First of all, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Each of your students is a true GIFT to my class and I am so grateful to teach each one of them! Thank you for sharing your wonderful kids with me this year! I hope you all have a wonderful break! Below is the Christmas Play that both 2nd grades worked hard at performing. We recorded it on Tuesday. Here are the different skits and you can skip to your child's part if you would like to :) The Helpful Donkey (1:00) Mary-- Yumi Joseph-- Ethan Donkey--Niya The Sweet Cow (2:32) Joseph-- Kavan Mary-- Kiyora Sweet Cow-- Latifah Narrator-- Levi The Cooing Doves (4:04) Cooing Doves -- Woojin, Jasmine Mary-- Gabriella Joseph-- Tatsuya The Three Camels (5:47) Cool Camel-- Kotaro Crazy Camel-- Jax Lazy Camel-- Achita Melchior-- Taikan Narrator-- Takeru The Epiphany (7:00) Melchior-- Yuya Caspar-- Jino Balthazar-- Issei Mary-- Tao Joseph-- Boaz Narrator-- Keito Here are a couple of photos from our week and Christmas party! See you all in 2020! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! -Mrs. Lyons We are almost there! A couple important things coming up... Important Information: 1.) Class Christmas Party: We will be having a Christmas party on 12/17 from 2:15-3:00. This year we are asking for students to bring some kind of dessert or snack to share with the class. I will provide some drinks! Here is the sign up sheet if you would like to bring something: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a084baea922a2fa7-22class 2.) Christmas Program: The program is THIS Wednesday, December 18 at 10:30am at Yomitan Cultural Center. This day is also an early dismissal day with school ending at 12:30pm. On this day there will be no lunch. We are also asking that students DO NOT bring anything with them to school as we will be going to the Christmas Program after about an hour of class time. That means no backpacks, water bottles, folders, lunch, etc. Please leave them at home. Thank you! Upcoming Events: 12/17- Class Christmas Party 12/18 - Christmas Program and Early Dismissal @ 12:30 pm 12/19-1/5 No school, Christmas Break 1/17 - End of 2nd Quarter 1/20 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School 1/21-1/24 - Spirit Week Here is a look at our week: Reading: We read a lot of fun Christmas stories together and continued to practice different comprehension strategies. We are also working hard on practicing our Christmas Puppet Show that we will record on Monday and can't wait to share with you. Here are some of the books we read: Writing: We continued writing poems. We learned what a couplet was and created our own. As well as an acrostic poem and a poem about ourselves. Math: This week we had fun reviewing some of our Math concepts we've already learned. We played some Christmas themed math games. Science: We continued to learn about plants. We created a plant booklet together. Bible: We learned more about the Christmas Story. We learned how the Shepherds were to first visit Baby Jesus, how Simeon and Anna had been eagerly awaiting their arrival in the temple, and how the Wise traveled from a far following a Star to visit Jesus and bring him precious gifts. Christmas Activities: We also had some fun creating a few Christmas crafts. Some stockings and a surprise one, that'll the kids will show you later :) Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Lyons Important Information: 1.) Class Christmas Party: We will be having a Christmas party on 12/17. This year we are asking for students to bring some kind of dessert or snack to share with the class. I will provide some drinks! 2.) Christmas Program: The Christmas Program is coming up. The program will be at Yomitan Cultural Center this year on the last day of school, Wednesday, December 18. This day is also an early dismissal day with school ending at 12:30. On this day there will be no lunch. We are also asking that students DO NOT bring anything to school with them as we will be going to the Christmas Program after about an hour of class time. 3.) December Bible Verse: "The Word became a human being. He has made his home with us. We have seen his glory." John 1:14 Upcoming Events: 12/17- Class Christmas Party 12/18 - Christmas Program and Early Dismissal 12/19-1/5- No school, Christmas Break 1/17 - End of 2nd Quarter 1/20 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School 1/21-1/24 - Spirit Week Here is a look at our week: Reading: We learned how to Make Connections while reading. We learned how to make Text-to-Self, Text-to-Text connections and Text-to-World connections. Writing: We continued learning how to write poems. We learned how to take a big feeling and turn it into a small moment poem. We also learned how to edit our spelling by using the dictionary. Math: We finished learning about two-digit subtraction and also learned how to solve two-step word problems. We took a test on Friday. Science: We started learning about how plants change and grow. We played a fun card game where we had to match the seed to its full grown plant and noticed that a seed can look very different from it's full grown plant. We also read a fun story called Plantzilla. Bible: We started learning the Christmas Story. We learned about the birth of John the Baptist. We also learned how the angel visited Mary and Joseph to tell them that they would be the parents of Jesus, the One who would save His people from their sins. We have been reading a book for Advent as we anticipate the arrival of Jesus at Christmas.
Hope you are having a great weekend! Mrs. Lyons |