Tuesday

It was another great day in the land of 2F!  What gorgeous weather!  The classroom has finally cooled down a bit, thank goodness.  I brought in an extra fan for the afternoons.  It seems to help a bit.

This morning we read a book called Meet Jane.  This is a book about Jane Goodall and how she dreamed of becoming who she is as a small child.  We discussed what it's like to have dreams and goals and hopes.  Next, students thought about what their dreams and hopes are for their second grade year.  We made a bulletin board for you to see at Open House.  Tomorrow we will continue this discussion by making our own set of classroom rules.

After PE, Mrs. Cannon came in and read us a book called A House is a House for Me.  We then made our own pages for a class book again, for you see tomorrow night.  I was able to do some reading benchmarks while this was happening.  I am wondering if anyone out there would be interested in bringing their child to school early one morning (7:30) for me to benchmark.  Please let me know if this is an option for your family.

In Word Work, we chanted the 5 words of the week.  Then we played Be a Mind Reader with one of these words.

After lunch, recess, quiet time, and read aloud, we did our first lesson in the new math program.  Students got to use textbooks!  Very exciting!