2H Class Blog!: Jan. 27th News

Welcome to Ms. Atlee! This fabulous SST intern (whose sister was a former Owl student!) will be joining us each afternoon for the next few weks to get a little taste of what it's like being in a classroom! We SO look forward to working with her!

Highlights from our week:

*Biographies: Thank you to all who helped their children pick a biography choice and returned the planning paper to school. Our class was pleased to learn that EVERY student received one of their top three choices of a person! At the wax museum on Feb. 15th, the following historical heroes will be represented:

Alex	Albert Einstein
Alexa	Sally Ride
Alexandra	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Caden	Barack Obama
Evelyn	Thomas Edison
Graham	Michael Jordan
Hugh	Alexander Fleming
Kayden	George Washington
Kayla	Helen Keller
Landon	Abraham Lincoln
Luke	Dwight Eisenhower
Madelyn	Ruby Bridges
Margaret	Marie Curie
Mia	Rosa Parks
Sam	Jackie Robinson
Sophie	Amelia Earhart
Timmy	Babe Ruth
Will	John Lennon

Much more information will be sent home over the next several weeks and much of the project will be completed in class. In the meantime, students can begin gathering materials for their costume. For example, Barack Obama could wear a suit and Jackie Robinson could wear a baseball jersey or shirt. Hopefully you can borrow an outfit, raid a dress up box, or piece it together from things you have at home. Let me know if you have any questions!
An exciting part of our week was beginning to research! Tapping into resources such as Epic, PebbleGo, and Brainpop, we began collecting important information about our own historical heroes.

Next week we will continue to delve deeper into our research and begin tracing our life-size posters!

*Writer's Workshop: With nearly all of our fiction books complete, we spent the week exploring the power of editing and revisiton. Hearing the story of Austin's Butterfly, our class saw how a first grade student created a drawing of a butterfly. After receviving some specific feedback from his peers, Austin created a second draft. This process went on and on, bringing Austing through SIX drafts before his final product. The Owls were amazed by his progress and improvement! Working with a partner, they worked on moving their good books into GREAT books!

We'll enjoy sharing these fabulous stories next week!

5th Grade Buddies: Moved by the kindness and compassion we learned about Dr. King showing, we worked hard with our reading buddies to create Valentine cards to those in need. We decided it would be a nice gesture to send these beautiful cards to some active military members overseas. It feels so good to be kind!