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Habitat Field Trip

10/31/2016

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What a beautiful day at Habitat in Belmont. Many thanks to our awesome chaperones for joining us!
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Field Trip Reminder

10/30/2016

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Tomorrow (Monday, October 31st) is our first field trip.  We will visiting Habitat in Belmont.  We will depart Stratton at 9:00am.  We will be back at Stratton by 11:20-ish for our regular recess and snack.  Please have your child dress in layers and to wear boots or sneakers.  
Chaperones, please arrive at 8:45 in our class.  
Thank you!
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Peer Editing and Writing Stamina

10/27/2016

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The girls and boys have worked with their peer buddies to help edit and revise their small moment stories. The children have developed their writing stamina!
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Student Illustrators

10/27/2016

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This week we spent time "fixing and fancying" our personal narrative stories. We also added additional illustrations. Two students presented short art lessons on drawing figures for the class.
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Indoor Recess/Brain Breaks

10/27/2016

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The children have the option to dance during indoor recess and during our movement breaks.
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Trace a Face

10/27/2016

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During our math lesson today, we played a game called Trace a Face using our geoblocks.
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Social Thinking-Glassman

10/16/2016

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On Fridays we have our Social Thinking sessions. Ask your child about Glassman!
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Flashlight Friday

10/16/2016

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The children enjoyed reading by flashlight. Feel free to send in your own flashlights on Fridays.
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Fall Weekend

10/16/2016

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I hope you enjoyed the beautiful fall weekend! See you tomorrow.
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PRIDE Assembly Tomorrow

10/16/2016

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We will have our second PRIDE assembly tomorrow morning.  Wear green to show your second grade PRIDE!
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Juicy, Powerful, and Very Fancy Words

10/13/2016

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While reading in class, the children are on the lookout for great word choice or Juicy, Powerful and Very Fancy words. Remind your child to keep an eye out for great word choice in the texts you are reading at home. (Feel free to jot down the words and bring them in to share!)
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Symbolic Monarch Butterfly Migration

10/13/2016

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Stratton's second grade has created symbolic butterflies and sent them to Mexico for the winter as part of the Symbolic Monarch Butterfly Migration project through Journey North. We read Gail Gibbons text on Monarch butterflies to assist us with this project.
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Building Reading Stamina

10/13/2016

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Each day the children are working on building their reading stamina. We have a wide selection of books to choose from. The children are also welcome to use the RazKids app several times a week during our independent reading time.
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Language Choices

10/13/2016

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Take a look at some of the language choices we have been exploring during our writing sessions.
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"Those Darn Squirrels"

10/13/2016

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Take a look at the lessons the children learned while reading "Those Darn Squirrels" by Adam Rubin. (This book is awesome!)
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Teacher from Netherlands

10/13/2016

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Judith Jansen-Peijnenburg, an elementary teacher from the Netherlands, came into our class and shared experiences from her school. We were able to have a virtual tour of her class. We also learned a few words in Dutch!
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Make Ten & Tens Go Fish

10/1/2016

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