Tales from Tuesday

Alexis was our child of the day and she did a WONDERFUL job reading The Goats in the Turnip Field. The students really enjoyed this traditional tale and many were reminded of other traditional tales we have read. Look for the video of Alexis reading later tonight on the website. (go over to Hot Links on the right hand side of this blog; click on Community of Learners; when the website comes up, click on child of the day 2, then find Alexis' name and date)



We want to introduce our new student: Jacob

Welcome to our classroom. He is transitioning into our room from Mrs. Korenstra's 1st grade classroom. He's been with us for several weeks for math and now is here all day. We are so happy to have you with us!

We read The Biggest Bear today and looked at what details supported the big idea of the book. Yesterday, we learned that the big idea (or main idea) is one that runs throughout the book. Today, we looked at what details support that main idea: which ones were the most important. We used those most important details to retell the story.

We also learned new word wall words: because; part; even; back; must

Here's a picture of Nichole teaching the class about the new words:


We are integrating social studies with writing as we study geography, in particular the continents and the oceans. Yesterday we learned there were 7 continents. Today we watched a video and collected facts about Australia. Tomorrow we will read and collect facts for our classroom book on The World.

Today was picture day and we went in the afternoon. We spent time illustrating our How To Class Book (a copy will be coming home for you!)and illustrating some of our finished stories so we can put them on the website. When we finished, we worked on our math menu. I meet with some of the 2nd graders on fractions and got to play a game of POISON with Kyle! (It's a fun math strategy game!)

We are also learning a new song. Here's a picture of Gabrielle as we are learning Puff the Magic Dragon:



2nd grade Parents: Please note: YES...you're 2nd grader will learn cursive writing. One of the 2nd grade classes began today; we will start next week. 1st graders will not be learning cursive but will continue to work on their printing.

Be sure and vote on Meghan's question. It's the last day!