Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house...The students are becoming very familiar with this classic Christmas tale this week. At the end of last week we started practicing a reader's theater of Twas The Night Before Christmas. Later in the week we will be looking at all of the interesting vocabulary in this book and using the context clues to figure out the meaning of these words. After learning the many interesting words in this story we also will be working on visualizing. Grace is also going to bring in an extra special copy of The Night Before Christmas her Grandma gave her. Her Grandma recorded her voice reading the story!
This week we are continuing to work on counting money and making change. We are going to be using touch points to help us count this week. We worked on touch points to help us count last week and the students really seemed to like counting like this. Ask them to share this strategy with you!
On Wednesday we will be walking down to the post office with Mrs. Smith's class. The students just finished writing a Christmas card to a relative and will be sending this card out on Wednesday. The postmaster will be giving us a "backstage" tour that lets the students see where a card travels before it reaches their mailbox.
Just a couple of reminders: The 2nd grade will be on stage for the Christmas program Friday December 17th at 9:50 until 10:10. There will be a bake sale and art fundraiser too. On Monday December 20th we will have a spelling test.
Have a terrific week!
Monday, December 13, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Christmas Carols and Reader's Theatre
For the last few weeks we have be learning about visualization. The students are learning that good readers make mind pictures to help them understand and connect to a story. This week the students will be reading, listening and singing a few Christmas carols. After hearing them several times students will create a picture of the Christmas carol they visualized.
Just before Thanksgiving the students read a Reader's Theatre about turkeys. They've been asking for a Christmas one over the last two weeks. We'll be reading a Christmas play this week and work on improving our reading fluency.
This week students will be reading books and taking quizzes on Book Adventure. It will be important for students to read carefully and use their reading strategies so they can earn points for some fabulous prizes!
This week in math we will be reviewing and practicing counting money, finding the fewest coins and making change. We'll be using the Smartboard and www.thatquiz.org to practice. We'll be having a quiz on Friday and students can practice on www.thatquiz.org at home.
Have a fabulous week!
Just before Thanksgiving the students read a Reader's Theatre about turkeys. They've been asking for a Christmas one over the last two weeks. We'll be reading a Christmas play this week and work on improving our reading fluency.
This week students will be reading books and taking quizzes on Book Adventure. It will be important for students to read carefully and use their reading strategies so they can earn points for some fabulous prizes!
This week in math we will be reviewing and practicing counting money, finding the fewest coins and making change. We'll be using the Smartboard and www.thatquiz.org to practice. We'll be having a quiz on Friday and students can practice on www.thatquiz.org at home.
Have a fabulous week!
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