1^st and 2^nd Grade Newsletter       October 26-31, 2008

      We will be carving a pumpkin on Monday afternoon and talking about the origins of Halloween and our Christian response.

Shannon McKinley has graciously agreed to oversee the Baking

Basket for the auction. Please bring your items in this week.

Next Week:

Reading:  1^st Grade-Secrets and Surprises

                2^nd Grade-Sunshine Meadows               

English:  1^st-Listening to Instructions

              2^nd-Writing Good Sentences

Math:  1^st-Addition and Subtraction Facts to Twelve

           2^nd-Geometry and Measurement

Spelling:  1^st-in, is, it, did, big, him, fix, was, of

                2^nd-why, fire, mild, try, mind, wild, bright, kind, life,

                      skylight, Friday, Bible, easy, even, keep, team, zero,

                      peace, breeze, these, teeth, leave, please, cheese

     2^nd graders-write good sentences with each word. Underline

                       your spelling word in each sentence.

Social Studies: The Electon Process

Bible: We are continuing our lessons on faith and

           attentiveness for the month of October. Our

           new memory verses are Psalm 66:5,6. We will

           be having the test next Wednesday, the 29th.