Learning in Action!

 Our second graders enjoy spending time in our afternoons reading!  We are reading fiction and nonfiction books right now.  I'm so proud of their sustained reading time, effort and growth.

 
Here we are engaged in a science task about the water and landforms. This week we focused on water, wind, and weather.  We will use this knowledge to help understand weather and erosion. 

Our St. Michael's interns Mr. Foley, Ms. Lauren and Ms. Megan each taught a math lesson focused on comparing problems.  We are learning multi-digit subtraction in class using multiple strategies.  We are practicing subtraction into the previous decade using an open number line as well as decomposition.  I'm proud of their ability to work thoughtfully, practice skills in games like 6 rolls, and express their math thinking in a verbal and written format. 

We are writing our first nonfiction book!  We created expert and interest lists.  We created our own dictionaries.  We have started our brainstorms and created the chapter topics for our books. 

Mrs. Wheeler visited us twice this week.  She taught us about care for babies as well as a lesson about personal space.  I appreciate Mrs. Wheeler's team teaching with our students.

It was fun to celebrate with the whole school watching Frosty the Snowman on Friday.

December is a busy month, please enjoy it.  I look forward to seeing you all on the night of December 12th for our winter concert. 

Thank you for all you do,
Jen Belisle