Happy Thanksgiving!

Hi 2-F Families,

Happy Thanksgiving! (I know I'm a day late, but in my defense, we did do all of the cooking/cleanup yesterday so we were quite busy. : ) I hope you all had a wonderful day filled with lots of fun, family time and delicious food.

As I reflected yesterday on all of the things for which I am most thankful for, being a member of the Fuller Meadow school community ranked very high on that list. I cannot thank you all enough for welcoming me with such open arms and for helping me to feel like I've been here for years. I am consistently filled with gratitude to be able to do a job I love and to work with such amazing children each and every day, as well as their incredibly wonderful families.

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for all that you do! : )

*This past week, we got creative (and silly!) with our persuasive writing and got to take on our decorated turkey's personna to try and encourage people to eat something else for Thanksgiving dinner! Check out our awesome Chatterpix project by clicking on the link below.

Mrs. Frey's Thanksgiving Chatterpix: "PLEASE DON'T EAT ME!" : )

*One last note- thank you all SO much for your non-perishable food donations. We collected a grand total of 1,004.59 ounces (62.786875 pounds) of food. The students were so excited to make such a large donation and to give back to the Middleton community. Thank you again!

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Mystery Objects Bar Modeling

Would you feel brave enough to reach into a bag of unknown objects and turn it into an awesome bar modeling math story?! Well luckily for me, my students are! We had a super successful math exploration today where we turned an ordinary mystery object into a fully detailed, 'graphically organized', bar-model-built math story-- and the best part of all...it was all STUDENT created/delivered.

One of the best feelings as a teacher, is being able to see your students share their new knowledge with their peers and to see them exude such excitement and confidence in 'teaching' the class. Rock on, 2-F Mathematicians- you're doing great and you continue to amaze, impress, and inspire me each and every day! : )

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November Food Drive

Throughout the month of November, 2nd graders at Fuller Meadow School are collecting non-perishable food items for our November Food Drive. This important community service project also correlates with our monthly calendar graphing activity.

The concepts and skills that we have been focusing on this month are collecting and recording data, reading and interpreting data on a bar graph, sorting and classifying a collection, and comparing and weighing using pounds and ounces.

While I am so impressed by how well they are applying their newly acquired math knowledge each day, I am MOST proud of how committed/dedicated they are to giving back to the Middleton community and how excited they are about being able to donate food to those in need. Our 2-F students have such wonderful, generous, and kind hearts and I am so happy to be able to share in this special initiative with them. : )

*One of our favorite parts of the Food Drive so far, has been totaling up all of our donations each week. As of November 12th, we had collected 576.94 ounces (36.05875 pounds) of non-perishable food! We've since collected many more items, so stay tuned for our next ounces/pounds update! : )

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Happy Veterans Day!

We would like to extend a very special THANK YOU to all of our brave veterans for their courageous and patriotic service. We are so appreciative and grateful to each and every one of you for your dedication, sacrifice and efforts to protect our country. You're our HEROES!

We had a wonderful opportunity to share our gratitude and appreciation in honor of Veterans Day at our school assembly this morning. Thank you to Mrs. Alvarado for coordinating such a special event.

Happy Veterans Day!

Love, 

Mrs. Frey and the students of 2-F

Click on the link below to hear the entire Fuller Meadow school community sing God Bless America together to honor our veterans! : )

https://youtu.be/gVey9cjkGng 

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Writer's Workshop

Our 2-F writers continue to impress me daily with their amazing work! We recently completed our very first personal narrative piece and they all did such a great job with each step of the Writing Process.

All of the students take such pride in their writing and I could not be more proud of the progress they are making, as well as the stories they are telling. I have learned so much more about my students through their personal narratives and one of my favorite parts of the Writing Process is getting to conference with them to hear all about their writing.

Our first personal narrative piece was centered around the topic of 'My Special Place' and our next piece (which will be published this week!) is based on 'My Special Day'. I feel so fortunate to be able to get a glimpse into the many special adventures, stories and memories of my students. I even got to share my own personal narratives with them, which I think they enjoyed- sometimes I think they forget I was once 8 years old too! : )

 

 

Second Grade Common Core Standards:
W.2.3 Writes narratives to recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, in which they include details, transition words, and a sense of closure.
W.2.5 With guidance and support, focuses on a topic and strengthens writing as needed by revising and editing.

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