Leighton was our child of the day and we really enjoyed his reading of a non fiction book about frogs. Thanks, Leighton!
We also had a mystery reader: Isabella's mother! I wished I had my video camera on when Isabella SCREAMED with joy when her mom walked in! She read Fancy Nancy Explorer to us and we learned lots of new and "fancy" words! Thank you! And...thanks for the great cookies!
We did "quick writes" of this weeks word wall words. I used the ELMO so that they could see the word for 3 seconds, then I took it off and they had to write it. They have to read the word quickly and then write it quickly. We also did a VENN diagram of the words "their" and "there".
We reviewed making predictions and how we have to support our predictions with evidence from the text. 2nd graders are working on reading stamina as they have to finish a chapter book before they can read any other bother. We also reviewed how to use our sticky notes as we are reading to keep track of our thinking.
As we are reviewing the writing process and organization, we learned about editing our writing today. We have our special editing pen to use when we check for spaces, word wall words, capital letters, and punctuation.
After students went to P.E. and music, we read The Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson. (A book about Dr. MLK, Jr.) We then watched a video about his life and speeches. We listened to a portion of the I Have a Dream speech. We also read a book by his sister and growing up with him.
Have a GREAT 3-Day weekend and don't forget to READ....READ....READ!!!!
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