Sickness has hit HMS... we have had quite a few people out. We are washing our hands a lot! One thing is that Mrs. Guay, our helper teacher, has been out both yesterday and today. I appreciate her and miss her help a lot!
In math, we are subtracting with blocks. Students lined up their problems on paper today too. In writing, we read a Ladybug book and then finished Weekend News. We are writing about the Ladybug books too as part of Guided Reading work jobs.
Students learned that words which end with a vowel followed by 2 consonants usually have a short vowel sound. We did an activity with these words in word work. This afternoon, we read a book called Rough Face Girl with a great message This is a version of Cinderella. In work jobs, we learned about using our reading binders.
Keep checking those heads! Thank you for your help.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Monday, October 27, 2014
Monday
We learned about a new site today called Spelling City. Students have their own log in information and can access it at home if you like. This is a site where they put in their own individual lists of spelling words (taken from words misspelled in their writing) and do activities with these words. I love this site because it is totally differentiated, meaning each child is working at their appropriate challenge level. This was also opened as a work job today during Guided Reading so students could finish or play a game based on these words. Good stuff!
In math, we worked on the subtraction strategy of count on. This is when 2 numbers in a subtraction problem are very close together. You take the number being subtracted (the part) and count up to the biggest number (the whole) to get the difference. For example, 9 - 8. You start at 8 and count up 1 to 9. The answer is 1. We played a game as well to reinforce the subtraction facts. Any help on this at home would be great.
In writing, we worked on really making sure our 5 Finger Planner for Weekend Ends was a brainstorming sheet. I am trying to get children to not write sentences on these papers but just the main idea of what they want to say. This was difficult for some, but we will keep at it!
There is still time to hand in scarecrow items for Thursday!
In math, we worked on the subtraction strategy of count on. This is when 2 numbers in a subtraction problem are very close together. You take the number being subtracted (the part) and count up to the biggest number (the whole) to get the difference. For example, 9 - 8. You start at 8 and count up 1 to 9. The answer is 1. We played a game as well to reinforce the subtraction facts. Any help on this at home would be great.
In writing, we worked on really making sure our 5 Finger Planner for Weekend Ends was a brainstorming sheet. I am trying to get children to not write sentences on these papers but just the main idea of what they want to say. This was difficult for some, but we will keep at it!
There is still time to hand in scarecrow items for Thursday!
Friday, October 24, 2014
Friday and all week!
I enjoyed meeting with all of you for parent conferences. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to talk about your children. I feel like I talked a lot! If there were things that you didn't get a chance to say (!), please let me know. I'm happy to follow up with you at some point. Shoot me an email even and we can go from there.
Next week will be busy again with Scarecrow Day (Thursday). We will not be having a Halloween Party as the Harvest Celebration will take its place.
Today flew by! We had math this morning and created fun story problems with subtraction. We read a Scholastic News about fire fighting goats! There was lots of catch up time and we had a spelling test. This time I did a pretest for next week's words as well as dictation sentences.
This afternoon we did many reading activities. Also, we took out our scarecrow stuff to see what was needed. Some children still need to bring in some supplies. I am still in need of money for the Scarecrow Day snacks. Thank you for that.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Next week will be busy again with Scarecrow Day (Thursday). We will not be having a Halloween Party as the Harvest Celebration will take its place.
Today flew by! We had math this morning and created fun story problems with subtraction. We read a Scholastic News about fire fighting goats! There was lots of catch up time and we had a spelling test. This time I did a pretest for next week's words as well as dictation sentences.
This afternoon we did many reading activities. Also, we took out our scarecrow stuff to see what was needed. Some children still need to bring in some supplies. I am still in need of money for the Scarecrow Day snacks. Thank you for that.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Monday, October 20, 2014
Monday
Sorry for the late post. With parent conferences happening all week, the blog updates may be a bit sparsehis week. I'll do the best I can.
Today in math, we had a test on addition with regrouping. 2F students did quite well. We will move into subtraction next.
