What a week it has been in second grade! A blizzard, science fair, and Valentines day. Oh my! We visited the Science Fair this week and the students were extremely impressed with everyone's project. I think the one that caught our attention the most was the robot that solved a Rubik's cube! Students participated in a give-one-get one activity after the science fair where they shared one fact and received one fact with classmates. In literacy this week we began to switch over to the Common Core (new National standards). Our weekly theme was about helping planet Earth. Students focused on non-fiction text from our Treasures books and Scholastic Newsletters. Each week students will be receiving a list of "I can" statements. These correlate with the Common Core standards for second grade and will be different each week. The work students complete towards mastering each "I can" will be stapled to the statements and sent home at the end of the unit. I have attached the file with this week's "I can" statements so you can see what our classroom focus is and will continue to be next week. In math this week we began working more in depth on money concepts. Today students were given a challenge and asked to use a certain number of coins to show an amount. Students worked with play money and did a great job problem solving. Our classroom saw some physical changes this week! Due to the social nature of our students I decided to swap out some of our tables for desks. I am hoping that the desks will allow students to focus more on their own work and not on what others are doing around them. We also now have a "quiet corner" in the classroom. It looks something like a cubicle and provides students the opportunity to focus intently on their work. Next time you're in the building stop by and check it out!
Our week in Pictures!
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