Terrific Tuesday

Today we went to a fun assembly. We learned to be polite to people. We met a bird named Verne. The bird was really funny. The bird copied whatever Mr. Tim said. The bird said hi to the wall. The bird kissed Mr. Tim! Mr. Tim also made a balloon that flew! He made a flower sprout out of a picture. He made a balloon Rudolph that Cullen gets to take home! The assembly was fun.

We made a long prediction chain. It was as tall as the ceiling. We hung it on the wall over the door. On orange paper we wrote our first prediction. Then we wrote our ehanced predictions on green, our adjusted preditions on yellow, and our abandoned predictions on red!

We had a fun day!

Click Clack Moo!

This story was fun and silly! The animals were trying to get electric blankets and they got them! The cows kept typing notes to Farmer Brown and then the ducks started typing, too! The ducks said the pond was boring and they wanted a diving board! The cows said they would give the typewriter back, but the ducks kept it! The cows and hens said no more milk and eggs! We were practicing making predictions! We had to enhance, abandon, and adjust our predictions while we read! Excellent work 2G You are becoming prediction wizards!

Today in 2G

We wrote The Important Book. It was based on the book by Margaret Wise Brown. We read Mrs. Brown Went to Town. When Mrs. Brown got to the hospital the animals took over her house. When she got back her bed broke and they all had to go to the hospital. Now they live in the barn! Today was a fun day! We got to see a Preying Mantis!!!! We got to hold it (in a box). It hangs upside down. Miss Erin found it in on the side of her house! Thank you, Miss Erin, for bringing it in! We named it Spikey! We voted! A bug should be outside to live, so we'll let Spikey go soon. We also did a math paper and a self-assessment.

Stamina Party

Today we had a party because we reached 20 minutes in Read to Self! We got to wear our PJs to school! It looks like we forgot to get dressed this morning! We also got to have a dance party at the end of the day! Good job 2G!

Social Studies Unit 1

We learned about neighborhoods! An urban area is called a city! We live in a suburb of Chicago! People can make their communities better by picking up litter! Suburbs have lots of houses. Rural areas have markets, lots of space, farms, and small towns. Our test is next week! Let's study!

Monday in 2G

We like doing Stand Up, Pair Up, Share Up when we finish our math boxes. Some of us had a hard time with math boxes, but we figured it out! We had fun at lunch. Some of us had breakfast for lunch today! It was delicious! It was fun having outside recess after very rainy weekend! We learned about nouns, verbs, and adjectives. There are three types of nouns (people, places, and things)! We read for 17 minutes today in Read to Self! We wrote for 9 minutes in Write to Self! We had some extra time so we wrote for 6 more! It was a great day!!!!!

Predictions

Today we read a book about Dragon and his friend! We had to make predictions! As we read, we had to change our predictions! The story was funny and silly. We read the story Tomatoes to Ketchup and learned how to make ketchup! You should read it if you want to learn how to make ketchup! When we make predictions about nonfiction we use photographs and bold words to help us. Making predictions help us to become better readers!

What did we do today?

We read for 14 minutes during Read to Self! It was fun and entertaining! Yesterday, we talked about Star of the Week. Ms. Gleason shared some of her pictures. We are all excited about sharing during Star of the Week! We played "Penny Plate" in math. We watched a short video about odd and even numbers. In reading, we read Dragon Gets By. We got messy in art. Also, we got to go to P.E! Miss Erin joined our class to help out! She is very nice and helpful. We had a fun day! It was a nice day.

New Math Game!

Today, we learned a new math game! It is called the Money Exchange Game. We used play dollars, dice, a game mat, and of course our brains! We practiced counting money! We learned that when you get 10 one dollar bills, you trade for a 10 dollar bill! When you get 10 ten dollar bills, you trade for a hundred dollar bill and you win! This math game was fun and entertaining!

The Daily 5

The students in 2G have been practicing "Read to Self". We do this to become better readers and to have fun! While reading to self we read quietly, stay in one spot, get started right away, read the whole time, and build stamina! We made it to 10 minutes! When we get to 20 minutes we'll have a Stamina party! Yea!

This past Friday, we started "Write to Self". This is just like "Read to Self", but we're writing instead! We started with 3 minutes and are working on building stamina! We hope to be at 8 minutes by the end of the week! I know we can do it!