The Girl Scouts of America presented a program on bullying and accepting differences in others. The students listened to a book and interacted with each other in two activities that taught the lessons about the topic. They were perfect activities to get the idea across that our differences make us interesting and should not keep us apart. The instructors ask us to carry out our activity after they left with three people not in our classroom. Ask us how we did.
Students took home their artwork they painted with the help of another lesson from volunteer, Mrs. Tammy Winters. We really appreciate her efforts to share the great artists with us and we do love to paint! Thank you, Mrs. Winters!
Our math class has been great fun with our hands-on fraction unit. Not only did we learn about fractions during math, but we also studied them during centers and on the computer. Our test will be next Thursday.
The whole school has decorated their doors with inspiration for the third grade students who will begin their ISATs next week. Today we have an Pep Assembly to get them in the spirit and show them our support! Go Third Grade! Rock the ISAT!
Friday, February 27, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Happy 200th Birthday, Abraham Lincoln!
Our class spent several weeks practicing our fluency skills as we read excerpts from the timeline of Abe Lincoln's life from when he was born to when he died. Every student had a part and read it from the front of the room at our podium. We invited Ms. Wells' class to be our audience and performed for them in our stovepipe hats and beards. They were a great audience so we rewarded each of them with a penny in honor of Lincoln. We were very proud of our great performance as our readings contained many, many difficult words for second graders but we all learned them and for that we were proud! Just like Lincoln, we didn't give up!
We also completed a book about Lincoln; learning Lincoln facts. Students listened to stories about Lincoln, wrote an acrostic poem about his characteristics, made a stovepipe birthday hat for our Lincoln replica,completed a Venn diagram about the ways we were different or the same as Lincoln, and concluded our study with a visit from an Abe Lincoln impersonator. We enjoyed hearing him speak about the items we had been learning.
We will spend some time next week learning about George Washington but not in the detail that we studied Lincoln.
Our math work will focus on fractions. Please help us see how fractions are used in our daily life at home. Thank you!
Remember to scroll down to the bottom of this blog to see the latest photos from our classroom activities!
We also completed a book about Lincoln; learning Lincoln facts. Students listened to stories about Lincoln, wrote an acrostic poem about his characteristics, made a stovepipe birthday hat for our Lincoln replica,completed a Venn diagram about the ways we were different or the same as Lincoln, and concluded our study with a visit from an Abe Lincoln impersonator. We enjoyed hearing him speak about the items we had been learning.
We will spend some time next week learning about George Washington but not in the detail that we studied Lincoln.
Our math work will focus on fractions. Please help us see how fractions are used in our daily life at home. Thank you!
Remember to scroll down to the bottom of this blog to see the latest photos from our classroom activities!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Groundhog Day and 100 Day
We found out that the groundhog did indeed see his shadow. Yes, we'll have six more weeks of winter!
100 Day was celebrated during our math time. Students brought snacks and we completed a math activity with 100 snacks. It was great fun as we answered questions about our snacks. We also did a creative writing activity, listened to a story about 100 Day, read a poem that used 100 words, and wrote 100 words we knew. These activities were enjoyed while wearing our 100 Day glasses, pins, and stickers!
Thank you for sending in snacks for 100 Day. We appreciate your generosity. We plan to share our 100 Day writing in our Share Chair on Friday, after music class.
In reading we worked on writing descriptions about our China week and read a Time Life article about conserving our resources and recycling. We finished our science chapter on the solar system. Math work dealt with using our tens and ones for subtraction. We practiced our Chinese jump rope skills, used tangrams during math centers, and played a Chinese game called Fan Tan. Students also received a copy of the Jacksonville Journal Courier's special publication honoring Black Americans. They brought it home on Tuesday.
Next week we will learn about Abraham Lincoln and present a program to Ms. Wells' class on Thursday. We'll have a Valentine's Day party on Thursday also. February is a busy month for us.
100 Day was celebrated during our math time. Students brought snacks and we completed a math activity with 100 snacks. It was great fun as we answered questions about our snacks. We also did a creative writing activity, listened to a story about 100 Day, read a poem that used 100 words, and wrote 100 words we knew. These activities were enjoyed while wearing our 100 Day glasses, pins, and stickers!
Thank you for sending in snacks for 100 Day. We appreciate your generosity. We plan to share our 100 Day writing in our Share Chair on Friday, after music class.
In reading we worked on writing descriptions about our China week and read a Time Life article about conserving our resources and recycling. We finished our science chapter on the solar system. Math work dealt with using our tens and ones for subtraction. We practiced our Chinese jump rope skills, used tangrams during math centers, and played a Chinese game called Fan Tan. Students also received a copy of the Jacksonville Journal Courier's special publication honoring Black Americans. They brought it home on Tuesday.
Next week we will learn about Abraham Lincoln and present a program to Ms. Wells' class on Thursday. We'll have a Valentine's Day party on Thursday also. February is a busy month for us.
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