Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Our Second Day

We had another great day in second grade today!  Our class created rules for our meeting area and we learned some new songs, "The Shark Song" and "The Pirate Song."   Our read-alouds today included David Goes to School and Cookie's Week.  We also had P.E. class and wrote clues about ourselves for a Who Am I? activity!  In math, we began our calendar routine and explored cuisenaire rods.

Today we also began our first component of literacy workshop called Read to Self.  Our class was able to read for two sessions using books from their book boxes.  Tomorrow and each day we'll increase our time reading to build independence and stamina to read for longer amounts of time.  Soon students will learn about selecting good-fit books for themselves from our classroom library.

Tomorrow we'll create drawings about our hopes and dreams for the school year and introduce the Smartboard!

Thank you for helping your child remember to bring their purple home folder to school!  I'm enjoying getting to know your second grader!