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.