Mrs. Brooks' Second Grade

Look who stopped by Conestoga this week! If you didn’t get tickets yet for “The Wizard of Oz” it’s not too late!

Last Friday was Valentine’s Day and we had fun celebrating all day! First, each reading group performed a game style reader’s theater for the class. Then for writing we wrote silly stories by using adjectives that our candy hearts dropped on. During math we graphed the colors of our candy hearts. Who knew learning could taste so good!

We had a fun time Friday dressing in sports shirts and playing football games. To end our day, we had teams throw a mini football into a basket and count how many times they made a basket in one minute.

We had fun last week practicing a reader’s theater in groups. This type of reading helps with fluency and expression. After making a few signs and props we performed them for our class on Friday. Each group had a surprise for someone in their story and it gave clues for what is was. The class tried to guess the surprise by being a good audience and listening to the clues. There are some very mighty fine actors in our class!

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A few weeks ago we were learning about Plains Native Americans. Each reading group practiced a reader’s theater telling facts and information about the Plains. Then we performed them for each other using popsicle stick puppets. It was fun!

It was really nice to meet everyone last week during conferences. It goes so fast! Thanks again for making time to come in and chat. Click on our newsletter to read about our week.

I have posted some pictures from our fun Pumpkin Investigation. We measured our pumpkins, weighed them, and counted the ribs and seeds. After all that, we noticed when pumpkins have more ribs on the outside, they usually have more seeds on the inside. We read that in a book and were curious if our pumpkins would prove it. Yes, they did! For every rib on the outside there should be a row of seeds on the inside. Interesting!

I will post a few pictures from our last couple of weeks. Sorry I haven’t kept up with that! Click on the link to read about our learning this week. Don’t forget we DO NOT have school on Friday. Have a great week!

Thank you to all who signed up to send in donations for our Johnny Appleseed Day on Thursday. We really appreciate it!!! If you could send all items in by Wed. that would be great! Click on the link to download this week’s newsletter. Have a great week!

We had such a cozy day wearing our PJs to school and learning with our stuffed animals!