Good Morning Second Graders,
Today is Friday, April 17, 2020. It's National Haiku day! A Haiku poem is about a moment or an object in nature. This week in mindfulness you have been noticing the sun and the breeze.
A haiku poem has the structure of:
5 syllables in the first line
7 syllables in the second line
5 syllables in the last line
Here are two Haiku poems I wrote:
Our sun bright and strong
healing, helping, bright
Hopeful for its rise
Cold breeze on my face
waiting for it to blow by
chilly nose and cheeks
Spend some time outside finding an item in nature then you might write and illustrate a haiku about today.
Thank you for our zoom meeting yesterday! It was better and it's so good to see your faces. Please post in our google classroom stream today.
Our link today is activities related to Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22nd.
I care about you.
I miss you.
Be brave and be kind.
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
Good Morning Second Graders,
Today is Thursday, April 16, 2020. It's National High Five Day! I hope you spend time today sharing a high five with people in your home! We can share an air high five this morning at our zoom meeting at 10:30.
Here is a fun poem about a high five for you to enjoy.
The zoom link for our morning meeting is in our google classroom stream for today. I'll see you at 10:30🙂.
Here is the link for the science fair, the due date for entry is tomorrow, Friday, April 17. If you would like to participate, here is the information.
I care about you.
I miss you.
Be brave and be kind.
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
Good Morning Second Graders,
Today is Wednesday, April 15, 2020. It's sunny! Hooray!
Here's a daily poem for you to enjoy. We love erasers in our class, they help us take risks and try, knowing it's okay to make mistakes.
Today, as a writer, you get to write about a character you create and make a setting (which is where a story takes place). You can write your story in a google doc. You can also write it in your word study, reader's or your own notebook. You can try some ideas using this website. www.mystorybook.com if you'd like.
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Write and share your very own storybooks with this free online app!
www.mystorybook.com
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- please post a comment in the google classroom stream
- visit the classwork tab to read the writing task for today
I care about you.
I miss you.
Be brave and be kind.
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
Good Morning Second Graders,
Today is Tuesday, April 14, 2020.
It's National Poetry Month! Do you like poetry or have a favorite poem or song? I'll be reading some poetry in my read aloud this week.
Today is our Zoom morning meeting at 10:30. At that time, open Mrs. Belisle's google classroom and click the zoom link in the stream. I'm excited to see you today.
Please remember to:
- charge your Chromebook
- put your Chromebook on a flat surface in an appropriate place
- get dressed like you're ready for school
During our meeting we will greet each other, I will teach how to use google classroom and we will have a special guest with Aubrey for her birthday gift of time!
I care about you.
Be brave and be kind,
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
Good Morning Second Graders,
Today is Monday, April 13, 2020. It's week four of learning at home. This morning please use your Chromebook to log in to google classroom and write in the comment section an answer to the question.
Here is your Mystery Doug from one year ago today. It matches with a Monday morning.
I care about you,
be brave and be kind,
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
Good Morning Second Graders,
Today is Friday, April 10, 2020. The grass is looking greener outside!
Today is National Encourage a Young Writer Day! We made a kindness Alphabet book together this winter. How about creating an alphabet list/book today? I started one for spring here:
A - after winter
B- birds
C - crocus
D - dirt
E - early sunrise
F - flowers
G -
Please email me your alphabet lists/book ideas, or any of your writing if you'd like to share.
Happy early birthday to Aubrey on Sunday, April 12th!
Happy Pesach holiday and Happy Easter holiday to those who celebrate.
I think you are all wonderful.
I thought of all of you when I read this, so I thought I'd share it.
I miss you,
I care about you,
Be brave and be kind,
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
Good Morning Second Graders,
I'm enjoying have conversations with all of you with phone calls, emails, and journals!
Let's do some thinking on Thursday about this picture of an Othello board!
What do you notice?
What math questions can you ask and answer about this picture?
You are a mathematician when you wonder and ask questions. What else might you notice today that has patterns or makes you wonder about how many, how much?
Here is a link to play some tabletop games, tic tac toe, checkers and dots, and boxes. They remind me of our time at snackcess!
Today is also National Unicorn Day.
I care about you,
I miss you.
