November 9th News and Notes

First Quarter Papers
Please look for Pizza Box Papers from the First Quarter that are coming home in your child's folder on Friday evening.  These may be kept at home.

Starfall
Please look for this new link above!  Great for practicing letters and their sounds!  Especially those tricky short vs. long vowels!

Religion
Tuesday (First and Second)
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!  2 Corinthians 9:15

Thursday (First and Second)
Give thanks to the Lord, for His love endures forever.  2 Chronicles 20:21

Friday (Second)
The Third Commandment:  Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.


Reading
Next week is unit test time!  This means we will not have regular Tuesday-Thursday night Reading homework.  Kids work hard on the unit tests all week during school time and do not begin a new story on these weeks.  Please take this opportunity to review all of the Unit Two vocabulary words which can be found on the October 5th through November 1st  News and Notes posts.  

Spelling
Please look for the updated lists on Spelling City labeled as "Unit Two Review".  Words for both classes this week are review words selected from lists throughout Unit Two.

First Grade Words:  hop   top   leg   beg   spill  spin  run  fish    Bonus Word: could

Second Grade Words:  jay   hay   need  queen   light   sight   grow   mow   flute   mule     Bonus Word: independence

Sonic Superstars of the Week:
First Grade - Emily Lennox
Second Grade - Micah Hughes

Next Week's Book Nook Topic:
Amelia Bedelia

Thanks for all that you do!  Have a nice weekend and week ahead!
Mrs. Bradshaw
kbradshaw@stjohnshannibal.org