Lord's Prayer

We have been studying the Lord's Prayer in Bible class this week and it's been such a gift to be
able to talk to the students about prayer and why we pray.  We've also been learning about what the Lord's Prayer means and the what those words mean when we pray them, and how Jesus teaches us to pray. What a blessing and comfort we have in these words from our Lord! We are all so thankful to be at a Christian School where our faith in Jesus grows deeper each day as we learn more about Him through His Word! 

We had a fun visit from the 8th grade orchestra kids on Thursday! They played some songs for us and let the 2nd graders get up close to the instruments! They showed the 2nd graders how to play their instruments and then the 2nd graders played a song! Super fun! Look for pictures of this at the end of the blog.

HOMEWORK FOLDERS:
Your child's new Reading slip and Math homework are coming home on Monday (Oct. 17) and they will be due Monday, Oct. 24. 

- Bible: Psalm 23 was sent home, it is a beautiful psalm, keep practicing!

WORDS OF THE WEEK:

Thank you for helping your child practice: things, school, walk, always, great, find, until, last, high, easy, next, pretty, more idea, soon

Thanks for helping your child practice these words! Our spelling test will be on Wed. Oct. 19!

Jungle Explorer of the Week!Elsa was our special Jungle Explorer of the Week! Thanks for sharing your poster and pictures with our class. We enjoyed getting to know you and learning that you love playing with friends, you play softball, soccer, and gymnastics, and your favorite food is pizza! We love that you want to be a teacher when you grow up! Your favorite place is Disney World. You are so special to God and to us, Elsa, and we loved getting to know more about you this week!

No Jungle Explorer next week because of the short week.

Pumpkin Day:

On Oct. 25 our 2nd grade class will be having their Pumpkin Day! We will do some fun learning activities with pumpkins and make a fall craft. We are looking forward to celebrating fall with this fun day in 2nd grade. We are looking for some parent volunteers to help with our groups. If you can make it work we would love to have you! Check out the sign up genius link to come and celebrate with us! Feel free to dress in fall colors like: red, orange, yellow, or brown!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D48A4AB2BA4F58-pumpkin

CONFERENCES:
Parent-Teacher Conferences will be the following days:
Monday, Oct. 17 from 4:00-8:00pm
Wednesday, Oct. 19 from 12:00-4:00pm- Just a note these meetings on Wednesday are virtual. I will send a link for those conferences next week with the link you will need for the meeting. I ask for some patience as we are using a new system and we haven't worked out all the bugs!

I am looking forward to meeting with you, and celebrating all your child has accomplished in 2nd grade so far, and discussing ways we can continue to challenge your child this year! 

REPORT CARDS: 
Report Cards are available today electronically. Please take time to look it over, and I'll be looking forward to chatting with you more about your child's progress on Monday or Wednesday at conferences. Please remember that the standards are end of the year goals, and your child has had a good first quarter in 2nd Grade! 

Sassafras Ridge:

On Oct. 28 the 2nd graders will be going to Sassafras Ridge for most of the day. We are spending time with the 2nd grade classes from Rose  Park and Forest School. We have some fun things planned!  2nd graders will need a sack lunch for that day. We will cancel if it is pouring rain.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Oct. 17: Math and Reading slips due,

Oct. 17 and 19: Parent/Teacher Conferences from 4pm-8pm(19th from 12-4pm)

Oct. 19: 1/2 day of school dismissal at 11:30, 1st -15 sight words test

Oct. 20-21: CEA Convention (No School)

Oct. 25: Pumpkin Day

Oct. 28: 2nd grade to Sassafras Ridge need a sack lunch

Nov. 2: Picture Retake day

Nov. 23-25: Thanksgiving break