Farm to School with Ms. Kayli and Ms. Bella involved mindful eating. We experienced apples and maple syrup independently as well as together in applesauce. We expanded our vocabulary with words to describe these foods and smells.
Mindfulness instruction during the month of November will focus on labyrinths and mandalas. This week we began to use finger labyrinths, adding color to them We will walk the labyrinth on our basketball court before the snow falls.
Thank you to Lizzie and Damaris for helping us tie-dye our t-shirts. Here we are in our yellow second grade themed shirts. We wore these at the assembly on Friday. I kept the shirts here at school for future assemblies.
We created final drafts of our 2 dimensional, bird's eye view maps of an important location to each of us. On Friday we made models of the Earth with paper mache!
Conversation starters by subject area:
How do you play "A What" at morning meeting?
What's my word study focus this week?
What is the calendar pattern in Number Corner?
What is the topic of your personal narrative?
What skill are you learning in typing quest?
Let's skip count by 10's starting at 28.
What time is it?
What is the title of the book you enjoy reading in your book box?
Notes:
I'll send home a paper copy of the conference request form if I haven't heard back from you via email.
It's the time of year for hats, mittens and snow pants. Please write your child's name clearly on each item.
Ms. Amblo is helping us build empathy. She shared an acronym with our class titled T.H.I.N.K before you speak: is it True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind?
Thank you for all you do,
Jen Belisle
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