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
                

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lesson Plans for March 12-16

Hi Parents,
      We have had such a fun time in reading with the "Thunder Cake" story.  Many thanks to Jenny McClinton for providing us with a homemade thunder cake and lemonade.  The children loved it!  We learned from the story that we can help get over fears by focusing on other things.  Super Second Grade Recipes will be coming home on Monday.  Thank you for sending recipes that your child enjoys!

Lesson plans for the week of March 12-16:

Bible:                            Romans 5:8- due Friday
"But God demonstrates his own love in this:  While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

Reading:                        "A Curve in the River"     pp.  298-306
                                      "Slippery Siblings"            pp.  307-311
Book Report sheets will be in their red folders on Monday.  Our first book report will be due on April 5th.  We have been summarizing and working on this in class.  The book for the report has to be a chapter book on 2nd grade level or above.  Encourage your child to begin reading a book for this report.

Language:                      Commas and quotation marks.  pp. 311-318

Spelling:                         Words with or.  pp. 180-185

Math:                              Comparing and Ordering Numbers  pp. 319-330

Science:                          Water Cycle  pp. 292-305

Social Studies:                Our Country Today   pp. 147-192    Test on Wednesday


Have a blessed weekend!
In Him,
Patti Jeffcoat

Happy March!

Hi Parents,
       It's amazing that March is already here!  The following are some dates in March you might want to remember:
March 14         Class pictures
March 16         Library visitation from Eric Litwin, author of Pete the Cat
March 23         Science Fest and early dismissal
March 26-30    Spring Break holidays

Lesson Plans for the week of March 5-March 9:

Bible:                      Matthew 22:37-39- due March 9

Reading:                "Thunder Cake"       pp. 258-291
Skills:  ed, ing endings,  silent gh, k(n), b,  sequence of events,  dictionary
This reading story supports our Science study on Weather.

Language:               Writing book titles and using commas  pp. 305-314          

Spelling:                  Unit 28 Words with vowel + r sounds   pp. 174-179

Math:                       Numbers to 1,000  pp. 305-316

Science:                    Measuring Weather and the Water Cycle  pp. 282-301

Social Studies:          Voting for Leaders  pp. 166-179

Enjoy your weekend!
In Him,
Patti Jeffcoat

Lesson Plans for the Week of February 27-March 2

Hi Parents,
       We had fun this week reading the story "Jalapeno Bagels"  in class.  There were many Spanish words in the vocabulary so it gave us a chance to brush up on our Spanish pronunciations.  Friday, we completed this story with a "bagel party" including bagels topped with their choices of cream cheese, butter, grape jelly, and sprinkles.  Yum!  In Monday folders, there will be descriptive paragraphs that the students have written.  They did a great job!
    
Lesson Plans for Feb. 27-March 2:

Bible:                       Matthew 22:37-39- due March 9
                                A hand-out will go home on Monday.

Reading:                  "Carousel"  pp. 218-251     Skills:  un prefix, words ending in y, homophones, making judgments chart

Language:                 Capitalization and Punctuation  pp. 296-306  
Language test- Friday on the months of the year, days of the week, and seasons

Spelling:                    Contractions  pp. 168-173

Math:                         Understand Time  pp. 135-148

Science:                     Weather- Seasons, Weather Tools, Water Cycle

Social Studies:            Local, State, and Federal Government

Have a blessed weekend!
In Him,
Patti Jeffcoat

Happy President's Day!

Hi Parents,
      I hope you are enjoying this nice long weekend!  We have had a busy February with many activities in Second Grade.  Our Valentine's party was great!   Thanks to all of you who helped to make it possible.  It is always a favorite party of the children.  They love opening their Valentine bags!

The following are lesson plans for the week of February 21-24:

Bible:                         John 13:34- due Thurs.     A new command I give you:  Love one another.  As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

Reading:                    "Jalapeno Bagels"  pp. 190-213
Skills:  contractions, words ending in le,  follow directions, dictionary skills

Language:                  Descriptive paragraph  pp.272-287

Spelling:                     Compound words  pp. 162-167

Math:                          Beginning Time  pp. 123-132

Science:                      Weather  pp. 270-281

Social Studies:             Our Country pp. 147-165

Have a blessed weekend!
In Him,
Patti Jeffcoat

Lesson Plans for February 13-16

Hi Parents,
       Second graders have had a fun and challenging time in Math using money!  Mrs. J's Sweet Shoppe opened today in our classroom.  At our store, the children use play money to buy Blow Pops 61 cents, Sweet Tarts 56 cents,  Air Heads 37 cents, Tootsie Pops 73 cents, or Rice Krispies 42 cents.  They bring the exact change to me in play money to purchase the candy.  Then they get the money back!  I wish it really worked that way!  Our Valentine party will be on Tuesday, February 14th.  If your child has not brought their valentines for the class, please send them on Monday.  Their bags are ready and waiting!

