Friday, May 23, 2014

Happy Memorial Day

We never thought summer would actually get here after this winter, but Memorial Day is upon us so there is no denying it now.  With the end of the school year approaching we need to remember there is still some work to do in second grade.

In honor of Memorial Day, we created a book about what the day represents and what it means to us.















This week in math, we finished up our last unit.  You should have seen the last unit test come home and have signed and returned it.  This was a review of the skills that have been taught this year.  We will continue to review skills over the next few weeks.  Some of the skills that we will work on are time, money, addition/subtraction, reading and creating graphs and practice multiplication facts.

In reading our essential question was "How do we use money?"  We read several stories about money and how money came about and how money has changed through the years.  In our small groups, we read a book about how to be a smart shopper.  Don't be surprised if your child asks you if you are using a coupon the next time you go shopping.  We focused on looking for the problem and the solution in a story, continued to summarize and practiced finding paragraph clues to define more difficult words.

The students are busily trying to publish their latest personal narratives.  They are beginning to illustrate and create covers for them.  They will be given a grade based on a rubric that we have gone over several times.  This is good practice for them for the future when they will be graded from a rubric.

This week we started one of my favorite books of all time.


We will be reading this book together as a group and doing many activities, including keeping a journal.  If you are familiar with the book, this can be a great discussion piece at home.  If you are not, I encourage you to read it as it is a great family story.

Have a nice weekend...