Horton+Loves+2nd+Grade

=**Horton loves 2nd grade**=


 * __ Thursday, March 4 __**

Today was Horton's last day in 2nd Grade. Everyone wished we could have 1 more week with Horton before returning him to the Library. We all waved and said, "Good-bye Horton."




 * __ Wednesday, March 3 __**

Horton liked the Patricia Polacco book, __Emma Kate__, today. He liked it because one of the main characters is an elephant. Also, Patricia Polacco wrote at the end that she loved the book Horton __Hatches an Egg__ when she was little. Also, she had an elephant for an imaginary friend.



We got this letter from a Kindergarten class today. They also had a Dr. Seuss character in their class. Click on the picture to learn more about their adventures.



__** Tuesday, March 2 **__

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR. SEUSS!

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This shows Horton dancing the Locomotion with us. We learned that 'locomotion' means 'move yourself'. Elephants, like all animals, can do this. Plants can't.

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For the past few days, we've been having an author study about Patricia Polacco. Horton enjoyed __Chicken Sunday__ with us. We thought the theme of the book was to not judge people too fast or decide you don't like them.

Horton watched __Green Eggs and Ham__ with us in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday. We noticed a connection with __Chicken Sunday.__ In that book, the man judges the kids too fast and thinks they cause trouble, but he should have given them a chance. In this movie, the main character should have tried the green eggs and ham because he ended up liking them, so he should have given them a chance.

Horton helped us with storytelling during Writing Workshop. It helps our writing because the listener can wonder things, and we can add them to our story. Horton is listening hard to hear the perfect part of the story. He also suggested that they add "Show not Tell" to the story. "Show not Tell" means not to tell what happened in the story but to "show" it. For example, instead of saying "I ran fast" it could be "I ran as fast as a tiger".







__** Monday, March 1 **__ Because it is Monday, Horton helped students pick their new words for Word Study.

Later, Horton assisted us with figuring out where the gorilla facts should go. See how he uses his trunk to point!



Horton is helping the teacher check if students have a reason for the capital letters they are writing. He is using the 'Poison Pen'.



Here is a chart that tells some of the reasons it is okay to use capital letters (upper case).



After lunch, Horton helped us learn about animal coverings. Elephants are mammals, so they have hair or fur. Horton is pointing to the fur.



**__Friday, February 26__**

Our day always starts with Reading Workshop. Here is Horton reading during Guided Reading group.



Here he is practicing how to read during Independent Reading. "Indepedent" means "by yourself". Notice that Horton is //** NOT **// talking to his friend during Independent Reading.

During Share, Horton shared that he found that the main character was the person in the book that had a problem.

Later, Horton helped give people their spelling words during their Buddy Test.

Horton is playing Connect Four during recess.

In this picture, Horton is learning how to use strategies to figure out Tipover. One strategy might be "Imagine what it would look like." Another strategy might be to make a plan on the card //**before**// you move the pieces.


 * __Thursday, February 25__**

Today was Horton's first day in 2nd grade. He learned how to "Get the Wiggles Out" by dancing around. He can really shake his trunk.

Horton came to the library with us and learned how to do research about chimpanzees on the computer. He used go.grolier.comto help him.