The Most Wonderful Time of the Year :-)

So here’s how our Friday morning began…

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Next we went to the all school “Sing Along” … Here are some highlights! Enjoy the singing as the gym was very dark so there was not much to videotape! (P.S. Yes, I was talking to Joe M. during the end of each song… You’ll get to hear him sing in the last song quite clearly!)

Deck the Halls and Jingle Bells (You can hear me and Joey McCormick talking at the end…Whoops!)

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer

Notice how I turn the camera into the crowd so you can see our blinking red noses…

Joy to the World

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

After lunch it was time to open our books from our parents… We only begged ALL day long to open them up!

Last, it was time to PARTY!!! We had such a great turn out of parents, grandparents and siblings… (There are a few pictures here from the Sing-Along as well)

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A special thank you to EVERYONE for making this such a fabulous day, week, month and year. I love these 26 Weckies so much and feel blessed to be spending time with them on a daily basis! Enjoy them the next few weeks – I’ll be missing my 26 kids!! Love, Mrs. Weckstein :-)

Friday, December 9th

Hello 204 Families!

It has been an excellent week here in second grade! The kids have been hard at work while eagerly anticipating everything still to come in the month of December!

Reader’s Workshop
This week in Workshop we continued our look into the three types of dialogue (simple, no-said and continuation) by finding examples within books we were reading independently, with our partners, and even a portion of a story from Pinky and Rex and the New Baby. Our readers’ have grasped on to not only the types of dialogue, but the types of punctuation we see when we come across dialogue within a text.

Writer’s Workshop
Our writers’ have been working on written retellings of short stories. This week we modeled another written retelling after reading a short story. Then we took a look at another retelling for a different story that was “kid” written. We spent time as a whole group editing and revising this retelling to make it a stronger piece. Last the kids were given the opportunity to take a familiar text of their own and write a short retelling about it.

Math Workshop
Shapes, shapes and MORE shapes... This week we moved into our geometry unit by looking at 2-dimensional shapes and learning about their properties. We focused on lines, points, vertices and edges. Then we explored 2-dimensional polygons and learned about the prefix within each name (i.e. tri-angle). Next as a whole group we practiced a writing activity where we compared two dimensional shapes – how they are alike and different. Lastly, each table group was given shapes on paper, triangles and rectangles and asked to work as a cooperative group to create new shapes on a small poster. The word “flexible” was used a lot as some worked well in their group and others needed multiple reminders about how a group works.

Science
In Science we continued our work with plants. Thank you to everyone who has sent in plant clippings. The brassica are growing large and will soon be pollinating, while our wheat and grass seeds are also growing quite well!

Social Studies
In Social Studies we learned about human and natural features. We did a sorting game with these terms. Then we read the book Letting Swift River Go and talked about the changes in the environment, both good and bad. Last the kids did a cooperative group activity with that (i.e. if lightning struck a tree – What would be good? What would be bad?)

Word Study
We spent time this week in word study looking at the middle of words. So often when we read we look at the beginning and the ending of a word to see if it is something we can recognize quickly. This week we slowed down and spent time looking at the middle letters within a word, in particular the consonants. We did a word game with cards where the kids had to recognize and say the letter name of the sound they heard within the word.


Important News and Reminders:
We are entering into a VERY busy time at Dublin. Here’s a breakdown for each day:

• Monday, Dec. 12th – Gift of Reading book DUE (Each child needs a gift-wrapped book from their parents!)
  
• Monday, Dec. 12th – LAST CHANCE to send in Holiday Traditions for your family
  
• Friday, Dec. 16th – (approximately 10:30am) All school sing-along
  
• Friday, Dec. 16th – 2:30-3:30pm – Class Holiday Party
  
• Tuesday, Jan. 3rd, 2012 – First Day Back in 2012!

Have a fabulous weekend... bundle up, it's going to get cold!!!  ~Mrs. Weckstein~

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