Bible:  Patience - "Love is patient, love is kind."  1 Corinthians 13:4                                          Forgiveness - "Forgive as the Lord forgave you."  Colossians 3:13b

Math:  counting by tens from any single digit number; adding ten to a number; sums of ten; counting by 100s; subtracting two; measuring with inches and feet; drawing congruent shapes; nickels; sets; dozen/half dozen; adding 9; 1/3 and 1/6; volume

Language Arts:  cause and effect; compare and contrast; new vocabulary words; prepositions; capitalization rules; poetry

Social Studies/Science:  SUN, MOON, and STARS - God is Creator and Sustainer of the universe; our response is to worship Him!                                                                                                            NATURAL RESOURCES - They belong to God.  We are stewards of the land.                            ADVENTURERS IN THE NEW WORLD - how different religious beliefs played a part in early America - what we believe affects the way we live.

Bible: 

Honesty - "Each of you should put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor."  Ephesians 4:25;  Diligence - "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord not men."  Colossians 3:23 --- What can we learn from the ant?

Math:  doubles plus one examples, identifying how many more on a graph, congruent shapes, adding two-digit numbers with regrouping,  telling time to the half hour, fourths, adding ten to a number

Language Arts:  building more phonics skills; comprehension skill of prediction/justification; finding keywords in sentences as a beginning outlining skill; building sentences with better word choice using our parts of speech; reading, reading, reading!

Science:  Matter and energy!  Temperature and movement of air...water cycle.  Ecclesiastes 1:7 - Creation runs according to God's plan.  Psalm 111:2 Our Creator's works are great!  Our response is praise.  Psalm 33 - God is the Creator of all things.

Social Studies:  Presidents

We will be enjoying an in-school field trip on Simple Machines with great instruction and lots of hands-on opportunities.

Bible:  loyalty - " A friend loves at all times."  Proverbs 17:17

           self-control - "A wise man keeps himself under control." Proverbs 2:11

Math: more addition and subtraction examples, nickels, telling time to the half hour, graphs, skip counting, measuring

Language Arts: adjectives and article adjectives; character webs, story structure; new vocabulary words; ideas in writing; capitalization rules

Social Studies:  missions focus on Israel; needs and wants

Science:  teeth

We are growing in independence and responsibility as we seek to do our best in all things.  We are reading voraciously and learning to be strong thinkers.