Picture Day!! 

Picture Day is tomorrow! It is a pre-pay event so if you want fall pictures please send in you form and money tomorrow. There are extra forms available in the office.

Las fotos de otoño seran el dia de mañana! Recuerde que las fotos tienen que ser prepagadas eso significa que tiene que mandar el dinero y la forma mañana. Tenemos formas disponibles en la oficina.

SECOND GRADE ROCKS!!!

SECOND GRADE ROCKS!! 

Here are a few pictures of our class from the past few weeks.. CHECK IT OUT!! :) 

STUDENTS WORKING IN GROUPS TO IDENTIFY THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END OF A STORY.. BUT, ALSO TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM AND SOLUTION THAT CHARACTER FACED... 

WE ARE COMPARING TWO DIFFERENT STRATEGIES IN MATH AND DECIDING WHAT WE WILL USE NEXT TIME..

OUR CLASS IS ENGAGED IN WORKING THROUGH PROBLEMS IN ST MATH.. A PROGRAM SIMILAR TO C.G.I. 

 STUDENTS SHOWING RESPONSIBILITY AS THEY CALMLY SIT AND WATCH OUR STOMP TEAM PERFORM AT HOOT N' HOLLER!! 

OUR OWL GROUPS WORKING TO SOLVE A MATH STORY

 OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY BOARD.. STUDENTS SHARE PICTURES OF THEIR FAMILY/FRIENDS WITH THE CLASS.. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER IN CLASS!! 

EACH STUDENT HAS A NUMBER ON A SPEECH BUBBLE.. THEY WRITE WHAT THEY READ ABOUT WHILE IN READING STATION.. STUDENTS ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING.

JACKSON SHARING A PROUD MOMENT IN C.G.I.!! HE IS USING ARROW NOTATION IN HIS MATH..AS WELL AS LOTS OF NUMBERS RATHER THAN PICTURES TO REPRESENT HIS THINKING!! 

LOGAN IS ALSO SHARING A PROUD MOMENT IN C.G.I. HE IS ALSO USING ARROW NOTATION AND NUMBERS.. TO EXPLAIN HIS THINKING.. GO! LOGAN! 

Shooting for the Stars in Reading! We Persevere and You Can Too!!

2nd Grade ROCKS in READING!!! 

Building a Bar Graph with Shoes

Student's building a bar graph based on the types of shoes in our classroom. They took this information and created their own graph. This lesson was very interactive and engaging! 

Geometry with Marshmallows and Pretzels!!

Students building various geometric shapes with marshmallows and pretzels. We are also learning to identify the number of sides and vertices. They can explain the difference between a 2 and 3D shape.

Valentine's Day!!!

Our Valentine's Day celebration was a HUGE success! 

Thank you to each of our parents who were able to either volunteer their time or share snacks/supplies with our class! 

We began our celebration with a few minute-to-win it activities! 

1 Minute Challenges

Who can move a vanilla wafer the fastest to their mouth without touching it? 

How many conversation hearts can you stack in 1 minute? 

                                      

How many conversation hearts can you pick up in 1 minute using only chop sticks? 

 

Who can string their pipe cleaner the fastest using only fruit loops? 

                                      

Conga Line- Questioning Technique

Conga Line!!! 

Students asking other students questions about what we have learned about slavery. Students are using "I think... and JUSTIFYING their answers using "because".... 

Hoot! Hoot!