What a great day we've had! Wow, I'm exhausted.... scarecrows, computer lab, 3B's parade and trick or treating still to come! Fabulous! It was awesome!
We are almost done Gooney Bird Greene! Thanks to Mrs. Guay who read at the end of the day.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Wednesday
The excitement for the week is building! We can hardly wait for tomorrow! In school, we have the 3B's parade in the morning and then scarecrow making in the afternoon. There is a lot going on!
Today in math, we began the algorithm of subtraction with regrouping. For some, it was easy. Others are still trying to get a handle on it. We will continue with 2 digit subtraction this week. The goal is for them to learn 3 digit minus 3 digit subtraction (across zeros even!) by the end of the unit. Wow!
In writing, we are working on those sensory details. We read an amazing story called Come On Rain! with some amazing details! After, I have asked students to choose a piece of writing to bring to publishing stage. More on this to come. This piece is a narrative piece of writing.
In word work, we finished up our work on word families today.
During reading, we did the work board with work jobs.
Don't forget to have your child wear black and yellow tomorrow!
Today in math, we began the algorithm of subtraction with regrouping. For some, it was easy. Others are still trying to get a handle on it. We will continue with 2 digit subtraction this week. The goal is for them to learn 3 digit minus 3 digit subtraction (across zeros even!) by the end of the unit. Wow!
In writing, we are working on those sensory details. We read an amazing story called Come On Rain! with some amazing details! After, I have asked students to choose a piece of writing to bring to publishing stage. More on this to come. This piece is a narrative piece of writing.
In word work, we finished up our work on word families today.
During reading, we did the work board with work jobs.
Don't forget to have your child wear black and yellow tomorrow!
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Tuesday
I am so impressed with the writing that these second graders are producing! It is FABULOUS!!!!! They are integrating the lessons I've done into their Weekend News and everything! Yipee!!!! We will be talking about doing a published piece of writing together. Each child will draft, edit, revise, and publish (type) a personal narrative. It will be the culmination of this unit and will be finished by November 22.
In math, we are working through double digit subtraction with regrouping. Subtraction is typically difficult for second graders. We keep plugging along. Ask about the poems I showed them today. It helps with subtraction (More on top, no need to stop; More on the floor, go next door, take a ten and start again; Numbers the same? Zero's the game!)
In word work, we talked about the phonics rule of the week: double letters at the end of the short vowel word. We practiced making words.
We made paper chain necklaces to wear for the 3B's parade on Thursday. Don't forget to dress in black and yellow that day!
In math, we are working through double digit subtraction with regrouping. Subtraction is typically difficult for second graders. We keep plugging along. Ask about the poems I showed them today. It helps with subtraction (More on top, no need to stop; More on the floor, go next door, take a ten and start again; Numbers the same? Zero's the game!)
In word work, we talked about the phonics rule of the week: double letters at the end of the short vowel word. We practiced making words.
We made paper chain necklaces to wear for the 3B's parade on Thursday. Don't forget to dress in black and yellow that day!
Monday, October 28, 2013
Monday
Happy Monday!
This morning, Mrs. Jones came in to do empty number line with us. You should ask your child about this activity. There is some serious mental math happening in here! We then looked at renaming numbers with a different amount of blocks. This is an activity that will get us ready for subtracting and regrouping.
In writing, we reread Twilight Comes Twice by Ralph Fletcher. This is one of my favorite picture books. The description is amazing! We talked about using sensory details in our writing. Students identified the details Fletcher used in his book and then tried using some of these type of details in their Weekend News. It was fun to see what each child did with this assignment.
In word work, we have 5 new words: across, off, your, small, still
We read aloud Gooney Bird Greene and then did the work board. We have new activities that go with Word Work on the work board. Ask your child!
Thanks for all of the scarecrow things. If you haven't sent them yet, please do so. Thank you!
This morning, Mrs. Jones came in to do empty number line with us. You should ask your child about this activity. There is some serious mental math happening in here! We then looked at renaming numbers with a different amount of blocks. This is an activity that will get us ready for subtracting and regrouping.
