Welcome to Second Grade 2019!

September 2019

Welcome to Second Grade!

News from Room 15

August 31, 2019

We learned:

·      Our classmates’ names

·      Our classroom procedures for:  morning meeting, using table baskets, lining up, & safely walking around our school.

·      Our school procedure for fire drills.

We experienced:

·      guided discovery of our playground and math manipulatives.

·      Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting to share how we will celebrate birthdays in our class.

·      giving and receiving feedback as we wrote our best names and drew our best person.

·      quick images and the game NIM during math.

·      our uniqueness and positive character trait to contribute to our class by listening to There’s Only One You by Kathryn Heling, Deborah Hembrook & Rosie Butcher

·      our first whole school assembly to welcome us into the new school year.

·      mindfulness practice with our eyes noticing our space and colors, at, below and above our eye level. 

Other things to ask your child about:

·      First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg

·      If I Built a School by Scott Van Dusen

·      First week of creative arts classes

Please note:

·      September 2^nd – No School

·      September 4^th – School Pictures for 2^nd grade

·      September 13^th – PBIS assembly hosted by 2^nd grade

·      September 20^th – Early Release at 12:30 p.m.

Enjoy the holiday weekend,

Mrs. Belisle

jbelisle@sbschools.net

**We have two monarch caterpillars in our classroom munching on milkweed.  It will be exciting to see what they look like on Tuesday!

**We are brave and kind in our classroom.  Each member of our class was both of these this week in many ways.  I’m excited about our school year together!