November was such a quick and busy month, we never had a chance to post our learning in room 119. Check out all of the great things we accomplished!
Haiku Poetry
Our November read aloud, The Year of Billy Miller, the main character, who is also a second grader, was learning how to write Haiku poems. Since we weren't sure what this type of poem was, we decided to do a little investigating! We checked out several different haiku poetry books from the library and worked in groups to read them.
After we had a better idea of what Haiku poems are, we gave them a try ourselves. And...they turned out great!
Veteran's Day
We also had an outstanding assembly on Veteran's Day. It started with a flag raising ceremony, followed by an assembly put on by the fourth graders. They sang beautiful songs in honor of the special day. Several local veterans were in attendance. It was a wonderful day celebrating all of the men and women who serve for our country.
 |
| Our three boyscouts that helped with the flag raising ceremony. |
Special Guest Reader
We were very lucky to have Mrs. DeGaetano come in and read to us. She even picked a classroom favorite, The Day the Crayons Quit!
Proper Nouns
While we are experts at common nouns, we learned all about proper nouns in November. First, we made a proper noun list as a class, and then we searched through magazines to find more for our charts.
Thanksgiving Writing
We used our creative sides in writing and became chefs! To get our wheels turning, we read A Plump and Perky Turkey. It was a funny book and helped us start thinking about Thanksgiving dinner. While none of us have ever cooked a turkey before, many of us had cooking schema. We put all of our ideas together on a chart...
Then, we started planning our writing for "How to Cook a Turkey". After using an organizer to get our writing started, everyone wrote fantastic directions for cooking a delicious Thanksgiving turkey!
