Friday, January 15, 2016

More on Top...No Need to Stop!!!

You probably have heard by now that the second graders are learning how to subtract two-digit numbers.  The following poem helps them to remember the steps when regrouping numbers.


This is a beginning skill so the students need a lot of practice to master it.  We will practice daily.  Overall they did a great job as seen in the past few quizzes they have taken in class.  

Our essential question in reading was "What can we see in the sky?"  We read stories that taught about eclipses and constellations, like the Big Dipper.  We practiced sequencing the story by writing about the beginning, middle and end.  We identified and defined compound words, too.  The students took a short reading that will be coming home for you to review, sign and return.  

In social studies this week, we began learning about landforms. The students created posters of the eight landforms we learned.  
 

In science we discussed properties of solids.  We compared different solids based on these properties.

Today, we had our Unity assembly.  The students were asked to wear the same colors as their book buddies.  All of the students made handprints that are displayed at the front entrance.  Have a nice weekend.