This Week in 2nd Grade

 BREAKING NEWS: We had a few students bring butterflies to school over the last few weeks in baggies or envelopes. We examined them closely and learned a lot from them. Friday was a different story. Again, a student brought a butterfly to school, carefully packed in his backpack. What he didn't realize is that it was ALIVE!! When he brought it out of his schoolbag, the little thing flew around the room causing mass chaos! What a crazy and fun memory for everyone!

 Our hallway wall is starting to fill up with writing projects! We wrote nonfiction stories about butterflies last week. We are now getting used to the writing process and understanding the steps we need to follow to make our writing the best it can be.

 Our word wall is also filling up as we learn more high frequency words and vocabulary words. Here the students are recording our word wall words into their G.O. books! G.O. stands for Getting Organized. We bring our G.O. books to and from school everyday. It is filled with the things we need daily: Reading Log, Daily Focus Activities, Spelling Dictionary, Homework Folder, etc. All of our 2nd graders have remembered to bring them back to school EVERYDAY! Now that's an awesome accomplishment! Way to go!

 A Great Metamorphosis!

Here is a work sample of our study of life cycles.

 and another

 Our nonfiction butterfly stories turned out pretty well. We have been studying butterflies for quite some time now and our 2nd graders are becoming experts. Some chose to write about random facts that they found interesting and some students chose to write about the life cycle of a butterfly.

This picture is actually from last week, but I forgot to add it then. Here students are working on the monarch art projects that are now beautifully displayed in our classroom.

A tiny peek at music class

In math this week, we studied break aparts of numbers 10 and under. Here a student demonstrates and records one way we can break apart the number 7. 

Last, but not least, this is Grandma hard at work. We have a volunteer grandma who comes to our classroom for an hour everyday to help out with anything we need. She puts away mail, makes copies, corrects papers, meets with guided reading groups, etc. We love her and appreciate her a ton already! Thanks Grandma!!