Erosion!

Today we created an erosion wordle. We listed erosion words. Then we typed it in a list. Next we picked out the colors.

Famous Americans Project

We have been working everyday learning and discussing our famous Americans.  Throughout our journey we have met some pretty amazing people.  As we learned about these folks, we added them to our interactive notebooks, and created a biography.  The project below showcases some of our best illustrations and creative thoughts on these important people.

Enjoy!

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January 2012

Welcome to the new year! We are working on learning about how our community changes over time. We have discussed transportation and population. 
In math we continue to work on place value, rounding numbers, equalities, and inequalities. We will next tackle probability before moving on to addition and subtracting with regrouping.

Please continue to read nightly with your child!

Homework for December 5th!

People make economic choices.  If you had 2.00 and  you had to choose between a 1.50 ice cream or an 1.75 toy, which would you choose?	Read the 1st sentence of a book. Stop and make a prediction about the rest of the book. After you are done, check you prediction. Where you correct?	Make flashcards for this week’s sight words.  Practice flashing them with an adult.	Creative Writing: OH NO!! Santa’s reindeer have caught a cold. Write a story about how Santa found new helpers to pull his sleigh. +3	List 6 different types of Human Resources, and atleast 1 capital resource each needs.
Read a story with a grown up.  What book did you read? Before you read make 1 prediction about what will happen. After reading the book, check to see was your prediction correct?	Cut and sort your word study for the week. After you sort, read your words out loud twice. Keep in a safe place to practice for your test.	Sort your word study words and write them 1 time.  Read them three times.	Skip count by 2’s to 100 with an adult- everyday this week J	Read a book with a grown up. What book did you read? What did it make you think about, or remind you of?
Have your parents give you a handful of coins to sort. Sort them into different piles of coins. What list each coin and how many of each you have.	Look out your kitchen window and list 5 natural resources you see.	START HERE Cut, sort and read your word study words	Sort your Word Study Words and glue them down onto paper.  Read through them 2 times.	Write your sight words in crazy colors. Read them 3 times.
Practice skip counting by 10’s, 5’s, and 2’s starting at different locations. 90, 80, 70…. 65, 70, 75…. 22, 24, 26, 28….	Write your sight words in ABC order. Read through them 3 times	Fill in the missing numbers. 25, 30, ____, ______, 45 10, 12, _______, _________, 18 7, 9, ______, __________, 15	Fold a piece of paper in ½ and write the following definitions on opposite sides. Illustrate the actions * barter: The exchange of goods and services without the use of money • money: Coins, paper bills, and checks used in exchange for goods and services	Read a story. Write 2 or more sentences telling me the characters and setting.  What was the problem in the story?
Have a grown up call out your Word Study Words.  Write them down like you are taking a spelling test.  Sort your words and check to see how you did!	Use your sight words in 5 sentences. Underline your sight word in each one. Find the ACTION WORD and circle it. Find the noun (person, place or thing) and put a box around it.	Use the following definitions to make lists of people/ items under the heading of Producer and Consumer. • consumer: A person who uses goods and services • producer: A person who uses resources to make goods and/or provide services	Find a family member to read with.  What book did you read? Where did the book take place? Who were the characters?	Read through your list of sight words! Use 5 of them in silly nonsense sentences. Circle each sight word.

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Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Here are some November fun pictures from our Pizza Party!! Students earned a pizza party for completing homework every week, during the first nine week!! Good Job everyone!!!

November

Happy November! We have gotten in the swing of our new space so quickly. Currently we are working on shapes, solids, and symmetry.  We are getting ready to jump right back into the review of place value and comparing numbers.
In history we are a week into our Native American unit. Check out the pictures of us writing on "Buffalo skin" like the Lakota Indians, of the Great Plains.

October News

Welcome to October. We are working on simple addition and subtraction facts. Please practice these at home- making flashcards is a great way to help your child remember them. We also have reading groups rolling! We have seen great growth and progress in these last couple of weeks.  In science we are in the middle of a weather unit. Please help your child by holding conversations about the characteristics of the day's weather. What types of activities can you do in weather like today? What should we wear?  Most importantly, what do you predict the weather will be like tomorrow?  In light of recent events, please make sure your child is dressed for the day's weather when they come to school. 

Please continue to send in homework on Monday's. There is no homework grade, however I am keeping record of completion.  Homework is an excellent way to teach your child to carve out special time at home to rethink the day's lessons. It is important to begin working on home study skills early, to instill good practice for later in their education. 