We had computer lab today where we learned how to access Tumble Books for one of our work jobs during guided reading time. Students know how to log in, find Google Chrome and sign into Tumble Books. Once in Tumble Books, students choose a book to listen to and record specific information on a Listen to Reading response sheet. All students were able to do this today for practice and some got to have this as a work job too.
In writing, we wrote Weekend News. Children are expected to write 7 sentences about one event which happened on their weekend. I'm looking for them to tell a story in sequence, to introduce their topic and to provide some closure to the paragraph containing details. Phew! That is a lot of work... all along spelling word wall words correctly, capitalizing and using end punctuation. It's a work in progress! I'm impressed how far we've come in just a short amount of time.
In word work, we had a pretest on the 5 new words: pick, much, watch, both, and which. We continue to work on digraphs, both beginning and ending. This afternoon, we began work jobs for the first official time! While I'm meeting with groups, students are working independently on such things as word work, book shopping, reading to self, or listening to reading on the computer. There are a few kinks to work through but for the most part, students did well.
I'll look forward to seeing you this week!
Today in math, we had a test on addition with regrouping. 2F students did quite well. We will move into subtraction next.
We had computer lab today where we learned how to access Tumble Books for one of our work jobs during guided reading time. Students know how to log in, find Google Chrome and sign into Tumble Books. Once in Tumble Books, students choose a book to listen to and record specific information on a Listen to Reading response sheet. All students were able to do this today for practice and some got to have this as a work job too.
In writing, we wrote Weekend News. Children are expected to write 7 sentences about one event which happened on their weekend. I'm looking for them to tell a story in sequence, to introduce their topic and to provide some closure to the paragraph containing details. Phew! That is a lot of work... all along spelling word wall words correctly, capitalizing and using end punctuation. It's a work in progress! I'm impressed how far we've come in just a short amount of time.
In word work, we had a pretest on the 5 new words: pick, much, watch, both, and which. We continue to work on digraphs, both beginning and ending. This afternoon, we began work jobs for the first official time! While I'm meeting with groups, students are working independently on such things as word work, book shopping, reading to self, or listening to reading on the computer. There are a few kinks to work through but for the most part, students did well.
I'll look forward to seeing you this week!
Friday, October 17, 2014
Friday
Our day began with a wonderful assembly with Daniel Dancer. We saw the culminating video of our Art for the Sky experience. There is talk of maybe being able to purchase the movie from PTA. I'm hoping this is true. It was amazing!
We wrote thank you notes to Daniel Dancer this afternoon. We talked about our experience with Art for the Sky before we wrote. It truly was powerful.
In math, we did a chapter review on Addition with Regrouping. We will have a test on Monday. Ketchup Time was great because we got a lot of things completed from our table folders.
I ended the day with the story Cindy Ellen, a version of Cinderella in the wild west!
We wrote thank you notes to Daniel Dancer this afternoon. We talked about our experience with Art for the Sky before we wrote. It truly was powerful.
In math, we did a chapter review on Addition with Regrouping. We will have a test on Monday. Ketchup Time was great because we got a lot of things completed from our table folders.
I ended the day with the story Cindy Ellen, a version of Cinderella in the wild west!
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Thursday
Today in math we practiced double regrouping! Impressive! I'm proud of how well 2F is doing with this tough math. We had an extra long morning meeting today because we missed it yesterday. Mrs. Kleiner came in to talk about apologizing properly. In writing workshop, we finished up Weekend News. I read Gooney Bird Greene aloud and then we worked on Scholastic News and some word work with digraphs.
Please have your child wear his/her Art for the Sky t-shirt tomorrow (or a white shirt). Daniel Dancer will be coming back to show us the picture!
Please have your child wear his/her Art for the Sky t-shirt tomorrow (or a white shirt). Daniel Dancer will be coming back to show us the picture!
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Wednesday
What an amazing experience we had today! I can't wait to see the picture to find out how it turned out! I took lots of photos too so I'll try to post them at some point.
