You're Finally Here! Books

 The students recently finished writing their first book of 2nd grade.  On the first day of school we read the book "You're Finally Here!"  by Melanie Watt.  After we finished reading, the students recorded on a sticky note about 1 event they did over the summer that kept them away from 2nd grade for so long!

                                                                  

                                               

The next step in the process was to use a bubble map to record 2 more ideas about where they had been all summer.  They also wrote down an idea about what they are looking forward to in this school year.  We then took our ideas and wrote them into complete sentences focusing on beginning with a capital letter, ending with an end mark, and making sure that the sentence makes sense.  After conferencing their sentences with me, the students wrote their sentences in their booklets and illustrated each page.  They turned out so cute, and the students love reading each other's books down on the rug. 

5 Bee Promise

 The 2nd graders learned about our 5 Bee Promise in the first weeks of school.

"Bee" a Good Listener
"Bee" a Hard Worker
"Bee" Responsible
"Bee"lieve in Yourself
"Bee" Kind

 The 5 Bees represent how we work, play, and treat each other.  A specific book was read aloud to go with with each "Bee."  We then took time to discuss why each "Bee" is important at both home and school and what it looks like in our classroom.

Once the entire Bee Promise was introduced, the students received their bee punch tickets.  Each day I recognize one student at the end of the day for being a hard worker, good listener, being kind, being responsible, or believing in him or herself.  I explain to the class what I noticed in this student throughout the day that ties into our 5 Bee Promise.   That student gets a punch on his or her ticket.  Each day there are so many students I could recognize.  This class is very kind and hard working!

Once a student has earned all 8 punches, he or she can look through our Best "Bee"havior Catalog.  They will also have a chance to earn a punch every Friday by bringing back their homework.

2nd Grade Sunny Students Art Project

 We have finished up our Sunny Student art project!  I love how bright and colorful their suns turned out.  Whenever we do an art project we generally start with a model, but I love how they all turn out so unique and individual to the student!

We're Off to a Great Start in 2nd Grade!

 We had a fantastic first week of school!  We are learning all about our procedures and routines.  The students have learned about their morning job of wake up work and quiet choice time.  We've spent a lot of time building our stamina for read-to-self for our Daily 5 block of reading.  The students learned about our classroom library and how to shop in our library.  We enjoyed playing a math game with a partner and painted a sunny art project to go with our classroom theme.  These students continue to impress me with how hard they are working each day!