Tuesday, August 23, 2016

We've been busy!

We are really getting in to the swing of our normal routine!  We have started Shared Reading and our first unit in Social Studies, both of which focus on COMMUNITY.  We have been brainstorming lists of 'seed ideas' in our Writers' Notebooks for Writing Workshop. Can you think of any great ideas for stories your child might want to write?  (holidays, pet stories, school stuff, best/worst memories, trips you've taken...) We have also been learning lots of new math games and working hard to build our Read to Self stamina. We even tried out our first STEM challenge by working as a group to "Save Sam." It was a great kick-off to Habit #2 - have a plan in mind!  It's been busy in our classroom...enjoy some of our recent pictures!

 Saving Sam
  Saving Sam
  Saving Sam
  Saving Sam
  Saving Sam
  Saving Sam
  Saving Sam
  Saving Sam
 Money Exchange game in Math!
 Money Exchange game in Math!
 Money Exchange game in Math!
 Money Exchange game in Math!
 Community maps and drawings in Social Studies
  Community maps and drawings in Social Studies

Community maps and drawings in Social Studies

Saturday, August 13, 2016

Welcome Back!

Welcome Back! 


What a great first week of 2nd grade!  We have enjoyed meeting each other, getting to know one another by sharing our "Me Bags" and playing lots of games, exploring our new classroom and learning and practicing routines and procedures that will help us have a great year!  


Don't forget to join me on Wednesday (August 17) at 6:00 pm for Meet the Teacher Night!