Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Wednesday

Thank you for all the beautiful cards, flowers, lunch, and balloons celebrating my half birthday! It was so fun and what a thoughtful idea. Thank you to everyone.

Students were exceptionally well behaved during Mass today. They earned a "free time" letter.
In language we began a new story about recycling. Students learned what a flow chart is and how to read it. They are also working on context clues and homophones/homonyms.

In math students learned about grams and compared different masses in grams.

I will be out of the classroom tomorrow. I will be visiting another school for their accreditation.
Don't forget Book Talks are due on Tuesday.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Wednesday

Students did a great job at Mass keeping their worship aides quiet so we could hear Fr. Pete.
After Mass we worked on the new vocabulary to go with our new story. In addition, students worked on the two ways to spell they short u sound with ou and oo as in could and cook. They also worked on r-controlled vowels. They also are almost finished with their winter stories. They are also creating either a picture, a poem, or a writing to enter into the Expressions of Faith contest. Students are expressing how they express their faith and what their faith means to them.
In addition, students are using the online World Book Encyclopedia accessible from the school library website to find information on a wild animal.
In math students are catching on to solving story problems. They did a pretty good job today as they worked in pairs to solve some story problems about measuring in centimeters and meters.

Box Tops contest is back on, so send in those box tops.

Monday, January 13, 2014

Monday

Remember there are 12 words on the spelling test tomorrow. That would be 13 words with the bonus word.
Remember to work on IXL.com with basic math facts.
I sent home the Book Talk ideas and directions. Book Talks are due on January 28. Get started picking out your book.
Students were so quiet and were working so hard, they earned the last FREE TIME letter. They did have free time in the classroom this afternoon.
In math we are measuring using centimeters.

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Thursday

There will be 12 spelling words a week from now on until the end of the year.
Students should be working on IXL.com for at least 10 minutes a night to improve math fact fluency.
In reading today students worked on their winter stories and most have begun to type them on the netbooks.
In language students worked on the past tense for is, are, and am. They also practiced putting in capital letters for proper nouns.
In math students worked on comparing items using meters.
In spelling students worked on suffixes, ed, s, and ing.


Monday, January 6, 2014

Happy New Year!!

Students were so happy to see one another today after such a long break! They had such cute stories to tell each other and some couldn't wait to share what they got for Christmas.
Spelling words will be increased to 12 words and the bonus word each week. The Second Grade Team decided to increase the number of words to increase the rigor.
In religion, students listened to the story of the Good Samaritan. We discussed how he was a good neighbor.
We will be discussing the Corporal Works of Mercy. They already have an idea.
In reading student completed a rough draft of their winter stories. They also worked on contractions and on the ipads.
In math we began the unit on measurement and learned about meters today.

Thursday, December 19, 2013

2B Christmas Party

2B is having a great time decorating graham crackers and making houses! Merry Christmas!