Community Days!

The 2D Dolphins have been busy...per usual!  Here's the latest:

We...

• are awesome Word Study spellers! We read our words, defined our words, sorted our words into spelling categories and played spelling games.
• continue to work through chapter 3 in math: subtraction!
• took our first 36-problem fact assessments.  We will keep track of our progress as the year moves forward!
• began our study of maps and map keys in our Maps, Graphs, & Globes book.
• listened to "Story Hour: Starring Megan" and answered questions together about the story.  
• learned about "M.I.N.T.S." and how this acronym will help us remember what words get capitalized in our writing.
• chanted our "Tally Chant" to help us remember when to cross our tallies.
• learned the "Word[s] of the Week": ponder and wallop.
• met many interesting people in the CA community as we toured the school on Friday: Mr. Facciola, Mr. MacKenzie, Mr. Ray, Ms. Broh, Ms. Long, Mr. Mele, Mrs. Nockowitz, Mrs. Killoren, and our very own 2D parent, Ms. Seymore!  
• ate lunch in the courtyard near the dining hall.
• started reading three plays about school situations...more to come on this soon!
• chose our "Clock Partners."
• had our second drama class of the year.
• wrote letters to send to New York fire fighters, police officers & other first responders after discussing 9/11 in the classroom.  We sent our letters to Zarak's former neighborhood firehouse and police station!
• started reading George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl.  
• finished reading several Second Grade CARES books including The Hungry Otter  and Chesnut Cove.