We sure enjoyed sharing these super book reports today! Not only was everyone excited and proud, but they did an excellent job as well. I am looking forward to hearing from more second graders tomorrow. There sure are a lot of fantastic books out there! My teacher heart is beyond happy about how much our second graders LOVE books!
Monday, October 27, 2014
Saturday, October 25, 2014
A Classroom Full of Smiles!
This was just so cute I had to share! As I was leaning in over his should to snap a picture of his pumpkin he switches the camera so our faces appear on the screen and says time for a selfie! I just love this little guy.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Types of Communities
We have been busy learning about different types of communities this week. We started by watching two informative videos to learn the differences and similarities between each one. Then the students sorted traits typical of each community. Next they worked in groups to create posters representing their favorite community and presented their projects to the class. We are currently in the process of writing opinion pieces telling about our favorite community. Here is a fun FLIP of our awesome second graders at work.
California Our Golden State
Over the last week we have learned a lot of fascinating facts about California! We started with a close reading activity where we practiced annotating text and found the answers to several key questions about our state. After that the kiddos dashed off in small groups to find out more information about our state symbols. Later we collected our thoughts and created these wonderful state posters.
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Bats, Bats, Bats
We have been having lots of fun with informational text. The students practiced their close reading skills, wrote their own bat facts book, drew a scientific diagram labeling the key parts of a bat, and wrote an informative paragraph to share their knowledge.
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Wrapping Up Our All About Me Unit
A few weeks ago we finished up our All About Me unit. I thought I would do a little recap and open up the comments for our room 8 students to share some of their thoughts. Let's take a look!
To kick off the unit, the kiddos created these fun "Me" posters at home and shared them with the class. We had so much fun learning about our new friends through this project. :)
Meanwhile, each student created their own very special name book using an acrostic poem for their name.
Next we learned a bit about our families and created these beautiful family trees.
The following week we made sweet family banners, wrote about our special families, and even started drawing a picture of our family in art class.
Further, we created these great projects showing our special place on the map.
And last but not least we interviewed one of our family members and created a special Venn diagram to compare and contrast our lives to theirs.
And that's a wrap! We have sure been busy working hard and having fun in room 8!
I'm so excited to open up the comments! Students (and parents too ;) what was your favorite part of this unit and why?
Monday, October 6, 2014
Poster and Pumpkin Book Report
For examples click HERE.
Friday, October 3, 2014
Some Highlights From Our Week
We sure have had a fantastic week in room 8! The children are learning so much and there is certainly no shortage of smiles. :) I am so very proud of our delightful second graders. They make my heart swell. <3 Here is a little snap shot of our week...
Having more fun with nouns and adjectives.
We made our own version of the song My Favorite Things renaming it My Favorite Nouns.
Writing a Guess Who riddle for our Purple People Eaters.
And here's our sweet little FLIP
Have a wonderful weekend friends!
Help Needed for Pumpkin Fun
Next Tuesday from about 10:30-11:30 we will be doing some pumpkin math and science! I already have two fabulous parent helpers at that time, but I would really like to do this project small group. Therefore I am looking for two more parents that can come in on October 7th from 10:30-11:30. Please comment below if you are available. Thanks so much!
I am also gathering those little round pumpkins for this project. I think they might be called sugar pumpkins? they look like this:
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
October is Here!
At times like these I wish we were in the South so I could cheerfully say... "It's Fall Y'all!" Did I even spell that right?? Did you hear the twang?? #californiagirl #whatarebootsandscarves
To greet this special month we have started in on some festive projects in room 8 (even if it is a beautiful, hot, sunny day that feels like summer. Just wait till we write our Fall poems -we get all our good material about this season from books I tell ya!).
Anyhoo... I do love this time of the year so bring on the pumpkins! This week we have been making these adorable pumpkins and kitties.
This project started out as one of my favorite math lessons on finding half of a shape. Over the years it has turned into a gem integrating art, math, and grammar skills.
After creating their pumpkins and cats, the kiddos added their own unique personality and creativity, which they then described with descriptive adjectives. I LOVE how they turned out, our room is feeling festive, and my little loves had fun learning and were super proud of their projects. A win Win WIN!