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| We are LOVING all this fall sunshine! |
Just a friendly reminder that pressed leaves are due to school tomorrow, Mon. 10/23. Many leaves have already been sent in and they look great! We will enjoy creating a fun, fall craft with these leaves later in the week. Thanks for your continued support!!
Highlights from our week:
*Gardening: On Thursday, with the most beautiful weather, we headed out into our garden! The Owls were put to work weeding, planting, harvesting, and prepping the garden beds for the winter months. We are so fortunate to have this beautiful learning space at our school!
*Science: It goes without saying, science ROCKED this week!! Exploring the question, "What's inside a rock?", the owls quickly realized there was only one way to find out....
It was a lot of work, but a ton of fun. They put the hammer to it, and were in for quite a surprise! Each rock contained a unique geode!! These scientists quickly went to work carefully examining their treasures and drawing detailed drawings in the science notebooks.
*Reader's Workshop: Our classroom has been buzzing with all the nonfiction knowledge our brains have been gaining! To celebrate the gift of learning something new, each Owl wrote some of their favorite facts to share with their friends. We also celebrated by enjoying a "Flashlight Friday" at the end of our week. Thank you for your help in sending in flashlights! It was a HUGE hit!!
*Word Study: We continue to move forward with our spelling word sorts. These second graders have been doing a fantastic job following the many routines and procedures of our word study program. Thank you in advance for your efforts at home! This week, we explored some additional ways to practice our words sorts. These ways included: writing our words with magnets, molding our words out of model magic, building our words the "staircase" way, and using the online resource: Spelling City. At home, please have your child practice their word sort in the way that works best for them.
*Scholastic Book Order: October book orders are due on Monday, Oct. 23rd. Orders can be placed online using our class code HXF8D, or sent into school with a check made payable to Scholastic Reading Club.
Have a great week!
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Questions to promote "School Talk":
-How did you help in our school garden?
-How did our read aloud Poppy end?
-What was inside your rock? How did we break them open?
-Who did we do a 'Google Hangout' with this week?
-What was your favorite new way to practice you spelling sort?
-What was the message of our GRA story: Whoever You Are?
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Important Dates (always available at the top of the blog page for convenience) :
-Monday, Oct. 23rd: Fall Leaves Due
-Monday, Oct. 23rd: Scholastic Book Orders Due
-Monday, Oct. 30th: Small, Carving Pumpkin Due
-Tuesday, Oct. 31st; 2:30 pm: "Holey Pumpkin Day" Lantern Lighting
-Wednesday, Nov. 1st: Early Release (Parent Conferences)
-Wednesday, Nov. 8th: Early Release (Parent Conferences)
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