Mrs. Jones came in this morning to do a lesson with mental math. We also had Mrs. Pond come in to teach us about Chrome books. Now we can get into Google Docs and make documents to share with others. I'm excited about the possibilities!
Our day ended with Art for the Sky! All the children were very well behaved. It was a great day!
Mrs. Jones came in this morning to do a lesson with mental math. We also had Mrs. Pond come in to teach us about Chrome books. Now we can get into Google Docs and make documents to share with others. I'm excited about the possibilities!
Our day ended with Art for the Sky! All the children were very well behaved. It was a great day!
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Tuesday
Phew! We did a lot of things differently today! It started with an assembly with Daniel Dancer, our Art in the Sky artist. He showed us some of his other art and clued us into what we are doing TOMORROW! The Art for the Sky project is now TOMORROW due to the yucky weather predicted for Thursday. Have your child wear neutral colored pants tomorrow if possible.
In math, we learned how to regroup the tens for a hundred. We are successful with the blocks but making the leap from blocks to paper is where it is tricky. If you'd like to help your child at home with this process, that would be great.
In writing, we did Weekend News. This spilled over into our reading block as well. 5 new words were introduced today: children, should, would, think, and why. We will focus on digraphs this week (2 letters put together to make one sound).
In math, we learned how to regroup the tens for a hundred. We are successful with the blocks but making the leap from blocks to paper is where it is tricky. If you'd like to help your child at home with this process, that would be great.
In writing, we did Weekend News. This spilled over into our reading block as well. 5 new words were introduced today: children, should, would, think, and why. We will focus on digraphs this week (2 letters put together to make one sound).
Friday, October 10, 2014
Friday
We had a fire drill this afternoon. The children were very safe, respectful and responsible. We also went outside to do some science: a nature hunt. We found lots of good things in nature including things that weren't even on our checklists.
Mrs. Bohlman and Mrs. Marino came in today to introduce the Ladybug books. 2F is very excited about reading them. In math, we took our regrouping skills with addition to paper. We had a bit of time to catch up on the work in our table folders and we had a word work assessment.
Please remember that Art for the Sky is Thursday. The T-shirts that were ordered will be in on Wednesday after school so that your child can change into them on Thursday at school. Please have your child wear neutral colored pants on Thursday.
Have a fabulous long weekend!
Mrs. Bohlman and Mrs. Marino came in today to introduce the Ladybug books. 2F is very excited about reading them. In math, we took our regrouping skills with addition to paper. We had a bit of time to catch up on the work in our table folders and we had a word work assessment.
Please remember that Art for the Sky is Thursday. The T-shirts that were ordered will be in on Wednesday after school so that your child can change into them on Thursday at school. Please have your child wear neutral colored pants on Thursday.
Have a fabulous long weekend!
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Wednesday and Thursday
Apologies for not posting yesterday. I had to run out right after school and didn't get a chance.
The play Harry the Dirty Dog was fabulous! I hope your children thought so. It was a musical and had very funny parts in it as well. As I watched the children's reactions, it looked as though everyone was having a good time.
Yesterday, Mrs. Jones came in to do math with the hundreds boards. We also played a game called Make a Hundred. This got children used to trading or regrouping 10 ones for a ten and 10 tens for a hundred. We played that game again today in math.
Mrs. Marino (our librarian) came in with brand new books from the library. This was so fun to watch because the children were so excited! I love second graders' enthusiasm!
Mrs. Kleiner came in today for a quick lesson due to our pictures being taken. We did some work with words and sorting them into syllables on both days. Children have all read a Scholastic News about Columbus' ship the Santa Maria. We worked in our handwriting books today. I'm starting in the back of the book with number formation.
Don't forget to send in a white T-shirt with your child if he/she did not order one for Art in the Sky. They should be here by tomorrow. Thank you!
