A Day in Our Classroom

We've been polishing our measurement skills in math. Look at our pictures to see us use both nonstandard and standard measurement tools. Our literacy groups have been reading about Forest Animals. We chose an animal and visited one of our Computer Labs to gather information about our animal. Using an online resource, we read and used a graphic organizer to record our findings. Later on we will use this information to write a report. We certainly enjoy using the computers. In the last pictures you will see us reading a book at TumbleBooks.

A Day in Our 2nd Grade Classroom on PhotoPeach

Snapshots of Our World....Math & Literacy Activities with Apples

Using food is a fun way to practice our math skills. This special Apple Activity provided opportunities to work as a team to problem solve, sort, count,and compare numbers. We're learning how to use adjectives to make our writing more descriptive, so smelling, touching, and tasting these yummy apples helped us create some interesting descriptions. We love to eat! Our crockpot applesauce turned out to be a hit, even for those who said they didn't like applesauce before.

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Second Grade SNAPSHOTS

It's hard to believe we've been in second grade for 6 weeks! We have been quite busy in our classroom. Take a look at one of our technology projects using Oreo cookies. Our class joined students around the globe to determine how many cookies we could stack before our towers tumbled. We used estimation, counting, and problem solving as we worked in teams. Later on we used our cookies to complete a writing activity. Of course we enjoyed the yummy treats too!

All About Second Grade - WELCOME to our class! We are excited to have you join us on our 2nd grade journey.

Super Kids

 Our favorite police officer came to our school to help us learn how to make wise choices so that we can be "Super Kids". Thank you Officer Ruff!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Read Across America Day

On March 2 we celebrated the birthday of Dr. Seuss by having a special "Read Across America Day" event. Our guest readers were Mrs. Lyerly's daughters, who were visiting in NC for their spring break. We were actively engaged in reading and math activities throughout our morning. Of course we had a special snack because second graders love "food math"!

Weather, Wind, Penguin Projects

Math All Around

Do you know what "capacity" means? We read the book "The Giant Jam Sandwich" and then "experimented" with different bugs, spiders, and butterflies to see how many would fit onto our "slice of bread".
Capacity - The Giant Jam Sandwich... on PhotoPeach

All About Time

Tick-tock around the clock... Telling time on an analog clock? In the digital age, we discovered that reading an analog clock was a little tricky! We made our "Human Clock" and practiced moving the hour hand and minute hand. We are becoming time experts because we can use our math strategies to help us find time right down to the minute! View the video to see how we created our "Human Clock" to help us better understand the passing of time.

Happy Birthday Mrs. Cranfill!

Our Polar Animal Projects

We have been reading and learning many facts about polar animals in our classroom. We made fact booklets, created Polar Bear Powerpoint projects, and then completed a home project about our favorite polar animal. Now we are making bottle penguins in our classroom. We think they will be really cute! Take a look to see some of our projects. Visit our class website to view our Powerpoint projects.

Helping Hands - A Benevolent Project

There is so much need in our community. It has come to our attention that a Southeast Middle School student has started a project called "Brotherly Love". This project involves supplying gift bags for premature babies in the NICU Unit at Forsyth Medical Center. You can read about this young man's project in the February issue of Forsyth Family, available for download at the magazine website or you can email projectbrotherlylove@hotmail.com. Throughout third quarter our class will collect items for this project. Doctor approved items include diapers, baby wipes, hand sanitizer, pacifiers, bottles, onesies, receiving blankets, socks, hats, Vaseline, or baby lotion. You can find a complete listing of supplies in the magazine article. Watch the class website for more details about "Brotherly Love...Helping the least of us with Life's Beginnings". This is a completely volunteer project.

Happy Reading

Visit this library site and link to TumbleBooks. Happy reading!

Fuel the Brain

Visit this website, developed by a North Carolina second grade teacher, to practice your math!
http://www.fuelthebrain.com/

EYES ... The Window To Our World

Our class read about eyes in our National Geographic magazine. Then Mrs. Lyerly's daughters, optometry students, came to talk with the class. Watch to see some of the activities the children completed. Take a look at the pictures on the class website to better understand what the children were doing. Click HERE

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Learning About China

Aimee's mom shared information about Chinese traditions and customs. A special treat was trying to learn to use the Chinese Jump Rope. Watch the video clip and listen to the "in, out, side, side, on, in, out". Do you think you're ready to jump? Also take a look at the pictures on our class website. We appreciate our guests!!!

Celebrating the Season

Wishing You a Very Happy Holiday!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Celebrating Veteran's Day 2009 at OneTrueMedia.com

American veteran Larry Starling visited our class to help us learn more about Veteran's Day.

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