Friday, August 29,2014

Today has been a great day in Room 100.   We started the day with a fire drill.  Our class did an excellent job of staying quiet and walking quickly.  Once we came in from outside, we had a special visitor come to speak to the kids.

Mrs. Barfield (the mother of one of our second grade students) is a published author.  Throughout the week this week we have discussed what is an author, who can be an author, and where does an author get his/her ideas.  Mrs. Barfield went through the process of how she became an author and where she gets her ideas.  The kids are looking forward to her new book that is set to be released in October.   

Today was also college colors day.  We had several students participate and we had a great time!

Bailey supported Wofford.

Dominick was pulling for Kentucky.  

Of course we had a some USC Gamecock fans.

 But our biggest group were the CLEMSON fans!!!!!!!!

GO TIGERS 😉

I hope everyone has a safe, long weekend!

Week of August 25-29

Reading

We are beginning an author study on Cynthia Rylant. We will read “When I Was Young in the Mountains” and “The Relatives Came” as we focus on her author’s craft. We will also answer 5 W’s and 1 H (story elements) questions to help us better understand the story.

Vocabulary

finally: at the end or conclusion

relatives: related to someone by blood or

marriage

tend: to pay attention or take care of

particular: hard to please

promised: a statement that he/she will or will not do something

 

 

 

Writing

We will create a heart map this week

of topics that are special to us. Then, we

will choose a topic to begin writing a personal narrative.

 

 

Social Studies

           We will begin our first unit on Communities.  We will focus on learning about the different characteristics of urban, suburban, and rural communities.

 

 

Math

We are beginning our first unit on Place Value! We will focus on representing a number in different ways. We will use base ten blocks, words, expanded form, and pictures.

 

Science

We will begin learning about the scientific process.

 

Weekly Word Wall Words Marina

again     could     once    some     know

 

 

 

 

First Day of School

What a GREAT first day of school!   I loved getting to know each one of the boys and girls.  I am looking forward to a fantastic year!  Here are a few pictures of our time together out at recess.

                    

                 

                                                   Class photo

                 

                                                   Silly faces

                             

                                                     Colin found a toad