Classroom News

 It is always amazing to look back on the week and think about everything that students accomplished in just five days!  This week, students continued to put great effort towards their work in all areas.

During our literacy workshop, we listened to the stories, Chrysanthemum and Sheila Rae, the Brave.  We continued to work more independently on identifying the story elements (character, setting, problem, and solution) in these stories.  Then, we worked as a whole group to create a summary of Chyrsanthemum.  On Friday, we started to use the sentences of our summary to create movement phrases that we put together into a group dance.  We will continue this movement project next week. Check out some of the photos that show parts of our dance.  Throughout the year, we will use movement and drama to help us explore a variety of texts.  It is fun to see the wonderful collaboration and creativity of your children!

Our writing workshop is going full speed ahead!  Students have been working on creating introductions for their "small moments" narratives that will grab their readers attention.  We also are working on stretching out our stories to add details and descriptions that will keep our readers interested.  Our class brainstormed ideas to help us plan out our writing, such as talking it out with a partner, sketching, jotting down ideas, making a list, and making a picture in our heads about what happened.

Today, we had a special classroom event to celebrate a classmate who is moving.  She will be greatly missed!  Best wishes to her and her family!

Reminders and Upcoming Events

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 next Friday, September 26th.  Students should wear appropriate clothing and footwear for the hike.  Please remind them to bring lunch, a water bottle, and snacks for the day.  Also, students should not bring lots of extra items in their backpacks that day to help keep their bags light enough to carry.

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!

Our second grade homework packets were sent home this week in a purple homework folder.  The completed packet is due on Friday, October 3rd.