Addition Boo Bump!

Today the students used dice to play Boo Bump! They enjoyed getting to practice their addition facts while playing a fun game.

Jellyfish

We have been reading the story Jellies in class this week. Today we created our own jellyfish and wrote fact and opinion statements on the tentacles.

Monsters

We created monsters for Halloween. Each student designed their own monster and then they had to use descriptive writing to describe their monster in detail.

Wheels in Motion

Jenaya won a bike during our Wheels in Motion assembly. She was nominated for her excellent behavior, her willingness to help others, and her overall character.

Citizenship Winners!

Sarah, Jenaya, and Mason were our 1st 9 weeks Citizenship winners!

 

Pumpkin Book Report Project

The students have been working hard on their pumpkin book reports all month. Today we got to hear all of the wonderful reports and see all of the character pumpkins. The students did an excellent job and I was so impressed by all of their reports.

 

Grace

Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy

Character- Ladybug Girl

 

 

Jordyn

Five Silly Monkeys

Character- Mama Monkey

 

 

 

Aarnav

Judy Moody and Stink The Holly Joliday

Character- Stink

 

 

 

Ella

Hideout

Character- Luther

 

 

 

Berkley

Charlie the Ranch Dog

Character- Charlie

 

 

 

Tristin

Abe Lincoln's Hat

Character- Abe Lincoln

 

 

 

Kennedy

Ladybug Girl

Character- Lulu

 

 

Sarah

Strega Nona

Character- Big Anthony

 

 

 

Caley

What's the Big Idea, Molly?

Character- Molly

 

 

 

Middy

Spiderman Versus Scorpian

Character- Spiderman

 

 

 

Jeneya

The Babysitter's Club

Character- Stacey

 

 

 

Matthew

Library Lion

Character- Lion

 

 

 

Anna

The Littlest Pumpkin

Character- Littlest Pumpkin

 

 

 

Dorothy

Pinkalicious

Character- Pinkalicious

 

 

 

Noah

The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid

Character- Geronimo

 

 

 

Kaleb

The Magic School Bus

Character- Ralph

Super Storms!!

This week we read the book Super Storms. As we were reading, we discussed the main idea and identified the many details that we learned. The students really enjoyed making their own thunderstorm clouds which diplay the main idea and the many rain drops which display the details of the book!

Columbus Day

On Monday, we learned all about Columbus and his journey to America. Afterwards, the students pretended that they were Columbus, and wrote about what they would have done if they discovered America.

Thank you Mrs. Fortner!

We would like to thank Mrs. Fortner for supplying the class with this yummy snack!

Xylophone

Today the students leaned how to conduct an investigation and make predictions. During this investigation, the students made xylophones and learned how to play "Mary Had a Little Lamb."

Bubble Gum Fun!

We were learning about sequencing so we decided to write about how to blow a bubble. The students really enjoyed teaching each other how to blow a bubble. Their writing pieces turned out so cute! I am so proud of my students!

Sequence Wheels

Each group was able to read a story together and create their own sequence story wheels.

Our Classroom Door

This year I decided our ocean themed room should have a shark for the door!

Summer Writing

During the first week of school the students wrote about their favorite summer memory. They also created self portraits!

Second Grade Class

I am so excited about this school year! We have already done some amazing things, and I cannot wait to share them with you!

TCAP Celebration

Today we had a great time at our TCAP celebration. The students were able to sing our song in front of the entire school. That was so exciting! Here are a few pictures and a video from the event.

TCAP Video

Wow! Welcome back to from Spring Break! We have been very busy reviewing for our TCAP test in three weeks, but we decided to have a little fun. I hope you enjoy our video that we created.

 

Caterpillar Book Reports

The students have been working hard the past month on these book reports. They included predictions, main characters, problems, solutions, settings, questions, and personal responses. They turned out GREAT!!

Macy's Day Parade Balloons

We have been working hard using our Comprehension Toolkit. Last week we read Balloons over Broadway. It is a book about how the Macy's Day Parade started. As part of our toolkit we used questioning and sequencing to create our own balloons for the parade.

Field Trip

We had such a great time on the field trip yesterday. Thank you to all those parents who chaperoned. Below are some of the activities the students participated in while at the Adventure Science Museum.

 

Joseph and Tavion watching themselves on the TV.

 

Preston being the camera man for Haley, Paris, and Kayla.

 

Haley, Kayla, and Paris presenting the weather forecast.

 

Preston the camera man

 

Isaiah putting together tanagrams.

 

Jubilee, Lorelai, and Ke'osha having a blast!

 

Autumn with her friends (and twin) in front of the planetarium entrance.

 

Everyone in the planetarium.

                                 Isaiah, Ke'osha, Lorelai, and Jubliee playing with the activity table.

 

Joseph, Tavion, Jasper, and Tyler shooting some hoops.

 

Sherlin (you can see her feet), Ari, and Sa'niya looking at their insides.

 

Ari and Sherlin switched for this photo.

 

Belle, Sophia, and Autumn in front of the dinosaurs.

 

Autumn helping Sophia in her wheelchair.

 

Tavion driving a car.

 

Joseph playing the piano.

 

Ashton riding Mrs. Frizzle's bus.

 

Jubliee and Lorelai in the windtunnel. Check out that wind speed - 78 MPH.

 

Sherlin being the camera woman.

 

Ari and Sa'niya being weather women.

 

Here I am as Mrs. Frizzle!