Monday, December 12, 2016

This week (and next week) in 2nd grade...

7 more days before Winter break! I'm so excited to spend our final (school) week in 2016 enjoying lots of fun activities!!

Reading

We are continuing to look into non-fiction text features. This week we will look at: maps, sidebars, illustrations vs. photographs, changing words to make them make more sense, and time order events! These will tie into our writing this week as well.

Math

We are continuing mental math. This week we will work with hundreds charts, and also add to our addition strategies! So far, we have the break apart method, and keep one number whole to help us add 2 digit numbers!

Writing

We are continuing to write something we know a lot about. We will finish our plan and begin writing, hopefully finishing before we go on break! We have a lot to accomplish in a short amount of time in writing!

Winter Activities

Friday, Monday, and Tuesday will include lots of fun winter activities to enjoy! A pink paper went home in your Friday folder detailing all the fun events! We are very excited for our winter party on Tuesday as well! Attached was a list of items we are requesting for our classrooms to make these fun activities happen! Check it out, and see if there's anything you have on hand and are willing to donate :)

As always, you can reach me by email (klister@cpsk12.org) or on Remind!

Thursday, December 1, 2016

WATCH one of our experiments!

Yesterday, we did a lab on elephant toothpaste! If you'd like to make it at home, email or message me for the recipe!