A BIG thank you to all the 2nd graders and their families for making the season spirited! All the little gifts I received were great and seeing the kids express generosity was the best gift of all. Happy Holidays!
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Holiday Fun!
The second grade craft workshop.
Making gifts to give at Woodridge Nursing Home.
Getting ready to sing at Woodridge.
Enjoying some time outside after returning from Woodridge.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013
Newsletter
Second Grade News December
6, 2013
Things to Note:
*Our first Fun Fitness Friday (FFF) is
January 10, 2013. Please be sure to return paperwork pertaining to FFF to
school ASAP J
*No Homework packets for the month of
December. Students are still asked to
keep track of their reading at home though.
Science: Our Hands
on Nature lesson had students thinking about Logs and Snag. Students were able to dissect a log and find
things that live there. The second
graders really enjoyed getting their hands dirty! Students have been learning about friction,
gravity, force, and all things motion by reading and conducting experiments. Second graders are learning how to write
detailed lab reports just like scientists.
Math: Second graders
have been getting accustomed to a math block that begins with a mini lesson and
then has students moving into centers that they rotate through. The kids have told me they “LOVE” it and I’m
hoping that continues. We have looked
closely at place value and have used that understanding as the starting point
for our introduction to adding two digit numbers as well as review of skip
counting. We have also continued to
discuss being efficient when solving problems and how to use what we know to
help us solve what we don’t. Second
graders have become very skilled at talking about how they solve problems and
proving it to others!
Word Study: Students continue to explore the difference
between long vowels and short vowel s.
Second graders have learned a handful of new games to help them practice
their sort words and have had fun studying and learning. We have also had fun having a few choice
days where students decide how they would like to work with their sort words;
some second grade favorites include, shaving cream words, spelling battleship,
dough words, and rainbow writing just to name a few.
Literacy: Second
graders have been working hard in their reading groups. Students have been learning how to use prior
knowledge to make more meaning when they are reading and are beginning to
explore what it means to infer. What
they don’t know is that they have already been doing this all along! We are now working to label those skills and
use them more intentionally when reading.
Have a great week – Mrs. Raynor
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Hands on Nature: Snags & Logs
2nd graders enjoyed a hands on nature lesson today.
The time machine that changed our log.
Making the time machine work.
"Look what I found!"
What can we find in this old log?
A spider!
A root!
A snail shell!
Monday, November 25, 2013
Time around the Room
Students hunted around the room for 17 different clocks.
So clocks were tricky to read because they had second hands.
2nd graders are becoming very skilled at reading analog clocks!
Our Friday
Our Thankful Tree
Enjoying a science experiment
How much force will it take to move an object from it's resting place?
Come in to school and see all the things second graders are thankful for.
Sharing our writing with the 1st graders and listening to what they have written. Ask a second grader about the other experiment we did on force in the gym it was such fun!
Our Friday
Our Thankful Tree
Enjoying a science experiment
How much force will it take to move an object from it's resting place?
Come in to school and see all the things second graders are thankful for.
Sharing our writing with the 1st graders and listening to what they have written. Ask a second grader about the other experiment we did on force in the gym it was such fun!
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