Reading Party !

Today we had our Reading Party!  We read for an entire hour !  We listened to Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner, Snow by Cynthia Rylant, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds and A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead.  We watched two bookflix.  We had a snack of cheese, crackers and apples.  It was a wonderful morning to snuggle with our animals and read books.

It was also "Read my Shirt"Day.  Many students wore shirts with words on them.  It was also "Favortie Book" Day.  Each student wore a sticker with the sentence "My favorite book is ____________"  It was fun to read everyone's shirt and favorite books.

We will go to library on Monday to exchange books.  Have a super weekend!

Research, research, research!

We learned to use the Table of Contents to locate information.

Busy reading and taking notes.

We learned to take notes in our own words.

Working hard!

Sample note card

We have started our Country Research project.  Each second grade class is researching a different country.  Our class is learning about Egypt.

We started by thinking of what we would like to know about another country.  We came up with many questions such as what food do people eat, what are the schools like and what is the land like in that country.  Ms. Zbacnik helped us learn how to use the computers as tools for research and practiced reading and taking notes from a book.  On Wednesday, we started researching on our own.
Ms. Zbacnik loaded some books onto the computer for us to use.  It is lots of fun to learn about another country.

Our Favorite book is . . .

For "I Love to Read" month each class is decorating their door or area outside their door with their favorite book.  Our class selected Two Bobbies by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery.

Each student made an origami cat or dog  to look like the real animals from the story.  Together we wrote a summary of the book and brainstormed a list of things we can do do show kindness to others.

Our display turned out very well.  The cats and dogs are very individual and realistic looking. 

Here is a link to the Two Bobbies website.

February - I Love to Read Month !

Here are a few things we are doing to celebrate I Love to Read month !

Drop Everything and Read - During the week of February 4 - 8 we are having surprise D.E.A.R. time.  We must be ready to read at any time during that week. 

Door Decorating Contest - Each class has selected their favorite book and is making a door decoration display.  Classes will have the chance to walk through the entire school and see what other classes are reading.

What are You Reading?   - Each student is keeping a log of what they are currently reading.  In second grade we are keeping track of what our class is reading and we are making an all grade level display of what we are reading at the end of the hallway.

Reading Party times 2! - On February 22nd and March 1st we are having a Reading Party!  On February 22nd our class will be having a reading party all morning, kind of like the one we had in the fall.  On March 1st, the entire school will have a reading party the last hour of the day.  It should be lots of fun!