2nd 9 Weeks!

Wow!! We have completed our first nine weeks of school! It was very busy, but a TON of fun.  Between now and Winter Break we will cover many new topics. In History we will begin a 2 1/2 week unit on China and Egypt. We will follow up with a unit about Native Americans. Before we leave for break we will wrap up the 9 weeks with a unit on Magnets in Science.
In Math we are starting a unit on Place Value, Estimation, and comparing numbers.  We will then transition into using graphs to interpret data!
I hope you are just as excited to see what we put together and post on the blog for these topics!

Weather People

We have been studying weather in Science. Today we wrote and recorded a weather report. Here is a couple of our "Weather People" hard at work.

The Tragic Tale of Rascal the Ice Cube

This is the Tragic Tale of an Ice Cube named Rascal. Today our class wrote a story as a whole group about what happened to our "solid friend" Rascal!  After we wrote the story, we buddied up and illustrated each part.  We created a Photo Story using our illustrations, and reading each part as the drama unfolds!

Enjoy the journey through the states of matter!

Brought to you by the P People of 2nd grade!

Doubles Facts

In math we are working on our doubles addition facts! Today we illustrated and shared the pages in our Doubles Class Book. We worked in pairs to create an illustration to go with the 'fact rhyme.'  Here is what we came up with! Enjoy!!!

What is an American Citizen?

In our study of American citizens we learned that America is called the 'Melting Pot' because people emigrated here from all over the world.  Our discussion led us to the fact that Americans are all different. I had two students "Define" an American citizen and here is what they had to say!

american citizens are all  diffrent.

we live in diffrint homes.

we eat diffrent food.

we have diffrent hair.

we have diffrent close.

we have diffrent bookbag.

we have diffrent dogs.

people are diffrent colors.

some people are brown and peach.

Our Blogger hard at work typing up his definition!

American Citizen Quilt depicting each of our families, decorated with red, white, and blue!

                                                                                   Some of my "Good Citizens" waiting patiently

Voting

Today we made the ultimate decision- Skittles or Starbursts! I know, I know- it was tough! In our voting activity we made a choice between the two candies. Majority rules, and Skittles won!  We then had to vote on what to do with the bag of Starbursts. After a class discussion, we decided to give them to another 2nd grade classroom. With another vote in order, Mrs. L's class won! We presented them with their bag of candy and came back to class to review the rules of voting. Below are rules brought to you by MB and KC- in their own words!

Rules of Voting

you  have to be a good citesen.

you dont tell your friends who to vote for.

you  dont always win.

 you vote on a ballot.

Starburst!

Skittles please!

Skittles again!!

That's another vote for Skittles!

Typing up the rules- after a rough draft

Finishing touches on the blog!

History Vocabulary

In history we are working on understanding citizenship. This unit has some pretty heavy vocabulary. To help us learn the words, we made vocabulary posters in groups of 3 today. Here are what some of our "P People" have to say about the terms- citizenship, trustworthiness, respect, honesty, self-discipline, self-reliance, responsibility.

Trustworthiness

Self-Discipline

  

Respect

Self-Reliance