Thursday, October 30, 2014
Retelling
We've learned that a job of a reader is to retell the stories we read! If you haven't checked out our Knuffle Bunny retells, they are unbelievable! The kids broke up into three groups and worked on retelling one of the Knuffle Bunny stories. We then used Explain Everything to record our retells! Ask your child what the ingredients of a retell are!
Friday, October 17, 2014
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Class Updates
We are very busy in second grade! Here are some updates:
Reading: We are learning that readers make predictions before and during their reading. Reading the pictures, the story's title, and looking at the characters' faces give us clues that help make our predictions powerful! We are now working on retelling fiction stories! Stay tuned for more information on retelling!
Math: We are just finishing up our 2nd unit in enVisions: Addition Strategies. Doubles, near doubles, and making ten are some of the strategies we can use when adding! We are also working hard to use math vocabulary when we talk about math. Ask your child about these words: addend, sum, number sentence, part and whole. We will continue to post math videos on the enVision website for families to use as a resource. Watching the videos nightly is a great reinforcement of the day's concepts. Please be sure math facts are practiced nightly. "The Great Websites" section on the blog has some great sites to practice facts!
Writing: Now that we've spent some time learning about the three types of writing (narrative, expository, and opinion) the class will have multiple opportunities this year to write in these genres.
Check out our expository writing about fall! This week we used the information we learned about fall for opinion writing. Ask your child to share his/her opinion on fall! Our next focus will be on using specific, vivid language when we write.
Science: We are learning that the earth is made up of rocks, soil, water, and living things. The kids partnered up to create Earth's Materials Slideshows in Google Drive! We will post these amazing slideshows on the blog very soon!
Reading: We are learning that readers make predictions before and during their reading. Reading the pictures, the story's title, and looking at the characters' faces give us clues that help make our predictions powerful! We are now working on retelling fiction stories! Stay tuned for more information on retelling!
Math: We are just finishing up our 2nd unit in enVisions: Addition Strategies. Doubles, near doubles, and making ten are some of the strategies we can use when adding! We are also working hard to use math vocabulary when we talk about math. Ask your child about these words: addend, sum, number sentence, part and whole. We will continue to post math videos on the enVision website for families to use as a resource. Watching the videos nightly is a great reinforcement of the day's concepts. Please be sure math facts are practiced nightly. "The Great Websites" section on the blog has some great sites to practice facts!
Writing: Now that we've spent some time learning about the three types of writing (narrative, expository, and opinion) the class will have multiple opportunities this year to write in these genres.
Check out our expository writing about fall! This week we used the information we learned about fall for opinion writing. Ask your child to share his/her opinion on fall! Our next focus will be on using specific, vivid language when we write.
Scientist of the Week: Thomas
If you'd like to try the experiment at home, here it is!
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
More Daily Five!
Here are some photos of the kids during the Daily Five. Ask your child to tell you about listen to reading, work on writing, and word work!
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| Work on writing: We use the timers to give us time to draw a picture and write in our journals! |
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| We write the whole time, stay in one spot, get started write away, and work quietly! |
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| We build our writing stamina! |
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| We have choice over what we write about! |
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| During word work we play hands-on games that reinforce phonics and language concepts. |
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| We work with partners during word work. |
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