Science - Matter

We've been learning about matter. Yesterday, we learned that matter takes up space and has mass. We also talked about different properties of matter. Today we used balance scales and measured the mass of several items. Good thing Mrs. Stanton stayed around to help because we were very busy measuring with our scales. We posted how much the different things weighed and then we ran out of time. Tomorrow we will have time to talk about the data and put the things in order from greatest to least mass. Check out these photos.

Junior Achievement

Mrs. Stanton taught our Junior Achievement lessons last week and again this week. We learned about how our community works. We learned about community workers and we learned how money moves through a community. The students enjoyed making paper donuts last week. They tried unit production and assembly line production. The best part was today when Mrs. Stanton brought our class chocolate donuts. A special thanks goes out to Mrs. Stanton for volunteering to teach the 2nd grade Junior Achievement lessons. After every lesson, I thought I should have taken a picture and again today I didn't remember until after Mrs. Stanton left. Here's a picture of our community poster.

Xtramath News

Michael has completed addition in Xtramath and is now on subtraction. Congratulations! I know you've worked very hard!

Math Test Tomorrow

Just a reminder that we'll have a math test on Chapter 13 tomorrow.  Students will be counting groups of coins and comparing them too.  Students will have to figure out how much change they'll get back.  Also, the problem solving questions are about estimating which two items they can buy with a certain amount of money. We practiced estimating last week and again today!  We've been practicing counting change a lot too.

100th Day of School

We've been counting since the first day of school and today is the 100th day. We celebrated by making 100 day hats. Students had ten strips of ten stickers on their hats. They loved knowing that 10 x 10 is 100. We completed a little 100 booklet and we read a poem about the 100th day. We enjoyed a 100 Grand candy bar since we're a 100 days smarter! Lots of learning and fun today. Here's a few pictures of our day.

Animal Research

We've been researching penguins this week. The students have been looking on websites and in books to learn more about penguins. They used their iPads and QR codes to watch a penguin video clip and find some interesting facts. The students sorted some sentences about penguins into Fact and Opinion groups. We will be learning more about penguins today.
Next week, the students will learn how to write an animal report. The students picked animal books on Wednesday and will begin their own fact finding on Monday. Throughout next week they'll be working on their report.
Check out pictures of our penguin research.

Xtramath News

Congratulations to Joe and Gabe! Joe completed addition and Gabe finished subtraction! I'm so proud of your hard work!