2nd Grade 10/29/21

In General Studies our second grade readers and writers explored and learned about beautiful language in texts such as Owl Moon, by Jane Yolen. The students studied what makes language beautiful and why the author chose certain words to express emotion and meaning. Then we learned what synonyms are and how to use a thesaurus using guide words on the pages. We gathered words from our writing and other common words that are used in second grade. Each writer chose a word, looked it up in a thesaurus, and wrote them on paint chip samples moving from weakest (palest color)...