The 2D Dolphins have been working hard from Day 1. In the past seven days we have:
- Come up with classroom rules
- Wrote our hopes and dreams for second grade
- Went on a classroom treasure hunt
- Created new words from the letters in the words "SECOND GRADE"
- Drawn comic strips of "Six Things I Didn't Do This Summer"
- Measured our heights and our hands
- Shared our "Me In A Bag" treasures
- Learned about our teachers when they were "Stars of the 'Day'"
- Estimated with Unifix cubes
- Worked on pages for our second grade portfolio
- Learned about the five ways to study geography: Location, Place, Human/Environment Interaction, Movement, Regions
- Drawn our self-portraits
- Listened to Come Back, Jack! on CD
- Took a giant spelling test
- Learned how to pick a "Good Fit" book using the "Five Finger Rule"
- Helped label classroom books
- Read a few comprehension paragraphs and carefully answered some questions about them
- Wrote a friendly letter to some people we love
- Danced in morning meeting
- Learned about our "Word of the Week" (STRIVE)
- Wrote and illustrated a special "Guess Who?" poster for our visiting loved ones at Parents' Night
- Read lots of read aloud books together including Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry
What will the next seven days bring?! We can't wait to see!
