Week of September 19th

Here’s a look at what we are learning this week!

 

Math 

  • MAP Testing
  • Lesson 2-1: Understanding Hundreds
  • Lesson 2-2: Understanding 3-Digit Numbers
  • Lesson 2-3: Read and Write Numbers to 1,000

 

Social Studies

  • Unit 1, Lesson 2: Living in Communities
  • Grid Map Activity
  • Unit 1, Lesson 3: Communities Large and Small 

 

Science

  • Topic 1, Lesson 2: Properties of Matter 
  • Properties of Matter Lab 

 

Religion

  • 11A: God Chooses Gideon to Lead Israel 
  • 11B: God Gives Gideon Victory 

 

Memory

 

Tuesday:

Matthew 22:37 – You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind

Friday:  

Psalm 56:11- in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?

 

 

Reading

  • Some Beginnings and Endings Can be Read in a Snap!
  • Don’t Forget the Middle!-Vowel Teams 
  • Readers Have Strategies for Figuring Out Brand-New Words, Too
  • Readers Check Themselves and Their Reading

 

Phonics

  • When Double Consonants Signal a Short-Vowel Sound
  • Breaking P Challenging Words with Consonant “le”

Spelling Words: 

  1. middle
  2. battle
  3. dribble
  4. puzzle
  5. settle
  6. wobble

 

Writing

  • Introducing The Trait of Ideas
  • Using the Trait of Ideas
  • Introducing The Trait of Organization
  • Using the Trait of Organization

Grammar: Using Nouns to Show People, Places, and Things

 

Art

 

 

  • Designing a Collage 

 

 

 

Classroom Updates and Announcements

 

    • Harvest Fest: Please join us Friday September 23rd from 6:00pm- 7:30pm at Creekside Valley Farm for Harvest Fest! Activities include a corn maze, farm animals, scavenger hunts, a bonfire, and other games! This event is free of charge to St. Paul families but the barn store will be open to purchase pumpkins, gourds, squash, corn, apples, and harvest decor.
    • Faith Stepping Stones: 2nd and 3rd graders and invited to attend the “My Bible” classes through the Faith Stepping Stones parenting education program. The class will be held on Wednesdays at 6:00pm starting September 21st and runs for eight weeks. At the end of the class students will receive a Bible from the church. Sign up using the following link: https://tinyurl.com/FaithStone4 Contact Tracy Krueger at tracy.krueger@splgrafton.org for more information. 
    • MAP Testing: Students will continue MAP Testing Monday, September 19th at 8:30am! Please make sure that your student gets enough sleep the night before and has a great breakfast on Monday morning so they are ready for testing! 
    • Important Dates:
      • Monday, September 19- MAP Testing
      • Monday, September 19- Children’s Choir Begins 
      • Wednesday, September 21- First “My Bible” Faith Stepping Stones Class
      • Friday, September 23rd- Harvest Fest