Hagerty Gives Back

Hagerty insurance participated in Giving Tuesday once again!

ALL second graders in TCAPS went home with a brand new cook called If I Built a Car. Great book!!

Employees visited classrooms all over from Hagerty Insurance to read the book. The added bonus was the our Hagerty employee was also a classroom parent. Thank you Mrs. Schoenlein for sharing this amazing experience with our classroom! Thank you to Hagerty for your generous donation of books to all second graders!

 

 

Journeys: Lesson 10

Within Lesson 10, and throughout our week, we will be focusing on a variety of new concepts, but also practicing and building on topics already learned. 

We also have two new texts that are of use when it comes to new concepts being reinforced.

Jellies: The Life of Jellyfish

Genre: Informational Text

Most children are fascinated by animals - as pets, in the wild, creepy, or exotic. This informational text helps children understand what particular physical features jellyfish have that help them survive.

This text will identify reasons to support a fact or an opinion while also identifying the author's purpose for writing the text.

Splash Photography

Genre: Informational Text

Children will regularly encounter informational text in textbooks, on the internet, and through other media. This text gives factual information about a familiar topic - photography - and will expand on children's knowledge of the topic with details about underwater photography.

Students will use a diagram to enhance understanding and discuss how labels help to clarify information in a text. 

Thanksgiving Fun

This week has been a blast incorporating Thanksgiving into our learning! Always fun when preparing for a holiday!!

Here are some highlights from last week and our short week...

Directed drawing of a pumpkin

This was a last minute plan. We heard Mrs. McPherson's class was doing this and we decided to join in on the fun! So both classrooms drew this together...so good! Today our classroom finished coloring our pumpkins. Some kids are done, some are still working on it Tuesday, and some decided to finish it at home. Either way you will see their masterpieces coming home today or tomorrow.

Place Value Turkeys

Everyone had their own unique number to work with. Then they took their number and analyzed its place value and form. Fantastic to see how independent they are becoming on place value!

 

Thankful Turkeys

With our fourth grade learning buddies we did created thankful turkeys!

 

 

 

 

 

Learning About Thanksgiving

We used a great website through Scholastic to look at what Thanksgiving is and where it all began. If students wants to continue looking, or finish the facts they were searching for yesterday, this is on their Google Classroom Reading web page.

 Directed Drawing of a Turkey

This time Mrs. McPherson's classroom joined in on our fun! Together we drew a unique turkey of our own. Then we colored our turkey and gave it a beautiful background. They turned out amazing! I wanted to keep them all :) Enjoy each piece of art for your Thanksgiving!