Welcome to Second Grade!!!!

The end of the first quarter is here!!  Students will track out on Friday, September 23rd and return on Monday, October 9th.  I hope everyone has a great fall break.  Please continue to read over track out.

Daily Five.

Carver is implementing the "Daily Five" into our literacy block.  During the daily five, students rotate through 5 areas of literacy

Read to Self:  During this time, students choose books to put into a "bag of books" or a book box and go to a quiet area in the class and read.  This is used to strengthen reading skills and build stamina for longer reading periods.

Read to Someone:  During this time, students choose a friend to sit with quietly and they read together.  We call it "EEKK" because the students have to sit "elbow to elbow, knee to knee.  This allows students to share favorite books with each other.  It also allows them to practice decoding and fluency with another student. 

Listen to Reading: Students choose a computer and listen to stories being read to them.  This allows students to hear  how good readers sound when they read.

Work on Writing:  During this time, the students can work on different kinds of writing.

Word Work.:  During this time, the students are doing different activities with that week's spelling words.