Week of February 19-21, 2013

Language Arts

Reading: plot and theme, prefixes, expression and intonation

Story of the Week: The First Tortilla by Rudolfo Anaya

Writing: Expository Writing; What makes a good friend?

Conventions: adverbs that tell how
Phonics: digraphs oo, ue, ew, ui
Spelling Words: too, new, fruit, blue, true, fool, suit, spoon, clue, juice, drew, flew

Math

-ungroup a ten into ten ones in order to subtract
-invent ways to solve subtraction story problems
-solve 2-digit subtraction problems using the expanded method

Science
-explain the relationship between the planets and the sun
-describe the planets in the solar system

This Week in 2nd Grade

Happy Valentine's Day from Mrs. Krause's 2nd Grade!

 Science

We have been studying soil and plant life in science. By planting bean seeds in old CD cases, we can watch the roots grow. It's pretty amazing to see the beans grow and change every day.

More Science

We can all easily fit into our bathroom. This was helpful as we needed a dark room, a flash light, and globe to help demonstrate day and night as well as the changes we experience during different seasons.

Boys vs Girls Adjective Jeopardy

This was such a fun way to review adjectives that compare and adjectives that describe shape, color, size, number, and kind. Although it was a very close race, the boys did win by one point.

Writing

We wrote "If I were President..." poems this week. Here is what one student would do should she become our president! She has my vote!

Math

We explored coins and dollars last week. We found many ways to make 25 cents and even more ways to make $1.00. Our magnetic coins come in handy as students share their coin combinations. This week we will be working on subtraction strategies and then transitioning into making change with coins and dollars.

Music

Our 2nd graders are learning to keep the beat by stomping and clapping along to music. We love music class!

This Week in 2nd Grade

Language Arts

We have been separating words into syllables these last few weeks. To demonstrate our understanding, we made this display showing how many syllables each of these winter words had.

Guided Reading

 We are so appreciative of the extra help in the classroom. Here, guided reading groups work with volunteer leaders. We work on fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension strategies by reading books at our own level.

Water Cycle

Our foster grandma helps with a science experiment that will demonstrate condensation and evaporation. 

The picture below was taken on day one of our experiment.

 After two days, we noticed the uncovered cup's water level began to go down. EVAPORATION!

We are recording our observations in our water cycle journals. We are also making predictions as to when the water will be completely gone and whether or not the water level will change in the covered cup.

Seussical the Musical

On January 30th, all 2nd grade students attended the CHS one-act play, Seussical the Musical!

 

Here we are waiting so patiently for the musical to begin.

 For some students, this was their very first bus ride!

 We are so excited!

Math

We continue our unit of interpreting and creating bar, picture, and circle graphs. Here are a few that have been found in magazines and newspapers. 

Math games are always available for those students who finish their assignments early.

Go Red for Heart Health

On February 1st, we wore red to help raise awareness for cardiovascular disease. 

February 4-8, 2013

Objectives

Language Arts

Reading: fact and opinion, questioning, reading expository text, suffixes

Story of the Week: Soil by Sally Walker

Writing: short expository report (seasons)

Conventions: comparative and superlative adjectives
Phonics: diphthongs ou, ow, oi, oy
Spelling Words: around, out, gown, sound, flower, howl, toy, noise, royal, moist, coil, cow

Math

-review picture, bar, and circle graphs for unit test (Test will now be on Tue.)
-coin combinations to make 25 cents
-counting by quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies
-coin combinations to make $1.00
**Please Note: Our Unit 4 Math test has been moved to Tuesday, Feb. 5th.

Science
-Continued study of the water cycle
-identify how Earth rotates to make day and night
-shadows
-understanding why season happen