Building Stamina and Making Connections

The students have been working hard during our reading time each day.  They're working on building their reading stamina.  That means reading without getting up or talking to the person next to them.  We've been graphing our stamina and our goal was to reach at least 20 minutes of uninterrupted reading time.  Although we've had our ups and downs this week, we hit that goal on Thursday.
We've also been working on "making meaningful connections" while reading.  On Thursday and Friday, Mrs. Carroll joined us at reading time while the students were writing connections.  We will be starting reading groups on Tuesday.  I'll be meeting with 4 reading groups and Mrs. Carroll will be meeting with the other 2 groups.

Math News

The chapter 1 math tests will be coming home tomorrow.  We've already started chapter 2 and  we're learning about number patterns.  The students are counting forward and backward and skip-counting on a hundreds chart.  The students will be reviewing odd and even numbers and learning about number patterns.  This chapter moves quickly and we'll review next Thursday and have a math test on Friday, September 6th.

Cities and Suburbs

The students are learning about cities and suburbs. They also learned that a city is an urban area.  We've talked about what makes them alike and different.  We drew a little map yesterday showing our city St. Louis and our suburbs.  Check out a few of our maps.

Writer's Workshop

The students have been writing, writing and writing as they learn the routines for our Writer's Workshop. The students have writing partners and they have a chance to talk about their ideas before writing and, they share their writing with their partners too. We are building stamina in writing. Check out our writers hard at work today.

Social Studies

We've been talking about groups we belong to like our family and class. The students drew pictures of their different groups. We talked about the leaders of different groups and why groups have rules. Check out their pictures.

Math News

Tue students have been working hard as they learn about numbers to 100. We used the Activotes this week and the students loved sending their answers to me. We've been working on different ways to show numbers. The students have been showing the value of numbers, reviewing addition facts and putting together place value puzzles at the different math stations. We will finish this chapter on Monday and review on Tuesday. The Chapter 1 test will be on Wednesday, August 28th.

QR Codes

The students enjoyed using the iPads and the QR codes. I have several groups of QR codes that go with some of the things we're learning in class. The students use the QR reader to scan the code and it takes them to some educational YouTube videos that go with our learning objectives.

Our Second Grade Class Video

We've been working hard each day!  Check out our movie:  Our Second Grade Class Video

Math About Me

The students figured out some math related to them. They counted and made number sentences. It sure was fun. Check out our math people!

Off to a Great Start

I enjoyed getting to know my class better the past two days. The students had a chance to find other students who like some of the same things that they like. Your children are adorable!  Check out a few of our "This is Me" pages.  You can see the rest on Wednesday at Curriculum Night.

Place Value

We're learning about numbers to 100. We started filling in our hundreds chart. When students placed their number on the chart, they had to explain why they thought their number fit in that particular spot.  Ask your child what number they put on the chart yesterday.

First Day - A Recipe for Success

We had a great day today. We worked together and created our class rules. We talked about the recipe for success in 2nd grade and then actually made the recipe. Yum!

Fun at Meet the Teacher

I enjoyed talking with all my new students and their families. I'm one lucky teacher to have a class full of great students. Check out our family pictures.