April 25th Newsletter

Upcoming Dates

Friday, April 25th - Midterms sent home

Saturday, May 3rd - First Communion Practice at 9:30 a.m. in the church

Sunday, May 4th - First Communion Mass at 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, May 7th - 2 Hour Delay

Friday, May 9th - May Crowing; 2nd graders plan mass and wear First Communion outfits; Mom's and Muffins

This Week in Class:

Math - Continued learning addition of three-digit numbers with regrouping

Reading - Long e spelled ie (cookie, either, receive); words where f changes to -ves to make them plural (leaf = leaves, shelf = shelves); grammar skill: quotation marks; comprehension skill: context clues

Health - Began learning about families: getting along with family members and conflict resolution

Science - Learned about staying healthy: exercising, germs, and keeping clean

Handwriting - finished capital letters!  We can write anything in cursive!!

Spelling - words for next week: compound words

birthday         airplane        myself

everything     something     outside

bathtub         playground    sunshine

everybody     sometimes     inside

*words are on www.spellingcity.com/ellerbrock

Pop Tabs

Monday is the last day to bring in pop tabs!!

Midterms

Midterms were sent home today in the blue folders.  Please sign and return.  As always, if you have any questions, please  feel free to contact me.

April 17th Newsletter

Upcoming Dates

Friday, April 18th - No School - Good Friday

Monday, April 21st - NO School - Easter Monday
Saturday, May 3rd - First Communion Practice at 9:30 a.m. in the church
Sunday, May 4th - First Communion Mass at 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, May 7th - 2 Hour Delay

This Week in Class:

Math - Began learning addition of three-digit numbers

Health - Continued learning about feelings: showing respect and being a friend

Science - Finished learning about nutrition, healthy foods, and digestion

Handwriting - continued working on capital letters

Social Studies - Finished learning about American Heroes.  Soon we will be begin researching an American Hero.

Spelling - words for next week: review

before     you          hard           know         every         about
part         no          favorite        down         started        one
some       how       first             to               through        out
person    two        very           sound           were           won
whole      town     buy              by               would        bark

*words are on www.spellingcity.com/ellerbrock

Pop Tabs

Continue to bring in pop tabs!! We are currently in 3rd place! 

Spirit Week

Next week begins Spirit week and the students may dress up for each day.  If they dress up according to the day, they may be out of uniform.

Tuesday: Twin day

Wednesday: Cowboy Day 

Thursday: Pajama Day

Friday: Sports Day - Bring clothes to change into after Mass.

April 11th Newsletter

Upcoming Dates

Thursday, April 17th - Egg Decorating / Easter Egg Hunt

Friday, April 18th - No School - Good Friday

Monday, April 21st - NO School - Easter Monday

This Week in Class:

Math - Finished learning about 3 digit numbers; counting patters to 1000, ordering greatest to least and least to greatest, comparing; and rounding to the nearest hundred.

Reading - grammer: complete sentences; comprehension skill: realism and fantasy; long i spelled ie and ey (i.e. cookie, money); consonants gh, lf, and ph (i.e. tough, calf, and phone)

Health - Continued learning about feelings: showing respect and being a friend

Science - Finished learning about nutrition, healthy foods, and digestion

Handwriting - continued working on capital letters

Social Studies - Continued learning about our nation past and present; discussed technology: then and now and American heroes

Spelling - words for next week: words that sound the same

no    know    to      two

I      eye       here   hear

by    buy       won    one

*words are on www.spellingcity.com/ellerbrock

Pop Tabs

Continue to bring in pop tabs!! We are currently in 3rd place! 

Senior Center

Today we went to the Senior Center for their Spring Party.  The students made a butterfly, decorated cookies, and did an activity sheet.

April 4th Newsletter

Upcoming Dates

Saturday, April 5th - First Communion Retreat 9:30 a.m. - noon
Thursday, April 17th - Egg Decorating / Easter Egg Hunt
Friday, April 18th - No School - Good Friday
Monday, April 21st - NO School - Easter Monday

This Week in Class:

Math - continued learning about 3 digit numbers; counting patters to 1000, ordering greatest to least and least to greatest, comparing; and rounding to the nearest hundred.

Reading - grammer: contractions (i.e. can't, isn't, they'll, she's); comprehension skill: main idea; ex pattern (extra, exercise /ks/ sound); prefixes un-, dis-, and re- (unlock, dishonest, redo)

Health - Began learning about feelings: how to manage feelings and stress.

Science - began learning about nutrition, healthy foods, and digestion

Handwriting - continued working on capital letters

Social Studies - Continued learning about our nation past and present; discussed the first americans and early settlers

Spelling - words for next week:  more vowel sound with r 

learn    first     turn

hurt     her      were

heard   bird     girl

turtle   burn    person

*words are on www.spellingcity.com/ellerbrock

Pop Tabs

Continue to bring in pop tabs!! We are currently in 3rd place! 

Book it!

We have finished Book It!  The kids did a great job reading and I have seen a tremendous improvement not only in their reading ability, but also in their comprehension ability.  Please encourage your child to keep reading.  This is so important!

Pictures

Next week we will be constructing personal time lines in class to show important events that have happened in our life.  The students need to begin looking for pictures of events.  Please make sure the students know what they are and when they took place.  Perhaps labeling them on the back will be helpful.  These pictures will be returned to you.  Examples to use are: birth; first day of school, birth of younger siblings, and anything else you can think of.  Please send in pictures by Wednesday, April 9th!!