Saturday, March 16, 2019

Parades, Paton Sensei, Pi Day & Persuasion!



Parades, Paton Sensei, Pi Day & Persuasion!


Click on the videos below to see our parade.






We started our week with our State Parade!  Mr. Coon, holding our state banner, led us through student filled hallways.  We came together as a community to celebrate hard work, cooperation, research, and presentation.  I am so proud of our students!

We are focused on writing our persuasive pieces with skills including using multiple reasons for evidence, statements that include the because and writing to a specific audience about a topic we feel strongly about.  I'm inspired by our student's vision.  

3.14 at 1:59 (the first 6 digits of pi are 3.14159) we finished our celebration of pi day!  We created pi landscapes and colored concentric circles.  We read the book titled Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi by Cindy Neuschwander.  


Paton Sensei met with our classes every day for 30 minutes.  We learned about two ways to sit, how to respectfully respond, how to raise our hand straight and sit up straight.  We learned the importance of focus and following directions.  We learned that Paton Sensei valued each of our names.  We did all that and experiences Taiko drumming!  Wow.


 
 




























Thank you for your patience,
Jen Belisle

Sunday, March 10, 2019

Welcome Back

We had a busy first few days back at school!  Cooperation, research, creativity, concentration combined with art supplies, symbols and lots of glue allowed for some state floats that are worthy of a parade!  We will parade through the school Monday morning at 10:15.  We are parading for all of the students at RMCS.  We will video the event to share with families.  Below is a sneak peek of our second-grade learning and hard work!


 
 
 
 
 
 

We completed our fun week with a trip to the Flynn Theater to see Rosie Revere Engineer.  We read the book first and enjoyed our trip together to experience live performance. 
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When we returned to school we walked into the kick off assembly of the Burlington Taiko Drum Group!  Here is our Ila up on the drum!
 



Your children are amazing. 
Thank you for all you do,
Jen Belisle