Thursday, January 7th, 2016

Today in the second grade, we:

• completed a story map for a well-known story and continued our unit on cursive writing by writing a thank you note in cursive in language and spelling class
• pair read and summarized "Jellies: The Life of Jellyfish" in reading and phonics class
• reviewed the key concepts and vocabulary from chapters 8 in preparation for our quiz next Monday in math class 
• discussed what it means to have different points of view and prepared short skits that reflected different points of view in social studies class
• practiced reading temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit in science class
• listened to and discussed our current class story, practiced our latest class poem and our latest class song during ECA 

Kellen is told that it is not polite to show your feet to others in middle eastern cultures .

Kellen is respectful and takes his feet off the desk.

Victoria tells Mickey and Daniel that it is impolite to chew with your mouth open in some cultures.

Mickey and Daniel are respectful and close their mouths while they eat.

Tonight's Homework:

• Complete Math Practice 8.1-8.5.
• Read aloud for 15 minutes and have a parent sign your reading log. 

Announcements:

• Tomorrow is the second Friday of the month, so the students are free wear their own clothing (bringing a change of clothes for P.E.)
• There will be a math quiz on chapter 8: solid shapes next Monday, January 11th.