In 2M we are reading the book Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. This funny story is about a young boy who gets flattened by a falling bulleting board. In the book, Stanley’s parents send Stanley on a trip to California via airmail. Last week, each child measured and decorated his or her own Flat Stanley to send on adventures in the mail. As each Flat Stanley comes back, we will read about his adventures and make connections to our mapping unit.
As part of our Flat Stanley project, students created a life-size Flat Stanley. After tracing Flat Stanley on giant cardboard, students used post-its to plan the colors. Then, each student painted part of Flat Stanley. Check him out on our bulletin board!
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2M students prepared the turkey, wrote invitations, and created centerpieces in preparation for this year's First and Second Grade Feast. For centerpieces, students made potato prints on canvas and "Funny Fruits."
We recently began the Critical and Creative Thinking course in 2M. This course is taught by Tanya Gregoire, the Enrichment Challenge and Support teacher at Lincoln School. Each week Ms. Gregoire teaches a 45 minute lesson focused on critical or creative thinking. Recently, we have explored brainstorming, elaboration, and idioms.
After experiencing technical difficulties, the 2M blog is all new and problem-free! Stay tuned for updates on reading groups, math games, our map unit, and the first and second grade feast.
Each day students listen to whole class read alouds of both picture and chapter books. Picture books are completed in one day and are available to children afterwards in the classroom library. Picture book read alouds are designed to introduce children to new books or content related to the curriculum. Chapter books are read aloud at the end of each day. We began the year reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume. Now, we are reading The Phantom Tollbooth.
In second grade, students begin building their independent reading stamina. This begins on the first day of school, with four minutes of "Read to Self." From there, students develop the behaviors of independent, self-extending readers through independent reading, small group instruction, and whole class read alouds and mini-lessons. Today, our class has over twenty-five minutes of reading stamina! While students are engaged in Read to Self, some students listen to books on tape, and other students meet with a teacher for targeted small group instruction.
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