Writing: Second graders have wrapped up our writing unit on opinion writing and have published a favorite nomination. We were so excited to share our work with our fifth grade buddies. Our buddies have also been working on a persuasive writing unit and it was neat to see what the same genre of writing will look like in just a few years! Now we have moved into our final writing unit- Poetry. Second graders are working on thinking creatively about ideas and looking at objects with a poet’s eye. We are also using line breaks to create rhythm in our poems.
Second Step: Our final Second Step unit is all about problem solving. We are following the acronym STEP to solve problems.
S: Say the problem with out blame
T: Think of solutions
E: Explore consequences (Think about what would happen for each solution)
P: Pick the best solutions
Conversation Starters:
How did you prepare for the debate in reading?
What is something that gives you strong feelings that you could write a poem about?
How can you show 45¢ with the fewest number of coins?
Dates to Remember:
Tuesday 4/10 Delayed Opening
Monday 4/16- Friday 4/20 April Break