Happy Halloween

Ready to go...

Mrs Zellers group carved a pumpkin

We popped our own popcorn and made spooky hands. 

And then we got so caught up in fun that I forgot to take more pictures! But we had a great day!!

Happy Halloween 

Creepy crawly...Halloween research writing

With Halloween only days away what better way to celebrate by doing some writing and research on some of our creepiest creatures. 

We read some books and then did some research on PebbleGo to find facts about spiders and bats, then we compared them on a Venn diagram

Here are some pictures of us working hard!

A must watch video for parents.

Social media is beginning younger and younger. "Children have the knowledge but not the wisdom to use the power of the Internet." Parents, teachers, adults must be proactive and know that just talking to kids is only the beginning. Adults must monitor activity and be aware of what children are doing online. Please take a minute to watch this video until the end. It brought me to tears. 

http://youtu.be/6jMhMVEjEQg

And it's not just girls...

http://youtu.be/c4sHoDW8QU4

Easy as PIE

Another busy day in second grade today! We learned about Author's Purpose and made a list according to the types of information that the author wanted us to know. persuade inform or entertain PIE! 

We worked with our reading buddies to sort different genres and reading material into the correct category. 

Finally we created our own PIE plate and used old book orders to cut out books and determine why the author wrote the text. It was easy as PIE!

Noun Day

We have been working on the parts of speech and this week we are focusing on NOUNS. 

We sang the noun song from schoolhouse rock and then took a noun scavenger hunt around the building. 

Complete Sentences

This week our grammar practice has been writing complete sentences. Click the link to check out a video of us teaching  "smart thing to do after you write a sentence" 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zAeaEsC9-c

2nd Day of 2nd Grade

Today we celebrated the 2nd day of 2nd grade! 

 

We counted by 2, did things twice, and made fun pencil toppers!