April 14 - 18, 2014 - Easter & Field Trip Fun

This week we learned about problem and solution, measurement and bunnies. We read some great books this week including, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick, The Cow That Laid an Egg, The Easter Egg and many more.

We made problem & solution kites in reading. 

 In math we made these super easy perimeter flip books as well as area robots. Thanks Step Into Second Grade for some awesome ideas. My teaching team follows your blog and we all adore it! 

 We also wrote about bunnies and our field trip.

 Speaking of field trip...we took a field trip to the Oklahoma Heritage Gaylord-Pickens Museum and loved it. The kids were amazing and we enjoyed lunch outside. It was a beautiful day!

 Next week we will be studying drawing conclusions, more measurement and chickens!

April 7-11, 2014 - It's Cloudy!

This week we studied main idea, number patterns and weather!

We started off reading Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. We were looking at identifying main idea and details but... we also looked at characters & the setting.

While reading our story of the week, we also discussed new vocabulary words with our group. 

We used GoNoodle's BodySpell to review spelling words. We also played Sparkle to make sure we aced our spelling test this week!

In math we learned about number patterns as well as number rules. We even made our own patterns & rules(& I did not take any pictures!)

In Science, we looked at clouds, the sun & rain. We wrote about what we like to do in sunny weather as well as what we like to do in rainy weather.

Friday, of course, brought out our EdCamp234. We participated in activities & had a blast! 

Next week we will be studying problem  & solution in reading, measurements in math & Easter! See y'all next week!!!

EdCamp234

Everyone who knows me, knows I'm obsessed with  the EdCamp movement. Basically it's teachers teaching teachers. So, I decided to bring it to 2nd grade. My students  brainstormed ideas for centers & identified locations for these activities. Students then chose where they wanted to learn & created a schedule.

My class is AWESOME. Some of the activities included Puzzlemania, All About Biscuit books, Dr. Seuss Read Alouds, technology as well as Math Whiteboard Test Each Other. 

Needless to say it was a hit. Afterwards we debriefed about what went well & what we could make better. The students are full of great ideas. After voting, this will take place again... They LOVED it!

March 31 - April 4, 2014 - Plantspalooza

This week we studied main idea, shapes and plants.

In reading we read Gus Grows a Plant. This was an easy read to introduce main idea and supporting details. We then worked with partners to complete a graphic organizer. We also used popplet to create a graphic organizer using an ipad and SMART board.

We also read Rosie Sprout's Time to Shine to review main idea. It also was a great book to go along with our Great Expectations which we discuss every morning! 

In math we studied 2D & 3D shapes as well as shape patterns. We started out the week identifying the attributes of 2D & 3D shapes. Then we had to create our own shapes using the attributes. For 2D shapes, we created shape monsters and then wrote about our shape monsters. The students loved this assignment, espcially naming their shape monsters!

We started out the week learning about the parts of plants and then we moved into the plant life cycle. We concluded the week by planting lima beans in baggies so we could observe the life cycle of the lima bean. Follow our blog for our lima bean updates!

We also experimented with an EdCamp type learning day on Friday. It was a blast & deserves a blog of its own. Look for that blog early next week!!!

Next week we continue our main idea study with Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. We will also study weather and number patterns. Have a great week!