A Great Week! By: Danny

We had a good time this week at school. We did a lot of math this week! We learned a new strategy to solve doubles +1 facts. We sang a little song to help us remember, it went like this: "THINK about the double of the LOWER number and ADD... ONE... MORE!" We practiced our math facts throughout the week on our xtramath.org accounts, too!

We reviewed and took our first Unit 1 math test. We did some practice questions on our slates before we took our test. There were questions about telling time, counting money, and solving number grid puzzles. I think we did really good. We took our unit 2 pre-test, too! Unit 2 starts next week! There is a new letter explaining our unit in the middle of our red home folders.

We saw a Music for Youth Concert on Wednesday! We watched kids like us playing the violin and the cello! It was really great music! Our class was a terrific audience and showed our best behavior. Did you know my sister plays the violin?

We took a spelling test today after we played double elimination Sparkle! That's a fun game we play to practice our words one last time before the test. In grammar this week we reviewed that sentences have two parts, a WHO and a WHAT, or a subject and a predicate- if you want to use their fancy names. We made sure that every sentence has a subject! We also made sure that each sentence ended with the right punctuation mark.

We took a geography quiz, too! We've been practicing the 7 continents, 5 oceans, and our 4 homes. I think we did really good on this quiz, too!

This afternoon, Alex's mom came in for Alex's star student presentation. They did an experiment that showed hot air expands and cold air shrinks. He put a a bottle with a balloon on top in hot and cold water. The hot water made the balloon grow, and the cold air made the balloon shrink!
 They read a story to us called "The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs." Then we shared why he is a star!

Boy are we smart 2nd graders!
Have a great weekend!
See you on the blog!
Danny

The Best Week in 2nd Grade! By Jennifer

We did so much at school this week! We had art class. We made haunted houses. We made them on paper, using paper shapes. We also went to the library! We got to choose 2 books. We learned how the library works and where to find different books with Mrs. Dufern. In music class we learned our school song!

In our class we are listening to a read-aloud story called Superfudge! Our class read a story together in our reading books about Mr. Putter and Tabby.  We practiced describing the beginning, the middle, and the end of the story.  We also worked on our Daily 5 stations. We learned how to practice our spelling words during word work. We wrote them on cards and put them in ABC order. We also did spelling buddies this week where we quizzed a buddy on their words using slates.

In writing we started writing our very own autobiographies! We are writing all about our life as a baby and then a pre-schooler. We will work more on these next week.  In math we practiced counting money, worked with the hundreds chart, and completed number grid puzzles!

In social studies, we made awesome landform murals. They show all the different kinds of land we learned about! They are hanging in the hallway!

We practiced the 7 continents and 4 oceans. We also reviewed our 4 homes~ North America, the United States, Illinois, and Arlington Heights.

We had a great week!
Have a nice weekend!
Jennifer :)

Our week in 2-2 by: Alex

We were busy 2nd graders this week! We did a lot of social studies. We learned about landforms including: a peninsula, mountains, and lakes. We learned the 7 continents too! We sang them to the tune of Row, Row, Row, Your Boat!  We went to the library for the first time this week too. We listened to a story on the story steps with Mrs. Jojo. We started practicing our math facts this week too! We started with the doubles and then we took our first "Mad Minute." We will get a sticker every time we beat our last score. We went to the computer lab and signed in to our Xtramath.org accounts so we can begin practicing our math facts at home! That's not all! We had a fire drill this week! We were very quiet and we followed the directions. Our class is awesome! We took our spelling test today and we got our lists for next week too so we can practice over the long Labor Day weekend if we want to!

Have a great weekend!
Alex

Our first week at school by: Katie

We had a really fun time during our first week of school! We took a tour of the school so we know where all of the teachers and classrooms are. We made a fun craft, too! We made an iPad about ourselves! We learned about classroom jobs. My job this week was the blogger. We practiced how to be safe at school. We learned about Code Red and Code Blue and what to do in case of a tornado. In social studies we started learning about different landforms. We started writing down what they are, and we drew a picture of them. We had a great first week! Looking forward to next week!

Have a good weekend!
Katie :)

2nd Graders 2013-2014

Here we are! Our brand new class! I am looking forward to a wonderful year with these little people!

The 1st Day of School

Look at all of the beautiful sparkly smiles I found in my line on the first day of school! 

What an adorable group of kids!

The Ice Cream Social!

It was so much fun meeting our new students and their families at the ice cream social! The kids did a terrific job on their scavenger hunt and getting to know their new classroom. I could already tell that its going to be a great year!