Busy

We had a great week last week learning about turkeys and the first Thanksgiving. The students enjoyed making a turkey trap and writing about how they would catch a turkey. We also, wrote about things that we are thankful for.
This week we are hard at work starting a new unit on visualizing. We found out that visualizing can help us understand the words that we read by making a picture or movie in our head. We are practicing using our 5 senses to include details in our visualizing. All the students have been working hard in small groups and reading lots of "just right books" during Read to Self. Please continue to read and work with your child to find books that are just right for them. They should be able to read the book with less then 5 errors per page. They should also be reading out loud everyday. We are also finishing up our Narrative unit in Writing Workshop. We are working through the writing process to write a personal narrative. The students will then creat a published piece to share. They have been working really hard on writing narratives the past couple weeks. It will be fun to read what they wrote! I keep forgetting my camera to take pictures of the turkey projects, but will try over the next couple days to post pictures of the projects.

1st Quarter Has Come to an End!

WOW! First quarter is over. The weeks fly by and we are so busy learning lots of new things. Report cards are on there way home. Please make sure that you sign them and return them back to school! We have been working hard on being responsible second graders. It is important that the students are practicing what we are learning in school. I have really been teaching and getting the students to start from the moment they come in the room. The have to turn in their homework and notes, take lunch count, and read the morning message to know what their job is to do each morning. It is the students responsibility to give me any notes or homework. They are starting to realize that I mean business with homework. They have time to turn it in the next day, but then there is a consequence for not turning in homework. They usually come up with the consequence and if not then I give them one.
         I hope that those of you that have done the turkey project have enjoyed working on them at home. They are great to look at and I will be posting pictures of them soon!
*Don't forget with these chilly months to check out:
Study Island
Think Central Mega Math
Raz-Kids
         If you are looking for a great Christmas presents I would recommend ordering books from the book order. The books are a great deal and are wonderful books for your children. Just let me know if you are giving them as a present and I will send them home in an envelope or you can pick them up in the office.

         Remember that you are always welcome to come in and volunteer in the classroom. We are always looking for help reading with the kids and working on special projects. Please let me know, if you have time to come help our class!