The kids in Room 110 have been busy, busy, busy! We have been gathering lots of writing ideas in our writing journals and writing a lot about things that have happened to us. We've learned that many authors use events that have happened in their lives to create and write stories. Donald Crews wrote about visiting his grandma in his book Bigmama. Our class has published a book about the people and places we like to visit. The second and third graders have also been responding daily to imaginative journal prompts. In one journal prompt, the students had to pretend that we lived underwater. They described what life would be like in an underwater world. We've also been talking about nouns: people, places, and things.
In science, second graders have been exploring insects. Ask your second grader if he or she can tell you the three important body parts that all insects possess. In third grade science, the focus is on magnets. Does your third grader know what the word repel means?
Borders, mountains, desert, railroad tracks, cities, compass rose, continents... Where can you find all of these things? On a map! In social studies, we've been learning about geography, maps and globes.
Mathematically speaking, we've been working on reviewing some important concepts including skip counting, counting money, number grids, and place value.
Of course, we've taken some breaks to enjoy the sunshine, play with friends, and get to know each other better!
The Star of the Week is Garrett. Garrett surveyed the class to find out which ice cream flavor they like better: chocolate and vanilla. The results? Can you tell from the picture below?!
Kelli is this week's Virtual Field Trip Planner! We took a long plane ride to Antarctica to learn about penguins. It was a long, expensive, and quite cold trip, but it was worth it!
I don't know about you, but I've been having tons of fun at school this year.
Second and Third Graders, what is your favorite subject in school so far? Why do you like that subject?
3 comments:
Wow! It looks like you're having a great time learning.
I'm so glad I stopped by.
Dear Mrs.Peterson,
I am having lots of fun with you at school.
Danielle
My favorite subject is science. I like science because you get to learn about all sorts of things. I've been liking this school year because I have lots of friends from last year in my class. I love being in your class.
Love,
Maddie
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