Blog #2- April 12th, 2019

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Grade 2- Week 1- April 8th-12th, 2019

LOOKING BACK

Students try out flexible seating while they write.

Bo and Rima practice keeping their eyes on the page.

Focused readers!
 The first week of second grade is complete! Students did an amazing job transitioning back into "school mode". It was nice to see how excited they were to begin a new school year! This week we spent a lot of time establishing our classroom expectations and agreements. We created reading expectations and practiced focused reading. We also created writing time expectations, and began to write our first "small-moment" stories to share about a favorite memory from spring vacation. In math, we practiced how to solve math word problems using the "RDW" process- first read the problem, then draw a picture, then write a number sentence, and finally write a word sentence.
Students write about their favorite Spring Break memory!
Narrative writing in action.
More focused readers!

Adding comments and questions.
Kurea writes her observations about the "couch potato" picture.

During UOI time we participated in a gallery walk, where we studied photographs about healthy and unhealthy choices. We spent time sorting these photos, discussing what they meant, and we finished the week by jotting down questions we still had about them. 
Healthy or unhealthy?


Gallery Walk



Gallery Walk finished products.
Students added questions to our Wonder Wall.
We are all inquirers!


LOOKING AHEAD

 Next week we will learn how to make our small-moment stories more detailed, and more specific! In math, we will continue to build up our number sense with three-digit numbers. During UOI time, we will begin to study how our eating habits affect our health! We'll research what it means to have a balanced diet, and we'll make our own food pyramids!

LOOK OUT
(Announcements and Important Dates)
*Thank you for helping your child to get all homework and reading finished each night! This week we had 5 students who earned a merit for 100% homework completion. Let's increase this number next week!
*Saturday, April 20th- Family Picnic from 10am - 2pm @ Tsurumi Ryokuchi Park
*Monday, April 22nd- NO SCHOOL
*Monday April 29th- Monday May 6th- Golden Week, NO SCHOOL

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