Safari Friends

On Friday, we got together with our friends in the elephant class for some Safari Time. We did some more comparing and contrasting, but this time, we were comparing second grade elephants and giraffes instead of wild ones!

Each of the giraffes picked the name of one of our 2B friends out of a box, and we worked together to find at least three things we had in common and at least three things that were different about us. 

It was great to get to know some new peers and reconnect with classmates from the past. We can't wait to travel to all of the second grade classrooms next week as we celebrate Johnny Appleseed! 

Comparing Characters

We are all absolutely loving our latest read-aloud book Matilda, especially because it has so many wonderful and crazy characters! This week, we've done a lot of comparing of characters during Reader's Workshop by looking at what is the same and what is different about them as well as how they affect one another. 

Because we are all reading the story Matilda together, we worked with our reading partners to create Venn Diagrams comparing two characters from the book. For some characters it was VERY easy to think about how they were different, but we had to dig deeply to find ways in which they were similar. 

We can't wait to see what happens to to Matilda next!