As a way to get everyone caught up with writing pieces, we started pickles & ketchup! Students who have to "catch up" on writing have time to work, so they are the ketchup. Students who have finished everything get to be pickles and "pick" an activity! It was fun to see their excitement for puzzles and reading together. :)
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We have team points that we can earn as a table group... ways to earn these points are for having quick, quiet transitions, and showing me they are the first group ready. The winning table group that racks up the most points before I change their desks again gets lunch with me. A new addition to our team points is the "V.I.P. table". At the end of every week the team that has earned the most points gets to borrow a V.I.P. lanyard and star glasses for the day :). Congratulations to the Red Stars (Caine, Carli, Reilly, & Hunter)... the first V.I.P. winners!
Antonyms are OPPOSITES! We love reviewing learned skills and moving around at the same time. Students recorded the antonym word on their sheets that was the opposite of the word on the card. It's very hard to believe that we are over halfway through 2nd grade already... Time flies when you're having fun! Each student got a STAR award telling them how awesome they are! :) I'm very proud of the amount of growth they have all made so far this year, their motivation to meet and exceed their goals, and their kind, caring personalities that make 2R the best place to be!
We were getting lots of practice with reading big numbers! They are pros with knowing where to put the commas, and they understand the value of the digit changes based on its place in the number. This is my FAVORITE way to introduce opinion writing! We watched a short clip based on the book Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. It is an optical illusion, and the students had to form an opinion about it being a duck or a rabbit. They broke into two groups to write down ideas to support their opinion... They were very "top secret" about this, whispering so the other opinion group couldn't hear their ideas! We talked about how we are all entitled to our own opinion, and we can "respectfully disagree" with each other in a kind way. We then had a friendly debate at the end! We had a blast being string teachers to the kindergarteners! I loved seeing all of them take a leadership role, and taking these younger friends under their wing. I had a proud teacher moment watching them be the teachers! :) To practice standard form, expanded form, drawing in base ten blocks, and number words we had table group races with a three-digit number randomly called out. We had a lot of fun doing this! My cousin teaches 3rd grade in Phoenix, AZ, so we paired up our students to exchange valentines with them! Our class got theirs in the mail on Valentine's Day, and we were shocked to find that some of them have never seen snow before, and that they have outside hallways at their school because of the climate. As a class we had a great time passing out our valentines to each other! It's always fun to see the creative boxes the students bring to hold all of their goodies in. I have 22 of the best valentines I could ever ask for :)! Thanks for sharing your children with me this year! Today we celebrated the 100th day of school (WOW, I can't believe how fast this year is flying)! The kids participated in many different activities throughout the day that all had something to do with the number "100"... stacking 100 cups, building a structure with 100 Legos, making necklaces with 100 Fruit Loops, counting how many 100s it takes for them to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop etc. A big thank you again to everyone who donated supplies to make this day extremely successful :)! There was a lot of excitement today! Below is an individual picture of your child with our "100 Days Smarter" picture frame :) Pictures below were taken with the "Aging Booth" app... Too funny! |
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