Inquiry

After studying the 5 food groups and learning how to fuel our bodies, the students made mini-posters to advertise their findings! This inquiry unit will lead us into persuasive and non-fiction writing in a few weeks! 

Fundations

Parents do you know what a closed syllable is? Your child does!!! Ask your child how to mark up digraphs and blends as well!

Authors!!!

Charlie shared his finished personal narrative with the class today! The kids know to have the following included in their narratives:

-a hook to gain the attention of his readers

- a beginning introducing who, what, when, where, or why

- transition words to tell the story (first, next, then, after that, finally)

- an ending with a feeling that describes the experience 

Happy birthday Shanaya!

Socktober

We are collecting new socks the entire month of October for the homeless in our area. Please send in as many pairs as you can with your child! Thanks!

Writing a Hook

The kids are writing personal narratives which is a continuation from first grade. We practiced starting off with a strong visual hook to catch the reader's interest. We closed our eyes and imagined what the scene looked like as we began our narratives.

Gabby's hook

Brody's hook

Jacob's hook

Jazzy's hook

Create your own graph

As we continue our work in analyzing data, the children are becoming more independent in their graphing skills. They worked by themselves to build their own graphs and create questions to go along with the data.