Place Value to 1,000

We've been learning about place value. The students have been using the hundreds, tens and ones blocks to model numbers to 999. Today, we learned about expanded form:  200+30+5= 235

I didn't send homework over our Thanksgiving break, however, a few students insisted they wanted to take it home. It's not really due until December 2nd.

Nominating Books

The students have been writing their opinions about books and characters. Last week they started writing a book nomination with proof from the text. Today the students shared their nominations with the judges in our class and decided which award was earned. 

Flat Stanley

We read the book Flat Stanley and decided to send our own Flat Stanley's on a little vacation so we can learn more about different cities, states, and countries. We've been learning about landforms and regions and we're hoping our Flat Stanley's visit some interesting places.

Blue Ribbon Celebration

We celebrated our Blue Ribbon School honor with lots of fun on Friday. The students loved their new shirts and we wore them with pride. After our whole school photo, we had a little Read In. The students went on a scavenger hint in the afternoon. We ended the day writing about why we earned the award and enjoyed a blue ribbon candy stick.  Yum!

Dressed For Success

It was exciting to see all the future jobs my students will have one day. I'm so glad there are future teachers, doctors, nurses, zoo keepers, surveyors, police officers, lab workers and geologists. I can't wait to see the talented athletes and performers. I look forward to eating some of the yummy food the bakers will make! It was fun seeing the future of all my talented students!

Math Test on Friday

We've been reviewing and getting ready for the math test tomorrow. The students will be expected to subtract two digit numbers and solve word problems too. They were excited to use our Activotes to review!

Landforms

The students have been learning about different landforms. They made a book to show the different landforms.

Continent Map

The students have been learning about the 7 continents. We sang the "7 Continent" song and made our maps. Check out a few!

Sing this song to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.

Checking Subtraction

The students have learned how to check subtraction with addition. The students love using their dry erase boards to practice.

Sharing Our Opinions

The students have been writing letters about books and characters. The students have been writing their opinions and they enjoyed sharing their letters with their partners.

Music Program

Check out the schedule for the music program this Sunday. 

Two Digit Subtraction

We've been working on subtracting two digit numbers with regrouping. The students are working hard and doing great. We started out using the unifix cubes to model regrouping and now the students are able to subtract without the unifix cubes. Check out your child's graded math papers as they might need a little more practice this weekend.

Writing About Books!

The students have been writing letters about books. We've been reading, writing and talking about book characters. Mercy Watson is just one of the funny characters we've been talking about the past few days. We think Mercy is a funny pig because he has his own bed, in his own room. Mercy loves buttered toast too. Students have been telling their opinion about different book character and why they have that opinion. It's fun reading all the letters and learning more about good books. 

Happy Halloween!

We sure had fun seeing everyone in their costumes!

The Second grade team of "Super Heroes" - Reading is our super power!

Subtraction Fun

On Thursday, the students had fun playing a math game. They rolled two dice and subtracted the smaller number from the larger number to find the difference. Then they colored the difference on their pumpkin. Lots of fun practicing fact fluency.