Looking Ahead:
Spelling: Lesson 24 (ow/ou) how, now, plowed, town, brown, owl, scowl, could, would, should

Memory:
The Eighth Commandment

You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.      1 John 3:18

Math: TEST Monday and Tuesday

Written test 17

17-1 Fact test- 25 facts focusing on subtracting 4 and 5 

17-2 Fact test- 60 facts focusing on subtracting 0-5

Science: Chapter 1 Plants

*We did not start Science this week due to student absences. We spent the week finishing up our Social Studies unit on factories. I have changed my Science plans and I have decided to start chapter 1- plants next week due to our upcoming field trip to the Butterfly House. This will allow us to finish up life cycles just in time for our visit.

New Info:
SIX FLAGS READING due:  MONDAY FEBRUARY 24!

YEAR BOOK ORDER FORM IN FRIDAY FOLDER: MUST ORDER ONLINE BEFORE MARCH 3

Next Friday Invitations to Grandparent's Day will come home in the homework folder.  GRANDPARENT'S DAY is MARCH 14.  This day is for Grandparents or another special adult to spend the morning with us at school.  This is a half day of school.  In the invitation is a schedule of the mornings events.

Please fill out the permission form (also coming home next Friday in the Friday folder) so that I know who is taking your child home from school on Friday, March 14, Grandparent's Day.

Auction is April 4, it is a great night.  It would be fun to have several second grade tables attend!!  I am excited to see our finished class quilt! You will want to be there to bid on this keepsake!

Reflecting on our week:

This week during guided reading we focused on writing. After reading a book together on the smartboard we met in small groups to work writing responses. The students are doing a great job with summarizing and creative writing but we needed to work on writing to answer a specific question. Student work will come home in Friday folders next week for you to look at and compare to the writing assessment scoring guide I sent home last week.

Mrs. Riemenschneider's class came down to show off their awesome lapbooks. Mrs. Riemenschneider used the Olympics to spring board a lesson on countries and research. The second graders loved interacting with the 6th graders and seeing their work. They also learned some interesting facts while having a great time.