2-G filled up our community cube jar! On Thursday, November 12th, we'll celebrate this wonderful accomplishment. 2-Gers earn cubes by working hard as a community and treating one another with kindness and respect. I'm so proud! We also had our very first publishing session this week. Writers had a ball editing and "fancying up" stories. We worked so hard on adding thoughtful dedications and cover pages for finishing touches. There will be more incredible stories to come this year. Please enjoy these additional highlights of our studies:
Literacy: Readers continued working through their centers and guided reading this week. We are focusing on reading for meaning in all of our reading groups. Students are learning to think about new words in context. In addition, we are learning to think beyond the literal text. Sometimes Mrs. Gomes asks us which character we think we'd like to be and why. The "why" part can be tricky and we are challenging readers to really think about characteristics of characters and how we connect with them.
Math: Mathematicians learned a wonderful game this week called, "Salute". It has quickly become a favorite. This game helps us practice our fluency and number sense. Ask your mathematician how to play! This game can be played at home with a regular deck of card (minus the Jokers). We are continuing to build our knowledge of place value and number composition.
Computer Lab: Every Wednesday, we'll be going to the computer lab to focus on different activities. This week we got to read on Raz-Kids! We had so much fun with this reading program and we are excited to learn more computer-based activities soon.
Science: For a big finish to our Nutrition unit, we had an apple tasting in 2-G. We got to taste not 1, not 2, but 7 different types of apples! We each completed our own surveys. Results showed that the majority of our class loved the Jazz and Piñata varieties. I am so proud of all of our 2-Gers for completing their Nutrition unit and we are excited to see what we'll be exploring next.
Enjoy your week.
Literacy: Readers continued working through their centers and guided reading this week. We are focusing on reading for meaning in all of our reading groups. Students are learning to think about new words in context. In addition, we are learning to think beyond the literal text. Sometimes Mrs. Gomes asks us which character we think we'd like to be and why. The "why" part can be tricky and we are challenging readers to really think about characteristics of characters and how we connect with them.
Math: Mathematicians learned a wonderful game this week called, "Salute". It has quickly become a favorite. This game helps us practice our fluency and number sense. Ask your mathematician how to play! This game can be played at home with a regular deck of card (minus the Jokers). We are continuing to build our knowledge of place value and number composition.
Computer Lab: Every Wednesday, we'll be going to the computer lab to focus on different activities. This week we got to read on Raz-Kids! We had so much fun with this reading program and we are excited to learn more computer-based activities soon.
Science: For a big finish to our Nutrition unit, we had an apple tasting in 2-G. We got to taste not 1, not 2, but 7 different types of apples! We each completed our own surveys. Results showed that the majority of our class loved the Jazz and Piñata varieties. I am so proud of all of our 2-Gers for completing their Nutrition unit and we are excited to see what we'll be exploring next.
Enjoy your week.
