Mrs. King's 2nd Grade Class!
October 25, 2019
Flat Fork Creek Park
This Week's WOW Winners!
Scholastic Book Fair is Coming!
The Fall Book Fair is coming to TCE! It will be open Tuesday, November 5th – Friday, November 8th during the school days AND on Friday, November 8th until 7:00 pm prior to PTO Movie Night. Our class will shop the Book Fair on...
Tuesday, November 5th, 1:20-2:00
If you choose to send in money for your child to shop, send it in a clearly marked envelope with your child’s name and teacher's name. You are welcome to sign in at the office and shop with your child as well. **You must have a background check on file in the office if you wish to shop during the school day with your child. Please visit HSE's website for more info: https://www.hseschools.org/services/other/school-safety/visiting-and-volunteering.
Thank you for supporting the library and the reading lives our students!
Spirit Day - Wacky Socks and Hair Day (reminder)
Picture Retake Day
Why Writing Workshop? By the Partnership for Inquiry Learning
You may be wondering why we are using writing workshop for or writing instruction model. This week's topic about writing workshops from an article by the Partnership of Inquiry Learning may help answer some of your questions.
"Writing workshop increases confidence in writing ability"
Students develop a sense of craft in writing workshop. They read like writers to see what strategies other authors employ to effectively convey meaning and emotion, shape and organize material, make texts lively and compelling. As thoughtful, deliberate researchers, students then apply this knowledge across texts, genres and subject matter. Because workshop teaching focuses on improving each writer’s breadth and depth of understanding of craft, students acquire the tools necessary to improve not only the project in hand but also future writing endeavors.
A Moment with Mrs. Chadwell - The TCE Global Study Instructor
Library Volunteers
Library volunteers are needed to help with shelving and checking in books in our TCE Library. Volunteering in the library is fun and the schedule is flexible! If you are interested in volunteering, please reach out to Mrs. Hopper, TCE Librarian (lhopper@hse.k12.in.us).
*A safe visitor background check is required for all school volunteers. For more information on background checks, visit https://www.hseschools.org/services/other/school-safety/visiting-and-volunteering.
Important Information for Next The Week(s)
Mark Your Calendar!
October 29- Picture Retakes
October 31- Spirit Day - Wacky Hair and Socks
November 8 - PTO Movie Night
November 26 - Spirit Day - TCE Spirit Wear
November 27 -29 - Thanksgiving Break
Next Week's Related Arts Schedule
Tuesday, October 29 - Day 1: Global Studies
Wednesday, October 30 - Day 2: Music
Thursday, October 31 - Day 3: Art
Friday, November 1 - Day 4: P.E. & Library
We Are Learning...
Reading
In reading this week we learned/reviewed the following skills/ concepts when reading non-fiction: to anticipate challenging keywords about a topic and identifying non-fiction keywords to learn more about a topic. This week we learned that non-fiction readers predict keywords an author may use in her/his book, in an attempt to prevent us from getting stuck on an unfamiliar word about the book's topic. We also practiced identifying how authors use and describe keywords in varying ways.
Writing
This week in writing we have been working so hard this week studying our mentor texts. We have been keeping in mind as we write this week 2 things. First we need to remember our audience as we are writing. We learned that when we are considering our audience, we also need to remember to make our writing interesting. As we read our nonfiction, we try to think what is the author doing in this book that makes it so enjoyable to read? We then see if we can mimic that powerful craft move in our own writing. We also tried writing on a post it note, who our audience is. That was it is there on our books as a constant reminder for us as the writer!
Math
Inquiry - TCE!
*One group noticed our TCE Mascot has changed over the years. They are working on documenting what the changes were and are super curious why it changed!
Kristi King
Email: kking@hse.k12.in.us
Location: 14642 E 126th St, Fishers, IN, United States
Phone: 317-594-4310
Twitter: @MrsKing2nd