Hard At Work

Students have been hard at work in our 2nd grade classroom. Above are some pictures of students working diligently in their Literacy Stations. Students have been working on vocabulary recognition, spelling word patterns, fluency in reading, and have used an amazing app called Pix-N-Tell to compare and contrast long and short vowel word patterns on our iPods. Students have proven how well they work together in groups and partners. I am extremely proud of these kids!

A BUSY Start!

It has been a very busy start to our 2nd grade school year. Students have been doing a wonderful job with procedures and routines within our classroom. Here are some of the different projects we have been working on in 2nd grade:

• Personal Narratives
• Creating Mental Images
• Using our Schema
• Making Connections
• Choosing "Just Right" Books
• Learning about ARTIFACTS and what they tell us about the past
• Making a timeline
• Creating a personalized spelling list
• Using iPods in the classroom
• Creating Number Scrolls

Wow... And that's just a few of the projects we are currently working on! We've been busy, but we are having LOTS of fun learning!

New School Year & A New School!

I am so excited for the start of a new school year! It is a special time because my family moved back to my hometown, Wooster, OH, and my husband and I are both working at Wooster City Schools. I am looking forward to teaching 2nd grade again after working with 3rd graders the last 4 years. Wooster City Schools is a wonderful place and I truly feel honored to be a teacher in this district. 

Our 2nd grade class is going to have a busy and fun-filled school year. I hope that this blog can document all the learning that takes place in our classroom on a daily basis. Thanks for stopping by!

Solar System Dioramas

Our 3rd grade classroom just finished our unit on the Solar System! We had an amazing time learning all about the planets, sun, moon, and constellations. Our final project in the unit was creating Solar System Dioramas. Students did a phenomenal job designing their inner and outer planets.

Marshmallow Flings

In science we have been studying simple machines. Students were assigned a project...to create their very own simple machine...a Marshmallow fling. Mrs. H (my 3rd grade team member) and I sent home a plastic spoon and instructions. The only criteria was that students use the plastic spoon in the simple machine. Students had so much fun launching the marshmallows. It was amazing to see how far they would fling!

Editing Glasses

 

Students have been working on finishing up their Personal Narrative stories. We have worked on our organization through creating a BME (beginning, middle, and ending) chart, talked about how to start & end our stories well, juicy "wow" words, and how to change paragraphs. The 3rd graders have done a magnificent job and are now meeting with their writing buddies to edit their work. Students have an editing checklist to help them as they correct one another's writing.

Pepsi & Coke Election

This week we learned about the electoral college. We read "Grace For President", made a T-chart comparing the presidential candidates, and watched a Presidential Brainpop. Then we had our own little class election: Pepsi vs. Coke. Each student had 3 states in which they cast the electoral vote. They got to sample both Pepsi & Coke and then placed their vote. We were able to tally the votes on an amazing interactive website, 270towin.com. So the results?

 

Pepsi Won!