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Friday, December 14, 2012

Winter Clothing



Please have a conversation with your child about wearing their winter clothing outside.  I am assuming if you sent them to school with warm clothing (ie: winter coat, hat, gloves) you would like your child to wear this outside.  Many students are not putting their coats, hats, or gloves on.  If you do not have appropriate clothing the nurse has items to borrow.  Thank you!

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Fun in 2nd Grade!


Today we made our Gingerbread Houses!  YIPPY! The kids really enjoyed constructing and decorating the houses.  We thank all the families that donated their time and all the decorations (candy) that they sent in to make this possible.  Please view the video in the post below by clicking the "untitled video" button.  (Oops, I forgot to give it a title and I just noticed it)


Gingerbread Houses

Untitled Video

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Peter the Predictor



Have you heard about Peter the Predictor?  Well, he was an exciting visitor we had on Monday morning.  Peter arrived with his magic "snow globe" and his magical powers to model making predictions before reading, during reading and after reading a story.  The class has practiced making predictions during group read a loud, reading mini-lessons, small book club meetings, and individual conferences.  We certainly have been doing a lot of predicting in room 12 this week...maybe they like shaking the snow globe and believing they have "magical" powers.  Any hoo - it is working and they are predicting and thinking about their reading!  Remember good readers make predictions to better understand a story.  This is the latest comprehension skill we added to our reading CAFE (Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, Expand knowledge) board this week.


Turkey Art and Thankful Thoughts

Before Thanksgiving break students did a turkey art craft followed by a writing activity  Students listened to numerous Thanksgiving books and then made a list of things they were thankful for.  The turkeys were gorgeous and the writing was fabulous!  I just had to include this!