The play Harry the Dirty Dog was fabulous! I hope your children thought so. It was a musical and had very funny parts in it as well. As I watched the children's reactions, it looked as though everyone was having a good time.
Yesterday, Mrs. Jones came in to do math with the hundreds boards. We also played a game called Make a Hundred. This got children used to trading or regrouping 10 ones for a ten and 10 tens for a hundred. We played that game again today in math.
Mrs. Marino (our librarian) came in with brand new books from the library. This was so fun to watch because the children were so excited! I love second graders' enthusiasm!
Mrs. Kleiner came in today for a quick lesson due to our pictures being taken. We did some work with words and sorting them into syllables on both days. Children have all read a Scholastic News about Columbus' ship the Santa Maria. We worked in our handwriting books today. I'm starting in the back of the book with number formation.
Don't forget to send in a white T-shirt with your child if he/she did not order one for Art in the Sky. They should be here by tomorrow. Thank you!
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Tuesday
Once again, there is a lot going on in 2F! In math, we learned about regrouping today. I'm so impressed! We are starting small and will "kick it up a notch" as we are ready. It's always fun to watch as the light bulbs come on for each child. We also practiced writing our math problems on graph paper to practice lining them up.
In writing, we finished up Weekend News. We also read a book about verbs since we are talking about writing in complete sentences. In word work, we learned about closed syllables (consonant, vowel, consonant) where the vowel sound is a short vowel sound.
This afternoon, we read a book called Bedtime for Frances. We looked at identifying character traits of Frances and using proof from the book to support what we think.
Tomorrow is the field trip to Capitol Center for the Arts. Thursday is Picture Day.
In writing, we finished up Weekend News. We also read a book about verbs since we are talking about writing in complete sentences. In word work, we learned about closed syllables (consonant, vowel, consonant) where the vowel sound is a short vowel sound.
This afternoon, we read a book called Bedtime for Frances. We looked at identifying character traits of Frances and using proof from the book to support what we think.
Tomorrow is the field trip to Capitol Center for the Arts. Thursday is Picture Day.
Monday, October 6, 2014
Monday
Welcome to Jacob today! It was a fabulous day in 2F. We had Mrs. Maynard come in from the town library this morning. She read us some books and told us about some events happening in the library soon. She will come every other month. It's great to have her!
In math, we worked on word problems. Students learned how to line up 3 digit math problems with the ones places lined up, the tens place lined up and the hundreds lined up. Then we applied that to the word problems. Tomorrow we tackle regrouping!
We had computer lab today! We learned how to log into the computer and how to make Google Chrome our default browser. Also, we bookmarked Tumblebooks - a site we will use during Guided Reading time in the near future. (Also one of the reasons we have headphones)
In writing, we learned about what details are in our own writing. Students were able to talk together about their Weekend News before writing. Oral rehearsal is so important when writing pieces.
We learned our new word wall words today and did an activity called: If You Know How to Spell....
This afternoon, students book shopped, did Scholastic News and Read to Themselves while reading groups were happening. I ended with reading a version of Cinderella. We will do more with these stories in the future.
In math, we worked on word problems. Students learned how to line up 3 digit math problems with the ones places lined up, the tens place lined up and the hundreds lined up. Then we applied that to the word problems. Tomorrow we tackle regrouping!
We had computer lab today! We learned how to log into the computer and how to make Google Chrome our default browser. Also, we bookmarked Tumblebooks - a site we will use during Guided Reading time in the near future. (Also one of the reasons we have headphones)
In writing, we learned about what details are in our own writing. Students were able to talk together about their Weekend News before writing. Oral rehearsal is so important when writing pieces.
We learned our new word wall words today and did an activity called: If You Know How to Spell....
This afternoon, students book shopped, did Scholastic News and Read to Themselves while reading groups were happening. I ended with reading a version of Cinderella. We will do more with these stories in the future.