Be brave and be kind,
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
Good Morning Second Graders,
Today is Wednesday, April 8. 2020. The full moon last night was also close to the earth, which made it look big! Did you see it? The beautiful sun is shining this morning in the blue sky, three days in a row is a nice gift!
You received your Chromebooks yesterday. This week our hope is that you:
- find a safe place to store it,
- make sure it's plugged in overnight,
- sign the rights and responsibilities agreement,
- set up your home wifi and
- use a familiar program.
I've included the password routines below.
I will assign you a book on EPIC books today, I hope you enjoy it.
I care about you all.
Be brave and be kind,
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
As a reminder, to log into your computer your username is your last name and first initial(s) and your password is your 8 digit birthday: mm/dd/yyyy. For example (this is not real):
belislej@sbschools.net
02042012
To use book flix, the username is:
Marcotte and the password is:
bookflix
To use typing quest, the username is the same one you log into the computer with: last name and first initial(s), then your birthday.
Good Morning Second Graders,
Today is Tuesday, April 7, 2020. It's a beautiful, sunny day outside again today. My dogs are getting lots of walks during the sunny days, they don't like rain at all.
Today, Mystery Doug is holding a LIVE session at 10:00. If you'd like to participate in this event the link is here: https://mysteryscience.com/live
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mysteryscience.com
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Chromebooks will be delivered today. There are important papers with your Chromebook. Today, please read and think about the responsibility agreement with the people in your home. This is an agreement to an important responsibility.
Be brave and be kind,
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
Today's read-aloud will be ready to go mid-morning.
This is the email from Mr. Coon, that went home yesterday. I've copied it here:
RMCS Families:
We are ready to distribute Chromebooks to 2 nd & 3 rd Graders at RMCS. The IT department will be delivering all devices. IT will make “contact” via a phone call to the primary contact number provided for each student before leaving a device. Please understand that no devices will be left at homes unless contact can be made. They will coordinate scheduled drop-offs with families should they be unavailable when our drivers are in their area. Our delivery schedule is outlined below.
RMCS Chromebook Delivery Timeline Tuesday 4/7 – 9:30 am – 4 pm
Andy P. Pearson IT Support Coordinator South Burlington School District
Good Morning Second Graders,
Today is Monday, April 6, 2020. The sun is shining, brightly today! Thank you for sharing emails, phone calls and journal entries with me. I care about all of you, families included.
This week you will continue your learning and routines at home with the packets you have. It's week 3. Here is the link to the lessons, these are the links that we had printed previously on the yellow paper. Now, they are here: Week 3 lesson plans
You will be getting your Chromebook this week for learning purposes only. Please take some time to find a place to store it, plug it in and learn with it, safely.
We have five chapters in Winnie to Pooh to read this week. You can find them in this link to my blog below. I'm sending you the Mystery Doug from last year at this time.
Mystery Doug
Read aloud
I care about you all.
Be brave and be kind,
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
Good Morning Second Graders,
Today is Friday, April 3, 2020. Today is National Find a Rainbow Day! I think today, with the rain, we might find a rainbow in the sky, we could find a rainbow someone has made and put in their window, or you could set up a glass of water as we did with Mystery Doug and (when) the sun shines through the window you can try to create your own rainbow! How else might you find a rainbow today?
I've put our blog link as our online resource today. I'll read chapter 5 of Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne today. The last 5 chapters will be next week. You can watch them by going onto the blog and along the top, there is a tab titled read aloud. Then you can click the link of the chapter. What would you like me to read aloud next?
Do you create and/or solve riddles? Here's one to try:
You see me in the air
But I am not a kite
I am what's created
When water refracts light
Want to email me with a riddle and I'll put them on our blog for all of us to try and solve?
I care about you.
Be brave and be kind,
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
Good Morning Second Graders,
Today is Thursday, April 2, 2020.
Today is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day and National Autism Awareness Day! Here are some facts about both days: Julia Davis Chandler put peanut butter and jelly together in a Boston magazine in 1901. The word autism was first used in 1911 by Eugen Bleuler. How far apart are those two dates? How many years before now?
I want to thank all of you for working so hard and being wonderful people. I believe in you. I believe in us.
