time to grow professionally during last period. Last month, Mr. Thornton talked about Canada. This week, Mrs. Kim, Yena’s mother, is scheduled to talk about CHINA with 2nd graders.

PROGRESS REPORTS are coming home Tuesday, Sept. 11. Please sign and return them by Tuesday, Sept. 18. I will appreciate any comments you think would help me better understand your child.

For the sake of the children,
Mrs. Glenda Moyer