Peek At The Week

Brrrr! It's so cold, but winter is officially coming next week! We have been working hard on many tasks!

Here are some things we did this week!

In Math:

• Solved 1 and 2 step problems
• Completed Daily Math Review work
• Explained whether we agreed or disagreed with someone's math solving skills
• Did our review/reteaching/game page with a perky partner

 

In Fundations:

• Began Unit 7 on open syllables and reviewed all the syllable types
• Learned the word shy
• Practiced words using white boards
• Played Desk Pop to practice spelling and syllable marking

My reading class in finishing DRAs and my group read Wonderful Winter. We worked on comparing the main character to ourselves, took a quiz, and wrote a summary together.

In Science:

• Started learning about reptiles and the 4 main groups are turtles, crocodilians, lizards and snakes
• Made a folder and did a sorting acitivity

In Writing and Social Studies:

• Finalizing our individual biography reports after doing research with books and websites on the iPads.

We met with our 5th grade buddies today and learned a new game.

It is fun and the second grade won! :)

Stay warm!

One more week until winter vacation!

-Mrs. Farrand :)

Peek At The Week

It's December! How did that happen? It was so nice speaking with all of the parents about how their children are doing. My students are so kind and such hard workers. It makes me love coming to work each day!

Here are some things we have been working on:

In Math:

• Began Unit 5 using subtraction strategies
• Used the hundred chart to solve problems
• Used the open number line to subtract tens
• Used the open number line to subtract tens and ones
• Practiced ST Math

In Fundations and Reading:

• Practiced our unit 6 trick words using gel boards
• Learned about -ive suffix and exception to the rule
• Practiced a check up in our composition book
• Played Desk Pop to practice spelling words
• Worked on summarizing stories in our own words

In Writing:

• Worked on the final product for our class book on Abraham Lincoln. They did an amazing job!

*The students will begin individual projects next week.

In Social Studies:

• Read about The Pilgrims and watched a short video
• Read with our 5th grade buddies 

Have a nice weekend! 

-Mrs. Farrand :)