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Reader’s Workshop:
We continued with our Character Study in Reader’s Workshop this week. Students selected another character from their “just right” books to form character traits by what their character says or does. Students also logged in their books at the end of the week.
Writer’s Workshop:
We were busy putting the finishing touches on our Small Moments in Writer’s Workshop this week. Students went back through their stories and added things they were feeling (inside emotions) or things they were doing (outside actions). After their middles were filled with details, students learned how to write short and effective endings to their stories. Next we used Revising and Editing Checklists to help us: create a title, use more exact words, take out confusing parts, fix spelling, add missing punctuation and make sure the sequence of our story made sense.
Math’s Workshop:
We finished up our unit on fractions this week. We worked with fractions of collections of things, fraction number stories and equivalent fractions. Students learned a new game, Equivalent Fractions to help them with the new fraction concepts. Our mathematicians also learned to compare fractions and we worked with fraction number stories. The week ended by taking our Unit 8 test to close up our work with fractions. Our next unit will focus on measurement.
Science:
Students made and tested out parachutes this week. For the parachute to move through the air, it must push the air out of its way. The air pushing back makes the parachute fall slowly to the ground. When any object moves through air, it is always slowed down by something called air resistance. Some other examples are: a feather or balloon falling slowly to the ground, or a person walking against a strong breeze.
Word Study:
In Word Study this week we did a multitude of things! We took known words to help us figure out new words in a game called, "Word Race". Next, we took a look at letter clusters to help us solve words. We did a Word Grid Game to reinforce this concept. Last, we took a look at onsets and rimes (ex: p-, r-, m- beginnings and -ain, -ail and -an endings).
Social Studies:
We only met once this week for Social Studies. Students further explored the concept of change over time by listening to informational text about Michigan schools and the history of Walled Lake Schools. They discussed the relationship between population growth and the growth of Walled Lake Schools. We even look a look at a kindergarten report card from Dublin in 1955 and compared it to the kindergarten report card that Dublin uses today. Students were surprised to find out that kindergarteners in 1955 were graded on: keeping things in their mouth, relaxing at rest time and using a handkerchief properly. Things sure have changed! Finally, students drew pictures to compare schools today to schools in the past.
Important Dates/Reminders:
• We all had a fantastic time at our Valentine’s party on Tuesday! A big round of applause goes out to the fantastic parents who planned a very special day for our second graders.
• Everyone had a fun 100th day of school! Room 204 was overrun by senior citizens with plenty of wrinkles, canes and gray hair! We wrote about what we will be doing when we are 100 and played several rounds of BINGO with fellow senior citizens from other classrooms!
• February 18-26th – February Break – NO SCHOOL
• February 27th- First Day Back AND Field Trip to the Outdoor Center!!( Please remember to dress your child for the weather as we WILL be going outside. They will also need one long fuzzy sock!)
• Wednesday, February 29th- Rain Gauge Extra Credit Due
• Friday, March 2nd- Plymouth Whalers Game at 7:00 pm.
I hope you have a safe and fun week off from school! :-)
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