In writing, we reread Twilight Comes Twice by Ralph Fletcher. This is one of my favorite picture books. The description is amazing! We talked about using sensory details in our writing. Students identified the details Fletcher used in his book and then tried using some of these type of details in their Weekend News. It was fun to see what each child did with this assignment.
In word work, we have 5 new words: across, off, your, small, still
We read aloud Gooney Bird Greene and then did the work board. We have new activities that go with Word Work on the work board. Ask your child!
Thanks for all of the scarecrow things. If you haven't sent them yet, please do so. Thank you!
Friday, October 25, 2013
Friday
To say the least, it has been a busy week! I haven't posted all week and I apologize!
Please remember to send in scarecrow things. Your child brought home a sheet on Monday for what they need to donate to make the scarecrows. Let me know if you haven't seen that. Also, we are collecting $1.50 from each child to purchase a snack for that day. Please send this in as soon as possible. Thank you.
I have let the class know that it is okay with me if they chew gum during the day to help them focus on their schoolwork. If you would like to send in some gum for the class, that would be great. If you feel you do not want your child chewing gum, please let me know. I appreciate it.
We have begun subtraction. Any work at home on the facts within 20 would be great. Thank you.
In writing, we have continued to work on narrative writing. I am impressed with the amount of writing that the students are doing. We made graphs in the computer lab yesterday and typed our portfolio reflections today. The more typing we do, the better we get!
We read Scholastic News today. Students worked in pairs or by themselves to read and answer questions. We had a test in spelling on our word wall words this week.
Our new read aloud is Gooney Bird Greene. It's a fun book. Have a wonderful weekend!
Please remember to send in scarecrow things. Your child brought home a sheet on Monday for what they need to donate to make the scarecrows. Let me know if you haven't seen that. Also, we are collecting $1.50 from each child to purchase a snack for that day. Please send this in as soon as possible. Thank you.
I have let the class know that it is okay with me if they chew gum during the day to help them focus on their schoolwork. If you would like to send in some gum for the class, that would be great. If you feel you do not want your child chewing gum, please let me know. I appreciate it.
We have begun subtraction. Any work at home on the facts within 20 would be great. Thank you.
In writing, we have continued to work on narrative writing. I am impressed with the amount of writing that the students are doing. We made graphs in the computer lab yesterday and typed our portfolio reflections today. The more typing we do, the better we get!
We read Scholastic News today. Students worked in pairs or by themselves to read and answer questions. We had a test in spelling on our word wall words this week.
Our new read aloud is Gooney Bird Greene. It's a fun book. Have a wonderful weekend!
Monday, October 21, 2013
Monday
Wow, what a busy day! Mrs. Jones was absent today so we started our day with a math test. Students did really well! They have shown so much growth in math already! During calendar, we go around and give a math fact about the number of school days we've had (today is day #35). I'm impressed what their math sentences! Woo Hoo! After the test, we worked in our handwriting books.
In writing workshop, we went over expectations for our Weekend News pieces. I related this to our study on narrative writing. I modeled a piece of writing for them and sent them on their way to work. Again, we are getting better at embellishing with details. We continue to work on capitalization and end punctuation too.
In word work, we have 5 new words: which, both, much, pick, watch. We practiced them by writing them and acting them out.
This afternoon, we got together in groups and decided which supplies we would bring for the scarecrow activity. Please let me know if you have a question about what your child is supposed to bring.
In reading, I read Leo the Late Bloomer and we talked about beginning, middle and end. Students practiced picking out beginning, middle and ends of the books they are reading. We then did the work board.
In writing workshop, we went over expectations for our Weekend News pieces. I related this to our study on narrative writing. I modeled a piece of writing for them and sent them on their way to work. Again, we are getting better at embellishing with details. We continue to work on capitalization and end punctuation too.
In word work, we have 5 new words: which, both, much, pick, watch. We practiced them by writing them and acting them out.
This afternoon, we got together in groups and decided which supplies we would bring for the scarecrow activity. Please let me know if you have a question about what your child is supposed to bring.
In reading, I read Leo the Late Bloomer and we talked about beginning, middle and end. Students practiced picking out beginning, middle and ends of the books they are reading. We then did the work board.
