Many Seconds in Second

What a great week we had.  On Wednesday we did everything PUMPKIN!!! It was a great day to explore and learn a little bit more about pumpkins.  During science, we predicted if pumpkins float or sink.  The kids were shocked to learn huge, heavy pumpkins do float!  We also measured and weighed our pumpkins.  Later in the day we opened the pumpkins and counted all the seeds!  Most groups reached up to 400 seeds!  All these seeds will grow new pumpkin plants.  We reflected on how God has a plan even for little things like pumpkins!

Finding out if pumpkins sink or float.

 Brynn, Marinna, and Anika finding the diameter of their pumpkin.

Measuring their pumpkin. 

Counting seeds. 

Reading:

We’ve been learning new ways to tackle ‘trouble spots’ in our reading for the past few weeks.  We have many strategies ready to use when we are reading and suddenly come to a ‘bump’ in the road (words we don’t know).  These strategies include: Looking at the pictures, context clues, flipping the vowel sounds, and finding small words inside the larger unknown word. 

We’ve also begun working on learning how to pick out the most important parts of the books we read.  Not every word/ sentence holds the same value in our reading.  “Determining what’s important” is a great comprehension strategy.  We reflected that in our daily lives we too, need to determine what’s important to us.  Out of all the daily activities we do ,what activities are most important and what matters most. One student said they love to play outside, especially soccer, but the MOST important thing is that I love Jesus.”  Teaching your child above all else, loving and following Jesus is the most important.  This is a true blessing.

Math: 

We have begun studying and understanding place value.  We show our work through making ‘quick hundreds, tens, and ones’.  This is a great visual for your child to see and use in explaining the math work they do.  Understanding place value of numbers will be very helpful in launching into two-digit addition and subtraction.

Writing:

This week we are learning how to write gripping personal narratives.  This week your child has planned out his/her ‘small moment’ and sketched it, along with writing a lead sentence that hooks the reader into wanting to read more of the story. 

Bible:

We have been learning about Jesus’ famous sermon; The Sermon on the Mount.  In this sermon Jesus tells his people how important the law of love is.   Our prayer, praise, and acts of love should spring from the love for God, not from desire for other people’s approval. 

As you can see, our week is full of lots of lessons and activities.  It is truly my pleasure to do this second grade experience with your child.  Continue to pray daily that all our work might bring glory to HIS name.

Building His Kingdom,

Stacia Vogelzang