Thanksgiving Reader's Theater

We hope you enjoy this short video of Mrs.Kennedy's Second Graders dressed in their First Thanksgiving costumes.

Favorite Thanksgiving Food

Thank you to everyone who left a comment  and shared their favorite Thanksgiving food with our class. It was so exciting everyday to read the new comments and add the data to our data table. We transferred the information from the data table into a bar graph. 

After completing the graph we analyzed the graph and recorded the results. The favorite Thanksgiving food for Mrs. Kennedy's class and their families turned out to be stuffing.

Standard 2.MD. D. 10 Represent and interpret data.

We are thankful

Mrs. Kennedy's class is thankful for many things this year. Please click on the picture below to view our thankful video.

 Happy Thanksgiving!

The First Thanksgiving

Mrs. Kennedy's second graders have been learning about the Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving. We performed a reader's  theater play for Mrs. Libby's class. The students also shared information that they have learned about the Pilgrims. Please click on the picture below to see our video.

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Speaking and Listening Standards 2.5

Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.

Turkey Talk

The students in 2K don't think their turkeys are a good choice for Thanksgiving dinner. Be sure to watch the video  to find out why.

Turkey Projects from Louise Kennedy on Vimeo.



Speaking and Listening Standards


Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.


Writing Standards


1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

The Year of Billy Miller

We have finished our global read aloud story, The Year of Billy Miller. What a great experience we had connecting with other classes across the country and sharing our thoughts and ideas about this fun story. The second graders made lots of meaningful connections to their own lives and made predictions right up to the end of the story. After reading the story we discussed the story elements (characters, setting, problem/solution, events) of this realistic fiction story. Be sure to ask your child to tell you about this story.

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Veterans Day

This week we spent some time learning about Veterans Day. We talked about what a veteran is. Several students realized that have a veteran in their family or that they know someone who is a veteran. We read some poems about veterans and read a Weekly Reader about a female veteran. We honored the veterans at our annual Veterans Day assembly by reciting one of our poems and singing some patriotic songs. As a final activity each student wrote a letter to a veteran. Mrs. Kennedy delivered the letters to the veterans at North Shore Community College. Click here to see all the ways that Fuller Meadow Students honored our veterans.

I am thankful for....

During November Mrs. Kennedy's Second Graders will be making a thankful chain. Each day a thankful link will be added to each student's individual chain. We will share some of the things we are thankful on our thankful padlet. We would like other family members to add to our padlet and share what they are thankful for. Please remember you can share our blog with grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins etc. We look forward to reading your responses. Click on the picture below to get to our thankful padlet.

Thanksgiving Dinner

What's your favorite part of your Thanksgiving dinner? Is it the juicy turkey, the lumpy mashed potatoes, the tart cranberry sauce, or maybe it's the sweet pumpkin pie? Mrs. Kennedy's Second Graders are collecting some data about Thanksgiving Dinner. We would like other family members (other than your second grader) to leave a comment telling us what their favorite food is at your Thanksgiving dinner. Please remember you can share our blog with grandparents, aunts, uncles etc. Please also include some adjectives that describe your favorite Thanksgiving food.

Standard 2.MD. D. 10 Represent and interpret data.