IST Grade 2F http://josiannefitzgerald.edublogs.org Mrs. Fitzgerald's Online Classroom Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:14:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Edublogs Blocked http://josiannefitzgerald.edublogs.org/2007/09/15/edublogs-blocked/ http://josiannefitzgerald.edublogs.org/2007/09/15/edublogs-blocked/#comments Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:14:39 +0000 Josianne Fitzgerald http://josiannefitzgerald.edublogs.org/2007/09/15/edublogs-blocked/ Dear readers,
Edublogs is blocked in China. For news of our class, please visit http://360.yahoo.com/mrsfitzonline.

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We’ve started our second week of school and we’re moving right along. Today we finished our Essential Spelling Lists Words, after an herculean effort. I’ve been very impressed with the level of spelling of this class. They are the strongest spellers I have seen in second grade in my 5 years of teaching this level. We will start reading tests tomorrow.

To help your child during this first testing period, you can make sure that he or she is getting enough sleep, and that they are eating healthy foods and drinking water. Be sure to send a water bottle to school. The brain needs water to function efficiently, so help your child stay hydrated.

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The secret to our success this year?

Read, read, read! Yeah!

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It seems also inconceivable that a whole week has already gone by! We have been hard at work, getting to know each other and our teachers. We have also started our beginning-of-the-year assessments. These include math facts, spelling, writing, and reading. We will continue with these through next week, as many of the tests must be administered individually to each child.

The Classroom Chronicle, our classroom newsletter, should go out today. Please be on the lookout for this important class publication. It will contain articles written by 2F students, on topics of their choosing, so it really is a glimpse into classroom life.

Last for this post, but not least, please leave a comment when you visit. I will be posting photos and student work here, and we’d love to hear what you think.

See you around school!

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See you on Monday, August 13, bright and early, in the gymnasium.

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 We acted it out. We acted out evaporation, condensation, and precipitacion.
 

Evaporation is when the water goes up when it gets heated by the sun. The liquid water turns into water vapor.

The Green Team 

Condensation is when the water vapor turns into water again and forms a cloud.

The Yellow Team 

Precipitation is when the droplets get heavy enough so it rains.

The Blue Team 

And then it starts all over again, and over again, and over again, and over again…

The Red Team
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 We are making these movies in Windows MovieMaker, which the students have already used to create a short movie about themselves. Parents were able to see those movies at the Student-Led Conferences held earlier in the year. Their animal movies are more elaborate, as they include photos, music, sub-titles, and narration.

The screenshot below shows Jong Min’s movie project file on manatees.

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Grade 5 presented their exhibition for the second day today. They spent 10 weeks studying energy resources and the choices we can make about energy. The result is a truly impressive display with presentation boards, websites, powerpoint presentations, books, puppets, and much much more. We were really impressed when we visited today.

The Grade 5 exhibition is the culmination of the PYP experience, and it is obvious that these fifth graders put in a great deal of effort and thought into their learning. Just think, 3 short years from now, our current second graders will be presenting theirs! I can’t wait.

 See more photos here.

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