Sept. 15-19, 2014

This past week in 2nd Grade we learned how to email.  The students are able to email me on their iPads and I can respond back to them.  We also worked on a new app called Chatter Kids.  In reading we read the nonfiction story Meet Rosina which is a story about a girl who is deaf.  The students then used the app Chatter Kids to take a picture of Rosina from the text and could make her mouth move while they recorded their own voices retelling the main idea/key details from the story.  This was a very fun way to work with retell and main idea!  In phonics, we worked on the vowel teams of ee,ea, oa, and oe.  In grammar we worked on predicates and using commas to separate day/year and city/state.  In math we worked on addition doubles and doubles plus one.  In science we started talking about mammals and birds and in social studies we took our first test over communities.  This past week was also homecoming week, so we had a lot of fun participating in the various dress up days and of course got to be in the homecoming parade.

Ready for the Parade!

Pajama Day

 Wacky Day

Dr. Seuss Character Day

Twin Day

Spirit Day

Sept. 8-12, 2014

This past week in 2nd grade, we read a nonfiction article about wildfires.  We discussed the difference between fiction and nonfiction and we discovered the main idea and supporting details of the article.  We also did another Popplet on the story using main idea/details and this time learned how to take a picture with our iPads and incorporated that into our Popplets.  In Phonics we continued to work with V-E words and the vowel teams of ai/ay and oe/oa.  We talked about in a vowel team "When two vowels go walking, the first vowel does the talking."  Meaning that in a vowel team, you say the name of the first vowel only.  In Grammar we worked on subjects and identifying complete and incomplete sentences.  In Math we continued to work on addition incorporating the mathematical terms sum, doubles, and addends.  We used another app on our iPads called Educreations.  There students had to come up with an addition story problem and the app records their voice while they draw the problem out then it plays back their writing and voice so we could share with other students in our class what our story problem was.  (Very cool!  The students really enjoyed it!)  In Science, we took our first test over Living/Nonliving Things and all the students did very well!  In Social Studies, we are preparing to take our first test on Communities/Citizenship this coming week.  Also this coming week is Homecoming so to gear up for that we did an acrostic poem on a football player for WILDCATS.  Our theme for Homecoming is Dr. Seuss and in 2nd Grade we are doing "Green Eggs and Ham".  So look for lots of pictures of our fun dress up days and activities next week!

 Main Idea/Supporting Details Popplet

 Working hard on our acrostic poetry.

Our upcoming Homecoming theme!

Sept. 2-5, 2014

This past week in 2nd grade, we read the story Mr. Putter and Tabby Pour the Tea. We did several activities around the story including writing a letter to a friend, writing a paragraph in our journals about someone special to us describing that person and what makes them special and making a Popplet.  Popplet is an app we have on our iPads.  In that app students can make boxes that connect to each other (like a story web) and they can use either text, drawing, or a picture.  We worked on describing the beginning, middle, and end of the story and then students could draw a picture of Mr. Putter and/or Tabby. Students then learned how to take a screenshot of their work so they could print their Popplets.

In Phonics, we continued to work with V-E words; in Spelling we worked on short e, o, and u words; in Grammar we continued to work on different types of sentences (commands and exclamations); in Science we wrapped up our first chapter on living and nonliving things...our first test will be coming up next week; in Social Studies we talked about different types of communities (rural, suburban, and urban); and in Math, we worked on comparing numbers using the vocabulary greater than, less than, and equal to and we worked on patterns.  We are also working hard on practicing our math facts with Rocket Math and Math Facts in a Flash.  Continue to work with your child at home on their math facts and encourage them to keep reading their AR books!

Working on mastering our math facts with Rocket Math

 Journal work

Reading Groups