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Observing Our Natural World

11/20/2015

 
Second graders have been learning to be observers of the world that surrounds us. By paying close attention, gathering data, and documenting what we see, we are building our questions about the many natural elements that make up our community.  Second graders began the observations by journeying outside of our classrooms to the front field of Brookside's campus. Here we were amazed by how many interesting things we pass each day, and forget to notice!  Over the past two weeks, each class has headed further from campus to Nishuane Park to discover a wider place. There, we found a wide variety of leaves, small animals, and insects nestled beneath the dirt.  With the guidance of Ms. Glynn, we have taken time to record our observations into our beautiful nature journals.  We are excited to continue this project and pay close attention to how our community changes through the seasons.    

Our First Writing Celebration

11/11/2015

 
This week, we held our first Writing Celebration in our classrooms.  Students have worked hard throughout the fall to brainstorm, plan, draft, edit, revise, and publish one of their small moment stories to share with their guests.  During our writing celebration on Wednesday, teachers first shared information about the small moment writing process. Then children read stories to their individual guests, concluding the celebration with snacks and drinks provided by parent volunteers.  (Thank you to all who helped to make our celebration special!)  By looking at the drafts as well as the final product, we could see writers doing the hard, brave work of revising and editing their stories to make them the strongest they could be.  The children met authors and illustrators during the Book Fair this week and noted that all writers, whether they are in second grade or professionals, go through a similar process.  We are very proud of our second grade writers and are excited to launch into our next unit in Writing Workshop, Persuasive Reviews.  

Thinking About Our Character Standards

11/4/2015

 
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2nd graders have been learning about our MKA Character Standards since the start of school and in recent weeks have reflected on how characters in various story books we have shared demonstrated being confident, honest, fair, responsible, informed, respectful, friendly or temperate. Students participated in read aloud and reading response experiences to extend their understanding of our eight, all school Character Standards. Our focus then shifted slightly to our MKA school seal and the symbols and words represented on it. We reviewed what each of the symbols on our school seal represented and how it lets others know what our school thinks is really important. Students were then challenged to create an individual personal seal for themselves that included three Character Standards they felt were most important to them. Their personal seals would let people know what standards are really important to them. All of our 2nd graders were thoughtful in brainstorming and drawing illustrations that demonstrated what MKA Character Standards looked like in their everyday lives.

Also this week, in an effort to demonstrate responsible, kind and caring support for others, 2nd graders brought in holiday food donations to support our Tri-Campus Food Drive for The Human Needs Food Pantry.

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