Wednesday, October 28th, 2015

Today in the second grade, we:

• reviewed the check list of how to revise descriptive paragraphs (strong ending, strong beginning, stay on topic, add enough details), revised sentences by varying our verbs, and continued our cursive writing unit in language and spelling class
• worked with today's number (35) and used a pictograph to answer questions about a balloon artist in math class
• discussed what it means to be a patriot/be patriotic and identified various patriotic symbols in social studies class
• compared and contrasted features of reptiles with that of amphibians in science class 

All Saints' Day Decoration Photo Shoot!

Tonight's Homework:

• Log onto your Science Fusion account to watch the 2nd video of Unit 3: "What are Some Kinds of Animals?" and complete the accompanying worksheet. The students have already started this worksheet.
• Read aloud for 15 minutes and have a parent sign your reading log.

Announcements:

• If you are looking to rent a costume, there is a costume rental shop on the corner of ZhongShan and SiWei, kitty corner from the bowling alley, next to Aurora. It has a pink sign with the number 537.9118 on it. It closes at 7, and rents adult and children's costumes for a reasonable price.

• There will be a math quiz on chapter 4 next Tuesday, November 3rd.