Lesson Plans for the Week of Oct. 24-27

Second Grade has had a fun Homecoming Week!  I hope you enjoyed the pictures on the blog of some of our dress-up days.  Next week we look forward to our field trip to Dream Field Farms.  Hopefully, the beautiful October weather will continue for our time outdoors. For the field trip, your child may wear jeans and a Trinity t-shirt.

Lesson Plans for the Week of Oct. 24-27:

Bible:                Proverbs 22:6  Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

Reading:            Fables     pp. 240-253     Skills:  graphic organizer, ck & k sounds, stringy sentences, writing a fable  
We had a great time this week talking about owls from our story "Owl Moon".  This coordinated with our study of animals in Science.  The students did group projects on nocturnal animals and birds.

Language:          Review Unit 3 on Nouns    pp. 92-133    Test-Thursday (changed from Wed.)

Spelling:             pp. 78-83            words with k & ck sounds

Math:                  pp. 181-188        More 2-digit Addition

Science:              pp. 90-99            Classes of Animals

Social Studies:    pp.  76-99            Earth's Resources
Landform maps are hanging in the hall.  Be sure to see their great work!

I look forward to meeting with you on Friday, Oct. 28 for parent conferences.

Have a blessed weekend!
Patti Jeffcoat        

Homecoming Fun!

Lesson Plans for the week of Oct. 17-21

Homecoming week is a fun time for students to show Trinity school spirit!  The following is a reminder of dress up days if your child chooses to participate:
Monday:            Crayon Day-Dress all in one color
Tuesday:            Book Character Day
Wednesday:       Crazy Hair and Hat Day
Thursday:           College T-shirt Day with uniform bottoms and shoes
Friday:                HOMECOMING T-shirts and long blue jeans


There will be a Lower School Pep Rally on Monday at 2:30.  Carpool could be 5 minutes late.
The Homecoming Parade will be held on Friday from 11:15-11:30.  Students are to return to the classrooms after the parade to vote for their favorite float.  After voting, students will be dismissed to the
picnic with their parents or with me.  The picnic area is divided by grades.  Parents are encouraged to bring blankets.  Carpool and dismissal will be at 12:30.  Trinity will play the Montgomery Academy Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Boykin Field.  Go Wildcats!


Lesson plans for the week of Oct. 17-21:

Bible:                     The Ten  Commandments- due Friday, Oct. 21

Reading:                 "Owl Moon" and  "Owls"   pp. 216-237
Skills:                      Connecting and comparing, long vowels, antonyms,      
                                fact and opinion            

Language:               Exact nouns, review chapter on Nouns and Pronouns  
                                Test on Nouns- Wed., Oct.26th

Spelling:                  Word endings (nd, ng, nk, nt, mp)   pp. 72-77

Math:                       2-digit addition & estimating sums   pp. 173-178

Science:                   What are Reptiles, Amphibians, & Fish?  pp. 90-99

Social Studies:          From My Orchard to Yours    pp. 68-75

Have a blessed weekend!
Patti Jeffcoat

Lesson Plans for October 11-14

Hi Parents, I hope you enjoy your holiday on Monday with your precious children.  They have worked hard this week on plant activities, reading about a park ranger, and learning about the landforms on Earth.  I will be sending a Bible memory sheet on the 10 Commandments in their red folders on Tuesday.   It goes along with our Bible study of Moses leading the children of Israel through the desert to the Promised Land.

Lesson Plans for the week of October 11-14:

Bible:              10 Commandments- handout      Due Oct. 21st
                         Exodus 20:3-17

Reading:           "Around the Pond"  pp. 188-215
Skills:  categorize & classify, multiple meaning words, exclamations
 
Language:          Nouns   pp. 109-116

Spelling:             Word endings  pp. 72-77

Math:                  Adding 2-digit numbers with regrouping   pp. 165-174
Next week we will begin timed math tests of addition facts.  Practice at home.

Science:               Animals  pp. 67-89       What are mammals and birds?

Social Studies:     Landforms    Drawing a landform map    pp. 56-67

Have a blessed weekend!
Patti Jeffcoat  

Lesson Plans for October 3-7

 
Paper sacks filled with rocks, sticks, colorful leaves, and acorns were the results of our nature walk.  The students wrote a paragraph describing the things they saw, heard, and found around the school campus.  We learned you have to be quiet and patient to see the beauty of nature!

The pictures are back from Grandparents Day and they will be in Monday's take-home folders.  The children wrote thank you notes to the grandparents that came and there will be envelopes for you to
deliver or mail the pictures to them.

Lesson Plans for the week of October 3-7:
 

Bible:              The earth is the Lord's and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.   Psalm 24:1

Reading:          "Exploring Parks with Ranger Docket"   pp. 166-183
Skills:  consonant clusters, 2 sounds for c,  commands, graphic organizer, fact/opinion              

Language:         pp. 107-116     Pronouns, writing clearly with nouns

Spelling:           pp. 60-65         Double final consonants

Math:                pp. 155-166     Adding 2-digit numbers

Science:            Test on Plants- Wed.  pp. 114-146

Social Studies:   pp. 54-65        Landforms     Where People Live

Have a blessed weekend!
Patti Jeffcoat

Lesson Plans for September 26-30

  Our class has enjoyed reading, writing, and illustrating poems this week.  We learned how to count beats in a poem and pick out rhyming words.  Our next theme will begin with a nature walk around the school grounds.
   Ask your second grader about our apple tasting adventure.  We had a tie between Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, and Granny Smith as the favorite apple of the class!

Lesson plans for the week of Sept. 26-30:

Bible:           Ephesians 6:2-3  "Honor your father and mother"- which is the first commandment with a promise- "that it may go well with you and you may enjoy long life on the earth."- due Friday.

Reading:       "Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night"   pp. 124-159
Skills:  word webs, two sounds of g, Venn diagram, questions and answers, compound words

Language:           pp. 99-108         Nouns        

Spelling;              pp. 54-59           Consonant Clusters

Math:                   pp. 73-84           Data and Graphing

Science:               Planting seeds    Test on Plants- Wed., Oct. 5th

Social Studies:     pp. 49-61            Our  Earth

We had a great time at the fall festival on Friday!
Have a blessed weekend,
Patti Jeffcoat

Lesson Plans for the week of Sept. 19-23

Fall is officially coming on Sept. 23rd but thankfully the weather is feeling a little cooler.  We have been writing some fall poems and decorating trees with colorful leaves.  The Fall Festival at Trinity is on the first day of Fall, Friday, Sept. 23, from 1:30-3:00.  The cost of it was included in your child's activity fee.  I will be sending home a note next week to ask if your child will be attending with me or with you.  It's a fun time for the students!

The week of Sept. 19-23:

Bible:                  Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Reading:             Poetry   pp. 110-121
Skills:  Rhyming, predicting outcomes, poetry chart, sound words, run-on sentences, rhythm

Language:          Nouns   pp. 92-102

Spelling:             Review Unit  pp. 48-53

Math:                  Order numbers, even & odd   pp. 63-70

Science:              How do plants differ?  pp. 124-131

Social Studies:    Test on Unit 1- Friday  pp. 4-47

Have a nice cooler weekend!
In Him,
Patti Jeffcoat