July 18th, 2010 | 
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Channel 11 Schoolcast
This morning students were featured on Channel 11 during the schoolcast. If for some reason you missed it, you can watch it below.
Book Talk–Ira Sleeps Over
Everyday before the read aloud is read, a student completes a book talk on a book that they have read and really enjoyed. Today’s book talk was completed by Jessaca Shepherd. She read the book Ira Sleeps Over in small group reading. She really enjoyed the book.
Lessons on Clouds
Mrs. Lori Cingaloni came to Drew Central second grade to teach a lesson on clouds. Students were very active in learning how to make a their own cloud. All you need is an empty one liter bottle, hot water, and a lighted match. Place the water in the bottle and throw a lighted match into the bottle and seal it with the lid. Have students to slowly squeeze the bottle to watch the clouds begin to form.
Parent Teacher Conference
Parent/Teacher Conference will be Thursday, February 11, 2010 from 3:15 – 7:30. Please come learn about your child’s progress.
Valentine Party Invitation
Emaleigh, Darbonee, JaLyon and Lane share their invitations they wrote to their parents for the class Valentine Party.
Static Electricity Lesson
Our first experiment with the rice crispies and static electricity didn’t work so we tried just using our hair. We will try the simple balloon next time.
Quick Reads
Every morning, we engage in fluency/comprehension practice. For about ten minutes, we do Quick Reads. Below is the process we use every morning.
- Locate important words in the passage. (This helps students learn to skim a passage)
- Go over comprehension questions. (This gives the student a purpose to read the passage.)
- Listen to teacher fluently read. (This is a model for the student in how to read correctly.)
- Students read with the teacher.
- Students buddy read with another student.
- Answer comprehension questions.
Here is a short video on two students completing the buddy read portion of the Quick Reads.
