Daily 5: Read to Someone

As a class, we decide what our new Daily 5 station, READ TO SOMEONE, should look like. 

They did GREAT!!!  They made it for 4 minutes without any distractions.  We hope to make 6 minutes tomorrow.

We have built a stamina of 12 minutes in READ TO SELF! 

20th Reunion

This weekend Mrs. Coon and Mr. David went to Mr. David's 20 year high school reunion! Wow, I feel old!!!

Friday was a busy day!

We went shopping!


We had FABULOUS FRIDAY!








And...........


These 17 IPOD Touches we're delivered to our classroom!!!


It was a great day!


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Spelling our spelling words with Play-Do!

Our First Writing Project

 We read this entertaining book together.  After laughing our heads off, we brainstormed (prewriting) a list of some of our favorite foods to eat.

 The boys and girls took their graphic organizers home and wrote a rough draft. 

 After editing our rough drafts, the students worked so hard on their final drafts.

 We even made ourselves look like we had a bad case of stripes.

Our FINAL product!!  

Grandparent's Day 2012 at Ben Davis

 Getting Ready for Grandparent's DAY! 

I "RUFF" You! cards for our grandparents.

 Acrostics for our grandparents.

We WELCOMED our grandparents on Tuesday!

 The students were showing their grandparents how to work our SMARTboard.

Of course, they had to see the CLASSROOM Store!!

A Busy Week in Second Grade

We started Math Workshop with our AMSTI curriculum.  The boys and girls explored with pattern blocks and cubes.

 WOOF Words were introduced this week.  The boys and girls had their first vocabulary quiz on Friday.  They did FABULOUS!!  WOOF! 

 Look who was the first COONdog to BLING this year!  Way to go, Cole!!  You were a TOP dog!

 We have spent a lot of time focusing on reading to ourselves.  Everyday we have tried to build our stamina.  We have made it a little over 4 minutes without any disturbances.  Our goal this week is to build to 10 minutes!  Can we do it?

 Friday was our first POPCORN day!  Don't forget to send $.50 on Fridays if your child wants popcorn.

 Now that we have been in 2nd grade for 2 weeks, we took time to compare and contrast first and second graders at Benjamin Davis.  

 The second store ran very smoothly on FRIDAY!  They are loving it!

 I am so impressed by all the students who are saving their money.  

 Decisions, decisions, decisions!

 This picture just melts my heart!  It is too sweet!

 Former Principal, Pam Assman, came to Benjamin Davis on Friday afternoon to teach the second graders sign language.  

 Our IB unit is Express Yourself!  We are focusing on Many, Varied, and Unusual Ways to Communicate.

 The second grade teachers learned a lot, too!

WE HAD A WONDERFUL WEEK!!!