Parents, please use your child's skills card that will be coming home Monday. This will guide you as you ask them questions about what they are reading.
Friday, August 21, 2015
Reading!
We love reading and listening! Here are several books we enjoyed together this week. Next week, we will be reading several stories and analyzing story elements like setting, characters, plot, and problem/solution. We focused on the elements this week to get a sneak peak of next week.
Incredible First Week!
I loved every minute of our first week together! I hope that you did too! We began learning about story elements and did a review of first grade math. Please remember to practice sight words each night! Next week, I will be sending home reading comprehension help as well.
Today we began writing! Writing is one of my favorite things to teach. I love watching my students grow as writers throughout the school year. Next week, we will be learning to create strong sentences and go on to write personal narratives about a childhood memory. I can't wait for next week and all the great learning we will do!
Here are our precious members of room 202!
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Welcome Superheroes!
I loved meeting so many of you at Meet the Teacher yesterday! I am more excited than ever about this school year!!! I can't wait to be your teacher this year! We have so many exciting things planned for next week. I know that you will have a blast! Our theme this year is "Superheroes" and we will be talking about what it means for you to be a superhero yourself! Each one of you has a special superhero quality and I know it is going to SHINE this year! With hard work and a respectful attitude, we are going to accomplish so much together.
I hope that you have a WONDERFUL weekend and are ready for our first day Monday!
Parents, If you did not come to Meet the Teacher yesterday, please be sure I know how your child is getting home on Monday. I look forward to working with you this year to be sure that your child has a wonderful experience in second grade. Please let me know if you have any questions before Monday.
All of the staff here are CFG love our students!! Your teachers are READY!!!!!!
Friday, May 1, 2015
Candling Day 15
Today we candled eggs #3 and #4. It was amazing to observe the difference that only 7 days made in our eggs!
Some of the things we noticed are -
The eggs seem darker.
We can't see as many veins.
We can see something larger moving around inside the egg. (Especially egg #3!)
We are going to investigate these observations next week and report our findings on our Kidblog.
Adding 3 Digit Numbers with Regrouping
This week in math we have been adding 3 digit numbers with and without regrouping. Everyone has done an excellent job showing their work and explaining why we regroup! It's important for students to know that we regroup because we are swapping out 10 smaller units that equal the same as 1 bigger unit. 10 ones can be exchanged for 1 ten. 10 tens can be exchanged for 1 hundred and so on.
At the beginning of the week we worked with showing models of base ten blocks to visualize how we regroup.
We love doing number talks and teaching one another! We worked on using the stacking strategy and mental math to solve addition story problems today.
These are some interesting videos sharing different strategies to add and regroup.
Monday, April 27, 2015
Library
Saving Natural Resources!
We had a great program today about natural resources and saving energy. Please sign up to receive your energy saving kit in the mail. It comes with a special treasure for the kids and it enters our school into a drawing to win $10,000. It is completly free!
