Hi 2D Families! We had a crazy busy week here at SMS. We are so excited to welcome you to our classroom for the Author's Tea, this coming Friday, May 27th. If you or a family member is planning to attend- please email me to let me know! I would like to haves omeone for each child to share their writing with, so I need to plan who to ask within the building!
National Park Day
This week we had our Second Grade National Park Day. It was a huge success. We traveled to the different 2nd grade classrooms to learn about various national parks. We visited Denali, Yellowstone, Acadia, Redwood National Park and of course the Everglades. It was such a great day but I was blown away at the level of research the student did for the Everglades. They created projects that would teach the other second graders about the different animals and plants you will find in the Everglades. It was a great day.
Reading
We have been working on making predictions based on all we know from our series books now. We have also been searching for special language that author's use and noticing when author's compare two things together and what they mean. We have been working on our "talk" during book clubs. We have come so far and we are pushing our friends to dig deeper in their thinking and explain their thoughts. It is truly amazing and these Dragonflies are ready for third grade!
Writing
We have been working on poetry and we look forward to hand picking our pieces of writing to share with you at our Author's Tea. The students love writing time and they have been working so hard to convey a feeling through their writing.
Math
We are still plugging away in math. We continue to work on partitioning and making sure that we are dividing shapes into equal pieces that don't overlap and also take up the entire shape. This is a difficult skill and we are doing much better! We also continue to work on strategies for solving arrays, word problems, and addition/subtraction problems.
Maker Fest and Art Fest
The Maker Fest was a huge success. The students loved looking at the different creations from SMS. We even had some entries from our classroom!
Dragonfly News
*Please look over the important dates that were posted to the blog! I will continue posting them.*
*We have been working so hard at our Pirate Play rehearsals! We can't wait for you to see the performance!*
*Field trip permission slips for Great Bay were sent home today in Friday Folders. Please return those to me by Friday May 27th. If you would like to join us, please let me know via email! *
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