These Kids are the BEST!

We had another amazing week in Grade 2 with your children. Each day they make us smile, laugh and impress us with how much they have grown in such a short amount of time. We have accomplished so much: topic #1 math, our first science unit on ants (test next week) and the students have already started drafting their own personal narrative and so much more! Please continue to read with your child and work on those fluency passages throughout the week! We met with our 4th buddies on Thursday to practice reading fluency. They read their books on Christopher Columbus which they loved because they got to decorate/color it, they also read their books on ants & fire safety in preparation for our assembly on Friday, October 9th. The kids are doing such a great job with attending to punctuation and distinguishing the differences between telling, asking & feeling/big emotion sentences. As they read, we can really hear it in their voices! Be sure to help your children pause at the commas while reading with them. Your children also began working on their personal narratives. They have grasped the concept of a small moment and have started brainstorming some ideas about their small moments. Next week, they will start their very first draft. Ahhh ... so much to write about! Be on the lookout for our first "Brown Bags & Books," invitation coming up in November (October is too hard with the half-days, etc.). Below are some highlights from our week!

Using Sticky Notes as a reading strategy to have a deeper understanding of the text.

Recording Our Thinking!

Katie is deep in thought ... super reader!

We love to sit back & watch the kids use the strategies learned on their own!

"I AM BATMAN!"

Reese was our 2nd STAR STUDENT and I am sure you have heard she has been to Disney 7 times! The kids were very jealous of her ... and Jillian who is now in Disney!