We also worked very hard in our reading groups. Rachel's group continued reading Tacky the Penguin, Danny's group continued in Letting Swift River Go, Abby's group read some more in Christopher Columbus and Jack's group worked in Noisy Nora. We also read from our Scholastic News, a children's newspaper that reinforces science and social studies topics. We continued to work independently to improve our reading fluency and did some buddy reading to just appreciate and enjoy the books that we choose to read! In phonics we finished our review of short vowels. We will begin our review of long vowels over the next few weeks. In writing, Miss Varrell introduced everyone to the Venn Diagram. We used it to organize the information we have learned about trees. We can use a Venn Diagram to organize any information that we want to compare or contrast. We will use our Venn Diagrams next week to produce a nonfiction piece of writing to hang on the bulletin board in the hallway.
In science we finished watching a slideshow of the book Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing the Trees that we got from Mrs. Downes in the library. We also had a chance to make some pop-up tree posters to show the differences between deciduous and coniferous trees. In social studies we continued working in our World Passports and learned that Brazil is part of the continent of South America. We colored a map of South America to show all the different countries that are inside it and labeled the largest country Brazil! In computers, Mrs. Canfield started a project with us about the seven continents. We are researching 5 facts about each continent to put in a book that we will work on over several weeks. We are great fact-finders!
Our Halloween party is scheduled for Friday, October 30. If you have not been asked for donations, you may be asked for donations for future celebrations. We thank you in advance for your generosity and time! Also, you should know that the children will NOT be wearing or bringing their costumes to school for Halloween. Now that we're in second grade, we get to be the "big kids" when we watch the kindergarten and first-graders parade through the classrooms on Friday.
On a final note, please be sure that your child is coming to school with appropriate clothing for the increasingly cold autumn days. Although we had the lovely surprise of some 70 degree days at school this week (as well as the stinkbugs!), they are more of an exception than the rule. Layers are always a good idea, just in case. :)
Enjoy the weekend!
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