Mrs. Shaw’s Second Grade Class

Carolina Castleberry received the “Top 2nd Grade Reader” Award for having the most AR points. Congratulations!!!

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Saturday was a winter wonderland. I hope each of you enjoyed the snow.
Looks like  M. H  had a great day in the snow!!!

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Welcome back! I hope you had a wonderful holiday break. 

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Red Ribbon Week is the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the country.
Red Ribbon Week serves as a vehicle for communities and individuals to take a stand for the hopes and dreams of our children through a commitment to drug prevention and education and a personal commitment to live drug free lives with the [...]

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I hope everyone had a great time at the farm today.
 What was your favorite part? List 3 things you learned today?
 
Thanks to all the parents who attended the trip. A special thanks to Mrs.Houston for the pictures! 

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In honor of Constitution Day, we have been studying about our government.   We discussed symbols of the United States. We viewed a video about the history of the American Flag, how to care for and fly the American Flag. We read about the Unites States Constitution. We listened to Schoolhouse Rock-Preamble. We learned that the Bill of Rights [...]

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We enjoyed our grandparents visiting our classroom.  Grandparents were interviewed by their grandchildren. We discovered our grandparents’ favorite childhood memory, games, and books.

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We welcome Eddie to our classroom.  What do you think about our new pet?

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       I feel it is very important for students to learn basic addition and subtraction facts. However, I was perplexed by the idea of students just memorizing and not fully having a solid conceptual foundation.  In second grade, I found some children are ready to memorize or learn facts by recall while others still need  manpulatives  to build that [...]

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We read to become a better reader.
We read to become smarter.
We read to gain information.
We read for FUN!!!!!!!!
WHY DO YOU READ????????  

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