Friday, October 18, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Thursday
This week is flying by! Today in math, we did more work with regrouping in the tens and the ones place. Double regrouping is difficult, but we are plugging along! Mrs. Emerson would like for students to bring in a leaf for a clay project for next week.
In computer lab, we typed our reflections for our portfolios this week. I sent home the work that wasn't chosen for the week. We worked on digraphs in word work by playing BINGO! (Always a hit!)
This afternoon, we went outside to draw our tree. We've noticed that it changed! We worked on the Voice Thread project in reading too.
In computer lab, we typed our reflections for our portfolios this week. I sent home the work that wasn't chosen for the week. We worked on digraphs in word work by playing BINGO! (Always a hit!)
This afternoon, we went outside to draw our tree. We've noticed that it changed! We worked on the Voice Thread project in reading too.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Tuesday
It was great to see so many of you at parent teacher conferences on Thursday. Thank you for taking the time to talk with me about your child.
Homework went home today and is due on Monday. Let me know if you have any questions. The Xtra Math site is optional.
In math this morning, we did a monthly assessment on computation. Students need to know their addition facts to 20. Any help at home with this is greatly appreciated. Also, in math, we reviewed regrouping in the tens place. Tomorrow we will do regrouping in the tens and the ones place.
In writing this morning, we worked on Weekend News. I introduced 5 new word wall words in word work: children, should, would, why, think. We will test them on Friday.
This afternoon, we had the librarians introduce the Ladybug books. They dressed up, it was fun! Ask your child. The rest of the afternoon was spent on "ketchup" work.
Check out the new Twitter feed on this page. Thanks to Mr. Carozza, you can follow our tweets as class. If you are on Twitter, please follow us: @FollansbeeFocus.
Homework went home today and is due on Monday. Let me know if you have any questions. The Xtra Math site is optional.
In math this morning, we did a monthly assessment on computation. Students need to know their addition facts to 20. Any help at home with this is greatly appreciated. Also, in math, we reviewed regrouping in the tens place. Tomorrow we will do regrouping in the tens and the ones place.
In writing this morning, we worked on Weekend News. I introduced 5 new word wall words in word work: children, should, would, why, think. We will test them on Friday.
This afternoon, we had the librarians introduce the Ladybug books. They dressed up, it was fun! Ask your child. The rest of the afternoon was spent on "ketchup" work.
Check out the new Twitter feed on this page. Thanks to Mr. Carozza, you can follow our tweets as class. If you are on Twitter, please follow us: @FollansbeeFocus.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Tuesday
We switched things up a bit today. We did writing first thing and then math later. I had the students work on an assessment for writing this morning. They all wrote to a prompt for a benchmark at the beginning of the year. Everyone did well! In math today, we worked on regrouping when adding. This is a work in progress. We mainly focused on regrouping in the ones place. Tomorrow we will focus on regrouping in the tens place. We did work with this on paper too.
In word work, we talked about short e and short u words. Then we highlighted (fun!) all of these words in 2 poems. It was really fun using highlighters!
This afternoon, we took a closer look at Chester's Way, a Kevin Henkes book. Tomorrow we will correlate all of our information about these books into a final paper. We did the workboard and then had writing share.
In word work, we talked about short e and short u words. Then we highlighted (fun!) all of these words in 2 poems. It was really fun using highlighters!
This afternoon, we took a closer look at Chester's Way, a Kevin Henkes book. Tomorrow we will correlate all of our information about these books into a final paper. We did the workboard and then had writing share.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Monday
This morning, Mrs. Jones came in to do a math lesson. She introduce how to regroup 3 digit numbers when adding. The math homework (School to Home Connection) that went home today is about regrouping numbers. We are just beginning this concept so if you could wait until later in the week to go over this with your child, that would be great.
We visited the book fair after Mrs. Jones. Students filled out their Wish Lists for the books that they want. Please know that they were given all the leeway in choosing books. I didn't screen any of the books for Good Fit books. Some of the books on those lists are definitely stretchers for many. If you have a question about a particular book, please let me know.
