2nd Grade
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Here is what we've been up to in class! Reading In our fiction unit, we have focused on the genre of folktales and have read many folktales from around the world. In class we are working on...
Writing We are taking what we have learned about opinion paragraph writing, and now writing descriptive paragraphs for their Maker Mall product. The kids are learning about...
Science In the photos above, you will see the kids constructing their Monsters for our monster design challenge. The students had a list of criteria from a “Lots o’ Laughs Toy Company” looking to expand their monster toy line. Here is the criteria the students had to follow: They also needed to “buy” their materials, so they had to create a budget for their monster as well. Finally, they presented their monster with their partner and the class voted on the monster they thought would be the best for the new monster collection. We had a lot of fun creating our monsters! Social Studies In social studies, we have continued to learn about community and how communities around the world meet the needs of their citizens. Here is what the kids are learning…
Math Last week, we continued working on different units of measurement (inches, feet and yards). We focused on solving multi step addition and subtraction story problems involving measurement. Some of us were even ready to solve story problems asking to convert the answers from inches to feet or yards! Finally, we finished our measurement unit with a Unit assessment. I will share these unit assessments at conferences in the next few weeks. Next week we will start learning about money and coins! Visiting our Buddy Preschool!Colter Pride at Axis!Upcoming Dates
Here is what we've been up to in class! Reading In our new reading unit, we are focusing on culture, community and reading fictional stories. The kids have learned about...
Writing We have been writing lots of opinion paragraphs! The kids have worked hard on…
Social Studies/Science The students seem VERY excited about our Marker Mall unit! It is fun hearing about all of their product ideas! Last week, we worked on the science portion of this unit focusing on properties of materials. We completed an investigation called “The Great Show Slide”. In this investigation, the students were thinking about the materials their shoes are made of and what type of shoe would help a person not slide on a slippery surface. We also began a fun partner project where the students are creating a “monster” for a fake toy company. They need to plan and design a monster to fit a criteria the toy company has given them. On Monday/Tuesday, the students will construct their monster and will present their toy to the class. If your child has not decided on what he/she will create for the maker mall, please help them plan out a few ideas this coming week. We will start creating descriptions for their product the week of Feb 11th. Math In math we have began Unit 4 focusing on measurement. Students have learned about…
Discuss or find different items to measure around the house. Talk about what tool you could use to measure these items, and how to convert feet to inches or yards to feet. |