I look forward to seeing everyone at back to school night in the upcoming week. 

Welcome Back Students!

Welcome back kiddos and parents. I am beyond excited to meet each of you at back to school night, or on the 1st day of school.  As the first day of school approaches please start to get into your new routine.  I know I have to make myself get up extra early, and eat a big breakfast! Below is a list of ideas to consider to help make the transition into a new school year a bit easier for you and your child.

* Start getting to bed a bit earlier, and thus wake up a bit earlier too!

* Prepare for the next day before hitting the sack! Did you pick out your clothes? Pack your lunch and snack?

*Homework will not be coming home for a few weeks, but set aside 20 minutes each night to read. This will help prepare everyone for the nights when you will have to sit down and do homework.

*Have multiple chats about how your child will get to and from school each day, especially the first day. This can cause anxiety in children.  If they worry about forgetting, send in a note to help them remember. 

*Ask your child what their favorite part of 1st grade was, or flip through a yearbook remembering old friends. Reflecting on the fun they had last year will help get them excited for what's in store this year!

I look forward to meeting everyone soon! Feel free to email me with questions or concerns at secondgradesnapshot@gmail.com  or my school email, listed on the school website. 

All information regarding location of our school and county is to be kept personal on the blog, for the safety of students and teachers!

~Mrs. P

Habitat Video

Here is a look at our latest creation! We created a habitat video to use as review.  Enjoy!

February

With Valentine's Day quickly approaching, if feels like Winter Break was just a few days ago. I guess with the snow, we didn't have a chance to get quite back into our routine until last week. I hope everyone is working on their homework.  I am pleased to say we have our very own student teacher. We are all her Guinea pigs, and she is doing a great job working with the students each day. Ms. P2 is here for a few more weeks! I will post next week's homework, and send home the schedule for upcoming Parent Teacher Conferences tomorrow!

Homework

Here is the homework for the upcoming week. We are reviewing the 1st semester materials for our mid year assessments, which are underway!

We are responsible citizens in 2nd grade. We take responsibility for our actions. Draw a picture of you being responsible- what are you doing in the picture? Write 3 sentences about your picture, and your responsible choices.	We live in the Region where the  Eastern Woodland Native American lived.  Do a brain dump on transportation, food, and housing.	Make flashcards for this week’s sight words.  Practice flashing them with an adult.	Write the steps to make hot chocolate: Use sequencing words- first, then, next, last	Write the fact families for the following equations: 3+4=7 6+7=13
Read a story with a grown up.  What book did you read? Before you read make 1 prediction about what will happen. After reading the book, check to see was your prediction correct?	Cut and sort your word study for the week. After you sort, read your words out loud twice. Keep in a safe place to practice for your test.	Sort your word study words and write them 1 time.  Read them three times.	Label the 3 American Indian tribes and list different foods they ate.	Read a book with a grown up. What book did you read? What did it make you think about, or remind you of?
Round the following numbers to the nearest 10. 32 67 45 12	Review your study guides (that have been passed out) Practice locating and naming the continents and oceans.	START HERE Cut, sort and read your word study words	Sort your Word Study Words and glue them down onto paper.  Read through them 2 times.	Write your sight words in crazy colors. Read them 3 times.
Read a book and  write a connection you made; Text to myself, text to my world, text to text. Write what it made you think about.	Write your sight words in ABC order. Read through them 3 times	Make a T chart and review the contributions of Ancient China and Ancient Egypt.	Be a number detective and find the missing numbers. Don’t forget your number line: ? + 4= 9 ? +12= 20	Read a story. Write 2 or more sentences telling me the characters and setting.  What was the problem in the story?
Have a grown up call out your Word Study Words.  Write them down like you are taking a spelling test.  Sort your words and check to see how you did!	Use your sight words in 5 sentences. Underline your sight word in each one. Find the ACTION WORD and circle it. Find the noun (person, place or thing) and put a box around it.	Write the following numbers. Circle the number in the Hundreds place, and box in the number in the tens place. 435,  231,  789,  700,	Find a family member to read with.  What book did you read? Where did the book take place? Who were the characters?	Read through your list of sight words! Use 5 of them in silly nonsense sentences. Circle each sight

This weeks sight words are:
which
there
would
about
other
something
people
number
they
over

3 weeks!

Hello Families,
We have 3 weeks until we get another break. Between now and then we will administer mid year assessments in history, science, and math.  Please review the study guides sent home on all topics covered thus far.  I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and is ready for these 3 weeks to fly by!