In writing workshop, we read a book called My Rotten Red-Headed Older Brother. This book has a lot of temporal words (after, last, then, next. etc.) and we talked about that. I asked students to use these words in their Weekend News writing today. So far, we've discussed "establishing the situation" and using these temporal words to move the writing along.
I introduced 5 new word wall words today. These are the focus for the week: end, you, jump, tell, and run. I will test them on Wednesday this week.
This afternoon, students did a final project for the unit on trees. We made a flip book with the parts of a tree. After this, we did reading with the workboard.
We visited the book fair after Mrs. Jones. Students filled out their Wish Lists for the books that they want. Please know that they were given all the leeway in choosing books. I didn't screen any of the books for Good Fit books. Some of the books on those lists are definitely stretchers for many. If you have a question about a particular book, please let me know.
In writing workshop, we read a book called My Rotten Red-Headed Older Brother. This book has a lot of temporal words (after, last, then, next. etc.) and we talked about that. I asked students to use these words in their Weekend News writing today. So far, we've discussed "establishing the situation" and using these temporal words to move the writing along.
I introduced 5 new word wall words today. These are the focus for the week: end, you, jump, tell, and run. I will test them on Wednesday this week.
This afternoon, students did a final project for the unit on trees. We made a flip book with the parts of a tree. After this, we did reading with the workboard.
Friday, October 4, 2013
Friday
Wow, we worked really hard today! Students accomplished a lot! In math today, we did some workbook pages on 3 digit addition without regrouping. Next, we read The Screaming Mean Machine and wrote about an amusement park ride that students have been on. Some students did Scholastic News; others did a spelling test. We had writing share today too.
This afternoon, after indoor recess, we did a combination of things. One was our portfolios. Another was catch up work. Finally, students finished up reading work from the week. Phew! If your child is tired, you'll know why!
Have a great weekend!
This afternoon, after indoor recess, we did a combination of things. One was our portfolios. Another was catch up work. Finally, students finished up reading work from the week. Phew! If your child is tired, you'll know why!
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Thursday
In math today, we worked on 3 digit addition. I was impressed their abilities! We worked on problems with no regrouping today. Tomorrow will be problems with regrouping.
We went to the library and researched an animal for our new Backyard Habitat unit. This went well! Students were excited to learn more facts about animals. In word work, we did some making words activities.
This afternoon, we went to the computer lab and did Spelling City (a website). We ended with some work in reading for catching up.
We went to the library and researched an animal for our new Backyard Habitat unit. This went well! Students were excited to learn more facts about animals. In word work, we did some making words activities.
This afternoon, we went to the computer lab and did Spelling City (a website). We ended with some work in reading for catching up.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Wednesday
This morning in math, we reviewed fact families and number bonds. We did some work with this and also some catch up work. After music, snack, and morning meeting, we had writing workshop. We talked about strategies when we are stuck on words to spell. Finally, this morning in word work, we sorted words into short vowel sounds using pictures.
This afternoon, we had Second Step and then reading. We did the workboard for reading.
This afternoon, we had Second Step and then reading. We did the workboard for reading.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Tuesday
Busy day today! We began by reviewing addition facts. We played a game called I Have, Who Has? Then we all did a bunch of activities to review math facts. Lots of people did lots of things. It was fun!
In writing today, we talked about narrative writing. The first standard we are learning about is "establishing a situation". This comes straight from the Common Core. We discussed what this meant and tried it on our own in our own writing. I am impressed already with the growth I see in writing this year. Students are used to the routine and know what's expected.
In word work, we reviewed short vowel sounds /a/, /i/ and /o/. We came up with words that followed this rule. We did this in teams. After lunch, we went over them.
This afternoon, we had reading and did the workboard.
In writing today, we talked about narrative writing. The first standard we are learning about is "establishing a situation". This comes straight from the Common Core. We discussed what this meant and tried it on our own in our own writing. I am impressed already with the growth I see in writing this year. Students are used to the routine and know what's expected.
In word work, we reviewed short vowel sounds /a/, /i/ and /o/. We came up with words that followed this rule. We did this in teams. After lunch, we went over them.
This afternoon, we had reading and did the workboard.
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