10-29-21

Weekly News for 2-P 10-29-21

*Sneakers Tuesdays for PE and water bottles every day. Library books back for Friday!

        

*Our math thinking this week included work on name collection boxes and frames and arrows (where students have to follow and identify counting patterns).  We spent time reviewing concepts for our unit 2 assessment, which is now complete.  Unit 3, “More Fact Strategies,” is up next.

*During reading workshop we turned our focus to oral and written retelling of a story.  Students worked on recounting a fictional story in sequence, including characters, setting, problem and solution.  This is important work that helps them demonstrate their understanding.  We practiced this with partners and the kids had fun reading and retelling with a friend.

 

*In writing workshop we learned some craft moves from author Jane Yolen, like making our reader wait (building suspense), using comparisons as we write and using sounds and bold words to bring our reader into the story. Our writing stamina increases daily!

*Our spelling pattern this week was the “al” vowel sound.  We practiced these words through sorting, proofreading, and using context clues.  Our grammar work reinforced contractions, punctuation, prefixes, verbs, vowel teams and accurate spelling.

*We took a pause in our plant unit to do some fun October-themed Mystery Science explorations.  We learned about our skeletons and did a fun art project that helped us see how many bones we have in our hands.  We also learned about the important job our skulls do to support our brains, eyes, ears, mouth and nose. 

*Friday we had a day of fun as a class community.  There were special snacks, art projects, Halloween stories, a math game called “BOO Bump” and some spooky writing.  It was nice to celebrate all our hard work over the last two months with a joyful day together! 

Some fun writing on Friday!

Thanks to a parent for making us a special treat!

We practiced retelling a story in sequential order.

We drew our own "Frankensteins."

Enjoying a special snack before recess

Hard at work on a drawing project

Playing BOO BUMP in math!

We had to add 3 numbers and find the sum on our board.

Sometimes you have to "bump" your partner off a sum.

Students loved having a morning fun packet instead of morning work!

Wearing the perfect shirt for this science activity!

We learned about our skulls!

We found out all the reasons our cranium is so important.

At the end of Guidance class we often play a game that helps us practice sportsmanship.

During music we worked on singing and reading notes.

Mrs. Pols was impressed with our singing voices!

Students sorted their coins into their new coin banks.

We worked through a lesson about skeletons and bones.  This project helped us thing about how many bones are in our hands.

We started by carefully tracing our hands.

Our first inside recesses of the school year - we made good use of our time with great drawing!

Some of us chose to paint!

Legos were another fun option!

Partner reading with story retelling 

We learned about Veterans Day and made cards to say thank you!