Take care,
Mrs. P

update- Sight words

Here are this week's sight words.

show

another

answer

nurse

computer

three

through

end

around

should

Homework

This week is a modified homework schedule. BINGO will come home on Friday, for next week.
Below is teh plan for this week!

Modified Homework for the week of 11/29/10

Due to the Thanksgiving Break, homework did not come home on Friday. As a result, this week we will have a modified homework policy. Please return to school by Friday, December 3^rd. New homework will come home in the BINGO format on Friday.

Each night please read 15-20 minutes with your child.

Monday- Cut and Sort your word study words. After sorting read them to a grown up.

Tuesday- Use your sight words to write 5 different sentences. Make sure to underline your sight word.

Wednesday- extend the following patterns

a b a bb a bbb a bbbb

2, 4, 6, 8,

red, yellow, blue, red red, yellow, blue, red red red, yellow, blue

Thursday- Glue your word study words down and review for spelling tests.  Practice reading your sight words

Homework is due on Friday J

Homework 11/19/10

No homework next week! Have a great Thanksgiving!!!!

Grandparent's Day!

Tuesday was Grandparent's Day here at school! In celebration our fabulous team in the office put together a spectacular event.  There were treats, coffee, pictures, singing, visits, and warmth spread throughout the building. We had the treat of being joined by some of our Grandparents! Here are some pictures that captured part of the visit! We hope the grandparents that joined us had a great time too.

Homework

Homework will come home on Monday.  We had a hairy afternoon full of Interims, Spirit Shirts, and Sharing bags! 
I am posting homework  and sight words, if you would like to get a jump on some of the activities. If you need extra time to complete homework, let me know and we can work something out!

Have a great weekend!

Homework for November 5th

Happy Friday! This week's homework will be coming home today! Have a great weekend!

 

A contribution is a gift or something that is done for others. What contribution do you make to our classroom? Is it your kindness, smile, helpfulness...?	We are collecting fall items as a project this week. Write a clue about 1 of your items and see if a family member can guess your item! Use lots of describing words.	Make flashcards for this week’s sight words.  Practice flashing them with an adult.	Creative Writing: All of the leaves turned colors when _____	Architecture – are things that are built in a community! Be your own architect and design (illustrate) a building.  Label it with words or phrases to help you remember the definition
Read a story with a grown up.  What book did you read? Before you read make 1 prediction about what will happen. After reading the book, check to see was your prediction correct?	Cut and sort your word study for the week. After you sort, read your words out loud twice. Keep in a safe place to practice for your test.	Sort your word study words and write them 1 time.  Read them three times.	Answer the following subtraction facts: 20-9= 12-3= 17-7= 18-2=	Read a book with a grown up. What book did you read? What did it make you think about, or remind you of?
SCIENCE REVIEW: Write the 3 states of matter and illustrate them. Illustrate what needs to change (hint: on a thermometer) in order to change the states!	Solve the following word problem- use illustrations and words to show how you came up with your answer! 27 students were at lunch, 8 friends joined in. How many friends are eating together?	START HERE Cut, sort and read your word study words	Sort your Word Study Words and glue them down onto paper.  Read through them 2 times.	Write your sight words in crazy colors. Read them 3 times.
Draw a circle and write the word happy in the middle. Have a grown up help you brainstorm synonyms for the word- and write and illustrate the synonyms around it.	Write your sight words in ABC order. Read through them 3 times	Synonyms are words with similar meanings, antonyms are opposites. Write and illustrate antonyms for these words: nice, up, big, in, on	We’re back to addition and subtraction! Make and practice your flash cards for 10’s and doubles facts.   Practice them with a timer! See how fast you can get with your facts!	Read a story. Write 2 or more sentences telling me the characters and setting.  What was the problem in the story?
Have a grown up call out your Word Study Words.  Write them down like you are taking a spelling test.  Sort your words and check to see how you did!	Use your sight words in 5 sentences. Underline your sight word in each one. Find the ACTION WORD and circle it. Find the noun (person, place or thing) and put a box around it.	Climate is the type of weather that happens most in an area. Illustrate the climate we see in Virginia- hint it changes 4 times a year! Write your kid friendly definition of climate on your illustration.	Find a family member to read with.  What book did you read? Where did the book take place? Who were the characters?	Read through your list of sight words! Use 5 of them in silly nonsense sentences. Circle each sight word.

Your sight words are:
mother
answer
study
still
learn
should
America
world
high