This school year, we begin our study of God’s Word with the unit Beginnings. In our Bible time together, we will see God’s love in action through the events in the lives of Adam, Noah, Abram, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. As we hear about the sinful and faithful lives of these Patriarchs, we will see God’s goodness to them. He gives them each a fresh beginning even though each is sinful. He guides them and comforts them through His presence.

God’s unfailing mercy gives hope to us today. God gives us His forgiving and life-giving love too. His grace and mercy are not affected by our actions—good or bad. This does not mean that Christ accepts our sin, but He does accept sinners, calling us to repentance and faith. And He empowers us to serve others and glorify Him in all we do.

Pray that God will guide you as you show unconditional love to your child. Be intentional to create a secure climate in your home so that your child knows that your love does not depend on his or her behavior. Consequences are real, but forgiving love is also real. God will guide you to live out the Bible Words to Remember, “For You, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon You” (Psalm 86:5).

At the end of this unit, your child will bring home the first of nine books, Beginnings. Take time to read the Bible stories to or with your child and together share the Good News of God’s love in Jesus.

One in Christ™. Parent Letter for Unit 1 © 2011 Concordia Publishing House. Reproduced by permission. Scripture: ESV® 

We started reading a book called Trouble at the Sandbox. We will be learning about character point of view and story structure. We will talk about the beginning, Middle, and End of stories.

In Grammar we continue to talk about different types of sentences. We learned about telling sentences, commands, questions, and exclamations. We will be practicing using these types of sentences in our writing.

We also read a book called How Full is Your Bucket. We wrote down different ways that we can fill the buckets of others at our school. We are learning about what a paragraph looks like and we will begin writing our first paragraph this coming week.

We are reviewing attributes and patterns in math in our first math unit. We are practicing skip counting. Below are some songs that you can play for you child to help practice skip counting.

2's Skip Counting 

3's Skip Counting 

4's Skip Counting 

5's Skip Counting 

10's Skip Counting

We started our first science unit learning about plants. We have been learning about God's perfect design for plants to be able to get the food and nutrients they need from the soil. We learned about pollination and seed dispersal. Ask your second grader if they can tell you the four main parts of the plants and their job. We also learned about the five basic needs of most plants: nutrients, water, sunlight, space, and air.

We finished our lessons in this unit. We played a game to help us with our science vocabulary and we will do another review game and a review sheet this week. The review sheet will come home on Tuesday. If your child reads over his or her review sheet in the evening this can be counted as part of their reading time for reading beads. Our science tests are not too difficult and I read the test aloud to all the students. 

None-We will only be doing history during the 2nd sememster of 2nd grade.