Storypath and Writer's Workshop are still heavily intertwined, and your children have now started the drafting process for their coral reef research books. Because we collected so much research, we have been focusing on how to take this research and reorganize it into meaningful paragraphs, and this is also giving students the opportunity to see where they might need need to do a bit more research. Students have been using both books and the iPads to collect information on their animals, and we've been pleased to see so many checking out books on the coral reef during our recent visits to ImaginOn! In the coming weeks, we'll be covering skills such as topic sentences, pronouns, juicy words, transition sentences and words, among a few other skills. It's a hefty project to undertake, but the result will be a collection of hard work and interesting information that your children will be excited to share with you come March!
In Reader's Workshop, we're transitioned from non-fiction to fluency work, which is a critical part of growing as readers. We are encouraging students to think and notice how they read, and also how an author might be encouraging them to read through their use of dialogue, tone, and literary language. We've recently learned about how to "scoop" our words, dialogue tags, and appropriate pace. As we continue this fluency work in class, it's important that your children are reading out loud at home so please encourage them to do so nightly.
Unit 3 of Math will wrap up this week and we'll take an End of Unit Assessment that will come home to be reviewed, signed and returned. Students are now working with 1s, 10s, and 100s and have begun encountering Story Problems that have unknown change in them, which can often be tricky. Next up will be Unit 4:, and we will send home more information on how to support your children as it becomes necessary.
In Word Study, we've been working as a class on contractions and there will be assessment this Friday.
We were fortunate enough last week to have a schedule packed with exciting events! As you know and celebrated well, The Jungle Book was an absolute hit! Many thanks to you all for coming to support and celebrate the hard work of Second Grade, and we could not be more proud of the effort and energy given to this performance. It was a true success! We were lucky enough to host our friends from InReach that morning for our dress rehearsal, and then had the opportunity the following day to play the roll of audience as they performed a puppet show, "Barnyard News," for us. The play celebrated differences, and aligned so perfectly with John Sharon's messages from the Freedom Fete event. See below for a few pictures from our time with InReach last Thursday!
We will visit InReach this Thursday, February 2nd, and are looking forward to getting back in the groove with Service Learning. Thanks, in advance, to our volunteer parent drivers!
Other reminders for the upcoming weeks:
- On Friday, February 3rd we will go to our final play at the Children's Theater. We will be seeing Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook," which is sure to be a hit! The show is at 9:30 at ImaginOn and we will go with both Kindergarten and First Grade.
- Next Tuesday, February 7th is our field trip to the Concord Mills Aquarium. This will be our first time taking a trip here, and we're looking forward to seeing what it has to offer. Thank you to our parent drivers!
- Tuesday and Wednesday, February 14-15th will be our designated times to paint the coral reef on our hallway windows. If you have not seen it in previous years, you're in for a treat! Stay tuned for information about how you can volunteer to help.
- Friday, February 17 is a 1/2 day, and the following Monday, February 20th there will be no school. Enjoy a long weekend!
That about covers it for now and we will let you know of any other happenings as they are brought to our attention. Routine has officially set back in, and we hope the same is true in your households!
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