The Espinoza Family Blog

Today is Monday; it’s music class with Mr. G and it’s T.T. (targeted teaching).

What a soggy morning it turned out to be! I think recess is going to be indoors all day… sure enough. The kids spent the day playing games, drawing, and keeping entertained in the gym while the rain kept coming down. Isabel said she had fun with Ms. Mila and Ms. Maddie during recess.

T.T. (targeted teaching) is something new (started doing this the end of last month) that they have added to the school week. Isabel’s class spends 2 days a week with another teacher. That teacher works with specific students at their learning level. Students and teachers focus on informational text for continued success on MAP testing. Isabel said she went to Mrs. B’s second/third grade combo class for instruction. They have usually worked on math but today they worked on spelling. Isabel also said she got to sit by Ms. Mila, her best friend!

The Bible verse for this week is…

“Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” – Psalm 119:105

The Bible lesson for the week, God’s inspired Word to us, the Bible.

S.a.T. this week is free choice.

Isabel took her GIANT book of search and find.
She bought it with her own money that she saved and earned from jobs at home.

For music class with Mr. G. They have begun to work on their spring concert which is scheduled for May 1st. The title for the program is “King of the Jungle“. She was singing a few lines from one of the songs after school.

New lowercase cursive letters for the week are: “a”, “d” and “g”.

The spelling words for this week are…

wife
wives
leaf
leaves
elf
elves
shelf
shelves
live
lives
rooftop
true
bone
draw
whose
admired: noticed something and liked it
fussed: showed unhappiness; complained
haze: misty, smoky, or dusty air
mimicked: copied
notice: be aware of

Language arts for the week is compound words, antonyms and “Cool, Ali“.

Isabel didn’t have a whole lot to say about her day and yet she brought home a lot of paperwork! Some of it was from last Friday but not all of it. It’s just crazy all the work they do in second grade!

Today is a half day for Isabel because of a teacher work day.

Isabel said they had ice cream sandwiches and watched a short film.

Teacher Mrs. A promised the class a special treat if they improved their MAP testing scores by 50% the class did so well, they had 75% improvement on their test scores!

 

Today is Thursday and it’s P.E. with Mrs. S.

For P.E. they played “pacman”. They also had to do running laps.

She had piano lessons after school and is learning a new song. Her piano teacher, Ms. G, loves teaching her and is impressed and thankful for her hard work. Ms. G is getting a recital together to a retirement home soon.

Nothing else was mentioned about her day, not even recess!

Today is Wednesday and it’s Chapel.

Isabel said Pastor Shawn gave the message today. She didn’t mention what the message was about though.

Today they played the math game “Around the World” in the classroom. The game is played with the kids starting at “home”, which is their own desk. Each kid is paired with another classmate, those pairs are given a math problem. whoever answers the question first moves on. Today Isabel moved all the way “Around the World” and made it back to her “home” (desk) without missing a question! She was super happy about it!

I was at school for Chapel today but I was the one giving the message. I gave my first preschool Chapel today and I think I did O.K. The time went faster then I expected and I hopefully got my message across to the kids.

Isabel said they were outside for all three recesses. She was happy about that.

When I asked her about the rest of her day she didn’t mention anything else about her day.

Today is Tuesday and it’s music class with Mr. G. For music class she said they listened to “King of the Jungle” (might not be the real name). She came home singing “Bullfrogs and Butterflies”.

Since yesterday was no school; today is our Monday.

Isabel said all three recesses were in the gym today. For the first recess, she wrote a short story (didn’t bring it home). It was just something she did for fun and to pass the time. For second recess she played a card game with Ms. Marianna. For third recess, she played with a parachute with other kids in the gym. Sounds like fun!

The Bible verse for this week…

“Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;  for He is our God and we are the people of His pasture,
the flock under His care.” – Psalm 95:6-7

The Bible verse for this week will be tested by filling in missing words. We started working on learning it over the weekend since it is so large. Hopefully she can remember the order of the words and key words she tends to forget.

The Bible lesson for this week is the Body of Christ is the Church.

The cursive letters for this week are lowercase “j” and “p”.

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S.a.T. (show and tell) this week is to share something NEW you have learned about President George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. We work yesterday on learning new things about both presidents. Isabel decided she wanted to share what she learned NEW...

• George Washington: “The Father of our Country”, the first President and was the only President that didn’t live in the White House.
• Abraham Lincoln: “Honest Abe”, the sixteen President and Lincoln lived in the White House.

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The spelling words for this week are…

blue
too
glue
zoo
room
clue
due
rooftop
true
noontime
cowboys
voices
letter
sea
won’t
details: small bits of information
disappoint: to be sad because something expected did not happen
forcibly: strongly; by force
information: facts about a person, place or thing
oceans: large bodies of salt water where whales and other animals live

She got a thank you note from Teacher Mrs. A for the Valentines gift we gave her on Friday. Otherwise she didn’t have much else to say about her day.

Language arts for this week is adjectives, compound words and “Dear Mr. Blueberry“.

No school today due to end to President’s Day.

It was also Honor’s Chapel, Parent-student lunch and library. Such a busy day!

All parents were invited to Chapel. I attended and watched Isabel get awarded for attendance, academics, and an award for attending  the spelling bee. It was great to see and hear the achievements that all the kids received. Afterward, I hurried to her classroom to release her for lunch.

Our Parent-student lunch was a great one at home with Daddy.

After school we worked on homework and then went right into getting our Valentines completed for Friday.

Today is Monday and it’s another busy week for us.

The Bible verse for this week is…

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind… Love your neighbor as yourself.” – Matthew 23:37,39

The Bible lesson is the Parable of the Good Samaritan.

Lowercase cursive letters for this week are: “r”, “s” and “j”.

Science is continuing the “Saturation Station” from last week and Social studies is about President’s day.

S.a.T. is to share something you love.

This Friday Isabel’s class will have a Valentine’s Day party. I have been working on gifts for the class, just a simple card with Bible verse and 2 glow sticks. My preschool class will be having a party as well and I have gotten my gifts already done for my classes party.

Spelling words are…

voices
cowboys
toy
enjoyment
oil
point
join
soil
joy
coin
around
without
fire
train
wait
captured: took control over
imagination: the ability to think of things that aren’t real
manners: polite ways to behave
matador: bullfighter
vacation: time off from work or school

Language arts for this week is adjectives and synonyms and “How I Spent My Summer Vacation”.