Wednesday, December 23, 2015
2nd Grade Craft Sales for Our Little Haven
WOW! Thank you for all of your donations to our holiday craft project for Claymont Cares. The students worked hard over the last week crafting bubblegum snowmen, candy cane mice and greeting cards. Our sale was a HUGE success. They raised over $1,379.00 for the children at Our Little Haven. That is amazing! Thank you for your support with our service learning project.
Monday, December 21, 2015
Better Late than Never... Magic House Pictures
Where has December gone? Below are some great pictures from our trip to The Magic House last month. The students had a great time working their jobs and spending their money.
Friday, October 16, 2015
Many Updates
We have been very busy in Second Grade! There are many updates!
A few weeks ago our class learned the difference between having a fixed mindset (thinking I can't do it, I don't want to do it, this is too hard, I give up, etc.) to having a growth mindset (I can't do it YET, I can learn from my mistakes, I WILL be able to do this, etc). We have been reading books, having great conversations, looking at inspirational posters, and having great discussions! Our recent project was to write a promise to ourselves on how we could have a growth mindset this year in order to learn to our highest potential and not give up when things get hard. Each student wrote a promise in a speech bubble and we added it to their picture on our growth mindset board. I wanted to share pictures of our posters and of the students' promises because they came up with some amazing things! Feel free to use this language at home, during homework or extra curricular activities.
We started a new reading unit this week, Tackling Text by Getting to Know the Characters. We will learn many different strategies to stop and think about the stories we are reading. The pictures below show one strategy about thinking of the plot as a roller coaster through the story. This can also be used to help retell a story.
Also, Thank you so much to all parents for coming to conferences last week! I always enjoy meeting with you and sharing your child's progress. Thank you for the continued support!
A few weeks ago our class learned the difference between having a fixed mindset (thinking I can't do it, I don't want to do it, this is too hard, I give up, etc.) to having a growth mindset (I can't do it YET, I can learn from my mistakes, I WILL be able to do this, etc). We have been reading books, having great conversations, looking at inspirational posters, and having great discussions! Our recent project was to write a promise to ourselves on how we could have a growth mindset this year in order to learn to our highest potential and not give up when things get hard. Each student wrote a promise in a speech bubble and we added it to their picture on our growth mindset board. I wanted to share pictures of our posters and of the students' promises because they came up with some amazing things! Feel free to use this language at home, during homework or extra curricular activities.
We started a new reading unit this week, Tackling Text by Getting to Know the Characters. We will learn many different strategies to stop and think about the stories we are reading. The pictures below show one strategy about thinking of the plot as a roller coaster through the story. This can also be used to help retell a story.
Earlier this week the students voted if they thought Baby Pilliod was a girl or a boy. It was a close vote!
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