It's the 100th Day of School! Whoo Hoo!

It has been 100 school days since we started 2nd grade! We are having a blast!  All day long will be filled with 100 day acitvities:) 

Here are some pictures so far:

We are having a silly day! 

We are 100 days smarter! 

Friday Funday!

We had a Friday full of fun activities! The kiddos continued their Penguin research, this time using the iPads for a QR Code web quest! The students graphed skittles and of course, ate them! They also created graphs using the survey data collected earlier in the week. 

The students used Post-it notes to create a "can-are-have-need" poster. 

  

Graphing Galore!

We had so much fun creating a bar graph using Froot Loops! The kiddos found the graph we started with wasn't big enough so we made our own. 

Penguins!!

We are beginning our study on penguins. The kiddos will begin their research by reading/listening to nonfiction stories from PebbleGo! about different types of penguins! Here are some pictures of their research...

Jan.19-23

This week the students got a day off on Monday! I hope everyone had a wonderful day off:) Beginning Tuesday, we will start our Unit 3 review and Penguin unit! This will be a fun week. I love teaching about penguins and the students usually love learning about them! We will be finding facts around the room, reading about Tacky the Penguin, using the iPads for penguin research, and much more!! 

We will continue our data and graphing lessons in math. We will survey other classrooms and create different types of graphs using that data. I can't wait for this week and all the fun we will have! 

I will be working on setting up an Instagram and Facebook page for our classroom. I will begin posting different information for the classroom & school and activities we will be doing! Please be one the lookout for more information and invites:)

Here are some pictures from what we did last week during Unit! The students worked together to read and find facts about MLK Jr. The students were so eager to tell me what they learned!

The students loved reading and working together! 

Jan. 12-16

This week in reading we are learning about Facts and Opinions! Facts are pieces of information that can be proven true or false by reading or asking experts. Opinions are statements of feelings, or what you think!
We are also learning about comparing objects using the -er/-est endings. Remember: when you add an ending to a word with y, you change the y to i then add the ending. If you add an ending to a word that is VC, you double the final consonant and then add the ending:)
We are studying biographies in writing. We are learning about George Washington Carver and Martin Luther King, Jr. We will be writing mini-biographies for both.
In math, we moved on to Chapter 10! We are learning about collecting data and putting it in charts and graphs. This is a fun chapter and I hope your children love learning all there is to know about graphs and charts:)

HF Words:
only
taught
question
neighbor
clothes
hours
money

Spelling Words:
(-er, -est endings)
fatter
fattest
hotter
hottest
smaller
smallest
sooner
soonest
happier
happiest
busier
busiest

Important Dates:

Jan. 18- no school for students
Feb. 10- Jack Hartmann Concert at the AHS Fine Arts Center
              The cost is $3.00 per student. Please send in the persmission form and money as soon as possible!!

Jan. 5-9

Welcome Back!! I hope everyone is well rested and ready to begin the 2nd semester of 2nd Grade! Whoo Hoo! I am so excited to see what this semester brings for these kiddos. I know they will amaze me with what they learn and how much they grow over the next few months!

Just a few reminders: We will begin DIBELing soon. Our DIBELs date is Jan. 12. Please be sure that your child is well rested and practices reading fluently everynight!

Report cards will go home on Jan. 9!

We will be out of school on Jan. 19 for MLK Jr. Day.


This week:

In Reading, we will be learning about sequence. This is putting things in order (using first, next, then, last). We will also be reading Rosa and Blanca.

Phonics- We will be studying the long i sound (i, ie, igh, y).

Spelling Words-
right
cry
flight
spider
myself
blind
wild
fly
sky
find
child
bright

HF Words-
alone
daughters
buy
half
youngest
their
many

Math- We will finish up chapter 5 (2-digit Subtraction)!