Proper Nouns, Summarizing, and Pumpkins

Last week, we were busy learning about proper nouns and summarizing.  We have worked on nouns for a couple of weeks but when you throw proper nouns into the mix, it can get a little confusing.

The students made an anchor chart for proper nouns.

As a review, we did a sort of common and proper nouns in our notebooks.

We also worked on summarizing.  Last week, we read The Ugly Vegetables so we wrote a summary for the story.  This can be a tricky concept because, sometimes, students want to tell every detail about the story.

The library held a pumpkin decorating contest.  Pumpkins could not be carved and has to resemble a children's book or character from a children's book.  2nd grade did The Magic School Bus Goes Batty.

Some 2nd grade students decorated their own pumpkins, too.  What a great job! 

This week we will be talking about main idea/details, visualizing, and verbs.