Comparing and Contrasting Stories

Today we compared and contrasted the two stories we have been reading this week. Before the students read with their partners, we talked about the story Henry and Mudge and what it was about. Then I introduced the other story All in the Family to them. They took their, "parking lot post-it" boards with them to their place to read and jotted down how this story was alike and different from Henry and Mudge. After the reading, we came back as a whole group and posted our comparisons and differences on an anchor chart. Here are some pictures of the class reading with their partners.

Halie & Tonia

Blayton & Braeden

Lexi, Dani, & Tristin 

Tristin & Lexi

Working Together

I am so proud of the group of students I have. They are a great group of kids that work well with others. What a great quality to have in a class where we do a lot of group work. This week the we did a lot of group work within their seating area and partner work. The pictures below show them writing during writer's workshop. They enjoy sharing their writing to the class and I enjoy hearing them. The other pictures below show how they are working together to find evidence in the text to answer their questions for reading. They enjoy working with each other to compare answers and help one another to answer the questions. Here are a few pictures from this week.

Last are a few pictures of the class during recess where they can play hard and mingle with the other second graders.