Our first full week in a little while felt great! The week started off on such a wonderful note. We added a new member to Team 152, Raj. Raj joins us from Denver and shared with us that he has also lived in England and India, we can not wait to hear more about his adventures. Everyone is so excited that you came to Ivy Hill!
Last week...
In reading, we read a story called 'Montezuma's Revenge'. This story was about a dog who was sad that his owners left him at home while they were on vacation to the beach. Montezuma had a plan that he thought would make his owners appreciate him more. Ask your second grader how this story ended. We focused in on our different story element pieces (character, setting, problem and solution). The guided reading groups have also been focusing on these pieces with their own books.Towards the middle of the week many students had their All About Book complete, so I challenged them to create a story map first then write the story to see how their writing becomes more organized after thinking the elements through first. Next week we will focus on the skills of identifying cause and effect relationships, as well as learning the difference between facts and opinions.
In writing, we finished our all about books, hooray! They all look wonderful and will be a great addition to our classroom library. I know I cannot wait to learn about all of the topics that were chosen. We have some real budding authors in our classroom. Nice work!
In math, we are nearing the end of unit 7. This week we learned about frequency tables, as well as how to take a closer look at data. From a list of heights, for example, we learned what the maximum and minimum numbers mean. We also learned how to find the median number or middle number in a data set. We will have our test on Tuesday of this coming week with a review day on Monday,
Our second grade UBD project is moving right along. We have sorted all three topics facts and ranked them in order of importance to help our incoming students. The class is now starting to research and think about what happens in the United States and how their countries facts are similar or different to what happens here.
Stay tuned for more classroom news! I know we will continue our hard work!
