"Since then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things." Colossians 3:1-2

Friday, May 4, 2012

Happy End of the School Year!

Hi Parents,
      The following will be the lesson plans for the rest of the school year.  As you can imagine, we are finishing up and reviewing skills in all subjects.  This has been a great year with your precious students.
I appreciate the privilege of teaching them and seeing the growth they have all portrayed.  I am so proud of this class!  They have worked diligently and put forth their best efforts!
Dates to remember:          
                         Wed., May 16   Semester Celebration- 8:15  Dismissal-11:15
                          Thurs., May 17     Field Day- 9:00    Dismissal-11:15


Bible:                  No memorization. We'll be reading from the New Testament about The Early Church.

Reading:             Chapter books in class          Reading from Charlotte's Web .    Reviewing skills.
This picture is from the dress-up book reports!


We will have a class talent show on Friday, May 11th.  Each student can perform in some special way for the class.  It can be reading a poem, singing, dancing, playing an instrument, showing a skill, etc.  He or she can come dressed for the show but bring a change of uniform clothes.  It's a fun day!

Language:           Reviewing nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, punctuation.

Spelling:             Words with the suffixes ly and ful       pp. 222-227

Math:                  Measurement

Science:               Matter and Its Properties

Social Studies:     People and Places in History pp. 243-281

Have a wonderful weekend and rest of the school year!
In Him,
Patti Jeffcoat
                




Friday, April 27, 2012

Lesson Plans for the week of April 30-May 4

Hi Parents,
        May is almost here and the school year has flown by!  The students did great on their dress-up book reports!  We celebrated with a popcorn party.  Remember the U.S. map test on May 2nd.  We have been practicing in the classroom!

Bible:                   Matthew 28:19-20- May 4th

Reading:              "The School Mural"  continued.   Review skills.

Language:             Review the parts of speech.

Spelling:                Words with the prefixes re and un.  pp. 204-209

Math:                     Measurement        

Science:                 Matter and its Properties

Social Studies:       U.S. map test- May 2nd     Map skills

Have a blessed weekend!
In Him,
Patti Jeffcoat

Friday, April 20, 2012

Lesson Plans for April 23-27

Hi Parents,
      Second graders are working hard on map skills and identifying the 50 states.  We have games, puzzles, fact cards, and wipe-off maps to reinforce this in the classroom.   In Handwriting, the students have learned all the lower case letters in cursive.  We are now working on the upper case letters.  Have them practice for you at home!

Lesson Plans for the week of April 23-27:

Bible:                    Matthew 28:19-20- due May 4th  The Great Commission

Reading:                "The School Mural"  pp. 430-455
Skills:   Base words and endings, solving problems, comparing adjectives, using context
Dress-up Book Report- Friday

Language:              Writing skills

Spelling:                 Words ending with y  pp. 210-215

Math:                      Solid shapes     pp. 255-264                  

Science:                   Matter- solids, liquids, gases          

Social Studies:         Our Country Long Ago          
Unit 5 Test- Thursday          pp. 195-241

Have a wonderful weekend!
In Him,
Patti Jeffcoat

Friday, April 13, 2012

Lesson Plans for April 16-20

Hi Parents,
       We had a great week in Reading with "The Art Lesson" by Tomie dePaola.  The students created artwork with water colors, chalk, crayons, colored pencils, and markers.  Friday we had a special day of "Froggy Art".  Everything we made and read had to do with frogs!
        Hope you are enjoying this beautiful Spring weather.  The class did a great job on their weather tests!

Lesson Plans for the week of April 16-20:

Bible:                     John 6:35- due Friday
Then Jesus declares, I am the bread of life.  He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

Reading:                 "Moses Goes to a Concert"  pp. 388-423

Language:                Writing Skills

Spelling:                   More words with ed and ing   pp. 204-209

Math:                        Fractions continued                

Science:                    Observing and Classifying Matter  pp. 356-373

Social Studies:           Thirteen Colonies  pp. 210-229

Have a blessed weekend!
In Him,
Patti Jeffcoat

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Happy Easter!

Parents,
     I hope you experience a wonderful Easter with your sweet families as you celebrate our risen Savior!  It  is such a special time of hope and gratefulness.  We had a meaningful Easter Chapel today led by our third graders.  Special activities, stories, and Easter treats have made this a fun week!  Remember no school tomorrow on Good Friday.

Lesson Plans for the week of April 9-13:

Bible:                           Matthew 28:5-6- due April 13

Reading:                      "The Art Lesson"                            pp.  350-379
Skills:  vowel pairs, paragraphs, author's viewpoint, word families

The students did a great job on their first book reports!  We enjoyed hearing about the different chapter books that they had read.

Language:                      Expressing an Opinion paragraph- final copy

Spelling:                         Words ending with ed and ing        pp. 198-203

Math:                              Parts of a Group                              pp. 347-358

Science:                          Test on Weather- Thursday             pp.  270-305

Social Studies:                Our Country Long Ago
We have been working on learning the 50 states through games and puzzles.  The U.S. map test will be given on May 2nd.  I hope everyone received hand-outs explaining it.  Let me know if you need one!

Easter Blessings!
In Him,
Patti Jeffcoat

Friday, March 23, 2012

Happy Spring Break!

Hi Parents,
      I hope you have a wonderful week of Spring Break!  We had a great Science Fest Day at Trinity.  Thanks to so many of you who helped make it possible.  The following are plans for the week of
April 2- April 5:

Bible:                   Matthew 28:5-6- due April 13    We will send a hand-out.

Reading:               Cool Crazy Crickets  continued  pp. 314-343   Focus on chapter books.
Book Report due on Thursday, April 5th.

Language:            Expressing an Opinion   pp. 340-358

Spelling:               Review lesson  pp. 192-197    Test & dictation- Thursday

Math:                    Parts of a Whole  pp. 333-344

Science:                Weather

Social Studies:      Our Country Long Ago

Reminder of Good Friday on April 6th.

Have a blessed week!
In Him,
Patti Jeffcoat

Monday, March 19, 2012

Baby Evie is here!

Hi Parents,
     This is my new granddaughter Evie Gray Jones!  We are so blessed to have this new bundle of joy in our family!  Staying with my daughter and helping her with Evie and Anne Wesley, my other precious granddaughter, was such a wonderful privilege.  This is a picture of Everett, my husband, who so many of you prayed for faithfully during his surgery.  He is holding his namesake Evie.    God has blessed us beyond measure and we are eternally grateful!

     I was so glad to see my students today!  I heard great reports from Mrs. Adams about how hard they worked.  I am so proud of them!    We will be having our Spelling test and a Language test on Thursday.  Science Fest will be on Friday.  This is a great day for students to experience the many wonders of Science!  They will be dismissed at 11:30.  Spring Break is next week, March 26-30.  Enjoy this time together!

Lesson Plans for the week of March 19-23:

Bible:                            John 10:11- due Friday.   "I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep."

Reading:                       Cool Crazy Crickets    pp. 314-343
Skills:  Chapter books, homophones, story map, quotations

Language:                    Test on Capitalization and Punctuation- Thursday   Unit 9 pp. 296-322

Spelling:                       Words ending with er       Test and Dictation- Thursday  pp. 186-191

Math:                            Comparing and ordering numbers  pp. 327-332

Science:                         Weather and the Water Cycle 

Social Studies:               Our Country Long Ago  pp. 195-209

Have a blessed week!
In Him,
Patti Jeffcoat