Welcome to our PORTE POST ONLINE NEWS BLOG. We are 2nd graders at Dryden Elementary School in Arlington Heights. On our blog you will get to take a peek into our classroom and read/see what we have been working in 2nd grade.
Today my husband, Jeremy, and my mother-in-law (The other Mrs. Porte) came in to help the kids with a special holiday project. After our project was complete, Jeremy and Kate led us in some holiday songs played on the guitar. It was so much fun! Kate has been working on her guitar skills all fall and she is such a great player. Here are couple video clips and photo of our fun today in 2-3. Happy Holidays!!
I hope you are all doing well. I had some technical issues with our blog last week, but I have been able to resolve everything. Here is a look at what we have been up to the past two weeks.....
LANDMARK PRESENTATIONS
I am so proud of the work the students in 2-3 did on the Landmark Challenge projects. Last week they had the opportunity to share their projects with their classmates. Last Friday, the kids got to do something really special with their projects......the presented their work to Mrs. Johnson's and Miss Giovannini's first grade classroom. What a great experience for the kids in 2-3! We covered so many wonderful US Landmarks. Check out our photo gallery below.
TREASURES UNIT 2 IS A WRAP
Last Friday the kids took their Unit 2 test in Treasures. This unit covered a variety of comprehension strategies, synonyms, antonyms, graph reading, and various grammatical topics. As I mentioned to each family during conferences, this was the last time I would read a test to the class. From now on, the students will be taking their tests independently. We talked about the importance of taking your time, reading the questions carefully, and checking our work twice. The kids have been doing a great job of taking their DOL and Grammar quizzes independently so I am looking forward to watching them continue to progress from developing learners to independent learners.
MR. ROBINSON'S TRIP TO CHINA
We were so excited to have Mr. Robinson visit us to talk about his trip to China. We learned about the culture, food, and what school is like for students in China. Did you know that since students in China have such long school days they stay over at school on Monday-Thursday!?!?! Thank you Mr. Robinson for telling us about your trip to China.
HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD
This week we started about new social studies unit learned about December holidays around the world. This week we learned about Christmas, St. Nick's Day, and Hanukkah. This unit provides us with such a great opportunity to expand our world focus and learn about other cultures. I believe that music is such an important part of a culture so for each type of holiday we have/will learn about, I have been playing music that accompanies what we are studying. Today we listened to a Hanukkah channel and sang, Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel.
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IN OTHER NEWS
Last week my brother, Colin, spent an afternoon with us to see what life in 2nd grade is like. He enjoyed seeing all the learning in 2-3 and interacting with the kids.
We had Mystery Reader visits today and last Friday! They were awesome! Don't forget to check out our Mystery Reader page to see photos!
Thank you Mrs. Woodland for letting me know that the app, MyCreate is FREE TODAY!! MyCreate is a stop animation app using the iPad camera. Thank you Mrs. Woodland for sharing this with us!
