Friday, January 22, 2010

Weekly Word (an amazing week)

Good day parents,
-Grade Two has had a very busy week! Together, they solidified what they know about the properties of solid shapes like the number of faces, edges, and corners of pyramids, cones, cubes. Tests will be taken on Tuesday.
-Field day was this week. Sportsmanship and teamwork were "tops" in their game!
-Cursive handwriting is coming along beautifully.
-Students became aware of the world crisis in Haiti, empathized and immediately took action. ---We had 100% participation today in giving donations to the Haiti Relief Fund.
-Grade Two have been assisting younger students with benching at lunchtime. Practicing being a good example to others helps to form a firm foundation.
-They had fun learning more about trees and including Language arts (adjectives and adverbs) into the lessons.
-Derech Eretz: Socrates' story of the Three Sieves: Truth, Goodness, and Necessity
Students learned what the three sieves were and what happens when people use the sieves before they speak. The story was represented artistically be each student. (Rachamim, I found your artwork. It is still in good condition. ) This teachable moment provided the opportunity to explain realism and abstract art. Then the students used their flowing wrists to write morals to the story as captions on their artwork. They are excited to share their finished pieces with you.

HOMEWORK (Please return all assignments on Tuessday.)
1. Read and record (due Tuesday)
2. Journal entries (due Tuesday)
3. Math Practice packets
4. About trees summaries for sections [Branches, Trunk, and Root. TOP GUNS can complete the section entitled "Sap".]
5. Get lyrics for We Are The World (Michael Jackson) and start learning your parts superstars! It's your time to shine!!!!

Shabat Shalom
Ms. Luckett

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