The Blake School Hopkins Campus Second Grade Web Site

Language Arts

Word Wall
Each week the students are assigned a word wall project which are to include the current week's word wall words. These projects provide each student with an opportunity to practice using the week's word wall words in a creative open ended assignment.
Click below to download a copy of our weekly word wall assignment:
Meandering Book


Our Current Word Wall Words

Super Us!

After reading the book Stuart's Cape the second graders decided write their own cape stories. We practiced our writing skills and then we each painted a picture to accompany our story. The link below will take you to our paintings. You will also hear each student reading their accompanying story.
2BCape Day Paintings and Stories
2P Cape Day Paintings and Stories
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's super second grader. Take a look at us flying through the air in the tie cape our class made.
2B Super Us!
2P Super Us!

Valentine's Day is a great reason to write!
Check out pictures of us preparing and sharing our cards for Valentine's Day:
2B 2P

My Father's Dragon
For the last few weeks we have been reading My Father's Dragon, by Ruth Stiles Gannett. Each day the students read a chapter and then summarized it in pictures and in words. At the end of the story, each student chose their favorite part to illustrate and share with you. Click on the links below to enjoy their hard work:
2B
2P

Original Flowers
A recent word wall assignment had us creating an original flower. The garden outside our classroom door is now in full bloom. Please take a look at each student's flower. It is clear they worked hard and had fun with this assignment.
Ms. Page's Class
Mr. Burton's Class

Our Reading Memories
In class we have talked about some of our favorite reading memories. After our discussions we drew pictures of one of our favorite reading memories. We then described these memories in case you couldn't get all of the information from the pictures. Clicking on the link below will take you to a student page where you can link to each child's picture. They will tell you about their memory once you arrive:
Ms. Page's Class
Mr. Burton's Class

Writer's Workshop
We have officially launched the Writer's Workshop. Each day the session starts with a mini-lesson focusing on a specific skill, and then the students head off to their desks to write. Right now we are establishing routines, brainstorming ideas, and writing furiously. Here we are in action:
Ms. Page's Class
Mr. Burton's Class

Reading Graph or Log
Click below to download a copy of the weekly reading graph or log.
Weekly Reading Graph

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