Be brave and be kind,
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
Good Morning Second Graders,
Today is Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Welcome to April Hope Day! Today is a day to celebrate hope and kindness and making someone's day a little better. People all around the USA and all around the world are decorating their windows with rainbows, hearts and teddy bears as a sign of hope, to thank health care workers and let people know that walk by that "everything will be okay". What do you think you might put in your window? If you take a walk today, I'm wondering how many signs of hope you might see?
I'll share what I make to put in our window in tomorrow's message.
Be brave and be kind,
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
Good Morning Second Graders,
Today is Tuesday, March 31, 2020.
The letter of the day at our house is T. Each person is going to do something with the letter T today. I'm wearing a turtleneck and I will make tea and toast. What might you do today that will make you smile?
Today's gratefulness task is to finish the sentence
"Today I am grateful for _______." My sentence will be: Today I am grateful for you, each one of you.
I hope you have a terrific Tuesday,
Be brave and be kind,
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
Today's online resource is word games.
Good Morning Second Graders,
Today is Monday, March 30, 2020. The weather today looks sunny, it's 39 degrees right now, 7 degrees above freezing, it's getting warmer!
Today the bus will arrive with a new packet for you! Inside you will find new lessons for this week (the yellow paper from last week). You already have all the materials you will need for this week's lessons, math & reading menus, word study notebook and a place to write.
You'll also find some stories and schedules to help you plan your days and learning.
I'm thinking about what makes a hero lately, I think it's in each one of us. Here is a link to Kid President talking about heroes.
Be brave and be kind,
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
Mystery Doug from this week in 2019
Kid President about Heroes:
Good Afternoon Second Graders,
I've done a lot of learning recently. You may already know, but in case you do not, our Governor has announced that the schools in Vermont will be closed for the rest of the school year. Even though we won't be learning in the same classroom, I'll be connecting with you in lots of creative ways. I want you to know that you are important and I miss seeing you in person.
I have started a new tab for reading aloud on my blog that will begin next week. I also will email you to set up a planned phone call or email time weekly, if that works for your family.
We will continue to learn together.
You'll receive a new packet of lesson plans on Monday from the bus.
I hope you have a good weekend.
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
Good Morning Second Graders,
Today is Friday, March 27, 2020.
I am writing this message to you today to share that we will continue our learning from home. I am confident in us as a class, as a community, and as people. I will be getting more information today about what our learning will look like. So, you will get two messages today.
I've shared many true Jen Belisle stories. Some have been about students I've had who are adults now. They still know that "once you're mine, you're always mine." We will continue to learn together and I'll continue to be your teacher.
We are brave. We are kind. We do our best. I'm proud of each of you, parents included.
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
Here is your daily online resource, it's activities for outside. I thought it might be fun and helpful throughout the weekend, it's for all ages!
Good Morning Second Graders,
Today is Thursday, March 26, 2020.
As I look out my window, I'm wondering, is the snow in my yard exactly half, less than half or more than half? Remember our flags from number corner? Maybe you could look around and find examples of things that are exactly half today (has two equal parts).
Here is a picture of Apollo (green harness) and Zephyr (blue harness). I'll write a story about them to share with you tomorrow. What will you write about today?
I miss you all,
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
Here's your daily online resource. Enjoy some movement, singing and smiling today.
Good Morning Second Graders,
Today is Wednesday, March 25, 2020. I wonder if the sap from the maple trees is flowing today? The snow is melting quickly.
I'm excited to hear what you are doing and which activities you like so far. Please send me an email with some of your successes and questions.
Here is a picture of what our son Colin drew after watching the video links I've attached below.
I miss you all,
Mrs. Belisle
Lunch doodles with Mo Willems https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/
Jarrett J. Krosoczka—author & illustrator - Daily drawing lessons at 11:00 am live, or they can be viewed recorded.
Good Morning Second Graders,
Today is Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The snow is beautiful outside and the birds are still chirping! It's springtime!
Today you get to learn at home. You have a bag of learning materials from the school that you got yesterday. Inside you will find word finds, mandalas, reading and math menus, writing opportunities and much more. Choose one to do this morning and enjoy some time in the snow.
I miss you all.
Love,
Mrs. Belisle
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