Congratulations, Poets! 2-G writers published their collections of winter acrostic poetry this week. Have your poet read you his/her poems if they have not done so already. We focused on using great descriptions. Way to go! Please enjoy these additional highlights of our week:
Literacy: Readers did a wonderful job in Literacy centers this week. Guided reading groups read non-fiction texts about Japan. We are focusing on using our table of contents to find information. In addition, we are learning to read all captions to provide us with more information about what is going on in illustrations/photographs.
Writing Workshop: 2-Gers have been studying biographies. Each student chose a special person to study. As we read, we are finding important facts in our books and writing them down on Post-it notes. The next step is organizing our Post-it notes on a planning poster. Writers are now moving into the last phase which is writing their own versions of biographies using their fact posters to guide them. I am so impressed with all of the hard work and research that students have done. We will be publishing our amazing biographies in February.
Math: We are wrapping up our Time unit this week. Mathematicians learned to tell time focusing on: parts of the clock, time to the hour, half hour, quarter hour, and time to the exact minute. We introduced the concept of time passing solving problems that asked, "what time will it be 10 minutes from now?". This concept will be further addressed in third grade. Ask your time teller to help you read your watch/clock at home!
Social Studies: Each week we focus on a different element of Japanese culture. This week we learned about important celebrations and holidays in Japan. Students learned about "Hinamatsuri" (Japanese Girls' Day) which is celebrated on March 3rd, and "Kodomo no Hi" (Japanese Boys' Day or Children's Day) on May 5th. We are adding images representing these holidays to our Animoto slideshows in the computer lab!
Spanish: Senora Trach has been teaching students how to say many items of winter clothing in Spanish. Students explored the differences between what people wear in our wintertime vs. what people are wearing in South America right now. Muy bien, 2-G!
Have a wonderful start to your week.
Literacy: Readers did a wonderful job in Literacy centers this week. Guided reading groups read non-fiction texts about Japan. We are focusing on using our table of contents to find information. In addition, we are learning to read all captions to provide us with more information about what is going on in illustrations/photographs.
Writing Workshop: 2-Gers have been studying biographies. Each student chose a special person to study. As we read, we are finding important facts in our books and writing them down on Post-it notes. The next step is organizing our Post-it notes on a planning poster. Writers are now moving into the last phase which is writing their own versions of biographies using their fact posters to guide them. I am so impressed with all of the hard work and research that students have done. We will be publishing our amazing biographies in February.
Math: We are wrapping up our Time unit this week. Mathematicians learned to tell time focusing on: parts of the clock, time to the hour, half hour, quarter hour, and time to the exact minute. We introduced the concept of time passing solving problems that asked, "what time will it be 10 minutes from now?". This concept will be further addressed in third grade. Ask your time teller to help you read your watch/clock at home!
Social Studies: Each week we focus on a different element of Japanese culture. This week we learned about important celebrations and holidays in Japan. Students learned about "Hinamatsuri" (Japanese Girls' Day) which is celebrated on March 3rd, and "Kodomo no Hi" (Japanese Boys' Day or Children's Day) on May 5th. We are adding images representing these holidays to our Animoto slideshows in the computer lab!
Spanish: Senora Trach has been teaching students how to say many items of winter clothing in Spanish. Students explored the differences between what people wear in our wintertime vs. what people are wearing in South America right now. Muy bien, 2-G!
Have a wonderful start to your week.
