All report cards were sent home on Monday in a 4x6 brown envelope. Let me know if you did not receive your child's report card and if you have any questions or concerns.
This week we took a tour of the big school and saw an imovie all about what reading is like in second grade made by Ms. Thompson's second grade class. We learned that in second grade you spend a lot of time learning how to pick books that are not too hard and not too easy. We also saw that they study many of the same reading strategies that we have learned this year. The video is not online yet but here is the video (in two parts) that they made last year:
We got to ask the second graders a lot of questions like what lunch is like in the gym with all the second and third grade classes in there, what choice time is like, what they are studying in math, and how much homework you get. We learned that many things are the same between first and second grade, and that the second grade teachers will spend a lot of time explaining the parts that are different. One of the most exciting parts was learning about making the morning announcements from the office. Many students expressed interest doing that next year.
We have been working on writing and illustrating our First Grade Memory Books that should be ready to take home on Monday or Tuesday. We have also been playing a lot of math and literacy games in small groups and on the Smartboard, practicing our best handwriting, reading science books and answering questions about the information we read, and reviewing our word wall words.
Next week I'll post a list of accomplishments we have achieved this year and
some ideas about summer enrichment activities.
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