Reading biographies and writing summaries
We started the first week of our new unit, just reading biographies. It was the first time we pulled all our biographies out and chose a different one each day. Some students were able to read two in a day. We read biographies online using Brainpop, books, magazines, and researched about a few individuals. During the first week, we were permitted to write about our person and their action using different graphic organizers. The first week was left to just enjoy the structure of biographies. Week two was when we began to focus on how to summarize a biography and form a good paragraph.
Beginning to organize our summary and answer questions about our person
While listening to stories, we took notes and later used our notes to form our summary. Many students found that it was easier to edit each sentence using post-its.
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
Training our brains to think differently in math...not so easy, but we are committed. It is so important to see math in different ways, and understand the connection between math vocabulary. We don't want to get something wrong because we have only seen it one way. So for math each day we practice guided math with the teacher, math writing (where we have to tell why), math challenge with a friend (sometimes you learn better with a friend), and math on the computer.
Math on the computer is sometimes IXL (when first learning a new standard and gradually building). Since we're near the end of the year, our favorite math is Moby Max Math. We like it because like the NWEA assessment we take, it differentiates based on our placement test. We have learned almost all of our math standards for second grade, and like to review and be challenged.
YES!! Nothing like the victory dance after a job well done! Go, Maeve...Go, Maeve!! Yep, the entire class dances at least 3 times a day. We have lots of victories:)
"Slipping into Seuss"
One Fish...
Enjoying a winter morning (by dismissal, it was spring-like). Only in Cleveland can we learn about 3 different types of weather in one day!
Enjoying our volunteer from Junior Achievement, Mrs. Richardson. Thank you for all of the fun activities!
