Week 3

Here are highlights from Week 3 in second grade:

We...

• Learned to estimate by using a group of ten as a "reference number"
• Listened to The Library, a story from our Open Court basal reader
• Illustrated our covers for our Writing Binders
• Are learning how to go back in a story to find an answer
• Are learning how to write a written comprehension answer in a complete sentence & using the question to help
• Began writing in our D'Nealian handwriting books
• Do you remember the chant that helps us perfect our writing?  
• One, two, look at you!
• Three, four, feet on the floor!
• Five, six, pick up sticks!
• Seven, eight, backs straight!
• Nine, ten, books at a slant and LET'S BEGIN!
• Wrote our D'Nealian letters in the air and with modeling clay
• Took more than one spelling test
• Started a Daily Word Ladder packet
• Created a 2-part web to help us draft paragraphs about ourselves
• Shared adjectives that described us
• Learned a new "Word of the Week": Immerse
• Practiced crossing "the midline" of our bodies with some brain-stimulating moves
• Listened to a read aloud, King of the Playground
• Continued listening to Gooney Bird Greene
• Practiced "Indoor Recess" where we tried out classroom games and art supplies

Who knew second graders could do so much?!