A Busy Week in Second Grade!

Here are some of the highlights of the week in Rooms 3 and 9:
*Completing our Classroom Agreements
*Learning a new math game called Math Whiz
*Working on math fact fluency with Fun Facts
*Starting our visualizing journals
*Illustrating our Summer stories
*Doing a penny experiment in Science
and...We survived our first week of second grade homework :)

Second Grade Math Games

Room 3 and Room 9 have been getting together on Tuesdays and Thursdays to play math games together. This week we added a new game called MATH WHIZ into the mix. The students are really enjoying using their math skills and developing strategies to play the games.

Second Grade News from Todd

In PE we have worked on listening, safety, and good sportsmanship. We have practiced tagging safely, moving quickly without bumping into others, various balances, agility movements and loco-motor movements. Additionally, we have played various recreation and cooperative games in which working together, following the rules of the game and being honest are emphasized. We will continue to work on listening, safety and good sportsmanship while we begin our soccer unit. For soccer we will work on dribbling, passing, shooting, and game strategies.

We Met Our Classroom Connection Buddies!

This afternoon we had our first get-together with Lisa B.'s Kindergarten class.  The second graders read to them and taught them how to play the Poison Apple game.  

Why We Love Finish Up Friday!!

Remember to ask your child about:

• The Summer Vacation Stories
• The Poison Apple Game
• Friendship Moves and Friendship Blocks
• Reading Wayside School
  

Poison Apple Game

The students learned a new strategy game today called the poison apple game.  The goal is not to be stuck with the "poison apple".

How Did I Get My Name? (Room 9)

In Room 9 we read the story Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. As we discussed the book, we started making personal connections to the book about our own names. We also made a connection with our summer reading book Gooney Bird Greene and how Gooney Bird got her name. We thought it would be fun to learn the story of our own names. Many of the students in Room 9 don't know how they got their name. Talk with your child about how and why you decided to give your child his or her name. Does the name have a special meaning? We will be recording our stories this week in school!

Busy Monday in Room 3

The students came back from the weekend rested and ready to start working! They wrote their first Weekend Story of the year and shared lots of details with the class. We also started class jobs today, which will be changed on a weekly basis. Some of the jobs are Date Keeper, Number Cruncher, and Personal Assistant. I began a class read-aloud with the book Sideways Stories from Wayside School. I bet the students are happy not to have a teacher like Mrs. Gorf!

My Favorite Part of the Week...

Spanish--M.C.

P.E.--R.P.

Math--D.L.

Chasing the boys--M.U.

Finding all the worms--M.M.

When we cleaned up the playground--L.M.

When we switched rooms and played math games--A.B.

A Super First Week of Second Grade!

We started some daily routines such as Morning Meeting, reading the morning message, and answering Geography questions of the day.

In math we worked on developing strategies by playing a few strategy based games.  The Balance game was a favorite (see the video below)!  We also practiced doing "math drawings" to represent numbers.

After sharing the story How I Spent My Summer Vacation?, by Mark Teague, the students started planning and writing their own Summer stories.

What a great looking group!

We had a great first day of second grade! 

Here are some of the highlights of our day:

• Catching up with old friends and meeting new ones
  
• Starting our Geography Question of the Day
  
• Writing about our happiest moment
  
• Hearing the story How I Spent My Summer Vacation?
  
• Brainstorming ideas for Summer stories
  
• Playing the math game Balance
  

Thank you so much for your generous donations of classroom supplies!!!