Lesson Plans for the week of February 13-16:

Bible:                          John 15:5- due Feb. 16
I am the vine; you are the branches.  If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

Reading:                     "Brothers and Sisters"  pp, 154-181
Skills:  generalizations, syllables, word families

Language:                    Writing a Description  pp. 266-287

Spelling:                       Review units 19-23     Test and dictation will be on Thursday

Math:                             Telling Time  pp. 123-128

Science:                        Test on The Solar System- Thursday  pp. 306-346

Social Studies:              Local & State Government    pp. 152-165

Remember the school holidays on February 17th & 20th.
Have a blessed weekend!
In Him,
Patti Jeffcoat

Lesson Plans for February 6-10

Hi Parents,
      Hope you enjoyed this beautiful weekend!  The month of February is filled with fun activities.  On Tuesday, we will go on a field trip to the Davis Theatre to see the play "Henry and Mudge".  The Valentine party is always a favorite for the students.  It will take place next week on February 14th.  We have a school holiday on Friday, February 17th and Monday, February 20th.  For President's Day, we study George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.  We will read and write about these famous Presidents.

Lesson Plans for the week of February 6-10:

Bible:                        Galatians 5:22-23- due Feb. 10    We enjoyed making apple trees portraying the fruit of the Spirit.

Reading:                    Biography       pp. 134-153         We will explore the lives of famous Americans.

Language:                 Adjectives       pp. 238-265          Test on Friday, February 10th

Spelling:                    Words with the ow sound             pp. 150-155

Math:                         Using Money         pp. 109-118

Science:                     Our Solar System        

Social Studies:           Our Country Today      pp.  147-159


Have a blessed week!
In Him,
Patti Jeffcoat

Lesson Plans for January 30-February 3

Hi Parents,
      I am so thankful to be back with my class this week!  They have been so sweet to pray, send me notes, and carry on nicely in my absence.  Michelle Adams did a great job and I am so grateful for her leadership.
      Folders will come home on Tuesday instead of Monday this week.  Thank you for your patience with folders and blog postings.  Everett, my husband, is doing well.  He is just having to take things slow and easy.  It was such a privilege to be able to stay home with him and help in his recovery.  We continue to be amazed at God's gracious healing power!

Lesson Plans for the week of January 30- February 3:

Bible:                       Galatians 5:22-23    due February 10
                                 Fruit of the Spirit

Reading:                   "Little Grunt and the Big Egg"   pp. 116-126
                                  "Mighty Dinosaurs"     pp. 126-131
Skills:  Connecting and comparing, r-controlled words, text organization, using a thesaurus

Spelling:                     Vowel sounds of oo as in book and moon.  pp. 144-149

Language:                   Using Adjectives  pp. 251-257

Math:                           Counting Money  pp. 96-106

Science:                       Review  Solar System   pp. 306-345   Our room's solar system looks great!   Stop by and see our amazing planets and suns!                    

Social Studies:             Test on Unit 3- Thursday, Feb. 2nd
                                      pp. 97-145     Working Together

Have a blessed week!
In Him,
Patti Jeffcoat


          

Lesson Plans for January 9-13

Hi Parents,
      The take-off flight to Spain today was a great start to our Spanish culture study!  The students checked in their baggage and buckled up for a tour of Spain.  We look forward to all the activities this will involve.
      We are also blasting off to Space in Second Grade.  The students have been making rockets and astronauts to display their pictures.  We are looking forward to the fathers' field trip to the Planetarium on Tuesday, January10th.  We will leave Trinity at 9:00 and return by 11:00.  If any dads can't come we will have plenty of carpools.  Moms, grandparents, etc. can accompany your child instead.  In Monday folders, look for a note about our upcoming space project.
       *Just a reminder of the school holiday on Monday, January 16th.

Lesson Plans for the week of January 9-13:

Bible:                      Jeremiah 29:11          Due January 13th

Reading:                "Officer Buckle and Gloria"   pp.16-51
Skills:    r-controlled vowels, drawing conclusions, dictionary skills

Language:               Adjectives       pp. 238-246

Spelling:                  Words ending in s or es     pp. 126-131     Tests will now be on Fridays only.

Math:                       Subtracting 3-digit numbers   pp. 389-394

Science:                   Stars and Planets     pp. 308-323     Planetarium Field Trip

Social Studies:         A Trip to the Bank   pp. 120-131

Have a wonderful weekend!
In Him,
Patti Jeffcoat

Happy New Year!

  Parents,
        I hope you had a wonderful holiday with your family!  I look forward to seeing the students tomorrow and hearing about their Christmas vacations.  January is filled with many fun activities! The elementary grades will be involved in a Spanish cultural study beginning Friday, January 6th and continuing throughout the month.   A date to remember is the Fathers' Field Trip on Tuesday, January 10th to W.A. Gayle Planetarium.  We will leave Trinity at 9:00 and return by 11:00.

Lesson Plans for the week of January 4-6:

Bible:                  For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.              Jeremiah 29:11- due January 13th

Reading:              Introduction to Amazing Animals      pp. 10-15

Language:           Writing an Instructional Paragraph

Spelling:               Unit 18   Review unit   pp. 120-125    No Spelling test this week.

Math:                    Subtracting Hundreds    pp. 383-386   Subtraction timed tests will begin next week.

Science:                Solar System       What are stars and planets?   pp. 308-315

Social Studies:      Goods from the Factory to You     pp. 120-125

Have a great week!
In Christ,
Patti Jeffcoat