Saturday, October 4, 2014
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Friday, October 3, 2014
Friday
We had a fabulous Friday today! There was a lot happening today. We met our new student, Jacob, who starts on Monday. He got to go out with us to snack recess and have morning meeting with us. We welcome him on Monday as part of our classroom community!
In math today, we did more work with addition of 3 digit numbers. We had a lot of Ketchup time to finish up work in our Table Folders. For word work, we did a sentence dictation assessment on the short vowel words we've been working on.
This afternoon, we became trees by making our vests and headbands of leaves. We went outside to take a picture of us with the tree we draw! It was very fun! We also used our "whisper-ma-phones" as part of read to self and fluency folder work.
Have a great weekend!
Reminders for next week:
Wednesday is our field trip to the Capital Center for the Arts to see Harry the Dirty Dog
Thursday is Picture Day
In math today, we did more work with addition of 3 digit numbers. We had a lot of Ketchup time to finish up work in our Table Folders. For word work, we did a sentence dictation assessment on the short vowel words we've been working on.
This afternoon, we became trees by making our vests and headbands of leaves. We went outside to take a picture of us with the tree we draw! It was very fun! We also used our "whisper-ma-phones" as part of read to self and fluency folder work.
Have a great weekend!
Reminders for next week:
Wednesday is our field trip to the Capital Center for the Arts to see Harry the Dirty Dog
Thursday is Picture Day
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Thursday
In math today, we added 3 digit numbers together - very exciting! We have not tackled regrouping yet. That is coming! We will continue to strengthen our make a ten strategy too.
After art, snack, and morning meeting, Mrs. Kleiner came in for Second Step. We then, had writing workshop where we wrote a story about one of the special places on our maps. Writing share took us to lunch and recess. This afternoon, we read aloud and then did guided reading groups. Children worked on their spelling words by writing them in rainbow colors. They also worked on their fluency folders or read to themselves. At the end of the day, we went outside to do tree rubbings and leaf rubbings. Tomorrow we become trees!
Please remember the Art for the Sky permission slips as soon as possible. Thank you!
After art, snack, and morning meeting, Mrs. Kleiner came in for Second Step. We then, had writing workshop where we wrote a story about one of the special places on our maps. Writing share took us to lunch and recess. This afternoon, we read aloud and then did guided reading groups. Children worked on their spelling words by writing them in rainbow colors. They also worked on their fluency folders or read to themselves. At the end of the day, we went outside to do tree rubbings and leaf rubbings. Tomorrow we become trees!
Please remember the Art for the Sky permission slips as soon as possible. Thank you!
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Wednesday
It was a busy rainy day in 2F! We had the 3B's parade. I have photos! Perhaps I can load them this weekend along with the I Pick Rap. This time we were able to get everyone in it and it is fabulous.
We had Mrs. Jones come in today for math. She did more work with the hundreds board. We did some puzzles too. We are working on Making a Ten as a strategy still. Yesterday, we did this with tens frames and number bonds. Today we transferred this to number bonds and a worksheet.
In writing, we read a book called All the Places to Love a wonderful story. Then we drew maps of special places in our lives. Tomorrow, we will write about these places for writing workshop.
In word work, we worked with short vowel sounds. Some students made some words with short vowels. Others worked with passages that contained short vowel words.
We read a poem about September that I've been meaning to get to all week! It mentioned thistledown and goldenrod as well as other great vocabulary like harvesting and reluctantly.
We had Mrs. Jones come in today for math. She did more work with the hundreds board. We did some puzzles too. We are working on Making a Ten as a strategy still. Yesterday, we did this with tens frames and number bonds. Today we transferred this to number bonds and a worksheet.
In writing, we read a book called All the Places to Love a wonderful story. Then we drew maps of special places in our lives. Tomorrow, we will write about these places for writing workshop.
In word work, we worked with short vowel sounds. Some students made some words with short vowels. Others worked with passages that contained short vowel words.
We read a poem about September that I've been meaning to get to all week! It mentioned thistledown and goldenrod as well as other great vocabulary like harvesting and reluctantly.
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