Non Fiction Immersion
Week #13 November 26-30, 2018

After our recent work studying landforms and bodies of water, we began to consider the effects of water and wind on land.  We follow an investigation procedure as we test questions we generate:  our question, our equipment, our method, our predictions and our results.  We will use this knowledge to help understand weathering and that earth can changes can occur fast and slow.

We are writing our first non fiction book!  We created lists in our "tiny topic notebooks" of subjects we know a lot about ("expert") and subjects we're interested in studying.  We brainstormed, created chapter titles and began our first drafts.  We also continue our non fiction reading and becoming experts learning and connecting information on one topic across different sources.

We began coding in library this week to celebrate Hour of Code which is the week of December 3 in honor of Computer Science Education Week.  We will have 3 more lessons with Mrs. Springer.  We used block coding to solve puzzles on the code.org website.  Students have access to this at home.

Other things to ask your child about this week:
*whole-school PBiS viewing of Frosty
*Chair Pockets
*Ellie and Henry's birthdays
*taking care of babies in guidance with Mrs. Wheeler
*2nd Grade Crafternoon (choice in craft: paper chain snowmen, jeweled snowflakes, painted snowglobes or peace pinwheels)

Thank you very much for attending parent conferences last week.  It was wonderful to meet and share information about your children.
Enjoy the busy month ahead and I will see you next week at our concert!
Mrs. Hock