We had another busy and productive week! It has been wonderful to begin the "sharing" part of our Morning Meeting this week. It is a great time to learn about each other.
During math class, we closely examined pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters to help us better identify them and tell them apart. We learned several new math games this week: Plus 1 or 2 Bingo, Build a Number (with place value dice), and Collect 25 Cents. We made great progress with learning the values of each coin, trading coins, and counting groups of coins this week!
During our literacy block, students completed writing and illustrations on several story maps for various Frog and Toad stories. In writing, we finished our writing prompts and launched our "small moments" narrative unit. We read the beginnings to two beautiful stories, Owl Moon and The Leaving Morning. We looked at ways that published authors write strong introductions to their stories. On Thursday, we started writing our own introductions, describing when and where our stories take place and trying to grab our readers' interest.
Starting next week, I will just print the newsletter/blog for families who requested a paper copy.
Hope everyone enjoys the weekend!
Important News and Dates:
Our second grade homework packets will be sent home early next week in a purple homework folder. I will send home a homework letter, too.
Our first ECO (Educating Children Outdoors) lesson will take place on the morning of Wednesday, September 24th. Please help your child dress appropriately for an extended time outside.
The EMES All School Hike will take place on Friday, September 26th.
The EMES Open House and Ribbon Cutting will be on Thursday, October 2nd from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. I look forward to seeing you there!
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