We had a great week. So far all of the monkeys have remained in the green this week.
This week we started slowly introducing our Daily 5. The students jumped right in since they were familiar with the routines from last year. We also started our new reading program. Our theme of the week was "What makes us special?" We read the story of "The Lion and the Mouse". We learned how even a small little mouse can help a big, fierce lion. We also read a story about two second graders with extra talents. Lai May is a talented pianist and Marcos Estrella an actor who has won awards.
We also practiced using short and long vowels sounds. We blended words using the vowels and spelled words as well.
In math, we reviewed some of the skills that were learned last year. The students were reminded of the math routine. We start every day with a Math Message. We reviewed the tools used during math.
In science, we began to talk to about balance. Can you believe we balanced a crayfish on our fingertip? During Social Studies, we began to talk about communities. In honor of September 11, we talked about how we love our country and made hearts to show this.
Of course, we had to do some fun activities as well. We read "How Full is Your Bucket?" and created our own personal bucket filler.
We also read a book called "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." We then shared (on a suitcase) one thing we did on our summer vacation.
Mrs. Wells
